Chuck is a NBC drama/comedy series starring Zachary Levi as a computer geek turned into a secret agent. The final episode of the second season aired on April 28, 2009.
It was announced November 19th , 2009 that Chuck's third season premiere will air with with back to back episodes on Sunday, January 10 from 9-11, with a third episode airing in it's regular timeslot, Mondays at 8 on Jan. 11. This is good new for Chuck viewers as it had been previously announced that season three would begin in February after the Olympics. Additionally NBC has ordered six extra episodes bringing the total number of season three episodes to nineteen.http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/11/chuck_season_3_to_premiere_jan.html
Whether Chuck will be renewed for a 4th season is still to be determined. On May 10th NBC President Angela Bromstad told the Hollywood Reporter "It’s our highest-performing Monday night show. We look at it as a very strong player, and it’s a show that matches up with our new shows. It’s too early for me to say for certain as it’s a conversation we’re going to have next week."http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/05/nbc-pilots-season-upfront-.html
Fans of the show launched a "Save Chuck" campaign on blogs, Twitter, Facebook and on social networking sites in an effort to convince the network to continue the series. Subway restaurants participated in the "Save Chuck" campaign by asking all fans of the show to pick up a footlong sub and leave a note at the restaurant letting them know why they purchased the sandwich.CNN: "Latest in Campaigns to Rescue Favorite Shows (April 30, 2009)
Synopsis
The series focuses on Chuck Bartowski, a socially awkward twenty-something who works as a computer expert at the Nerd Herd at his local Buy More, a local electronics retailer with his best friend Morgan Grimes.
After receiving an e-mail from his former Stanford University roommate, Bryce Larkin, which subliminally embeds the only remaining copy of the world's greatest spy secrets into his brain, Chuck's previously uneventful life is suddenly changed.
Chuck's New Life
Both the NSA and the CIA dispatch agents- Major John Casey and Sarah Walker - to retrieve the stolen data. Bryce destroys the disk with the government information in his attempted escape. After Chuck experiences information recall which are activated by subliminal triggers, The National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency force him to use the knowledge embedded in his brain to help the government thwart assassins and international terrorists. Chuck decides to keep his newfound occupation a secret from his family and friends and to live his life as normally as possible. Agents Casey and Walker establish an uneasy alliance and secret identities in order to protect Chuck at all costs.