‘Chuck’ Gets Back Nine and Parents for Awesome
August 28, 2008 by Chandra
There’s doubly good news for Chuck fans of late. First NBC released the information that it has found the perfect thespians to play Captain Awesome’s (Ryan McPartlin) presumably awesome parents, and then the network announced earlier today that the dramedy has been picked up for a full season.
In the first case, Entertainment Weekly reports that TV veterans Morgan Fairchild (Friends, Falcon Crest) and Bruce Boxleitner (Babylon 5, Scarecrow and Mrs. King) will show up during Chuck’s sophomore season as Doctors Honey and Woody Woodcombe. Not loving the names at all, but at least the elder physicians will like Ellie (Sarah Lancaster), so they can’t be all that bad, right? Predictably, they’ll arrive prior to Ellie and Awesome’s big wedding to lend a hand, wanted or not.
As for the full-season pickup, today’s network press release quotes NBC Entertainment Executive Vice President Teri Weinberg as gushing, “We couldn’t be more excited with the creative direction [series creator] Josh [Schwartz] and his team are executing on ‘Chuck.’ This show has really hit its stride and deserves a full-season commitment to carry out the producers’ vision for this unique series.” As a result of such unbridled enthusiasm, NBC has added an additional nine episodes to the earlier thirteen-episode order, creating a traditional full season of 22 episodes all together.
No arguments from me, so congrats to Chuck’s cast and crew.
