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:

apartment | physicist | friend | nerd | laboratory | 

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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

Barry Kripke (played by John Ross Bowie) has exactly the same speech impediment as Elmer Fudd - also a Warner Bros. property.

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Goofs

The opening titles are based on a time line of human history. A picture of Abraham Lincoln is followed by a picture of George Washington.

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Quotes

[repeated line when Sheldon is at the door]
Sheldon: [Knock-knock-knock] Penny.
[Knock-knock-knock]
Sheldon: Penny.
[Knock-knock-knock]
Sheldon: Penny.

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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 Hour: Episode #7.73 (2011)

User Reviews

Guilty Pleasure

This show is definitely one of my guilty pleasures! Tuesdays are spent anxiously awaiting its posting on iTunes so I can download it, as I live in Canada & don't have cable. TBBT is a trip down memory lane for me, as it IS my high school experience (20+ years ago, I was a smarter Penny). I love the characters, especially Leonard who is adorable, and the smarmy yet surprisingly charming Wolowitz. It has the feel of "Frasier Goes To College". I do agree though that they should lose the laugh track - annoying, but not enough to make me stop watching. BTW, very smart of CBS to originally have offered the pilot as a free download or I would never have given it a look. Now I'm an addict!