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Chuck - Additional Episodes Will Tell New Storyline

NBC originally ordered 13 episodes for the third season of its sci-fi spy comedy Chuck, then added six more when it moved the season premiere to January from March 2010, and now star Zachary Levi reveals that the new eps will tell a completely new storyline.

"What worked out in our favor was that we didn't think we were going to do a back six," Levi said in a group interview on Saturday in Beverly Hills, Calif., where he was promoting Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel.

"We were only going to do 13, so the writers wrote an arc for 1-13," Levi added. "They were basically done writing them, and then the network said, 'Hey, we'd like to do six more,' and they're like, 'Well, great. We can't rework the first arc, so we'll just make these six stand alone.' They'll be based on the 13 that we do in the first part of the season, but it will be its own little mini-arc."

The six season mini-arc is a relief to Levi. He was worried that if they had to spread out the 13 episode story over 19, the extra six would just feel like filler.

"To be perfectly honest, I like 13 episodes," Levi said. "I like how cable does it. Thirteen episodes allows you to really make it lean and mean. You focus on those 13 episodes, and you make them all great, as opposed to the traditional 22-episode network season, which, if we're all being honest, there tends to be a couple episodes that are like the packing peanuts. They're the filler. 'We didn't really know what we were going to do this week, so everybody just vamp for a little while, and then we'll come back for an episode that really means something.'"

And it means they'll be on the air sooner too, which isn't so bad. "Oh, I'm happy, yeah," Levi said. "All that stuff, anything that's outside of your hands, you just go, 'OK, whatever.' If it was still going to be still in March than I'd be happy then, too. I'm just happy to be alive and happy to have a job."

Chuck returns Jan. 10 on NBC with a two-hour season premiere, starting at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

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Looks like I'm going to run into the same problem I had last year when Chuck was on at 8. HIMYM, House, and Chuck on all at the same time, but the DVR only records 2 shows at once and limits me from watching a 3rd channel when watching 2 shows. I'll either have to split my connection one to DVR and one to TV or I'll have to watch one of the shows online at a later time...

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Sorry I'm confused by your post, could you clarify what you meant by the two different dates included in your post?

haha yeah I just found something earlier in the thread :p

NBC announced on November 19, 2009 that season 3 of Chuck would premiere on Sunday, January 10, 2010 with a two hour premiere at 9/8c before moving to its permanent timeslot of Mondays 8/7c

So it starts on Sunday before moving to Mondays so there will be 2 new episodes on Sunday I presume and then a new one on the 11th

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