When Jericho was canceled, fans sent nuts to CBS and that made the network rethink their decision and we got another (short) season. Now there's a food-related effort to save NBC's Chuck.Fans are organizing an effort to get people to go to Subway shops this Monday to support Chuck's season finale, which happens later that night. If that doesn't make sense to you, it's because Subway and their "$5 foot long" promotion were featured on the show a couple of weeks ago. Please do not start sending subs or sandwiches to NBC headquarters. That's not what this is about.
Of course, I don't see how the hell buying a sub is going to directly get NBC's attention and make them say, "those fans are really dedicated, we should really renew this show," but it certainly can't hurt. Here's the Twitter page for fans trying to save the show. This show really does deserve another season.
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4-24-2009 @ 2:17PM
ConspiracyGuy said...
What should be done is get Bill Gates or Steve Jobs or some other rich nerd to fund the show.
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4-24-2009 @ 3:15PM
Josh Emerson said...
This makes absolutely no sense. Aren't Subways basically all franchises that are owned by individual people in each location? How would the national Subway corporation even know if sales increased or that it had anything at all to do with Chuck? I'm all for trying to save the show, since it is awesome, but this sounds ridiculous.
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4-24-2009 @ 5:50PM
Europa said...
I sort of agree with Josh. I mean, if you're going to go that route shouldn't we be buying stuff at Best Buy or at the Frye's Electronics store in Burbank to support the show?
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4-24-2009 @ 6:08PM
CParis said...
I think the idea of supporting a company that advertises on the show gets the attention of NBC. That means people have been watching the program.
4-24-2009 @ 3:28PM
Cody said...
this seriously sounds to me like some marketing folks at Subway decided to try to steer the "Save Chuck" campaign in their own favor. Which is brilliant, but unbelievably evil.
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4-24-2009 @ 3:31PM
jffm said...
We have a winner. Somebody give this (wo)man a cigar. Or a sub sandwich...
4-24-2009 @ 4:40PM
JD said...
The sub and postage, less than $10, I say we send them to NBC. I don't watch the show, but I'd love to know that people are having to open packages with 3-5 day old subs in them.
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4-24-2009 @ 4:57PM
GL said...
I will eat that sub after 4 days.
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4-24-2009 @ 7:36PM
Brent McKee said...
I might just do that but then I like Subway subs.
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4-25-2009 @ 12:50AM
Ian said...
Advertisers use so many different metrics to determine the value they get for the money they spend. Even a franchise like Subway have national sales figures.
Also, Subway was involved in 2 of the last 4 episodes.
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