WATCH
Monday, September 7th, is a holiday in the US: Labor Day. While many people will be away, those of us not going anywhere too far away from our computers, will be watching CHUCK episodes together for a few hours and trying to trend #FREECHUCK yet again on Twitter.
The episodes, as voted by the fans, and the times we will watch are (yes, we will watch 13 and 14 in the correct order, as originally intended):
5PM ET - Episode 13: Chuck Vs. The Best Friend
6PM ET - Episode 14: Chuck Vs. The Suburbs
7PM ET - Episode 16: Chuck Vs. The Lethal Weapon
8PM ET - Episode 21: Chuck Vs. The Colonel
9PM ET - Episode 22: Chuck Vs. The Ring
The times have been set so that everyone around the world can participate at some point.
We will be using the NBC Viewing Party whenever possible. Anyone who hosts a viewing party can bring 10 people into a room. It is highly recommended that anyone who hosts have a good computer and a good Internet connection. The older the computer and the slower the connection, the more problems for everyone who joins.
I created a little video for people who want to use the Viewing Party but were not sure how to do it. Hopefully this helps:
If you cannot join a viewing party, you can also watch the episodes on NBC.com by using the links I have provided above for each individual episode.
While the Viewing Party feature has its own chat room, it would help our effort the most if you used a third party Twitter application like twhirl or the more popular TweetDeck both of which are far more useful than the normal web browser version of Twitter.
FYI, you get 150 API requests per hour on Twitter, per account. That means anything you do on Twitter counts against that. Once you reach that limit, you will be blocked from tweeting for that hour. Here are the limits as per Twitter Support:
- 1,000 total updates per day, on any and all devices (web, mobile web, phone, API, etc. )
- 250 total direct messages per day, on any and all devices
- 150 API requests per hour
So, while trying to trend, limit how often your refresh or receive updates, if you want more of your tweets to count in the trend.
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GIVE
We Heart Chuck needs your donations they are doing it via birthday cards to Zachary Levi. Please give at least $5 (to cover the cost of the American Heart Association sending the card to Zach). Zach will read all your cards and has already commented on the campaign. So, whether or not you are able to watch and tweet with us on Monday, you can still do some good in the name of CHUCK.
Please go to the site, follow the directions on how to contribute, and give. The AHA and Zachary Levi will surely appreciate it.
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BUY
Subway is the reason we got a third season of CHUCK and they deserve our patronage. So, please go out on this day and purchase at least one $5 footlong and enjoy a great sandwich while watching CHUCK. Or, as with We Heart Chuck, even if you can't watch with us, you can still stop by a Subway.
