Chuck - STV Q&A with Exec Producer Chris Fedak

Spoiler TV joined a Q&A session with the Executive Producer Chris Fedak.

I was lucky enough to sneak in 2 questions to him. A lot of your questions you sent in were asked by other people so I asked some of the ones not covered. Below you can read the Q&A I had with him. A link to the full transcript NBC sent me is available below (edited to remove individual names).

He talks about the next run of episodes, guest stars and why it's important to have an end date. So please check out the transcript below.

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You can watch CHUCK Fridays (8-9 p.m. ET) on NBC.


CJ: Hi Chris. It’s nice to speak to you.

Chris Fedak: Thanks.

CJ : Hi. I’m a massive Chuck fan and I was absolutely devastated when they announced it was the final season. I know I was awe struck. I’m glad that we’re kind of going to get a finish, but I was devastated because I just wanted it to keep going.

And the reason why I rate Chuck so highly is the fact that I can keep watching it over and over again and never get bored because of the characters. And I think a lot of fans are kind of like that. Why do you think the fans have such a loyal connection to the show?

Chris Fedak: Well you know, I think that our fans - and I think that - and I’ll speak generally. And I know that each and every person that watches the show watches the show for - you know, for different reasons. You know, it’s like we have so many amazing characters that when we built the show we kind of knew that Chuck was - sure, we knew Chuck was the star of our show, but we also had Sarah Walker who could be the star of her own show, and John Casey who could be the star of his own show as well.

And, I think that this show gives everyone an opportunity - a different opportunity to come into it. That it’s a different show for different people. And I think that’s really exciting and that’s what I kind of like about doing a hybrid show which is part comedy, part spy show, part action/comedy. And I think that you know, everyone has a different thing that they kind of love and that’s the - that’s a really neat thing.

And I think that in talking to our fans, you'll see that - you know, we went to Chicago with Vic and Scott and (unintelligible) and it was amazing in Chicago at the convention there. The passion for Jeffster. The passion for Jeff and Lester and for Ryan’s character, and that makes me - that’s amazing for me, which is like the idea that these characters who that when we did the pilot you probably could count you know, their number of lines on my left and right hand.

That - you know, that they’ve kind of - they’ve created - there’s an audience for them as well and the people that are passionate about their characters, much like you know we are on the writing staff and the actors.

And so, I think that that’s you know, a neat part of the show, and I think that’s why - and the other thing - part about the show is that it’s a show about spies and it’s about spies stuff, but it’s also about their home lives and it’s about their families, and the fact that Adam Baldwin who plays John Casey is not only amazing in the spy role but also in his relationship with Alex and his back story.

And we’ve found that our back story episodes are so much a part of the show that - you know, that - you know, we’ve really kind of used this - the show as a way to explore these characters. And so I love it because the show’s - it just shows a lot of things.

And I think that Chuck fans are people also that you know, are fans are people that watch TV, and they know TV, and they know movies, and they know music. And so I think that in some ways the show is also kind of a conversation about things that we love.

So sometimes it’s in jokes and references, and sometimes it’s just like the structure of the show and also what are we doing? Like are we telling a Superman story? Or are we telling a - you know, it’s a - even the show itself is an illusion to other things that we - you know, I think Chuck and the Chuck family is sort of passionate about.

CJ: Yes. And like I said, I watch it quite a lot. Can we expect anything special for the DVD’s with it being the final season?

Chris Fedak: Right now the DVD people at Warner Bros. DVD are working on some really kind of cool stuff, and most of it will - you know, it’s kind of tied to the idea that this is our final season of the show. So you know, we’ll have some really emotional stuff there.

You know, I think that - it was - I was - I think I was talking to Yvonne and she was talking - it’s that every night when we wrap our episodes and we go home from work it’s an emotional experience because we know that there’s an end date - an expiration date on the fact that we won’t be doing this you know after the new year. And so yes, I think that the DVD extras will be - will certainly kind of reflect that.

CJ: Thank you. Good luck with the rest of filming and I’m looking forward to seeing how it all ends. Thank you.

Chris Fedak: Thank you. Thank you for being a fan of the show.





Link to transcript