"Chuck" Reportedly in Negotiations For Renewal, However, it Faces Big Cost Cutting - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 05-13-2009, 11:15 PM

Negotiations continue on fan favorites "Chuck" "Dollhouse," with the shows facing cost-cutting requests from their respective networks, NBC and Fox, and their pickup odds seeming to shift from moment to moment. Both could go down to the wire.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...753875eb3c54c6

robyrob · 05-14-2009, 12:22 AM

Chuck really deserves to stay but Dollhouse has totally fallen apart.

Brian Damage · 05-14-2009, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robyrob

Chuck really deserves to stay but Dollhouse has totally fallen apart.

I am always skeptical when a show has to cut costs to stay afloat.

AB · 05-14-2009, 04:39 PM

So if Chuck does get renewed then we probably won't see as many celebrity guest stars as this last season?

Mr. Television · 05-14-2009, 05:09 PM

It also looks like it's only going to get a 13 episode pickup.

Brian Damage · 05-17-2009, 04:45 PM

We may have the winner in the "Chuck vs. the renewal" face-off as early as Sunday.

Sources indicate that the bubble NBC dramedy with strong Web following is close to a third-season pickup.

The network had asked for significant budget reductions on top of the cuts producing studio Warner Bros. TV had already made going into the second season.

After weeks of back-and-forth, the two sides are said to be very close to a compromise that would bring the karate-enhanced intercept back next season.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...sion/index.jsp

Mr. Television · 05-17-2009, 04:48 PM

I just wish it would become official. Enough already.

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Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,133	It also looks like it's only going to get a 13 episode pickup.
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05-17-2009, 04:45 PM	#6
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	'Chuck' limbo could be coming to an end We may have the winner in the "Chuck vs. the renewal" face-off as early as Sunday. Sources indicate that the bubble NBC dramedy with strong Web following is close to a third-season pickup. The network had asked for significant budget reductions on top of the cuts producing studio Warner Bros. TV had already made going into the second season. After weeks of back-and-forth, the two sides are said to be very close to a compromise that would bring the karate-enhanced intercept back next season. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/...sion/index.jsp

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AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,429	So if Chuck does get renewed then we probably won't see as many celebrity guest stars as this last season?

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Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,133	I just wish it would become official. Enough already.