Article: Good luck, `Chuck'; Sweet, goofy, and with real-life video game experience, Zachary Levi plays the nerd to root for this season

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LOS ANGELES - Only on television could Zachary Levi be mistaken for a nerd.

The star of NBC's lighthearted new geek-turned-spy action comedy, "Chuck," which premieres tomorrow night at 9, stands well north of 6 feet, boasts a head of artfully messy brown locks, and has the kind of all-American good looks that could sell apple pie to an apple picker.

And yet with his scarecrow physique and general air of goofiness, it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to envision Levi feeling at home in the skin of his character Chuck Bartowski.

In fact, watching Levi participate in an impromptu version of "The Singing Bee" at an NBC party in Beverly Hills this summer, it's even easier to ...

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