Zachary Levi told Kevin Smith on his podcast a couple of weeks ago that he’d be directing another episode of Chuck this season (in addition to a lot of other entertaining and interesting discussion; check it out). Rick over at Zap2It now confirms that the episode is 5.05, “Chuck vs. the Hack-Off”, with Carrie-Ann Moss and Danny Pudi both appearing. …

New photos! Hurrah! The Chuck season 5 cast photos have been released, showing Chuck, Sarah, Casey and Morgan working hard! Or hardly working. Whatever, new pics!

Ryan McPartlin is all over the place! He guest starred on the NBC summer series Friends with Benefits, his NBC made-for-TV movie aired last weekend, he’s working on the final season of Chuck, and now TVLine reports that he’ll be guest starring in an episode of the new FOX series I Hate My Teenage Daughter. Ryan will appear as “hot …

Got a pair of Chuck season 5 scooplets to share tonight, courtesy of TVLine and TV Guide. First up, a little bit about Danny Pudi’s cameo from Ausiello over at TVLine: Question: I’m anxiously awaiting the new/final season of Chuck. Got any juicy scoop for us? —Pam Ausiello: Community‘s Danny Pudi will not be playing Abed when he crosses over to …

We still have seven more weeks until Chuck season 5 premieres on NBC, but today the official Chuck page on Facebook posted our first look at the keyart for the new season. Chuck and Sarah Bartowski are not to be messed with, y’all. (Look, they’re holding hands!) Excited yet? Updated: looks like Chuck still carries a tranq gun, and that’s the …

The current issue of Entertainment Weekly is their big Fall TV Preview, and Chuck gets a nice mini-feature in the Friday section. Check out the scan below, courtesy of Heather.

Happy Friday! The Summer 2011 Rewatch continues as we move into season 4 with “Chuck vs. the Balcony”. Join Happydayz and your fellow Chuck fans to watch and chat beginning at 8/7c tonight. CHUCK PLANS A SECRET MISSION WHILE ON ANOTHER SECRET MISSION IN FRANCE — When an assignment brings him to a French vineyard, Chuck (Zachary Levi) juggles tracking …

As reported by THR.com, NBC confirmed that Community’s Danny Pudi is crossing over in a guest starring role on the 5th and final season of Chuck. One can only hope and speculate that his character will give Vik Sahay’s Lester reason to mastermind evil plans to make sure his status as the sole brown top dog doesn’t get undermined. Whatever …

Warning: Spoilers ahead! TVLine reports that Chuck has recruited stars* from The Office and The Shield to guest in episode 5.04, “Chuck vs. the Business Trip.” The casting news also appears to answer a technical question we had after last season’s finale. David Koechner, aka the obnoxious, obscene Todd Packer from The Office, will appear as “Crazy Bob,” a cheerful …

AOL TV reports that Chuck is getting a visit from Danny Pudi, the man behind Community‘s resident pop culture geek, Abed. His role is being kept under wraps, but we do know that he’ll cameo in episode 5.05, “Chuck vs. the Hack-Off”. Perhaps he’ll be one of the hackers? Also, YAY! Update: Just for kicks, here’s a photo of me …