Nicole Richie brought baby Harlow to work with her every day

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are shown walking with baby Harlow on 5/20/08. Credit: Clint Brewer / Splash News
Nicole Richie and her daughter were a huge hit on the set of the NBC comedy "Chuck." Richie was filming a guest role on the show and brought her daughter Harlow, 7 months, with her to work.

The stars of NBC's Chuck are raving about Nicole Richie's guest appearance.

"Nicole came in and from day one was uber-professional [and] dedicated," Zachary Levi told reporters at the NBC/Bravo/Oxygen/Sci Fi TCA party at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday.

But who really stole the show?

Seven-month-old Harlow!

Levi said Richie, 26, brought her daughter to the set "maybe every day.

"Such an adorable little baby!" he said. "I wanted to eat the baby – Is that wrong?"

But Harlow won't make a cameo while mom plays a former hot cheerleader who's married to a character played by Ben Savage.

"Which is weird because we hired Harlow first," Levi joked. "It was like a package deal."

Co-star Yvonne Strahovski told Usmagazine.com that working with Richie was "great fun.

"We got to kick each other's a-es, and we had a lot of fun doing it!" she said. "[Nicole] did not miss a beat in the fight scene!"

Explained executive producer Josh Schwartz: "Nicole Richie is playing a super-villain and has a pretty bada- fight/shower sequence with Yvonne where they're attacking each other with pipes and plumbing."

Strahovski told Us that Richie is a "really cool" mom.

"She's loving being a mom," Strahovski said. "I asked her what it's like and she said, 'It's great. It's the best thing ever!'"

And Sarah Lancaster said Richie was "totally down-to-earth and just a sweetheart.

[From Us Weekly]

It sounds like the cast and crew at "Chuck" were ready to make Harlow a full time member of the team. Which isn't surprising, 'cause the kid is frickin' adorable. I would love to have a job where I could bring my child to work with me every day and people wouldn't roll their eyes about it or act like the kid was a nuisance. I think a Hollywood TV set is one of the only places where that kind of thing would fly. Anyway, it's nice to hear something positive come out about Nicole's parenting abilities. I always thought the reports about Nicole being torn between partying and motherhood were crap.