I am – Hercules!!

The Hollywood Reporter’s James Hibberd staked out The Paley Festival’s “Chuck” event and came away with some geeky nuggets.

The audience learned:

* how “Chuck” was partly inspired by Jack Bauer and “24”;

* the title of the series could have been “Scenario Five” (a title I like a lot better);

* Chuck originally had a very different love interest;

* how ABC reacted to the four-toed ruin on “Lost” (courtesy “Lost” co-creator Damon Lindelof (who for some reason moderated the “Chuck” panel).

Ain’t It Cool apparently got a shout-out from the stage as well.

Read all of Hibberd’s report on the event here.

If anybody out there attended or will attend any of this month’s Paley events (we’re especially curious about the Judd Apatow panel and the upcoming “Buffy” reunion panel), don’t be shy about rocketing some reportage in this direction: herculesAICN@yahoo.com.

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