Chuck is an upcoming American television science fiction-dramedy 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 friend, a rogue CIA agent, which embeds the world's greatest spy secrets in his brain.
Produced by College Hill Pictures, Wonderland Sound and Vision and Warner Bros. Television, the series is scheduled to premiere on September 24, 2007 on NBC, airing on Monday nights at 8:00/7:00c leading out Heroes.
Plot
Chuck Bartowski is a socially awkward twenty-something who works as a computer expert at his local electronics retailer with his best friend, Morgan Santos. His sister, Ellie, is a doctor who is contantly 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 CIA agent. When he opens it, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data once only privy to the government of the United States into his brain. Both the NSA and the CIA want the intelligence returned to them and dispatch agents of their own, Major John Casey and Sarah Walker, respectively, to retrieve the data. As Chuck experiences flashes of memory activated by certain subliminal triggers, he must use the knowledge he now possesses to help the government to thwart assassins and international terrorists upending his previously uneventful life. His decision to keep his newfound occupation a secret from his family and friends and to live out his life as normally as possible also forces Casey and Walker to establish an uneasy alliance whose now shared goal is to protect Chuck at all costs.
Production
Josh Schwartz and newcomer, Chris Fedak, wrote the script for the first episode which was initially given a put pilot commitment by NBC before a pilot order was greenlit by the network in January 2007. Schwartz and Fedak both attended the University of Southern California and the latter pitched the idea to Schwartz who agreed to develop the project with him. Schwartz has since described the show as a hybrid of Alias and The Office whilst Zachary Levi, who portrays the titular character, says it's a mix of The Bourne Supremacy and The 40-Year-Old Virgin. McG, Schwartz's fellow executive producer on The O.C., directed the first hour of the series and consequently became an executive producer via his production company, Wonderland Sound and Vision. Fedak, Peter Johnson, Scott Rosenbaum, Matthew Miller and Allison Adler also serve as co-executive producers. NBC gave the series an early pick-up and a thirteen-episode order on May 10, 2007.
Casting
Zachary Levi and Adam Baldwin were the first two to be cast in February 2007 in the roles of Chuck Bartowski and Major John Casey, a veteran NSA agent, respectively. Fedak always had Baldwin in mind for the role of John Casey and the producers found that the actor was a "perfect fit" for the character during the first casting session.[5][9] Relative newcomer Yvonne Strzechowski, an Australian, was chosen for the female lead role of CIA agent, Sarah Kent, in the same month.[10] The character's surname was later changed to "Walker". Casting continued throughout March with Sarah Lancaster, Joshua Gomez and Natalie Martinez landing the parts of Dr. Ellie Bartowski (Chuck's older sister), Morgan Pace (Chuck's best friend) and Kayla Hart, a heretofore unspecified character, respectively. Morgan's surname was later changed to "Santos".
Broadcast history
The world premiere of the pilot aired on July 27, 2007 at Comic-Con International in San Diego. The series was originally slated to air on Tuesday nights at 9:00/8:00c as announced at the 2007 Upfronts but this was later changed to Monday nights at 8:00/7:00c as announced during the 2007 Television Critics Association summer press tour. NBC also confirmed the season premiere would air on September 24, 2007. The pilot was leaked onto torrent websites on July 22, 2007.
International distribution
The series will air on Channel Nine and CityTV in Australia and Canada respectively.
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