N-othing B-ut C-rap cancelled JJ Abrams' Undercovers

This show back to back with Chuck are total winners. Fun. Lovable characters. Easy on my nerves without boring me.

The Event isn't but you leave it on. How many people have Law And Order and its spin-offs murdered and abused, ripping through them like torn paper?

BRING BACK "THE OTHERS"!

Sorry. I had that last rant left over from ten years back, with you, NBC. When we love something we're faithful, too bad you aren't. You invested all your ads in the Event-less, but little did you spend and promote on J J Abrams' beautiful black spies. Hm.

You just wanted to humor him, well, humor me and let me watch my show. I even watched it in that horrible kiddie hour, weird day you put in.

And oh, yeah, bring back Chase. I want fun, adult shows. Not the donald, not bad singing shows, fat men with huge, flappy breast that should be digitized, I want Boris and Gugu back, my Mr. And Mrs. Smith.

Scott Bakula leaps into Chuck

Scott Bakula leaps into Chuck

Posted Jan 17th 2009 3:30PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Casting, Chuck, Reality-Free

I like Scott Bakula. I've liked him in just about everything I've seen him do. The latest news that Scott Bakula is joining Chuck as Papa Bartowski, Chuck and Ellie's long-lost dad, seems like great casting to me.

I can't imagine how the clever writers of the show -- that starts with creator Josh Schwartz -- will keep from referring to Quantum Leap and Enterprise in some way. In fact, knowing their penchant for weaving topical bits into the plot, there should be a slew of references.

This casting news comes on the heels of Chuck signing Chevy Chase for a three-episode arc. As Brad wrote, Chevy's character, Ted Roark, is a big-time tech success who may or may not have stolen his million-dollar ideas from Chuck's father.

When Chuck was last broadcast -- it's taking January off thanks to NBC -- the surprise appearance by Sarah's father, coupled with Ellie's wedding plans and the holidays, made Chuck determined to find his father.

According to Schwartz, finding the old man is only the beginning of the tale for Chuck. Time has not been kind to Mr. Bartowski. "He's living in a trailer, he's disheveled, he's paranoid and...he's become an eccentric, living in the shadows." I have the sneaking suspicion that Chuck's internal intersect may be activated somewhere along the way signaling that Roark and/or Dad have been involved in something nefarious.

The episodes will air in April.

Tags: April, Bartowski, Chevy Chase, ChevyChase, dad, Enterprise, Josh Schwartz, JoshSchwartz, NBC, Quantum Leap, QuantumLeap, Scott Bakula, ScottBakula

more at http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/17/scott-bakula-leaps-into-chuck/ or Scott Bakula at IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000836/