The Big Bang Theory (2007– )

A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.

Creators:

Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady

Stars:

Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 12 wins & 57 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Johnny Galecki	...	Leonard Hofstadter (135 episodes, 2007-2013)
Jim Parsons	...	Sheldon Cooper (135 episodes, 2007-2013)
Kaley Cuoco	...	Penny (135 episodes, 2007-2013)
Simon Helberg	...	Howard Wolowitz (135 episodes, 2007-2013)
Kunal Nayyar	...	Raj Koothrappali (135 episodes, 2007-2013)
Melissa Rauch	...	Bernadette Rostenkowski (65 episodes, 2009-2013)
Mayim Bialik	...	Amy Farrah Fowler (61 episodes, 2010-2013)

Storyline

Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper are both brilliant physicists working at Caltech in Pasadena, California. They are colleagues, best friends, and roommates, although in all capacities their relationship is always tested primarily by Sheldon's regimented, deeply eccentric, and non-conventional ways. They are also friends with their Caltech colleagues mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Rajesh Koothrappali. The foursome spend their time working on their individual work projects, playing video games, watching science-fiction movies, or reading comic books. As they are self-professed nerds, all have little or no luck with popular women. When Penny, a pretty woman and an aspiring actress originally from Omaha, moves into the apartment across the hall from Leonard and Sheldon's, Leonard has another aspiration in life, namely to get Penny to be his girlfriend.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | physicist | apartment | pasadena california | nerd | 

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Taglines:

Smart Is The New Sexy.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

CBS [us] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hindi Italian Russian German

Release Date:

24 September 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Teoria do Big Bang

Filming Locations:

Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

21 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Jim Parsons audition for the role of Dr. Sheldon Cooper was so good that creator Chuck Lorre immediately asked Parsons to come in for a second one, because Lorre wanted to be 100% sure Parsons was as brilliant as he seemed. After the 2nd audition went perfectly, Lorre cast Parsons on the spot.

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Goofs

In one of the episodes when Sheldon moves in with Raj, Raj is watching an Indian movie. The actress of that movie is referred to as 'Aishvarya Rai', but it's actually 'Amisha Patel'.

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Quotes

[repeated line when someone calls Sheldon crazy]
Sheldon: I'm not crazy! My mother had me tested.

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Crazy Credits

One of the final cards to appear in the credit sequence is the vanity card for Chuck Lorre Productions. In keeping with his practice on "Dharma and Greg" and "Two and a Half Men", there is a different message on the card each week, written by Chuck Lorre himself.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #19.17 (2010)

User Reviews

One of TV's Best Written Sitcoms

I have seen a few episodes of the new CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory and to me it's one of the best written sitcoms currently on network TV. The scripts are filled with scientific references some people might not understand but they are very witty. Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons are definitely one of TV's newest comedy teams who have great chemistry and the addition of Kaley Cuoco as their neighbor, Penny brightens up the show. Let's not overlook the supporting cast with Simon Helberg as Wolowitz, who looks a little like Paul Reubens, the man behind Pee-Wee Herman and Kunal Nayyar as their friend from India.

If you watch the closing credits closely, you'll notice that there's a credit saying "Science Consultant." It's the first sitcom to employ one. It was a very good idea by the show's creator Chuck Lorre, who also is behind the CBS hit Two and a Half Men to hire one to bring scientific honesty into the show.

I hope The Big Bang Theory is around for several years. It has a solid future.