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For the cosmological model, see Big Bang.
The Big Bang Theory
File:BigBangTheoryTitleCard.png
The Big Bang Theory Title Card
Created byChuck Lorre
Bill Prady
StarringJohnny Galecki
Jim Parsons
Kaley Cuoco
Simon Helberg
Kunal Nayyar
Sara Gilbert
Opening theme"The Big Bang Theory" by Barenaked Ladies
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes17 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersChuck Lorre
Bill Prady
Lee Aronsohn
ProducersSteve Molaro
Mike Collier
Faye Oshima Belyeu
EditorPeter Chakos
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time21 minutes (without commercials)
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 24, 2007 –
present

The Big Bang Theory (or TBBT) is an American situation comedy, which premiered on CBS on September 24 2007. It is created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, and concerns two 20-something socially inept prodigies, a theoretical and experimental physicist at Caltech, who live across the hall from a beautiful, socially adept girl who does not share their level of intellect. It is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions, and taped in front of a studio audience.[1]

Cast

Production history

The pilot episode, simply titled Pilot, directed by James Burrows[2], led to a 13-episode order on May 14, 2007.[3]

On October 19 2007 the show was picked up for a full 22-episode season, the first comedy of the 2007/08 season. [4]

Production on the show was halted on November 6, 2007 by the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike.[5]

On February 14, 2008, CBS officially picked up The Big Bang Theory for a second season along with eleven other shows for the 2008-2009 television season[6]

The show returned on March 17, 2008 with an earlier time slot[7] and nine new episodes.[8]

The second season will start airing on September 22, 2008.

Theme song

The band Barenaked Ladies sing the theme song, which describes developments the human race has undergone since the dawn of time.

On October 9, 2007 the Barenaked Ladies released a full length (1 minute 45 seconds) version of the song.[9]

Characters

Main article: List of characters from The Big Bang Theory

Episodes

DVD Releases

The complete first season is expected to be released on DVD on September 2 2008 in the US, Amazon.com has already listed the item.

Name Episodes # US Release Date Additional Information DVD Extras
The Complete First Season[1] 17 September 2, 2008 Running Time: 374 Minutes Quantum Mechanics of The Big Bang Theory: Series Cast and Creators on Why It’s Cool to Be a Geek

Ratings

U.S. standard ratings

In the following summary, "rating" is the percentage of all households with televisions that tuned to the show, and "share" is the percentage of all televisions in use at that time that are tuned in. "18-49" is the percentage of all adults aged 18-49 tuned into the show. "Viewers" is the number of viewers, in millions, watching at the time. "Rank" is how well the show did compared to other TV shows aired that week.

Unless otherwise cited, the overnight rating, share, 18-49 and viewing information come from Your Entertainment Now.[10] The weekly ranks come from The Programming Insider,[11] unless otherwise referenced.

# Episode Air Date Timeslot Rating Share 18-49 Viewers Weekly Rank
1 "Pilot" September 24, 2007 8:30 P.M. 6.0 9 3.7/9 (#3) 9.57 (#3) #37
2 "The Big Bran Hypothesis" October 1, 2007 5.5 8 3.4/8 (#2) 8.58 (#2) #44
3 "The Fuzzy Boots Corollary" October 8, 2007 5.3 8 3.4/8 (#2) 8.36 (#2) #44
4 "The Luminous Fish Effect" October 15, 2007 5.4 8 3.2/8 (#3) 8.15 (#4) #49
5 "The Hamburger Postulate" October 22, 2007 5.6 8 3.5/9 (#2) 8.72 (#2) #44[12]
6 "The Middle-Earth Paradigm" October 29, 2007 5.7 8 3.6/9 (#2) 8.92 (#2) #45
7 "The Dumpling Paradox" November 5, 2007 6.1 9 3.8/9 (#2) 9.67 (#2) #38
8 "The Grasshopper Experiment" November 12, 2007 5.9 9 3.8/9 (#2) 9.39 (#2) #36[13]
9 "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization" March 17, 2008 8:00 P.M. 5.5 9 3.7/11 (#2) 9.10 (#2) #23
10 "The Loobenfeld Decay" March 24, 2008 5.3 9 3.4/10 (#2) 8.63 (#2) #28
11 "The Pancake Batter Anomaly" March 31, 2008 5.5 9 3.1/9 (#2) 8.68 (#2) #33
12 "The Jerusalem Duality" April 14, 2008 4.7 8 2.9/8 (#2) 7.69 (#3) #34
13 "The Bat Jar Conjecture" April 21, 2008 4.7 8 2.9/8 (#2) 7.51 (#4) #42
14 "The Nerdvana Annihilation" April 28, 2008 5.0 8 3.0/9 (#2) 8.16 (#4) #34[14]
15 "The Porkchop Indeterminacy" May 5, 2008 4.7 8 2.8/9 (#2) 7.56 (#3) #44 [15]
16 "The Peanut Reaction" May 12, 2008 5.0 8 2.9/9 (#3) 7.88 (#3) #38[16]
17 "The Tangerine Factor" May 19, 2008 4.7 8 2.7/8 (#3) 7.36 (#3) #52[17]

Season 2

Season 2 will begin airing on Monday, September 22, 2008 at 8:00 p.m. The first episode is called, "The Bad Fish Paradigm."

Seasonal ratings

Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of The Big Bang Theory on CBS:

Season Timeslot (EDT) Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Rank Viewers
(in millions)
1 Monday 8:30 P.M. (September 24 - January 28, 2008)
Monday 8:00 P.M. (March 17, 2008 - May 19, 2008) 		September 24, 2007 May 19, 2008 2007-2008 69[18] 8.3[19]

UK ratings

The show made its terrestrial debut on Channel 4 on 14 February, 2008 and brought in an average audience of 1.0 million viewers. The second episode, shown the following week, also received 1.0 million. For the third episode an average of 1.1 million tuned in. The show is also shown as a 'first-look' on Channel 4's digital offshoot E4 the preceding evening, and brings in 400,000 viewers on average. The 5th episode received 880,000 viewers. After airing the first 5 episodes, the average is still hovering around 1 million. Episode 13 was watched by 1.3 million viewers and was the most watched episode on Thursday 15th May 2008.[20]

International Broadcasting

The show is also broadcast in:

It will also soon be broadcasting in:

References

  1. ^ a b "Details, Artwork & Press Release for 1st Season". TVOnMedia.com. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. ^ "The Big Bang Theory at The Futon Critic".
  3. ^ "CBS PICKS UP 'BANG,' 'POWER' PLUS FOUR DRAMAS". The Futon Critic. 2007-05-14. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Breaking News - Cbs Gives Freshman Comedy "The Big Bang Theory" And Drama "The Unit" Full Season Orders | Thefutoncritic.Com
  5. ^ "Production Stops on at least 6 Sitcoms". Retrieved 2007-11-06.
  6. ^ "CBS Picks Up 11 Series". The Futon Critic. 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  7. ^ ""THE BIG BANG THEORY" AND "HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER" TO SWAP TIME PERIODS" (Press release). The Futon Critic; CBS. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-20. {{cite press release}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ^ "CBS Sets Series Return Dates". Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  9. ^ Barenaked Ladies. "Big Bang Theory Theme". Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
  10. ^ "Your One Stop Shop For All Things Entertainment". Retrieved 2007-10-05.
  11. ^ Berman, Marc. "Weekly Results (The Programming Insider)". Retrieved 2007-10-05.
  12. ^ The Hamburger Postulate, Weekly Rank (ABC Media Net)
  13. ^ ABC Medianet
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  19. ^ ABC Medianet
  20. ^ "Overnights 2008-02-14". Channel 4 Sales. 2008-02-15. Retrieved 2008-02-17. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  21. ^ The Big Bang Theory Big Bang explodes onto Canadian TV
  22. ^ Ruoff, Markus (2008-03-25). "«Aliens in America» & «Bang Theory» bei ProSieben". Quotenmeter.de. Retrieved 2008-04-05. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
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