by Heather Hogan

"Chuck" gets a full-season pickup and a January premiere

Writing for AfterEllen.com these last few months has been like standing in a post-apocalyptic, Leno-strewn wasteland of nothingness, as blogger after blogger has gloated over the return of her TV girlfriend to the fall schedule. All my feelings of dystopian loneliness shifted last night, though, when NBC finally announced that Chuck will return in January, with a three-hour, two-night geek-fest of Buymoria proportions!

Welcome back, Sarah Walker.

Chuck's comeback from last year's cancellation bubble is now the story of TV legend.

To summarize: NBC was like, "Meh." And the fans and critics were all, "Wait, what?" And NBC was like, "Leno, duh." And the fans and critics were all, "You cannot be serious." And NBC was all, "Yeah, but we are." And the fans and critics took to Twitter and Facebook and Subway like the Nerd Herd hopped up on SweetTarts and Rush's "Tom Sawyer."

NBC finally renewed Chuck for a lame 13 episodes at some to-be-disclosed time in the future. Then a few weeks ago, they picked up another nine episodes. And that brings us to last night, when crazy-cute Zach Levi delivered this message of thanks to the fans, along with a clip from the forthcoming season and a premiere date:

January 10th, 2010!

Is it a coincidence that the binary code for "StuntDouble's girlfriend" has the sequence "01.10.10" in it three times? I don't think so!

(Oh, sorry; did you think you could out-geek me?)

Here's how it's going down: Chuck will return on a Sunday night with two episodes, and then it will slide into its regular time-slot on Monday with another episode. That is three hours of my girlfriend, Yvonne Strahovski, on your TV in two days.

There is a God, and that God loves nerds.

How excited are you that Chuck is finally coming back?

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Submitted by

Heather Hogan

on November 20, 2009 - 2:00pm.

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Yesssssssss!! So excited.

Submitted by

shekindapreppy (52 posts)

on November 20, 2009 - 3:06pm.

Yesssssssss!!

So excited. Love the show. I was worried when I didn't see it this fall. Now almost all is right with the world.

SN: I'm disconnecting my phone for those three hours.

I love Chuck!!!

Submitted by

Broadwaybabe (44 posts)

on November 20, 2009 - 3:14pm.

This just made my day! Not only is it coming back sooner, but longer?! Amazing! Thanks so much for posting this!

Chuck

Submitted by

eek (116 posts)

on November 20, 2009 - 3:18pm.

Yay that Chuck is coming back - finally! I love Chuck! And yes I watch it because of Sarah Walker! Major drool-age! LOL! She's super duper hot! :) Thanks for the heads up. Will have to mark that right away on my 2010 calendar. :)

wOO!

Submitted by

Coconut (3 posts)

on November 20, 2009 - 4:18pm.

duude! I love love love love LOOOOVEE chuck.!

I'm so excited to see the new season.! but I dont like the fact that
the girl who played lana on Smallville.. will be on this season..¬¬

i love CHUCK

Submitted by

McGirl-ver (137 posts)

on November 20, 2009 - 6:08pm.

so excited to hear this news. i've been a fan since the get-go. i can't wait to see three episodes in 2 days...i am jumping up and down with excitment. i can't wait...oh conflict its my wife's b-day. oh, decisions decisions.

Yes!! Thank you God!! Thank

Submitted by

TS (57 posts)

on November 20, 2009 - 6:25pm.

Yes!! Thank you God!! Thank you, thank you, thank you.

woot woot

Submitted by

lookatthestar (128 posts)

on November 20, 2009 - 11:06pm.

I miss her...good to kno the nerd will be back!

Three hours...

Submitted by

ChavaAv (187 posts)

on November 20, 2009 - 11:42pm.

Those three hours will be the best three hours of my life. Seriousl.

אני קורא, אז אני פשוט צריך לשמוע אותך

YAY!!

Submitted by

ellejay (19 posts)

on November 21, 2009 - 3:07am.

I've been waiting oh so patiently for my beloved Chuck to return and it's coming soon! Yay!!

i think

Submitted by

Fia (39 posts)

on November 21, 2009 - 9:04am.

i love yvonne, i mean so excited, can not wait!

Woo Hooooo!

Submitted by

honeyb (24 posts)

on November 21, 2009 - 5:44pm.

I hadven't even watched the "last" season of Chuck 'cause I was so depressed that they took it off the air. Will be heading to the video store soon.

Now if we could get NBC to bring back Life to replace one of their other crappy shows like Mercy or Trauma or...

Glad to see NBC

Submitted by

Sparky (1 post)

on November 22, 2009 - 4:28am.

is at least willing to listen to fans and admit when they're wrong... sometimes. I just started watching Chuck and it does seem like a good show. I'm a fan of Friday Night Lights and was relieved when they found a way to keep that show on the air as well.

And StuntDouble.... "Is it a coincidence that the binary code for "StuntDouble's girlfriend" has the sequence "01.10.10" in it three times? I don't think so!
(Oh, sorry; did you think you could out-geek me?)"

Hee.

Cannot wait. I don't know

Submitted by

MisDeeds (188 posts)

on November 22, 2009 - 12:03pm.

Cannot wait. I don't know why this show is so underappreciated! @Sparky: OMG Friday Night Lights is amazing. That is also another underrated show. It had me at the first note of the theme song!

Uh...and, how would this tie into AE?

Submitted by

Nothing (489 posts)

on November 22, 2009 - 9:32pm.

As much as I like Chuck, and I do like Chuck, I read the article to the end expecting to hear of a female character who was a lesbian, bisexual, or even just a tad bi-curious, but ah....nope. Has AfterEllen.com just become a website to talk about female entertainers in general? My understanding of the name of this website is how the entertainment industry has evolved, or not, after Ellen Degeneres came out, to include more lesbian and/or bisexual characters in TV and movies. I don't come around often, so maybe I missed the change in venue.

!!!

Submitted by

Anonymous

on November 23, 2009 - 9:10am.

I love me some Chuck!

Brilliant. I love this

Submitted by

kerplunksky (67 posts)

on November 23, 2009 - 11:18am.

Brilliant. I love this show, the 2nd season just finished here in the UK a few weeks ago and I've been waiting with bated breath to see if the 3rd season was definitely going ahead. Yvonne is stunning and I think Zach is actually quite cute too. They make a brilliant double act and the show is a dream for my geek wife and I. Thanks for letting us know.