Comments on: Ratings News: Chuck vs. the Family Volkoff

By: Northwind

Northwind — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:30:34 +0000

In reply to sean. Respectfully, season 3, with Shaw-Sarah and Hannah-Chuck, traveled down that road already. The ratings took a major hit. A significant percentage (not a majority, but a noticeable minority) of Chuck fans became former Chuck fans -- including Nielsen viewers, given the ratings drop since those episodes aired. If Fedek and Schwartz did say something in an interview about not breaking Chuck and Sarah up, I suspect they were implying that any break-up would be temporary. Not knowing what interview that was -- or the timing of it in relation to season 3 -- I can't really speculate about whether it was about the show in general or if it was in specific reference to the calamity that season 3 stories created and the interview was a response to calm the ruffled feathers regarding the Shaw-Hannah situation. Just my 2 cents

By: sean

sean — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:49:27 +0000

something they could have tried doing to keep some fans was breaking up chuck and sarah early/mid 4th season. i remember that deep, deep passion i had in wanting them together in season 1 and 2. fedak and schwartz said something like this in an interview “we care too much about our show to break up chuck and sarah”. i disagree with them, if they broke them up, people would keep on watching until the episode they get back together again.

By: john

john — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 03:45:37 +0000

I think part of the reason (not all of it) that this episode’s ratings dropped more, is because people thought it was a 4 week hiatus instead of a 3 week one. I saw some youtube comments and some other places that said that Chuck was returning April 18, instead of April 12. And there really is no way to tell unless you happened to be watching that random show at 10:30 at night that gave a small Chuck promotion, or check daily on these types of sites if the Chuck returning episode date has changed…

Chuck fans have been so dedicated these past 3 seasons, but now with the 4th season, for some reason, some people have lost interest. These ratings are bad, I admit, and some think it may be time to throw in the towel… and if you have given up already… you can’t call yourself a chuck fan anymore!

By: jim

jim — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:46:23 +0000

In reply to Nathan. tis a sad sad day when people start to belive that there is nothing that sets chuck apart...

By: BT

BT — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:10:34 +0000

In reply to Ilzairspar. They don't count in the Nielsen numbers at all. They would be tallied separately, and would count for far less as they lack the demographic information that makes Neilsen more useful.

By: BT

BT — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:08:49 +0000

In reply to katja. Without having looked at spoilers (and not going to!) - the name doesn't necessarily mean that it will end with a cliffhanger. It could just be a play on words, and Chuck or one of the other team members ends up (literally) hanging off a cliff. For people who have looked at spoilers - if I'm wrong, please keep quiet :)

By: BT

BT — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:04:28 +0000

In reply to Northwind. Close, but not quite. You're right about the fast overnights not accounting for preemptions, and the finals taking them into account. But the key 18-49 demo can go up as well as down. Remember that the demo number - 1.3 in this case - is a percentage of all possible TV viewers (have TV in the household, have access to channel showing that show) within that demographic. So if there were no preemptions, it would have been 1.3% of all 18-49 year olds that have a TV in the household and receive NBC. When a preemption happens, the viewers in the preempted area get taken out of the number, but the potential viewers get taken out of the base. If whatever aired instead was watched by fewer viewers than Chuck, the result is a shift up in the demo. If it was watched by more, it results in a shift down. Of course, the shift also needs to be significant enough show up in the number - a 0.005% increase isn't going to cut it unless the number was already right on the edge of rounding up instead of down.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:24:59 +0000

I used to really like this show it was one of my favorites, but recently it has been quite bad. I kind of hope it ends, I really just think it has over stayed it’s welcome. Most people I know that like the show agree that it has become way too much about relationships and boring stuff you could just watch on any regular TV show. There is almost nothing that sets Chuck apart now.

I think it’s time to give up. I know if it gets renewed I probably won’t be watching.

By: Mel

Mel — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:04:28 +0000

In reply to Kwingreviews. Monk started on USA Network and NBC reran some episodes during a summer. It was always a cable show, though.

By: Kwingreviews

Kwingreviews — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:44:12 +0000

In reply to Ilzairspar. I think Monk used to be on network Tv show and it got moved to cable and lasted a while. Same could be said for Chuck, but it depends how WB feels about it.