So I've been writing news stories all day for work today when I came across a synopsis for the new NBC show Chuck. I vaguely already knew of the show's existence, but I really had no idea what it was about or anything like that. It debuts this fall, and here's the official plot:

From executive producer, Josh Schwartz (”The O.C.”) and executive producer-director McG (”Charlie’s Angels,” “We Are Marshall”) comes a one-hour, comedic spy thriller about Bartowski (Zachary Levi, “Less Than Perfect”) - a computer geek who is catapulted into a new career as the government’s most vital secret agent. When opens an e-mail subliminally encoded with government secrets, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data into his brain. Now, the fate of the world lies in the unlikely hands of a guy who works at Buy More. Instead of fighting computer viruses, Chuck must fight assassins and international terrorists.

With the government’s most precious secrets in Chuck’s head, Major John Casey (Adam Baldwin, “My Bodyguard”) of the NSA assumes the responsibility of protecting him. His partner is the CIA’s top agent (and Chuck’s first date in years) Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strzechowski, “Gone”). They’ll keep him safe by trading in his pocket protector for a bulletproof vest.

Also starring on NBC’s ” Chuck” are Joshua Gomez (”Without a Trace”) as Chuck’s best buddy Morgan and Sarah Lancaster (”What About Brian?”) as Chuck’s ever-supportive sister Ellie. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak wrote “Chuck ,” which is produced by College Hill Pictures and Wonderland Sound and Vision in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Basically the show seems like kind of a buddy action-comedy starring a computer geek guy and a hot secret agent girl. The thing is, I already wrote a script that's really, really similar to this. Now, it's not so similar that I'm about to sue, but it is similar enough that I can pride myself on coming up with basically the same idea that NBC turned into a real show. (Then again, considering their ratings the past couple of seasons, maybe that's not such a great feat.)

For anyone curious, my script was a feature-length film, not a TV show, called The MacGuffin. It was about a geeky video store clerk who inadvertently comes across some computer data which immediately puts him in danger with a cult group of assassins who want the information. To his rescue comes a hot secret agent girl, and together they engage in (somewhat) witty banter while running from and outsmarting the bad guys.

As you can see, if you take out the Adam Baldwin role in the show, the plot overview is pretty similar. And now it's going to be on network TV. Go me.