Enough to save my show?

It's a little too early to say whether or not Chuck will survive until next season, but, if it doesn't, that was a hell of a way to end the series!  (It's also a hell of a way to set up next season, but we'll leave that for the suits at NBC to determine.)  The show has never been one of my can't-miss programs, but I find myself eager to find it on the DVR each week.  That's gotta mean something, right?  Plus, with a couple of my shows at the end of their runs and another handful likely held back until next January, I can use every show I can get!

No more Friday nights...

I must say that I will miss Friday Night Lights now that it has officially ended its season. (Well, on NBC, since it ended its DirecTV season some months ago!) After last season's dip, I did not expect the creative bounce back we saw this year - fitting sendoffs for some favorite characters, a worthy end to the football season, and an interesting new direction for next year. This show is firmly entrenched in my top five, and I will happily tune in when it returns next year - on whatever station and at whatever time that might be!

Terminate this show

For the past month, as I've mowed through the backlog on my DVR, a couple series have managed to... linger. Kings, NBC's big-budget epic, sits there helplessly, likely to be deleted as soon as the show is canceled. (It's not a question of "if," but "when"...) But Terminator, which I've stuck with from the beginning, is finally wearing on me. The show is sputtering in the ratings, and has been since before it was moved to the graveyard that is Friday night. The end is near, yet the series feels so far from a satisfying conclusion. With Christian Bale's big screen reboot coming this summer, it feels even less relevant. My only question is whether or not I'll be there to wish the show well on its way out the door...