31 July 2010,

Chuck producer McG has promised that the introduction of Chuck's mother will have a strong impact on the show.

It was previously reported that Terminator star Linda Hamilton had won the role in the upcoming fourth season.

"I’ve been talking to [creators] Josh [Schwartz] and Chris [Fedak] about it, and I think it’s going to be the most refreshing season of the show yet and the most original season, largely because of just the fire power of Linda," said McG.

He explained that it had not been difficult to persuade Hamilton to appear on the NBC comedy-drama.

"I know her a little bit from Terminator, and I talked to her ten years ago, on the first Charlie’s Angels [film]," he revealed. "She’s just a good spirit and a good soul, and she responds, like anybody would, to the material."

He added: "I think Chuck is the kind of thing that you don’t need to bulls**t around. You respond to it, or you don’t respond to it, and we all feel very, very good about it." - Digital Spy

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The entire Chuck cast and it's producers were at the 25th William S. Paley festival 2008 last night, 18 March 2008.

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Good news, and bad news. The good news: The WGA Strike is nearly over. The Bad News: No Chuck until Fall.

With an end to the three-month-old WGA strike imminent, the networks have quietly begun outlining plans to salvage what's left of the current TV season. At the same time, I've been quietly picking at my moles to get a preview of those plans — the results of which appear in chart form below.

Keep in mind that the following information remains extremely tentative and is subject to change (and probably will). In other words, I strongly suggest you refresh your browser at least once an hour to ensure that you're getting the most up-to-date scoop possible.

Chuck: No new episodes until fall."

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As for Chuck, the last two one-hour episodes that aired a couple weeks ago, largely ignored the big bomb revealed during its Christmas episode that the character of Chuck (Zachary Levi), who harbors all the governments secrets in his head (it’s called the Intersect), may soon be terminated because a new intersect is being created. He says that mythology would come back into play, but the last two episodes were designed more to build up the character dynamics, specifically that of Alec Baldwin’s hard-nosed undercover government agent Casey.

"We wanted to get involved in Casey’s back story and what he’s like as a leading man, and we wanted to have some fun there, but also keep the balance of the show and the action-intrigue component but also the fundamental humanity of these nitwits that are over their heads," says McG. "Obviously what Josh Gomez is doing, what Zach Levi is doing, they do a good job bringing the comedic energy and we rely on Baldwin and Yvonne [Strahovski] to bring the physicality and proficiency to a very different world."

And if the writer’s strike is resolved, and the season continues, will this new intersect play a big part? McG says yes.

"That’s the dominant idea that will be serviced in the balance of the season," concludes McG.

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