 In December "Time" magazine named the show one of the top 10 TV series of the year.It also made the year-end top 10 list of the "Chicago Tribune", Television Without Pity's list of "TV Shows We Wish More People Watched", "The Star-Ledger"s "Top TV shows of 2008" (#4), "The Miami Herald"s "TV's Top 5" list, "The New York Observer"s "Top 10 TV Shows of the Year" (#6), and the "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette" mentions "Chuck" as one of the few bright spots in television in 2008.The "Chicago Tribune"'s Maureen Ryan wrote that "the show pays attention to the mechanics of storytelling and doesn't just try to coast on the comedy."