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Posted Oct 10th 2009 1:35PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, OpEd, Chuck, Reality-Free
When
NBC did its upfront -- it wasn't really like the other networks, because they had leaked so much information -- one of the things the powers that be decided to do was split the season into two sections. Or two official seasons. It all seemed a bit strange, and now that NBC has gotten off to such a dreadful start, things are changing. One change seems to be that
Chuck may be back before March.
Continue reading Chuck may be back sooner than we thought
Posted Aug 27th 2009 6:29PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Casting, Chuck, Reality-Free
It's not a permanent gig, but it seems like he might wish it is. According to Michael Ausiello,
Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) has signed to appear on Chuck as the new leader of Operation Bartowski. This puts him in the role of mentor to Chuck, which is the good news. The bad news is he'll also be a rival for Sarah's affection.
But what does this mean for Casey? Where will he be during all of this? Why do I have to wait until March for the new season of
Chuck, NBC? Hey, make me a deal. If one of your new shows tanks, or if
The Jay Leno Show fails to deliver, bring back
Chuck earlier. How about October. That works for me.
Why intentionally put a show on the shelf for that long, anyway? Especially if that show is still trying to grow its audience. Would it hurt you to put on some
Chuck reruns once in awhile? Don't you get tired of all those
Law & Order repeats all over the schedule? People love lighter fare in the summertime.
Posted Jul 14th 2009 6:05PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: OpEd, The Office, 30 Rock, Awards, Emmys, Chuck, Reality-Free, The Big Bang Theory
I know what many of you are thinking. Alec Baldwin is probably gonna win for
30 Rock again so what does it even matter? Hollywood is in love with that show. Which is true, but not entirely undeserved. Baldwin still commands a scene like almost no one on television. But I don't think he was as dominating a comedic force as last year, and he was part of a
30 Rock sweep, so I don't think Emmy intends to repeat that.
Pushing Daisies was still sweet in its last year, but I'm going to have to snub Lee Pace and replace him with
Chuck's Zachary Levi on the ballot. He balances comedy and drama so convincingly you can't help but root for him.
But there was a looming shadow in comedy this year that no one could escape. I don't see how Emmy could ignore the work of Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper on
The Big Bang Theory. He's so convincing in the role that when you see him in interviews you fully expect him to demand his spot on the couch and condescend the host at every turn.
Continue reading Emmy Wish List: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
Posted May 3rd 2009 2:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Upfronts, Chuck, Reality-Free
To me, this should be a no-brainer. NBC should renew
Chuck for a third season, even if it only commits to 12 episodes, it should bring the show back. However, I'm not one of the geniuses in
Jeff Zucker's world; you know, those mental giants that have committed five hours of prime time to Jay Leno starting next fall and recently signed up for more
Donald Trump celebrity/reality BS. No, I'm just a loyal
Chuck viewer who has seen a show improve from week to week culminating with a superb final two episodes in 2009.
Well, there were rumors that on Monday at NBC's "infront" -- a preview for the "upfront" -- that
Chuck would get a pick up.
TV Guide says that's not the case. On Friday,
Chuck star Zachary Levi told a reporter that Josh Schwartz, the
Chuck exec producer, had emailed him that
NBC's decision about Chuck was on hold. The pick up, if it comes, won't be for a couple of weeks.
Continue reading Renewal for Chuck? Not just yet...
Posted Mar 21st 2009 10:05AM by Kona Gallagher
Filed under: Site Announcements, Reality-Free
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Posted Mar 10th 2009 10:10AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free
(S02E16) If you liked the
beefcake on display last week, tonight there was a lot more of Barker, Cole Barker, and his hot bod. And it turned out that Barker was more than meets the eye.
Fortunately, there was also a lot more happening in Chuck's world as well, developments with Sarah, the Intersect, and his future roommate -- Sarah or Morgan. More on all that, after the jump.
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon
Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:55AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free
(S02E14) Twosomes were very much the theme in this episode, not just Chuck and Morgan, but Devon and Ellie, Jeff and Lester, Morgan and Anna, and -- naturally -- Chuck and Sarah as well as Chuck and Casey. There were scenes that dealt with all these pairs and their dynamics.
The case involved Anna's new boyfriend, car dealer extraordinaire Jason Wang, who caused Chuck's intersect to go off and he was involved with an Asian group of baddies called the Triad. To uncover what they were up to, the General -- whom I'm starting to really detest -- ordered Chuck to get close to Anna's boyfriend, which meant betraying Morgan.
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck Versus the Best Friend
Posted Jan 30th 2009 12:00PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Watercooler Talk, Super Bowl, Chuck, Reality-Free
This morning, among all its other self-promotional Super Bowl nonsense, NBC's
Today show was promoting
the 3D experience that fans will see during the game on Sunday. Sobe and the animated movie
Monsters vs. Aliens will both have ads in 3D, and then fans can use the same glasses to watch Monday night's episode of
Chuck, which is shot with the same Intel
Tru3D technology as the ads. DreamWorks' co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg appeared on
Today with Zachary Levi from
Chuck to promote the technology and explain how different it was from the old red-and-green 3D that gave people headaches in the days of yore.
According to Levy and Katzenberg, this version of 3D is supposed to work, no matter what the delivery method. Well, NBC was kind enough to send me a preview copy of Monday's
Chuck (which I sent on to Allison for her episode review), complete with glasses. I've got to tell you... it doesn't work. At least not on TV. At least not for me.
Continue reading I don't care what NBC is saying... 3D on TV still doesn't work
Posted Dec 21st 2008 12:26PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: OpEd, Scrubs, Festivus, Celebrities, Heroes, Chuck, Reality-Free
...three Zachs for viewing. Perhaps it's just coincidence, but right now our TV world has a trio of superb young actors in very different programs and they're all named Zach. Coincidence or the fact that the year they were born, Zachary was a really popular name for baby boys? Whatever, the bottom line is that
Zach Braff, Zachary Levi, and
Zachary Quinto are terrific and
Scrubs, Chuck and
Heroes, respectively, wouldn't be the same without them.
What's really interesting about these three Zachs, beside the fact that they all share the same first name, is that they could probably all play each other's roles -- even though it's hard to imagine Braff or Levi as evil, they're good enough to do it. And Zachary Quinto has done the nerdy, computer guy when he was on
24.
It's interesting, but if you squint a little and tilt your head, they all could look like they're brothers. However, while the Three Zs may pass as the Three Amigos if you put them in sombreros, they are definitely making the TV world a much happier landscape.
Continue reading On the 3rd day of Festivus, TV gave to me... - VIDEOS
Posted Nov 11th 2008 8:59AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck, Reality-Free
(S02E06) "I'm putting my foot down...gingerly." -- Chuck
I'm now officially worried about Chuck Bartowski. It wasn't the injection of poison to create the antidote to the chemical agent in the hotel conference room that frightened me this week, or the previous episodes when he faced nefarious gunmen with evil intent. The fear is emotional. The return of Jill Roberts should be signaling DefCon 4.
This was one of my favorite Chuck episodes thus far this season. It's the way all the parts fell together. There was great balance between the character development and the action, as well as the funny stuff and the serious scenes. Also, I can't help but notice that Chuck is getting a lot better at handling his CIA chores.
But I'm still worried. More about that after the jump.
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck Versus the Ex
Posted Sep 29th 2008 6:00AM by Maggie Furlong
Filed under: Interviews, Chuck, Reality-Free
Want the scoop on some of TV's biggest guest stars? Well, most of them are on NBC's
Chuck (second season premieres Monday, Sept. 29 at 8PM EST), so we went straight to the source.
Star Zachary Levi dished to us all about the famous faces that are coming to play this season, including Michael Clarke Duncan, John Larroquette, Nicole Richie, Tony Hale and ...
Alf?
Also, find out the fellow NBC star he's most mistaken for, why he called himself a douchebag and what possible (OK, totally improbable) future storyline he let slip about a team of midget ninjas. No kidding.
Continue reading Quick Chat with Chuck star Zachary Levi
Posted Jul 28th 2008 11:30PM by Keith McDuffee
Filed under: Chuck, Reality-Free, Comic-Con
There are only so many hours of television I can fit in a day, so I'm picky and particular about what I watch.
Chuck is one of those shows that I watched early last season, I liked it, but for reasons I can't think of, it didn't make the cut. Seeing as it was good enough and is clearly popular enough to have a second season, with the first season DVDs out in a couple of months, I may have to do some catching up and find a way to fit it in.
This session was great for fans of the show, as the first five minutes or so were filled with a video montage of scenes from next season. I'll describe some of those scenes in my summary below, but I'll start them off with SPOILER in case you don't want to know.
Continue reading Chuck - VIDEO - Comic-Con Report
Posted Jul 22nd 2008 10:28PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Sports, TCA Press Tour, Chuck, Life, Lipstick Jungle, Reality-Free
Today was the very last day of the press tour here in Beverly Hills. It was "TCA Day," with members of the association (including me) going to the Warner Brothers lot to visit the sets of
ER, Pushing Daisies, and
Chuck, where we spoke to cast members and producers (Oh, we went to the set of
America's Best Dance Crew, but let's just forget I mentioned that one). Then we bused it over to the Fox lot, where Joss Whedon showed us around the set of
Dollhouse, and the entire cast of
King of the Hill gave a table read of their 250th episode. All this fun will be in upcoming posts later this summer.
Despite some of the griping you may have seen from me, it's been lots of fun. It's just a very tiring experience. Case in point: On Monday, NBC decided to close out the press conference portion of the tour by having us sit through ten panels, five of them after lunch. Here's a wrap-up post that goes over some of what went on yesterday that I haven't already covered.
Continue reading NBC wrap-up: Slater's split personality, and Selma Blair's a wise-ass - TCA Report
Posted Jul 14th 2008 11:05AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities, Casting, Chuck, Reality-Free
It looks like the television show
Chuck has scored
another famous guest-star. Jordana Brewster
will be appearing on the show for a minimum of three episodes in a pivotal role for the main character.
Brewster will play Jill, the college girlfriend who broke Chuck's heart by sleeping with his best friend Bryce Larkin. Bryce later went on to send Chuck an e-mail that put a lot of sensitive data in his head which became the show's premise.
Continue reading Jordana Brewster to guest star on Chuck
Posted Jan 25th 2008 8:04PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck
(S01E13) Breast. Opening. Ever! Okay seriously, I was a little surprised at how blatantly they were just staring, and recording, close-ups of cleavage in the opening. Isn't this American television? The home of the prude boob(less) tube? But leave it to those crafty
Chuck writers to make this seeming incongruous, and gratuitous, scene an integral part of the plot later on.
The NBC promo machine, while not only splicing in cute little ad-libbed (I'm guessing here) bits with the actors, promised more new episodes of
Chuck "Coming Soon." Well, I don't know how they define soon, but considering there are no more episodes written and the writers are still on strike as of this writing, it looks like their soon is my later.
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck Versus the Marlin
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