Chuck

Chuck  is an American  action comedy / spy-drama  television series created by  Josh Schwartz  and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named  Chuck Bartowski , played by  Zachary Levi , who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the  CIA . The message embeds the only remaining copy of a software program containing the United States' greatest spy secrets into Chuck's brain, leading the CIA and the  NSA  to assign him handlers and use him on top-secret missions. Produced by  Fake Empire Productions  (known as College Hill Pictures during the first three seasons before folding afterwards),  Wonderland Sound and Vision , and  Warner Bros. Television , the series premiered on September 24, 2007, on  NBC , airing on Monday nights at 8:00 p.m./7:00 p.m. Central.The opening theme song is a wordless edit of " Short Skirt/Long Jacket " by the American rock band  Cake . As the second season finished, flagging ratings put  Chuck  in danger of cancellation, but fans mounted a successful campaign to encourage NBC to renew the show.The campaign was unique in that fans specifically targeted a sponsor of the show, the  Subway restaurant chain , leading to the chain striking a major sponsorship deal with NBC to help cover costs of the third season.The series' renewal was uncertain in each subsequent season. The fifth season was the last, beginning on October 28, 2011, and moving to  Friday nights at 8 p.m./7 Central .The series concluded on January 27, 2012, with a two-hour finale.