Big Worlds On Small Screens: Rebecca Fisher Discusses “Chuck”

~ by Rebecca Fisher

Introduction:

Chuck ran for five seasons between 2007 and 2012, surviving the 2008 Writer’s Strike as well as the surplus of spy-related material that came out in the early-to-mid 00′s. It had plenty to contend with, including Alias, 24, Kim Possible and Spooks on television, and Spy Kids, Johnny English, Mr and Mrs Smith and Agent Cody Banks on the big screens.

For a while there, we all seemed to be obsessed with espionage-related entertainment, and though Chuck was a late-c...