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From Televisionary: It was serious pandemonium as fans, who had waited in line for hours, finally got a chance to see the main event they had been waiting for. There were cheers, whoops of victory, and quite possibly a swooning, teary female fan or two among the throngs of people jostling for seats.No, I’m not talking about the arrival of …

Laura Saltman from Access Hollywood blogged her experiences at the TCA Press Tour, including these bits from interviewing the cast of Chuck: 12:45 The day picks up at least for my crew with Adam Baldwin from “Chuck”. Apparently, he was in “Full Metal Jacket” and they have some nice boy talk. Adam and I muse on why “Daybreak” couldn’t find …

By Joanne Weintraub Wednesday, Jul 18 2007, 10:38 AM In “The O.C.’s” Seth Cohen, writer-producer Josh Schwartz gave TV one of its most beloved nerds. Now that the Fox show is history, he’s hoping lightning will strike again with the equally smart, affable, geeky hero of NBC’s “Chuck,” an electronics salesman who, in time-honored TV fashion, becomes a reluctant and …

Zachary Levi, star of the upcoming NBC series Chuck, told SCI FI Wire that the show celebrates nerd culture and will appeal to those who may be “cool-challenged,” a label he willingly applies to himself. “Dork is definitely the new cool,” Levi said in an interview at the Television Critics Association press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 17. …

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 cliches, but based on …

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 should’ve become after …

At the NBC TCA panel this morning, NBC execs announced that Chuck will air on Mondays (instead of Tuesdays as originally planned) at 8/7c, followed by Heroes and Journeyman.

New NBC head honcho Ben Silverman is pleased with a couple of the shows on his inherited Fall schedule: Silverman said Betty is the kind of fun “aspirational” television he wants to bring to NBC. He hasn’t seen all of NBC’s pilots yet, he says, (he hasn’t even moved into his Burbank office yet) but of those he has seen, …

Chuck has been picked up by NBC to premiere in Fall 2007. Currently the show is scheduled to air Tuesdays at 9/8c.