The 13-episode pickup came after Warner Bros. agreed to make significant budget concessions, including scaling back the number of episodes several members of the show's stellar supporting cast will appear in and possibly eliminating one actor altogether. - EW.com

OPINION - Keep shows on the air. Yes, this is very difficult for you to understand. If you have 13 episodes, air them all. In a row. Series interruptus - it's a bad idea. Oh, and if you run five episodes, take it off for two months and then bring back the final eight episodes on another night and time, well, you're just more stupid than we originally thought. - SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

When rumors started circulating that NBC has yet to pick up Chuck for a third season, the groundswell started. TV blog Give Me My Remote shifted it's focus to "Give Me My Chuck" with a week of posts and an entire kit for you to dedicate your online presence to the show, and make sure NBC notices it. GMMR was joined by TV Squad and a bunch of separate Twitterers to drive traffic and exposure of the movement by healthy doses of the #savechuck hashtag. - MOST LIKELY TO DIE ALONE