Chuck is an action-comedy television program from the United States created by
Josh Schwartz and
Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working in the
CIA; the message embeds the only remaining copy of the world's greatest spy secrets into Chuck's brain.
["About Chuck"][Chuck from NBC] Although a comedy series, there are a number of dramatic moments throughout. (Similar to Schwartz's previous productions)
Produced by College Hill Pictures,
Wonderland Sound and Vision and
Warner Bros. Television, the series premiered on September 24, 2007, on
NBC, airing on Monday nights at 8PM/7c leading into
Heroes.
[ Chuck television listings on The Futon Critic] On November 26, NBC announced that
Chuck received a full season pickup.
[news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071127/tv_nm/nbc_dc;_ylt=AmodmDuvWsLJKzfH.Li7NTJxFb8C] On February 13, 2008, it was announced by NBC that
Chuck has been picked up for a second season in 2008/2009.
The second season started on September 29, 2008, with a full 22-episode season order.
[[1]] NBC released the first episode of season two a week before its air date via multiple online distribution methods, and cable on demand.
Plot
Chuck Bartowski (
Zachary Levi) is a socially awkward twenty-something-year-old who works as a computer expert at the Nerd Herd at his local Buy More (a parody of
Best Buy's
Geek Squad), a local electronics retailer (a
CompUSA store was used), with his best friend, Morgan Grimes (
Joshua Gomez). Chuck's sister Ellie (
Sarah Lancaster) is a doctor who is constantly looking out for his best interests and wants to help him find a girlfriend. On the night of his birthday party, Chuck receives an e-mail from his former
Stanford University roommate, Bryce Larkin (
Matthew Bomer), who is now a "rogue"
CIA agent. When he opens it, an entire server of sensitive data — once only available to the
United States government — called the Intersect, is subliminally embedded into his brain by way of a long series of images. Both the
National Security Agency and the
Central Intelligence Agency want the intelligence returned to them and dispatch agents of their own — Major John Casey (
Adam Baldwin) and Sarah Walker (
Yvonne Strahovski) — to retrieve that data.