After much buzz, a last-minute reprieve and a not-so-subtle push from Subway, “Chuck” returned to NBC Sunday night with a two-hour season premiere.

The show has a fairly simple premise : by day Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, is a self-proclaimed nerd that works at a Buy More (a spot-on TV version of Best Buy), and by night he’s the world’s most important asset with a super computer tucked in his brain. Since the whole “nerd-by-day” cover also applies to his night life, he has two super agents to protect him–one of whom he just happens to be in love with.

Created by Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz (who also created a couple small shows called “The O.C.” and “Gossip Girl”), the show almost didn’t get a third season. With low ratings in an increasingly difficult time slot, NBC considered not renewing it. Fans united, however, and created programs like Chuck Me Mondays and I Heart Chuck, showing NBC execs that they were willing to do whatever it took to get the show back on the air for a third season–and it worked. NBC gave the show a 13-episode pick-up, which has now been extended to nineteen.

“Chuck’” is back tomorrow at its regular time (Mondays at 8/7c), but in the meantime Twitter is a flutter over last night’s return:

1. 
   LoveNessaG Going to sleep wildly pleased with #Chuck 2 hour event, and I have 2 give @aliadler a twitter standing ovation!
2. 
   prosonik Finally sitting down and watching season opener of chuck! Yeah!
3. 
   EVERY1TALKS Ok the #Chuck Premiere was top notch! Last scene of 301 was Epic! Couple photos from my party incoming.
4. 
   marshmallowe I’m going to bed now, extremely happy because #Chuck is back and the first two episodes were… yes, AWESOME!
5. 
   shelbster Three episodes of #chuck in 2 days? Be still my heart. They had the freakin’ Juggernaut on tonight!
6. 
   imkarladee done watching chuck and am loving it… excited for the next episodes..
7. 
   Preadn just finished watching the #Chuck season premier. I REALLY hope he can learn more than just martial arts and parkour through his flashes.
8. 
   nikkifwd @brianjames 2 new eps tonight and 1 again on monday night! We are back!! #Chuck

1. 
   JotaEseTheGeek The only bad thing about tonight’s #Chuck is commercials take time from the show. And an amazing show it is.
2. 
   FishRockette Only bad part about #Chuck, NBC didn’t present it in widescreen here. And can we give a shout out to the music? Awesome, esp. in the 1st ep!
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   princessdeleon btw #chuck is trending and the west coast got it done just like the east coast, #chuck fans we are some bad ass tweeters
4. 
   thedavemanning just watched Chuck. Amazing, cannot wait for the rest of the season.
5. 
   leighace Thank you, @JoshSchwartz76, #Chuck 3×01 & 3×02 were AMAZING!
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   kgayes Kudos to #Chuck for making the best of a bad situation. Last night’s eps were worth the (long) wait. And another one tonight?! I’m giddy.
7. 
   redhawk911 @JoshSchwartz76 i want to thank you for the amazing first episode of chuck s3. Perfect storyline, amazing music. Imogen heap and frabbits

More than 7 million people tuned in to watch “Chuck” last night, according to TVByTheNumbers.com, giving the show its best ratings since February 2009 when it aired after the Super Bowl.

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