Archive for the ‘reviews’ Category

Fall’s Best Bets: Chuck!

By Mel • Sep 21st, 2008

Kristin dos Santos at E! has been counting down the best best for Fall, and Chuck landed at #1 on her list (along with Pushing Daisies):
CHUCK
Premieres: Mon., Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. on NBC
Chuck Dossier: When this series from Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak launched last year, Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi), a mild-mannered nerd in [...]



Televisionary Reviews First 3 Eps

By Mel • Sep 15th, 2008

The Televisionary has seen the first three episodes of Chuck season 2, and he’s ready to talk:
Throughout its first season, Chuck managed to deftly blend together a winning mix of high-stakes action, biting workplace comedy, and sexual tension, creating a series that was the perfect antidote to the start of the work week. So does [...]



Variety Reviews ‘Chuck’

By Mel • Sep 19th, 2007

From Variety:
The concept is as old as Hitchcock’s “The 39 Steps” — ordinary guy sucked into fantastic web of intrigue — and has been updated as recently as UPN’s short-lived “Jake 2.0,” where a nerd also found himself suddenly tech-enhanced. Banish the inevitable comparisons, however, and “Chuck” possesses modest charm, impressive stunt work and another [...]



Review from Blogcritics

By Liz • Sep 15th, 2007

Blogcritics.org:
Reading about this fall’s television lineup, one often finds a phrase akin to “the geeks shall inherit the earth.”  With new shows like NBC’s Chuck airing this fall, it’s not hard to see this statement coming true.



GMMR’s Preview/Review

By Liz • Sep 14th, 2007

Give Me My Remote has posted thier take on the pilot preview.
 CHUCK is by far my favorite new comedy of the Fall season. And next to PUSHING DAISIES, it’s my new favorite show of the Fall. This adventure comedy has been described as ALIAS meets THE OFFICE - a pretty worthy comparison as those are [...]



The Good Reviews Keep Coming!

By Liz • Aug 31st, 2007

From Carroll County Times:
There’s always some awesome treats, like mini-size Butterfingers or M&M’s.
But you have to search pretty hard to find them.
Along the way, you’ll hit on some pleasant enough goodies that you ultimately gorge and cause a next-morning stomach ache. There’s also some old-fashioned candy corn. And, then, there’s some real bombs, like the [...]



Nothing captures TV audiences like a great plot and a nice face…

By Liz • Aug 30th, 2007

From NYDailyNews.com:
Nothing captures TV audiences like a great plot and a nice face, so here are some of the hunky male stars the networks have lined for fall:

“Chuck” star Zachary Levi has that “aw shucks” sensibility that makes women want to take him home to Mom. As computer geek Chuck Bartowski on this NBC action-comedy [...]



‘Chuck’Panel at Comic Con

By Liz • Jul 30th, 2007

I know the picture’s a little blurry folks, but isn’t it worth it to know how far the cast of NBC’s new pilot Chuck is willing to go to get you to love them? Stars Zachary Levi and Joshua Gomez were not, in fact, reenacting the finer points of the Kama Sutra on stage. They [...]



New shows: What’s up, ‘Chuck’? Nerd power, that’s what

By Liz • Jul 18th, 2007

Nerds and geeks rejoice, we’re cool — at least in Hollywood’s eyes, and at least this season. NBC’s new show “Chuck” is just one new drama featuring an unabashedly geeky character, who’s more familiar with pi than Prada, and plays more “World of Warcraft” than tennis.
Of course, this doesn’t mean Hollywood will lay off the [...]



‘Chuck’ Panel at the TCA Press Tour

By Mel • Jul 17th, 2007

Today was Chuck’s turn to wow the critics at the Television Critics Association Press Tour. Here’s what TV Guide’s Michael Ausiello had to say:
CHUCK PANEL
12:05 pm: I give this new action/comedy confection from Josh Schwartz a moderately enthusiastic thumbs up. At the very least, I hope it turns Zachary Levy into the huge star he [...]