Seven Things | Yvonne Strahovski

Seven Things | Yvonne Strahovski

MTVs Seven Things you might not know about Yvonne. (Don´t feel guilty if you know these things. I did. Except for the lack of sugar intake. )

Yvonne Strahovski at Hangover 2 premiere in Los Angeles 19th of May

Yvonne Strahovski at the premiere of Hangover 2 in Los Angeles yesterday.

Yvonne and her unknown (so far, but not for long) companion.

Yvonne looking lovely as always

Cast @ NBC upfront 2011 - May 16

Zac and Yvonne, with new hairdos, showing us a new coordinated pose.

Ryan and Yvonne having a good time posing for the cameras.

I really love this photo, especially Zac´s expression.

I had to squeeze in a regular photo as well.

Chuck Cast @ NBC upfronts 2011 by Access Hollywood on the final season

Chuck Cast @ NBC upfronts 2011 by Eonline on the final season

Yvonne Strahovski interview

Yvonne Strahovski on "The Seven" by ck151

Chuck 4.24 vs The Cliffhanger update

Music:

Battleme - Here With Me

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Conscience Killer

Typhoon - Firewood

Fanfarlo - I’m a Pilot (Song of the week, but because it is the season finale, it

doesn´t apply as much)

Jónsi - Sinking Friendships

Ratings:

The season finale of Chuck was up 0.1 versus last week to a 1.5 adults 18-49 rating.

In other news, this is my last official post for this season. Hope to see you, in the extent I can "see" you in here, this september as we encounter Team Bartowski for the last and final season. Have an excellent summer!

Chuck Season Finale Post Mortem

[Warning: If you have yet to watch Monday's season finale of Chuck, run — don’t walk — to the nearest emergency exit. Everyone else, onward and downward….]

I think I speak for Chuck fans everywhere when I say thank the lord almighty that tonight’s season finale wasn’t a series finale. The show’s 11th hour Season 5 renewal ensures that the climactic twist — make that twists — in the closing minutes of tonight’s episode marks the beginning of Chuck’s next (and last) chapter and not the end. In case you missed it, a quick recap: Chuck and Sarah “inherited” Volkoff’s vast empire and, after being pink-slipped by the CIA, decided to open their own spy agency. They also purchased the Buy More. Oh, and Morgan has taken possession of the Intersect. Craziness! To help make sense of what went down and how it impacts the show’s final 13-episode fifth season, exec producer Chris Fedak phoned TVLine for the most awesome post mortem ever.

TVLINE | I know you’ve issued a personal moratorium on the phrase game-changer, so allow me to congratulate you on your premise-altering finale. The show’s like Hart to Hart now!
I actually think it’s Hart to Hart meets The A-Team. [Laughs] It’s certainly a big switch for the show. But it’s also going back to the basics. We really wanted to get back to what it’s like when Chuck — who has a little bit of experience under his belt — doesn’t have the super computer in his head anymore. Now his best friend Morgan has the super computer in his head and he needs him. We think that’s a really fun way to [evolve] the show, because Morgan very much speaks to Chuck in Season 1. The fish out of water; the guy who hasn’t been on every spy mission and doesn’t know what to do in a gunfight. But now he has to be brought along on the missions. And for Chuck, he’s the guy who’s becoming a hero, becoming a professional, becoming a spy. He’s kind of almost a little bit like Casey and Sarah in Season 1, having to protect this doofus on spy missions.

TVLINE | Will Chuck and Sarah open up an office? Is the government going to contract cases out to them? How will it work?
I don’t want to give away too much but you’re in the world of what we’re talking about. The show wouldn’t be the show without the Buy More. And Chuck has realized that he has the perfect cover with the Buy More, so that will still be a part of the show. It’ll be a part of their cover operation — even though they’ll have a private spy agency. And also Chuck now owns the Buy More, so he’s not simply running a spy agency, he also owns and operates the Buy More. And we’re going to have some fun with that.

TVLINE | What happens to General Beckman?
Bonita [Friedericy] is fantastic and she is certainly a part of the show, but it’s going to be different.

TVLINE | Does the spy agency have a name yet?
It doesn’t have a name yet. That’s an interesting thing we have to think about. I hadn’t thought about that.

TVLINE | How will immense wealth change Chuck and Sarah?
I can’t wait to see what Chuck does with a billion dollars. I also know that he’s going to get into a lot of trouble. It’s going to be fun. It’s the exact wrong person to have so much money in his hands.

TVLINE | Will there be a new mythology thread running through the final season?
We’ve always had two sides to the mythology on our show: We have the emotional mythology of our characters’ backstories, and we also have the spy mythology. And both of those things will be part of the new season. I think that’s what is great about Season 5, the ability to get into the character mythology. Some of my favorite episodes are the ones with Sarah’s backstory, Morgan’s backstory, and Casey’s backstory. We’ll have a spy mythology as well, but we’ll probably get into it a little differently.

TVLINE | Has Josh Gomez been ordered to hit the gym? Or at least start taking martial arts classes?
I would never ever do that. The man is in too good of shape. He’s perfect the way he is. I wouldn’t pluck a single hair from his beard.

TVLINE | It’s safe to say he’ll be called on to do more than he has in the past physically-speaking, yes?
That’s absolutely true. I guess I should probably tell him he should start stretching.

TVLINE | Switching gears to the fifth season renewal, did you discuss setting an end date with NBC? Or was this all their call?
We went in and pitched them Season 5, which is very much a climactic story for Chuck. It wasn’t exactly designed to be the final season, but it’s certainly a big, emotionally satisfying, epic story. They liked the story, but there were also business factors that they considered. They ultimately picked us up and decided to make it the last season.

TVLINE | Given the show’s underdog and rocky ratings history, do you view this 13-episode wrap-up as something akin to a miracle?
Absolutely. We’ve always been very lucky, first for our incredibly loyal fan base. And second because Warner Bros. and NBC have been supportive of the show. We’re a unique, special show — there’s nothing else quite like it on television. We’re very lucky to have people that have supported it, protected it, and allowed us to get to a point where we could do a fifth season and tell the final chapter of this story in a really satisfying way.

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Chuck Finale Set Visit: Saving Sarah Walker and the Cast’s Season 5 Wish List

On a sunny day at the North Hollywood Medical Center, Chuck is shooting its Season 4 finale (airing Monday at 8/7c on NBC), in which spy and bride-to-be Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) is hospitalized — near death — after an attack by Vivian Volkoff (Lauren Cohan). Despite the subject matter, the mood on the set is anything but grim.

“It’s a crazy roller coaster of love, and I’m gonna stand on that,” star Zachary Levi tells reporters, describing the show’s genre-spanning style. He might as well be referring to the cast and crew’s camaraderie though.

NBC renews Chuck for fifth and final season

Throughout the long day, everyone enjoys each other’s company behind the scenes. Levi and Joshua Gomez play up their on- and off-screen bromance, Ryan McPartlin interview-bombs Sarah Lancaster while we’re asking her questions, Adam Baldwin teases Gomez, and Levi rides through the hallways on a skateboard, while his TV mom played by Linda Hamilton playfully yells after him, “You’re going to hurt yourself! Get off of that!”

It’s a reflection of how tight the team is on the show also, especially when one of their own could die. In the previous episode, Vivian had activated the “Norseman” — which identifies a specific person’s DNA — and targeted Sarah in the middle of her and Chuck’s rehearsal dinner. “Sarah’s fighting for her life, which throws a major kink in everything: our relationship, our wedding plans,” Levi explains. “So everyone is having to work together in order to save the day. Like we often do on the show.”

“My character has sort of been poisoned in a way, so Chuck has to find the antidote,” Strahovski adds. Today, the lithe actress looks particularly fetching in a gown … a hospital gown that is. “I’m unconscious for the whole day. It’s my favorite day of the week,” she says. “I get to sleep all day in a hospital bed, which I’ve never done before. Usually I’m fighting, doing something or other. It’s good, it’s relaxing.”

There’s only one problem with being too comfortable, however. “I kind of started falling asleep [for real] which is bad,” she says. “I need to be in a coma, so if I start twitching it’s not good.”

Morgan Grimes (Gomez) might be able to help. This season, Chuck’s best friend has been splitting his time between the Buy More and helping out on missions. “As part of this silly, ragtag team now, I’m here to try to help in whatever way I can help get Sarah back up on her feet and to the aisle,” Gomez says. “‘Cause I want nothing more than these two crazy kids to marry. I’m keeping a watchful eye over Sarah at her bedside, telling her stories of our youth. I have a good bedside manner.”

Earlier that day, we saw Gomez walk through the hospital set and approach a man who looks like a CIA agent. Before Gomez can jump into action, McPartlin, who plays Chuck’s brother-in-law Devon “Captain Awesome” Woodcomb, knocks the guy out. “He steals my thunder,” says Gomez. “I was on my way over there, debating whether to sweep the leg, or karate kick, or judo chop, roundhouse punch.”

“Awesome is called off the bench and gets into the spy game a little,” McPartlin says. “You get to see him actually applying some of his knowledge in L.A. and trying to save the day. And let’s be honest, my character is more suited for it even though Morgan is now a staple of the spy world. I think Captain Awesome is very jealous and very angry. But when Awesome and Morgan are together, I think it just brings up the pace and the level of excitement and laughs.”

Chuck has also exploited another fine bromance this season: the relationship between Morgan and Agent John Casey (Baldwin). Not only is Casey mentoring him in the spy world, but also overseeing the romance between his daughter Alex (Mekenna Melvin) and Morgan. “In the finale, Casey is protecting Chuck and this one [Morgan],” says Baldwin. “This one’s coming along. He’s a lot smarter, and his technical attributes are improving episode by episode. Casey clearly understands he’s a good guy. So he wishes [Alex and Morgan] the best … so long as they don’t kiss in front of Casey too often.”

It’s not that Casey is against romance, but he’s never been terribly demonstrative with his affection in his own relationships. Although Baldwin thinks that a new love interest could be in Casey’s future, he’s not sure if the viewing audience would be ready for it. “What if it were Chuck’s mom?” he muses. “A Casey love interest at 8 o’clock? Nah, he needs 10 o’clock — or Showtime. But that’s down the road, obviously.”

Down the road will need to be soon, considering Chuck was renewed for a fifth — and final — 13-episode season. At the time, the actors didn’t know if Chuck would be returning, but that didn’t stop several cast members from sounding off on how they’d like to see their characters develop.

Fall TV 2011: What’s in? What’s out?

Recurring guest star Hamilton just wants a regular gig on the show. “I want to come back every episode,” she says. “It’s very hard to sit and wait [between episodes]. Conflict is good, it’s what drives us. If there’s no conflict with my character, then they could kill me. So as long as there’s conflict, I’m good. Keep it alive, that’s how I feel.”

As the responsible new dad to baby Clara on the show, McPartlin keeps his expectations in the domestic realm. “It’s a tricky situation for the writers because we have the kid at home now,” he says. “As adventurous as I am, we have a real responsibility and you can’t take that lightly. However, I think that there is a lot of family drama to play out at home that they can tap into more next season … but I like it when Awesome and Ellie are brought into the spy world by necessity instead of by choice.”

Lancaster, who plays his on-screen spouse Ellie, isn’t hampered by those feelings of parental responsibility. “Give me a gun. More spy stuff. Yeah, put me in some black leather,” she says. “Mom can watch [Clara]. Awesome can watch her. The Buy More guys can watch her.”

Gomez also wants in on more action. “Always more sniper rifles, and I’d like to continue to have more scenes with Adam and Zac, more funny spy stuff,” he says. “Also, The Buy More is fun, and it’s where most of the comedy really stems from.”

“But we’re sick of the color scheme,” adds Baldwin.

Do you think Chuck and Sarah will make it to the altar? What would you like to see in Season 5?

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NBC releases schedule: Chuck on the move

NBC is the first broadcast network to unveil its official game plan for the 2011-12 TV season, and the biggest news regarding returning shows is that Chuck‘s fifth and final season will unspool on Fridays at 8/7c.

FRIDAY
8 pm Chuck [new time slot]
9 pm GRIMM
10 pm Dateline NBC

NBC exec on Chuck

TVLINE | Why did you decide to make Chuck‘s upcoming fifth season its last?
It seemed to be the way to end it appropriately for the fans who love it, and not get into a situation where it might end or might not end and then it ends and we haven’t concluded the storyline. It gives [producers] a chance to plan for it. I think that’s the best way to do it.

TVLINE | You only ordered 13 episodes of Chuck. Any chance you’ll increase that number?
I don’t think so. Unless suddenly we have 10 million viewers watching it on Friday night, then it would.

Chuck 4.24 vs the Cliffhanger Canadian Promo

Linda Hamilton talks season 4 and season 5 - part 1

Linda Hamilton is an actress that needs no introduction. The woman who helped define strong female archetype roles for women in cinema is most famous for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in THE TERMINATOR and TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY. Hamilton is a beautiful, intelligent and strong woman, but most who would expect her to be like her “tough-as-nails” screen heroine are in for a surprise. The actress is actually a free spirit, and a self-proclaimed Hippie with a quick smile and fantastic sense of humor.

ASSIGNMENT X was lucky enough to get the chance to talk to Hamilton this week in Part 1 of this exclusive interview about her latest acting job as the Spy mother of the title character of the NBC series CHUCK. Hamilton opens up about how she got involved in the show, what twists and turns in her character’s development have surprised her, and whether or not she will be back for another season.
ASSIGNMENT X: How did you come to CHUCK?

LINDA HAMILTON: It was a lucky accident, and the fans have heard this before but, I was at an autograph convention and a fan in line asked me if I was going to be doing CHUCK? I didn’t even know what CHUCK was at that time, but there had been a rumor circulating that they were bringing on the character of Chuck’s mom, and that I might be lined up to play that. I had never heard that rumor so I said, “no, not at all.” Then two weeks later I got a call from my agent telling me they had submitted me for CHUCK. I wish they had told me! [Laughs] They submitted me and I went in and met Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedack; the rest as they say is history.

AX: What drew you to the character?

HAMILTON: I love the attitude. I love the silliness, the “not taking itself too seriously.” That is my middle name, Linda “I Don’t Take Myself too Seriously” Hamilton. So I love that whole feel of the show. Its light on it’s feet, and it’s funny and dramatic, and glamorous. I just love all of that mixed together.

AX: You came onto the show this season, and the other actors have been on it for a few years. What is it like joining a cast during a series that is already established?

HAMILTON: It always feels strange to do that and to be the outsider. As an actor I think I can generally say that we’re a pretty insecure group of people. [Laughs] I’m not really insecure but I did feel the enormity of the job I had to do. It was a little intimidating. Everyone on that show is wonderful! I would like that to be my whole life-long job. Truly, I love the people on that show.
AX: Your character underwent some changes as the season progressed. Was all of that given to you up front or was it parceled out over each episode?

HAMILTON: Episode by episode. I swear to you I had no idea if I was a good girl or a bad girl for about the first seven episodes that I did. People would ask me if I was good or bad and I told them I didn’t know. I asked the show runners and they didn’t know. [Laughs] I was walking a thin line. The complexities of what they work out, even though the show is light on its feet, are amazing as to where the characters are going and who they are. They have to work really hard to pull it all together, and so I think it took a while to bring it all in.

AX: Are you pleased with the journey character has taken this season and where she has ended up?

HAMILTON: Yes! Being a late comer to the show I didn’t know how it was going to work out. Now I have a better understanding of how they work things, and generally the men on that show are the funny ones. It’s Morgan [Joshua Gomez] or Chuck [Zachary Levi]. Sarah [Yvonne Strahovski] is sort of the strong leading man type. [Laughs] Then this year Timothy Dalton. He was a big surprise and he’s hysterical. So I hope that I get to go a little bit more in that direction.

I remember the first few days and the mountains and mountains of dialogue coming out of my mouth. I was nervous as hell. I really was. I remember my very first day in a car and I had just grabbed Chuck after I’ve shot him. I told him, “I shot you to protect you”, which is still one of my favorite lines I’ve ever gotten to say. I had to say to Zachary, “please turn the radio down”, because he was cranking it up in between takes in the car. [Laughs] I didn’t think I was going to make the day, because of all the stuff I had to say. Then I watched other actors come onto the show and go through the same thing. Now of course, it’s chill and I can do anything with any kind of concentration break. That first day though I begged Zach and told him the next week he could play the radio as loud as he wanted to, but I told him he had to be more quiet so I could remember my lines!

AX: You were back in this week’s episode – can you confirm or deny whether you will be in the season finale?

HAMILTON: Absolutely back for the finale!

AX: Would you be up for returning for another season?

HAMILTON: That’s a funny way of asking if I was killed at the end of the season. [Laughs] I’m looking forward to going back next year. I want even more! It’s hard once you’ve started to sit back and not do them. There have been times when they called me and told me I wasn’t doing the next three episodes, and I wondered what I was going to do with myself for the next month?! You aren’t free to look for other work. It’s interesting to go from doing an episode to not doing two or three. It’s interesting to try and fid your balance. You work your ass off and then you don’t work for three weeks, and then you work your ass off, and then you don’t work for a week. So I’m learning how to do that. My favorite job description would be to be on CHUCK every week.

AX: So you’ve enjoyed returning to network TV?

HAMILTON: I did. I liken it to having a baby. Women for centuries have said that God takes the memory of the birth away so that you can have another child, because if you remembered how hard it was and how difficult, you would never have a second child. That’s what I feel like doing a TV series. It had been, lord, twenty years or so since I did BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and that was my last TV show. I had forgotten how much it takes – those sixteen hour days with an hour commute on each end. That’s on a Tuesday, and then you have to continue to come in the rest of the week. I just thought “Holy Mother of God!” [Laughs] But, I love being on the show and being on the Warner Bros. lot. I’ve done a lot of smaller stuff on lots, but this is the longest time I’ve shot on one. I love going to Warner Bros. everyday!

AX: There is a rumor going around that your character is Vivian Volkoff’s mother. Even though your character supposedly never had relations with Volkoff?

HAMILTON: I cannot confirm or deny those rumors, but I think that’s a wonderful direction! I would be the last to know, but I have thought about that same thing because Vivian looks a bit like me. We’ll see what happens! They’ve done such a great job with the Volkoff story.

AX: What’s your favorite part about being on CHUCK?

HAMILTON: For me it’s the comedy. Anytime they give me anything funny to do I’m all over it. Zach has the most amazing timing and the greatest rhythm. I have a lot to learn from these people. I love to watch him and Joshua Gomez go at it. They’re just delightful. I enjoy the fact that we get to do all the stunt stuff and wear false eyelashes. It’s a great mix that way.

AX: CHUCK brings on a lot of famous genre actors. Have you sat on set in between takes and traded war stories?

HAMILTON: Yeah, Robert Englund was brilliant and he was a lot of fun! Who could ever not appreciate where they are, when they are sitting with Robert? I made a huge play for Timothy Dalton and he ignored me. [Laughs] I think I terrify him! But it is great fun. And who isn’t curious about Nicole Richie? I love her style and its all fun.

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Chuck 4.24. vs the Cliffhanger stills

Chuck’ Actress Joins Barbra Streisand Road Trip Comedy Mother´s Curse

Anne Fletcher is directing the Paramount project, which also stars Seth Rogen.

Yvonne Strahovski, who stars opposite Zachary Levi in Chuck, is joining My Mother’s Curse, Paramount’s road movie starring Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand.

Anne Fletcher (The Proposal) is directing the project with a script by Dan Fogelman (Cars), which he wrote based on his own experience traveling with his mother.

The dramedy follows an inventor (Rogen) who invites his mother (Streisand) on a cross-country trip as he tries to sell his new product while also reuniting her with a lost love.

Strahovski will play Rogen’s high school sweetheart whom he once proposed to.

Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn are producing along with Evan Goldberg.

Strahovski will be back on Chuck for its just announced fifth and final season. On the big screen, she co-stars with Robert De Niro, Clive Owen and Jason Statham in Killer Elite, which was acquired earlier this week by Open Road Films.

She is repped by IFA and McKeon Myones Management.

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Chuck renewed for a fifth (and final) season!

It’s official: Chuck Bartowski is the luckiest spy in television history.

Sources confirm to TVLine that Chuck has cheated death once again and will return for a fifth — and final — season this fall.

NBC declined to comment, but I hear the show will be back for 13 episodes.

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Chuck and Sarah Wedding Promo

It`s Official: NBC renews Chuck

It‘s Chuck versus a new NBC president. And Chuck won!

The perpetual bubbliest of the broadcast bubble shows has once again pulled out a victory, securing a fifth round that will air on NBC next season. The network has ordered 13 episodes for Warner Bros., sources confirm.

For awhile there, things looked possibly bleak for our heroes. New NBC chief Robert Greenblatt took the reins and inherited a new crop of pilots to shape into his own hits, while at the same time Chuck was dipping in the rating — the show averaged 5.6 million viewers and a 2.0 rating among adults 18-49 this season.

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Chuck through to the final round

We are among the final 10 shows, but we still have a little bit left to do to secure a fifth season! So, let´s do what we Chucksters do best and rally towards a fifth season:

Save One Show: Final 10 shows

Update 2.0 Chuck 4.23 vs The Last Details

Music this week:

The One AM Radio - Everything Falls Apart
Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life by (Song of the week)
John Williams - The Imperial March
Death Cab For CutieYou Are A Tourist

Ratings: Chuck 4.23 vs The Last Details reached 4.1 million viewers with a 1.3 rating in the 18-49 range, tied with the last weeks all time series low.

Spoilers, spoilers and more spoilers!

Forget cold feet. Chuck’s got a cold bride-to-be! In the May 16 season finale of NBC’s spy drama Chuck, the altar-bound Chuck and Sarah (Zachary Levi and Yvonne Strahovski) run into a hitch, courtesy of an evil uninvited guest. “After Sarah is poisoned by Vivian Volkoff, Chuck has one final moment with his fiancée,” teases executive producer Chris Fedak, chilling us with his use of final, as the show has yet to be renewed for next season. Could this be what they mean by “Till death do us part”?

A picture from the finale can be found at the source, be aware of spoilers!

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More spoilers:

Ausiello spoilers

Question: Deets on the Chuck finale, please! —Megan Ausiello: Images of Yvonne Strahovski in a wedding dress have leaked. The show recently shot scenes on location at a Los Angeles-area church. The entire season has been building towards a Chuck-Sarah wedding. Yet in spite of all of this, exec producer Chris Fedak says fans shouldn’t assume those two crazy kids will end up getting hitched in Monday’s finale. “Just because we may’ve shot something at a church doesn’t mean [there's a wedding],” he teases. “Once you see how our season finale works there should be a degree of doubt. It’s structured in such a way that we don’t know if Chuck and Sarah are going to get together in the end.”

Question: Worst-case scenario — Chuck doesn’t get renewed. Will producers excise the finale’s top-secret cliffhangery epilogue that’s supposed to set up Season 5? —Ryan Ausiello: Good question. Let’s ask Fedak. “From a technical perspective, we probably won’t know the fate of the show until after we lock the cut of the finale,” he says. “However, I really like this ending that we’ve built and I think it works no matter what situation we’re going into. I really love this episode. I don’t think I would change it.”

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Update 1.0

Okey, so this episode was just OUTSTANDING! I was just incredulous for the whole final part of the episode, and I´m sure my reaction and expression was mirrored everywhere. What a shock to see Sarah drop from her feet like that. That was just unreal. But anyway, next week it´s the loong awaited, antecipated and of course a bit, dreaded season finale. Much because of the fact that we are soo ancious to learn the fate of Vivian and Alexei (I´m not going to include Sarah here, because we know, after the first shock, that she will be fine) and dreaded because we are far from promised a fifth season.

In completely other news my blog is two years this month and to celebrate I would like us to get a delicious fifth season! This bring me to my other point of this post:
We have to vote for Chuck in E Online´s Save One Show poll. I can not stress this enough!!!! Second round ends on Wednesday, so we have to hustle, so here´s the link:

Save One Show!


Also enjoy the promo for next week´s exquisite season finale!




NB! I will return with music, song of the week and ratings as soon as I have gathered myself. Cheerio!

Updates from Chuck 4.22 vs Agent X

Another funny, thrilling, entertaining and over all great episode! Featured music below along with "song of the week" and the slightly uplifting, literally, ratings.

Songs from this episode:

Ke$ha - Blow Mackintosh Braun - Line in the sand Pixie Carnation - Keep it coming (song of the week) Billy Ocean Tune - The aforementioned Radiohead - Codex

Ratings:

NBC´s Chuck inched up 8% from its last episode to a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating.

Chuck 4.23 vs the Last Details Promo

"These two last episodes are going to be, I know I have said this very many times but, AWESOME! :D I can´t wait to watch them last week!"

Ausiello spoilers

Question: Since you are almost as big a fan of Chuck as I am, I need to know: What is your degree of confidence that the season finale can also serve as a satisfying series finale if NBC does the unthinkable and unforgivable? —Jeff
Ausiello: To be honest, my confidence level was pretty low. But then I spoke to exec producer Chris Fedak and it shot through the freakin’ roof. Despite the finale being titled “Chuck vs. the Cliffhanger,” Fedak assured me that the episode features “some fantastic resolution to a number of the stories that we set up this season.” But as has become something of a Chuck tradition, the final scene features a “cliffhanger component that launches us very much into [a possible] Season 5,” Fedak adds. What would such a season look like? “There were a number of stories that we’ve always wanted to do – even from Season 1 – involving who Chuck is as a person and as a hero. So [Season 5] would be an extension of that.”

Question: In last week’s AA you mentioned that the Chuck season finale broke the bank, budget-wise. Care to elaborate? Do you know what was so expensive? —Jeremy
Ausiello: The mother of all action sequences, according to Fedak. “It’s set in the desert and includes a super motorcycle, lots of special effects and a truck getting blown off the road,” he says. “It has an element of Duel, which is Steven Spielberg’s first movie. There’s also an element of Road Warrior… and an ode to the television show Street Hawk, which I watched as a kid.”

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