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TV News rundown of the last week or so….

I can’t cover ALL the TV news here, I usually cherry pick the big stories. I’m starting a new thing here this week, I’m going to post a rundown every week or so with the TV news headlines you might have missed, so you’re totally covered for all your TV news! Let’s kick things off...
By Angela Share

The Matrix meets Chuck this week

Carrie-Anne Moss, most famous for her role in the Matrix movies, has revealed further details about her appearance in Chuck. Her debut is in Friday’s episode where she’ll be playing former spy Gertrude Verbanski, who will be a new love interest for Casey (Adam Baldwin). The relationship between the two will be full of dysfunction,...
By Angela Share

Chuck and Grimm going up against the World Series?

Wow, NBC might need to push “Chuck” and “Grimm” back again, or their ratings probably aren’t going to reflect well overall. The network already rescheduled “Grimm”, due to wanting a Halloween block, now both shows are set to go head to head with game 6 of the World Series. Really this is only going to...
By Angela Share

Chuck snags Cheryl Ladd

  Wow, this is a bit of a coup, I expected Cheryl Ladd to show up on “Charlie’s Angels”, not “Chuck”. Ladd is set to play none other than Sarah’s mom in the fifth season of “Chuck”. For those of us who watch the show, this throws up some really interesting questions, because Sarah has...
By Angela Share

Chuck snags Carrie-Anne Moss for recurring role

  This post might have what could be considered light spoilers by some, so I’m warning you types now, so you can halt yourself before you start spitting vile. Carrie-Anne Moss has been snagged to play a recurring role on “Chuck”. Here’s the slightly spoilery bit, Moss will play a love interest to John Casey,...
By Angela Share

Mark Hamill gets Chuck villain role

Mark Hamill aka Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” movies (the good ones) has landed a role in NBC comedy / spy series “Chuck”. Hamill has sadly only signed on for one episode, which is a shame, because he is more than capable of playing the comedy villain over time. He of course ‘plays’ The...
By Angela Share

The Walking Dead adds Junebug and Chuck stars

Heads up “Chuck” fans, one of our favourite villains (is she really a villain?) Vivian Volkoff is headed to “The Walking Dead”. Actress Lauren Cohan has snagged a role in season two of “The Walking Dead”, she’ll be playing a romantic interest for Steven Yuen’s character Glenn. Ugh ‘romantic interest’, hate that term, it essentially...
By Angela Share

Chuck S04E20 Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff

Light spoilers ahead for this episode folks: So here’s the official upshot: “Chuck” S04E20 “Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff” sees Sarah throw Chuck a marriage curve-ball, Chuck has to work with Volkoff to rescind the kill order out on his daughter Vivian. The episode managed around 4.1 million viewers. I am a HUGE “Chuck” fan,...
By Angela Share

Fan shout out We Give a Chuck

If you’ve been a regular here at Snarkerati, you’ll know I’m a big proponent of fans trying to save their favourite shows. We covered this a few times over the years, the last time I think was the “Save the Tub” campaign, which sadly didn’t work out. Now fans of “Chuck” are hoping to push...
By Angela Share

Thinking about gender roles and Chuck

I’ve been catching up with Chuck recently and I have to say, if you haven’t been watching this show, you too should play catchup (though I can’t speak for anything after season two at this juncture). The cast is great, with Zachary Levi as the eponymous character Chuck Bartowski, Adam Baldwin as hard-nut agent John...
By Angela Share

Chuck’s mom is… Linda Hamilton!

Wow how awesome is this news TV Geeksters, none other than Linda Hamilton aka the original Sarah Connor is going to play Chuck Bartowski’s mom in TV series Chuck. Rumor had it mom was going to be played by a few ‘older’ actresses, including Mary McDonnell from Battlestar Galactica, but Hamilton generally wasn’t in the...
By Angela Share

Chuck renewed by NBC, everyone stunned

You know all those rumors about Chuck being axed, fans were all freaking out, the world of Chuck as we knew it was coming to an end? Not so says NBC who has ordered a further 13 episodes of the geek spy series. Sure it’s not quite a big order of 22 episodes, but fans...
By Angela Share

Chuck info finale date and Doc Brown in its future

  Just a little bit of Chuck news for you Chuck fans (do Chuck fans have a name?). First up comes news that none other than “Doc Brown” aka awesome time traveling dude Christopher Lloyd is heading to Chuck for a an episode that’s set to air some time in April or May. Lloyd will...
By Angela Share

The familiar TV voices in Mass Effect 2

  As you might know (if you’re a regular here) I’m a huge video game fan. At the momet I’m enjoying Mass Effect 2 on the Xbox 360. What has this got to do with Television I hear you cry? Well Mass Effect 2 has an awesome television star lineup. First up we’ve got one...
By Angela Share

Western with sci-fi elements from Chuck producer

Chuck producer Scott Rosenbaum is apparently developing a new show that will be a western genre with some sci-fi themes thrown in. I know, you’ve immediately thought, Joss Whedon already did that with Firefly aren’t you? Apparently though this will be different because although this new project will feature both, it will be western heavy...
By Angela Share