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Chuck
SERIES: NBC, Monday 8:00p (60 minutes)


8.7

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Starring Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Adam Baldwin, Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster, Ryan McPartlin, and Matthew Bomer

From a retail hack who sells computers to a hunted man with a computer in his brain. Chuck's life changes when an old college friend sends him an e-mail that chucks him into the world of spies.

GENRE(S):	Action / Adventure, Comedy
CREATED BY:	Josh Schwartz
FIRST AIR DATE:	September 24, 2007

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Chicago Sun-Times Doug Elfman

Cute, creative and slick, this is one of the best new shows of the fall season.

USA Today Robert Bianco

In a sense, Monday's promising premiere is the first in a three-part introduction, with each episode building on and improving upon the one before.

New York Daily News David Hinckley

Chuck sounds like a regrettably derivative idea - a remake of "Jake 2.0." But it's not. Chuck is a blast.

Entertainment Weekly Gillian Flynn

While there are a a few too many "awkward-guy moments," there are enough genuinely sweet ones to balance them out. [28 Sep 2007, p.93]

LA Weekly Robert Abele

It's actually a kick to watch. Its joys are broader and self-consciously zanier than the CW series.

Variety Brian Lowry

Chuck possesses modest charm, impressive stunt work and another mildly appealing reluctant hero.

Newsday Diane Werts

The real-world intrigue is matched in dramatic flair by Chuck-world jeopardy. His store's fierce assistant-manager competition resounds as fatefully as saving the universe from evil. Which makes the dark light enough and the light dark enough to meld into a tasty escapist treat.

Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd

The pilot is an especially persuasive hour of action-adventure, but subsequent lower-budget episodes preserve the esprit and suspense.

Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart

The results aren't much different from a video game, for the violence on Chuck is pretty cartoony, but after watching two episodes I’m hooked. This is a fun escapist show.

Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker

Chases, stunts and explosions fill the funny, flashy adventure.

Washington Post Tom Shales

The show has a happily palpable likability going for it, a lot of that courtesy of Zachary Levi, who plays the unlikely and in fact unwilling hero.

Miami Herald Glenn Garvin

Schwartz's good eye for characters and cutting sense of humor--makes Chuck a thoroughly enjoyable romp.

Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall

Chuck starts a step slower, with more exposition in the first two episodes and no larger-than-life character like Satan to smooth over that, but by episode three, it's just as assured and entertaining in its own extremely similar way.

The New York Times Alessandra Stanley

The series is part spy spoof, part workplace comedy, and it is a genuinely engaging homage to the nerd hero.

Slate Troy Patterson

Their new show has both the nerve to link up twentysomething malaise and 21st-century terror-angst and the good nature to make the proposition look endearing.

Detroit Free Press Mike Duffy

It's headed in the right direction ... fast, loose and fun.

Philadelphia Daily News Ellen Gray

"The O.C." team of Josh Schwartz and McG keep this one fast and mostly funny, but it's no "Heroes."

Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Storm

Chuck is one of two new fantastical shows premiering Monday on NBC, making a Heroes sandwich. That's fantastical, not fantastic.

Hollywood Reporter Barry Garron

The pilot is full of dark, dangerous and sexy moments.

Boston Globe Matthew Gilbert

It's good, not great, and tonight's strong pilot gives way next week to a noticeably less stellar hour.

New York Post Linda Stasi

For reasons too obvious to bother with, NBC managed to take a really terrific and fun premiere and somehow let it morph over the following episodes into just another take-it-or-leave-it show.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland

Chuck is, at its best, cute--and that's not enough to keep up with the big dogs.

Chicago Tribune Maureen Ryan

Still, despite Chuck’s zippy pace and fun dialogue, this nerd-friendly "spy-fi" show from "O.C." creator Josh Schwartz has plot holes you could drive a truck through.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen

Levi exudes an everyman appeal that may catch on with viewers, but the show's plots need to grow beyond the action-adventure tropes of 1970s TV if Chuck hopes to avoid being chucked off NBC's prime-time schedule.

PopMatters Roger Holland

A good-natured show with a convincing sense of fun and a likeable cast, Chuck also has the wit, confidence, and grasp of the cultural climate to turn a running joke about a celebrity porn site into a major plot device.

San Francisco Chronicle Tim Goodman

A charming but underwhelming pilot.... The second episode is dismal, sucking all the air out of whatever hopes you might have had for that one.

The average user rating for this tv show is 8.7 (out of 10) based on 89 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Rob H. gave it a10:
Great Show, to me the best new series on TV. It's humorous and action packed at the same time.

Evelyn D. gave it an8:
At first, I thought, that looks stupid. utterly stupid. But give it chance and, its my Heroes appetizer.

Jill D. gave it a10:
Great show! The actors are amazing. The writing is genius and funny. If I could give it above a 10 I would. It is my new favorite show. I can’t wait for more.

Susan gave it a10:
A Best Buy spy! How fun!

Donna R. gave it a10:
It's such a sweet show! The characters are charming and likable.

The Swami gave it a10:
Unquestionably the best new series on TV. Quite possibly THE best series on TV today. The writing is superb, acting superb, I love the storylines and the side characters and their stories...this is the only show I watch in real-time instead of Tivo-to-view-later. A+++ is not high enough of a review. For maximum enjoyment watch the episodes in order though. The plot is not necessarily so linear you cannot start midway thru, but some of the side plots and jokes are better understood by watching from the beginning.

James S. gave it a10:
This is the best TV series of the year. Funny and sweet, with characters you would really care for.

Chuck SERIES: NBC, Monday 8:00p (60 minutes)

Chuck
SERIES: NBC, Monday 8:00p (60 minutes)