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Chuck: Josh Schwartz interview
What's Alan Watching? — ... In an unexpected but very cool move, NBC has given "Chuck" a full season order for season two based on their opinion of the first six episodes. (Initially, it only got a 13-episode order based on the weird strike-related nature of season one.) So even though the show's been off the air since January (it comes back on Sept. 29), and even though it'll have tougher competition than it did last year (including having to face Josh Schwartz's other show), and even though NBC doesn't own the show, they've just given the show a very public sign of support. ...

NBC Goes All the Way With 'Chuck'
Oh No They Didn't! — ... it doesn’t own. Networks generally order 13 episodes of sophomore shows; it’s not until a show’s third season that full 22-episode orders become the norm. Making the “Chuck” greenlight even more impressive is the fact that the show hasn’t aired since January. That means NBC hasn’t seen any recent ratings data for “Chuck.” “Chuck” will return to its 8 p.m. Monday time slot next month, facing off against several big shows—including Mr. Schwartz’s own “Gossip Girl.” view source

Good News, Bad News: CHUCK, SNL, 90210 and More!
the TV addict — ... Good News: NBC has already gone ahead and picked up CHUCK for its entire second season Bad News: Which as much as we love CHUCK, probably says a lot more about the sorry state of the Peacock Network’s fall slate. We’re just sayin’, NBC President Ben Silverman, it’s probably about time you updated your resume. [Source] ...

The More You Know: Chef that drives me to drink busted for drunk driving
TiFaux — Marcel from Top Chef 2 arrested for DUI Chuck is guaranteed a full second season Catch up on 6 seasons of The Shield in 12 minutes Michael Phelps will host Saturday Night Live’s season premiere Germany’s version of The Office will be made into a movie Click here to find out who won Shear Genius Reality Blurred is not digging Keith or Project Runway 5 in general Pushing Daisies is doing a 10 city publicity tour E! Kristin rounds up Thursday’s new shows as ...

'Chuck': A peek at Season 2
The Watcher — ... “Chuck” (returns Sept. 29 on NBC): Good news for "Chuck" fans: NBC has increased its episode order for the spy dramedy, from 13 episodes to a full season of 22. That's all before the show even returns, so it's a good sign. Last year, one of my main quibbles with this otherwise charmingly goofy adventure show was that I couldn’t see a way around this problem: What if the spy secrets that had been accidentally downloaded into the hapless Chuck Bartowski’s brain became outdated? That issue will be addressed head-on, as it were, in Season 2, creator Josh ...