Look who’s writing for Chuck now! Ali Adler revealed that Chuck episode 3.10, “Chuck vs. the Tic Tac”, was written by Lauren LeFranc and Rafe Judkins. Why does that make my heart skip a beat? I’m so glad you asked! Lauren LeFranc wrote two episodes of Christian Slater’s spy series My Own Worst Enemy which had a brief run on …

Chuck executive producer/writer Scott Rosenbaum has stepped down to become showrunner of ABC’s V, and Ed at SciFTVZone.com has the first interview with him. This interview is all about V, but Ed says this is just an excerpt of the full interview, which will be posted in several parts, so we may get some Chuck tidbits down the road.

NBC’s annual tradition, the Christmas in Rockefeller Center special, will feature a very familiar face this year: Zachary Levi will co-host with 30 Rock‘s Jane Krakowski. The one-hour program will air at 8/7c on Wednesday, December 2. The special will also feature performances by Michael Buble, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, The Roots, Shakira and the Radio City Rockettes. …

The movie Yvonne Strahovski filmed between doing the pilot for Chuck and starting on the rest of season 1 is now available on DVD! Reviews for The Canyon are great overall, but Yvonne’s performance is considered the standout of the film. See for yourself at your local video store or buy a copy from Amazon.

Remember when the title for this episode first came out and we were trying to figure out what “predator” referred to? I don’t think anyone got that right. This week on Chuck Me Mondays, it’s “Chuck vs. the Predator”. The episode is not available for free online, but Chuck fans still have several viewing options: purchase the episode from Amazon …

USA Weekend has a quick’n’dirty exclusive with Zachary Levi in which he reveals a few interesting tidbits: The early return rumors are “pretty solid”, he says. The concern over being preempted by the Olympics could be alleviated by doubling up on episodes a couple of times, like for the premiere. Two hours of Chuck? Sold! Zac turned down a role …

With so much debate between fans about the central theme of Chuck, underlining how complex the show truly is, we decided to create a survey to gather some hard data on the question. It’s a short survey and shouldn’t take more than 5 minutes to complete.  The survey will close next Friday, November 20, so do it now! <a href=”http://surveys.polldaddy.com/s/C1A9FD33AE186203/” …

Our second interactive interview features the multi-talented butt-kicking Julia Ling. We also talk about NBC ordering 6 more episodes, an earlier DVD launch date, spoilers, and more! Listen here. Next up: Vik Sahay! Don’t forget to vote for us in the Podcast Awards.

The voting period for the Podcast Awards is open now though November 30. Chuck vs the Podcast is nominated in the Entertainment category, and you can vote daily. Thanks for your support!

We’ve been wondering where the Casey spoilers were hiding, and it looks like they’re finally breaking free. Here’s the latest from Ausiello’s spoiler column: Question: Please tell me you have some Chuck scoop. —Jake Ausiello: I have some Chuck scoop. In episode 10, Casey does something bad. REALLY bad. Could-cost-him-his-job bad. And it’s connected to this [Robert Patrick’s casting]. Juicy! …