How’s this for a roller coaster day: Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Chuck has been renewed and NBC will announce it officially on Monday (despite earlier reports that it might be another 1-2 weeks before the announcement is made). Finke never publishes definitive statements without plenty of confirmation, so we’re putting on our cautiously optimistic faces. …

EW’s Ausiello tweeted late yesterday that NBC might not announce their decision about Chuck‘s third season on Monday, but not to read too much into it. Now comes an article from E!Online quoting Zac (who quotes Josh Schwartz) that it could be a week or more before NBC makes the announcement: “I thought we were going to hear about it …

How’s this for a last minute push? WONKA®, maker of NERDS® candies, will soon be making a very special delivery to executives at NBC: more than 1,000 packs of NERDS (the candy, not the people) in support of Chuck! The idea to send NERDS came from co-creator and producer Josh Schwartz in an interview with The New York Times’ Dave …

Ausiello at EW.com checked in with Zachary Levi at last night’s Star Trek premiere: From Zachary Levi’s lips to God’s Jeff Zucker’s ears… Chuck‘s leading man says he’s feeling optimistic that NBC will renew his spy comedy for a third season. “I think the chances are good that we’ll come back,” he said at last night’s Star Trek premiere. “But …

Multiple sources are reporting that NBC will now make its announcement about which shows will appear on the fall schedule on Monday, May 4th instead of May 5th as originally reported. NBC will only release which shows they’re picking up for next season on Monday; the full programming schedule won’t be announced until May 18th. (We’ll keep the entry deadline …