This week’s Friday Five comes to us from G. Walter Bush, author of Unpacking Chuck. He’s currently working on a follow-up volume, coming later this year. 1. Chuck inserting Roark Industries schematics in & “reading” Brian Vaughan’s Ex-Machina Echoes Chuck’s desire to have Intersect removed from brain and no longer be a walking computer. 2. Jeff reading Flowers for Algernon Echoes …

One of the reasons Liz and I were so excited about Chuck way back before the pilot was even filmed was the casting of Adam Baldwin as John Casey. We were both fans of his before, especially from his role as Jayne Cobb in Joss Whedon’s (sadly) short-lived series, Firefly. Apparently the Chuck writers were also fans of Firefly, because …

It’s not a movie or a sixth season (no news on the former, no chance on the latter), but Chuck fans have something new to look forward to: the Chuck official soundtrack finally has a release date! Tim Jones announced via Facebook today that the soundtrack will be available April 7, 2015. (Pre-order here.) Currently it’s only listed in CD …

Mel’s Note: This is a rerun from 2011. It’s one of my favorite Friday Five lists, so I thought it would be fun to revisit. 🙂 This week’s Friday Five is a fan submission, and it’s too adorable not to share. The humans on Chuck get a lot of attention, but what about the animal co-stars? Chuck fan Obleebah submitted …

During the Super Bowl, NBC gave us our first look at Zachary Levi in the upcoming Heroes reboot, Heroes Reborn. In the brief teaser, titled “Aurora”, we see a little girl who appears to have the power to control the cosmos. Horn-Rimmed Glasses turns to the camera, then the camera shifts and we see a man in a parka watching …

The undercover disguises on Chuck provided lots of visual comedy, especially when Casey was involved. Stoic and serious most of the time, it seems like the show took great delight in putting him in silly disguises. Herewith, five of my all-time favorite Casey disguises. 1. Casey is a Nerd (“Chuck vs. the Dream Job”) After making fun of Chuck, Morgan, …

We’ve just passed the three-year anniversary of the final episode of Chuck, and to honor the occasion, Victoria Nelli at The TV Addict interviewed Chuck stars Joshua Gomez, Ryan McPartlin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, and Mekenna Melvin about their memories of the show. What was your favorite Chuck episode?  Vik Sahay: I have to say the birth of Jeffster in …

Yvonne Strahovski has quite a photo spread in the February 2015 issue of GQ Australia. Timed for the height of summer Down Under, the issue features sun-drenched Yvonne at the beach, wearing several striking black and white swimsuits. Speaking of striking, in the interview, Yvonne reveals that when she first arrived in L.A., someone recommended that she change her last name …

Save Chuck, save the world! OK, not quite, but I’m pretty excited at the news that Zachary Levi has signed on as the lead in Heroes Reborn, the upcoming 13 episode relaunch of Heroes. We don’t know a lot about the storyline, except that it’s “new”, i.e. the only character returning from the original series is Noah Bennet, aka Hornrim …

Zachary Levi will resurrect Abraham Lincoln for an episode of the Hulu original series Deadbeat, according to TV Line. Per the report, Zac appears in Episode 9 of Season 2, which finds Pac (Tyler Labine) “hastily staging a ‘revival’ of Our American Cousin — AKA the play the late prez was attending when he was assassinated in 1865 — so …