 | Network: | NBC |
| First Run: | September 24, 2007 | |
| Genre: | Comedy, Action/Adventure | |
| Time Slot: | Philippines' C/S Channel: Mondays 8:00PM Thursdays 10:30PM AXN (Asia) Mondays 9:00PM |
Chuck is a nerdy computer whiz kicked out of Stanford due to alleged cheating, no thanks to his so-called best friend Bryce. He also lost his girlfriend to Bryce and hasn't been in a relationship since. As far as he knows, Bryce is an accountant based in Washington.
Chuck's boring life as computer repair man at the Buy More's Nerd Herd booth took an interesting turn when Bryce sends him an e-mail loaded with hundreds of pictures. Turns out that Bryce is a rogue CIA agent who just stole the images from the CIA-NSA intersect and sent them to Chuck before destroying the computer. Effectively, Chuck becomes the human intersect of all the data the CIA and NSA have accumulated.
Both CIA and NSA agents begin monitoring his moves, and proving that he is not a spy for unfriendly countries (just a victim of Bryce yet again) at the end of the pilot, Chuck eventually becomes part of a special team composed of Sarah Walker the CIA agent, John Casey the NSA operative, and Chuck Bartowski as the intersect. He couldn't tell any of this to his family and friends ofcourse.
Chuck is a true nerd and that makes him a lovable character. He has no pretensions of being the secret agent one tends to see in the movies. More endearing are the characters that surround him: the overprotective older sister Ellie, Captain Awesome aka Devon (Ellie's almost perfect boyfriend), Chuck's pesky childhood friend Morgan, and the weird characters that are Chuck's co-workers at BuyMore.
Sarah is a combination of tough and sweet. Casey tends to be the stiff NSA agent, even if he is pretending to be a salesman at BuyMore, a chauffeur, or a Stanford alumni. His weakness would probably be women ... starting with the episode where Carina seduces then cuffs him to the bedpost. Casey's one fun character to play.
The makers of Chuck started marketing the series at a comic con, aiming to get the same audience as that of Heroes. They're right you know. I am addicted to Chuck now as I was addicted to Heroes.
Chuck's website (http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/index.shtml) has desktops and screensavers for downloading, has a summary of each aired episode, as well as stills. It's "sister sites" are those that supposedly belong to Buy More (http://www.nbc.com/Chuck/BuyMore/) and Nerd Herd Help (http://www.nerdherdhelp.com/).
C/S started airing the first season of Chuck last April. AXN started airing it in May.
In the US, the second season starts airing in September.
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