Chuck (NBC) is a dramaedy about a Buy More Nerd Herd employee (analogous to Best Buy's Geek Squad) who inadvertently opens an email which beams all of the government's juiciest secrets into his brain. The show is split between his normal life as a lovable beta-male and his life as a top secret human supercomputer. The real fun of the show is in his struggle to keep his two lives separate. I think that this is one of the best new shows of the fall season (behind ABC's excellent Pushing Daisies), and I give it a strong 8.5/10.
The Big Bang Theory (CBS) is a sitcom focusing on the life of a twenty-something Caltech theoretical physicist (also very beta), his equally smart and neurotic group of friends, and the hot next door neighbor whom he secretly pines for. While this show isn't as original as Chuck, it does have its moments, so I give it a 7/10.The entire catalog of aired Chuck episodes can be seen for free on Hulu, and a few full episodes of The Big Bang Theory are available through CBS.com.
