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Article: Comic elements ground NBC's `Chuck'.
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- September 21, 2007
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Byline: Rick Porter
NBC's new series "Chuck" (premiering at 8 p.m. EDT Monday) will never be mistaken for, say, "Masterpiece Theatre," not with a ninja fight in the pilot and significant scenes taking place at a hot-dog stand called Wienerlicious.
The show, created by Josh Schwartz ("The O.C.") and Chris Fedak, is unashamed of mining its premise _ geeky guy becomes highly valued government asset _ for comedy. Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) lives with his sister (Sarah Lancaster), works at a big-box store called Buy More, where he's part of the Nerd Herd troubleshooting team, plays a lot of video games and generally avoids the opposite sex.
And ...