Posts with tag ZacharyLevi
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
Posted Jan 25th 2008 1:45PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Episode Reviews, Chuck
(S01E12) "If you want to go through life all emotionally constipated and alone, then suit yourself. I'll let you get back to protecting the greater good, you freaking robot." (Chuck to Casey)
Last night's first of two new
Chucks was about learning that the supporting characters are human, too. Casey than just a cold-as-ice NSA Agent who would probably kill everyone in the room if he was ever the subject of a roast and has mastered the art of communicating with eye winces, grunts and scowls. Ellie and Devon/Captain Awesome actually have a relationship issue, which ... Morgan? ... diagnoses?! And we get nothing on the tired "is it or isn't it?," "does she or doesn't she?" non-romance between Chuck and Sarah (thank god!). In fact, they barely had any screen time together and I think it was, well, awesome!
Continue reading Chuck: Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover
Posted Nov 27th 2007 7:32AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Pickups and Renewals, Chuck, Life
Geeks and fruit lovers rejoice,
NBC just announced that it is ordering an extra nine episodes of two of its new series:
Chuck and
Life. What that means is that both series will have a complete first season of 22 episodes each!
About 8 million viewers tune in weekly to watch geek-turned-secret-agent Chuck Bartowski solve crimes with his two handlers and to witness Detective Crews solve cases after sering time in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Continue reading NBC gives full seasons to Life and Chuck
Posted Sep 13th 2007 7:02PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Celebrities, Casting, Chuck
One of my favorite characters on
The O.C. was Summer Roberts. I liked her humor, naivety, and her spark. When FOX announced the cancellation of the show, I was sad to depart with characters like her, the Cohens and Taylor. So when
NBC announced today that she would guest star on a few episodes of
Chuck, I was delighted to see the actress return to the small screen!
Bilson will appear in a multi-episode arc on NBC's new action-comedy airing Mondays before
Heroes. She is set to play a love interest for the lead character of Chuck, played by Zachary Levi. Her character will be Chuck's first romantic interest since his girlfriend broke up with him a few years ago while in college.
Continue reading Rachel Bilson to appear on Chuck
Posted Sep 13th 2007 11:01AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Industry, Web, Chuck
NBC is certainly giving their new comedy
Chuck a good PR push, and it's now headed off on something of an unconventional path. The latest bit of
Chuck pseudo-PR is a top ten list over at
The Bachelor Guy. It's a post reportedly from our hero, Chuck Bartowski, running down the top ten things you'll need when running from assassins.
It's not what I would deem comedy gold or anything, but he manages to get a dig in at the iPhone keyboard, sing the praises of the Wii, and use the word spork, which you just don't see every day. You can also follow along with
Chuck on twitter, if you've jumped on that bandwagon.
I give the whole thing extra points just for being different. Maybe it's because I've watched too much TV (is that possible?) over the summer, but at this point in the new season game, I've grown awfully tired of the same promos for the same shows over and over. It's time for premieres, and week after week with new episodes. Until then, the goofy web hijinks are a welcome distraction.
Posted May 31st 2007 4:39PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, OpEd, Early Looks, Upfronts
OK, so the networks have given their upfronts and they've sent out the screener DVDs. These are the pilot episodes of the new fall shows, in not-quite-completed form. Things could still change before they hit the networks this fall, but they give a good general sense of what the shows are about and what they're like.
Today Joel and I start with previews of some new NBC shows: Bionic Woman, Life, Chuck, and Journeyman. More networks and other shows coming soon!
(Photos courtesy NBC.com)
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