Chuck plays like its creators decided to try and make a TV show with as little content as possible, Everything in this show is on the surface. Nothing strikes a chord or recognition of anything human, or even funny.
Then again, to be funny, you need to have real characters, not walking clichés.
It comes as little surprise of course, given that McG and Josh Schwartz have a well-deserved reputation outside Hollywood for vacuous "entertainment" (I use the word loosely) and NBC is now sadly known as the Must Avoid Network if you like quality entertainment.
Still it's rather appalling to see in what contempt the producers of Chuck hold their audience. They manage to insult where they were supposed to amuse.
