Chuck, the new TV Nerd, should feel at home here with fellow geeks at this year's Comic Con.
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Super-nerd-turned-super-agent action-comedy lauded at Comic-Con; video interview with stars Zach Levi
and Josh Gomez inside.
Remember this name: Zachary Levi.
The young actor (Less Than Perfect) is poised for breakout fame as the star of the new NBC action-comedy
Chuck. He plays the lead role, a nerdy employee at a Best Buy clone who fixes computers and does technical support
for a group called the Nerd Herd (like Best Buy's Geek Squad).
But when he opens up an e-mail from an old college buddy ("buddy" may be the wrong word--he stole Chuck's girlfriend
and was the envy of the campus) named Bryce, his life changes. Chuck accidentally becomes privy to the secrets of the National
Security Administration and the Central Intelligence Agency by opening an e-mail from Bryce, making him a wanted man and one
of the government's best sources of intel.
Soon he has a sexy CIA agent (played by Aussie actress Yvonne Strzechowski) and a stern NSA employee (played
by Firefly's Adam Baldwin) tailing him, and he must juggle his new found importance with his regular life.
Levi plays Chuck with a winning combination of The Office's Jim Halpert and Saturday Night Live's
Jimmy Fallon, melding sheepishness and physical comedy in a way that already has ladies swooning.
The show's pilot was screened before a Comic-Con audience (with a question-and-answer panel following) and
the reception was overwhelmingly positive. It's also won over NBC execs, who have given the show one of the best time slots
the network has. Chuck was moved to Monday nights at 8 p.m. as the lead in for mega-hit Heroes, hoping to
offer a bit of humor for the geek crowd before they tune into the more serious storylines of Heroes.
Levi isn't alone, though. Playing Chuck's buddy Morgan is the equally energetic Joshua Gomez, who does just
enough to keep Chuck in the spotlight while carving out his own presence. The two also contribute heavily to what eventually
goes on screen by improvising, which, thanks to their natural chemistry, only improves the show.
Levi and Gomez sign for fans on the Comic-Con floor.
The thing that should keep the show alive past its first season is the use of parallel storylines. Chuck isn't
just struggling to be a great super agent, he's also working his way through middle management at the Buy More electronics
store. In fact, creepy Bulgarian demolitions experts aren't even as frightening as Chuck's Buy More rival for the assistant
manager position, a menacing short Asian man with a shaved head played by C.S. Lee (Dexter).
Promotion for the show is in full gear with a new Web site called chuckssecret.com that features clips, links to Chuck's myspace and last.fm profiles, and other viral marketing campaigns.
Chuck premieres on NBC on September 24. Be sure to watch TV.com's exclusive interview with Levi and
Gomez and footage from the Comic-Con panel, both of which are now showing in the video player in the top right of the page.