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created by

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and Chris Fedak. It premiered on the

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on September 24, 2007, airing on Mondays at 8:00 pm ET. ''Chuck'' centers on

Chuck Bartowski Charles Irving Bartowski is the title character of the American spy show ''Chuck'' on NBC. He is portrayed by Zachary Levi. UGO.com named him one of the best TV nerds. Character profile At the outset of the show, Chuck Bartowski is presented ...

(played by

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), an "average computer-whiz-next-door", who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working in the

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; the message embeds the only remaining copy of the world's greatest spy secrets into Chuck's brain. The first season of ''Chuck'' aired in 2007–08, containing 13 episodes. After the

2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike From November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) went on strike. The Writers Guild of America ...

, NBC renewed ''Chuck'' for a second season instead of extending the first to a full season of 22 episodes. The full-length second season originally aired in 2008–09. Episodes of ''Chuck'' are also available in various

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formats. The first through fifth seasons are available to purchase on DVD and

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. In the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, every episode is available for download from iTunes. Episode titles for ''Chuck'' are consistently formatted as "Chuck Versus...". For example, the pilot episode is titled "Chuck Versus the Intersect". This list is ordered by the episodes' original air date and not by the production codes, which show the order in which episodes were filmed. On May 13, 2011, NBC renewed ''Chuck'' for a fifth and final season consisting of 13 episodes, which premiered on October 28, 2011.

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2007–08)

Season 2 (2008–09)

Season 3 (2010)

Season 4 (2010–11)

It was initially announced on May 14, 2010, that

renewed ''Chuck'' for a fourth season consisting of 13 episodes with an option for a back nine; on October 19, 2010, NBC ordered an additional eleven episodes (rather than the original option of nine), bringing the number of season four episodes to 24, the largest for the series.

Season 5 (2011–12)

NBC confirmed that the fifth and final season of ''Chuck'' would consist of thirteen episodes on May 13, 2011, returning in the fall on Friday nights at 8/7c; the season aired from October 28, 2011, to January 27, 2012.

Web-based spin-offs

''Chuck Versus the Webisodes''

''Meet the Nerd Herders''

''Morgan's Vlog''

''Chuck Presents – Buy Hard: The Jeff and Lester Story''

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Chuck Lists of American comedy-drama television series episodes