Chuck fan favorite, writer Ali Adler, has confirmed that she’s taken a job as a writer on the new ABC series No Ordinary Family for next season. It was a difficult decision, she said, and she loves everyone she worked with on Chuck.
We’ll miss you, Ali!
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Lau
May 14, 2010
This makes me so sad
reen426
May 14, 2010
We’re getting dumped left and right! Lol. This is a tough one to lose. Ali has given us some many strong episodes. The other networks need to back off. Stop taking our CHUCK crew! :’(
ChuckFan808
May 14, 2010
No Ordinary Family was a show I wasn’t interested in until I found out Ali Adler is going to be a writer on it. Now it is a must see. She gave us great Chuck episodes. Judkins and LeFranc, please don’t go too.
venom427
May 14, 2010
Wishing Ali the best!!
Lisa
May 14, 2010
Ali kept the uprising down! So sad to see you go, Ali, but best of luck!
Lynn
May 14, 2010
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeff
May 14, 2010
NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
I wish her success. And anytime she wants to come back to pen an episode of Chuck I’m sure the fans will welcome her with open arms!
Meg
May 14, 2010
Please, please, PLEASE do not let this be the equivalent of Bryan Fuller leaving Heroes…
We’ll miss you, Ali!!!!!!
Bree
May 14, 2010
We always looked forward to Ali Adler episodes, Her contributions to promoting the show and her excelent story telling will truly be missed. Thank you Ali for all the enjoyment you brought to us through Chuck.
Doctor Bob
May 14, 2010
She’s going off to “No Ordinary Family” which is really great news for “No Ordinary Family”. But in my drunken haze I realised that I didn’t ask a very important question which I’d like to ask now if it’s ok; Why couldn’t it have been the guy who wrote “the Mask”?
irerancincpkc
May 15, 2010
Phil Klemmer, who wrote the Mask, is my favorite writer on the staff and is responsible for some of the most unique and best Chuck episodes, including the Suburbs, Undercover Lover, and Tom Sawyer!
Doctor Bob
May 16, 2010
I did indeed love “the Suburbs”. Sorry about “the Mask” though, Phil.
canuck
May 15, 2010
As a huge Chuck fan I HOPE that we are losing so many creative showrunners because of their talent and chances for career advancement (MONEY!). As a realist(pessimist?), I think the creative people are abandoning a sinking ship.
I think Ali realized that NBC is never going to move their bubble show from the Monday night “wasteland” and got going while the going was good. I HOPE that CHUCK is on for 5 more years. I am 99.9% SURE that Ali, Scott, Matt,etc. knew exactly what they are doing.
armynurseboy
May 15, 2010
I don’t think it was a matter of Ali “jumping ship” as you seem to infer. I think it was a wonderful opportunity to head up her own show, and she just couldn’t afford to pass it up. Kind of like a good assistant coach finally being offered a head coach job.
Mel
May 15, 2010
As ANB said below, they aren’t “jumping ship”, they’re taking advantage of opportunities that came their way thanks to their work on Chuck. This happens all the time, writers starting out as part of a group of writers a show then moving on to be head writers or even run or create their own show. It’s not a conspiracy, it’s the nature of the business.
Agent52
May 15, 2010
I’ve always been an Ali Adler fan. All through the angst of season 3 my motto was “In Ali We Trust!” She got us through the hardest stretch of tv fandom I’ve ever watched through. Good luck, Ali. Wishes for only good things.
On the bright side, Scwartz and Fedak have a good eye for hiring writers and staff. The replacements will be fresh to the show and undoubtedly talented writers. One request to the new guys; NO MORE SHAW!!!!
And the biggest bright spot of all? We still have the great Tim Jones at the helm of the soundtrack.
I have a new motto; “NO MORE SHAW!!!” Bring on Season four.
Inês
May 15, 2010
OH NOOOOO! :’(
Ella
May 15, 2010
Damn, she wrote the best episodes. I wish her good luck and I hope the replacement will be as able as her.
malediktmanson
May 15, 2010
Which episodes has she written besides “Three Words” and Fake Name”?
Eowyn
May 15, 2010
Season 1 eps were Chuck versus the Wookie and Chuck versus the Truth.
Season 2 eps were Chuck versus the Best Friend, the Cougars and the Broken Heart.
I looked these up on Wiki, don’t think I memorized this.
Good luck Ali.
ises
May 15, 2010
I think if Fedak Schwartz are hiring new writers they will need to look for writers that are specialized in romance/romantic comedy/romance drama since that was Alis speciality
Meldon
May 15, 2010
Why not moonlighting for Chuck? Come on Ali, we all know you love us.
More seriously , have fun and best of luck!
Paul
May 15, 2010
This is a great loss for the show; Ali was involved in some of the best episodes. The other writers need to step it up next season.
amiee
May 15, 2010
NOOOOOOO! I love Ali! I’ll miss her teaser tweets
SarahWalkerFan
May 15, 2010
On the bright side, there’s now an open spot for a new writer — so here’s to hoping for more solid storylines.
Haven’t been a fan long enough to know if it’s Ms Adler’s doing or not, but the current writing is so wishy-washy — everything just resets after an episode or two the story never really goes anywhere. Ellie/Awesome in Africa? Oh wait, they’re back in Burbank because, yes, yet another Ring agent. And OMG, please get rid of Jeff and Lester: they make my skin crawl — usually can’t hit the FFwd button on the TiVo fast enough…
Donovan
May 16, 2010
I will definitely miss Ali Adler’s creative abilities on Chuck but maybe it will give new writers Rafe Judkins and Lauren LeFranc more episodes to write. I have been really impressed with what they have done so far.
Keevley
May 17, 2010
Good luck, Ali. No doubt someone recognized her exceptional talent and snatched her up. We’ll miss you.
Jason
May 18, 2010
Smart move, Ali. No Ordinary Family is going to be the best new fall show, hands down.