Post by hodaharb on Mar 5, 2008 22:06:33 GMT -5
[glow=white,2,300]Chuck[/glow]
[glow=white,2,300]Chuck [/glow] is an American action-comedy television program 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, a formerly thought-of rogue CIA agent, which happens to embed the world's greatest spy secrets into his brain.
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. On November 26, despite the fact that the writers' strike was still in play, NBC announced that Chuck received a full season pickup. On February 13, 2008, it was announced by NBC that Chuck has been picked up for a second season in 2008/2009.
[glow=white,2,300]Plot[/glow]
Chuck Bartowski is a socially awkward twenty-something who works as a computer expert at the Nerd Herd (a parody of "Geek Squad") at his local Buy More (a parody of "Best Buy"), a local electronics retailer (a CompUSA store was used), with his best friend, Morgan Grimes. Chuck's sister, Ellie, 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, 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 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 and Sarah Walker - to retrieve that data. Since the disk with the government information was stolen by Bryce and destroyed in his attempted escape, and since Chuck experiences flashes of information from the database activated by certain subliminal triggers, he must use the knowledge he now possesses to help the government thwart assassins and international terrorists - upending his previously uneventful life. Chuck's decision to keep his newfound occupation a secret from his family and friends and to live his life as normally as possible forces Casey and Walker to establish an uneasy alliance and secret identities (Walker poses as Chuck's girlfriend and takes a cover job at a local restaurant, while Casey gets a job at Buy More), with the shared goal of protecting Chuck at all costs.
[glow=white,2,300]Cast & Characters[/glow]
[glow=white,2,300]Awards[/glow]
Chuck is mentioned multiple times in IGN's 2007 year in review awards. Along with winning the honor of best New TV Series, Sarah Walker won the award for best TV character, and Chuck & Sarah as a couple won the Couple that we rooted for the most award. Chuck was also nominated for "Best New TV Comedy Series" at the 2008 People's Choice Awards which aired on January 8, 2008 but lost to Samantha Who?.
[glow=white,2,300]Chuck [/glow] is an American action-comedy television program 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, a formerly thought-of rogue CIA agent, which happens to embed the world's greatest spy secrets into his brain.
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. On November 26, despite the fact that the writers' strike was still in play, NBC announced that Chuck received a full season pickup. On February 13, 2008, it was announced by NBC that Chuck has been picked up for a second season in 2008/2009.
[glow=white,2,300]Plot[/glow]
Chuck Bartowski is a socially awkward twenty-something who works as a computer expert at the Nerd Herd (a parody of "Geek Squad") at his local Buy More (a parody of "Best Buy"), a local electronics retailer (a CompUSA store was used), with his best friend, Morgan Grimes. Chuck's sister, Ellie, 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, 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 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 and Sarah Walker - to retrieve that data. Since the disk with the government information was stolen by Bryce and destroyed in his attempted escape, and since Chuck experiences flashes of information from the database activated by certain subliminal triggers, he must use the knowledge he now possesses to help the government thwart assassins and international terrorists - upending his previously uneventful life. Chuck's decision to keep his newfound occupation a secret from his family and friends and to live his life as normally as possible forces Casey and Walker to establish an uneasy alliance and secret identities (Walker poses as Chuck's girlfriend and takes a cover job at a local restaurant, while Casey gets a job at Buy More), with the shared goal of protecting Chuck at all costs.
[glow=white,2,300]Cast & Characters[/glow]
- Zachary Levi - Chuck Bartowski.
- Yvonne Strahovski - Sarah Walker.
- Adam Baldwin - Major John Casey.
- Joshua Gomez - Morgan Grimes.
- Sarah Lancaster - Dr. Eleanor Faye "Ellie" Bartowski.
- Ryan McPartlin - Devon (AKA Captain Awesome).
[glow=white,2,300]Awards[/glow]
Chuck is mentioned multiple times in IGN's 2007 year in review awards. Along with winning the honor of best New TV Series, Sarah Walker won the award for best TV character, and Chuck & Sarah as a couple won the Couple that we rooted for the most award. Chuck was also nominated for "Best New TV Comedy Series" at the 2008 People's Choice Awards which aired on January 8, 2008 but lost to Samantha Who?.