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The seventh season of the American [[sitcom]] ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' premiered on CBS on September 26, 2013 with two episodes back-to-back.<ref>{{cite web|title='The Big Bang Theory' Season 7 Premiere Gets Supersized, 'The Millers' Delayed|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/the-big-bang-theory-season-7-premiere_n_3670755.html|work=Huffington Post|date=July 29, 2013|accessdate=August 09, 2013}}</ref> On January 12, 2011, ''The Big Bang Theory'' was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2013–14 season for a total of seven seasons.<ref>{{cite web|last=Seidman|first=Robert|title="Bazinga!" 'The Big Bang Theory' Renewed for Three Years|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/12/bazinga-the-big-bang-theory-renewed-for-three-years/78336/|work=TV By the Numbers|date=January 12, 2011|accessdate=June 20, 2011}}</ref> Production for the season began on August 14, 2013.<ref name="Ep1PradyTweet">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/billprady/status/367689822632038400/photo/1|title=Production on Season 7 of #BigBangTheory has begun!|last=Prady|first=Bill|publisher=Twitter|date=August 14, 2013|accessdate=August 17, 2013}}</ref> This season is set to premier in the UK on [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] on 31 October 2013<ref>{{cite web|title: The Big Bang Theory - Channel 4|http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-big-bang-theory}}</ref>
The seventh season of the American [[sitcom]] ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' premiered on CBS on September 26, 2013 with two episodes back-to-back.<ref>{{cite web|title='The Big Bang Theory' Season 7 Premiere Gets Supersized, 'The Millers' Delayed|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/the-big-bang-theory-season-7-premiere_n_3670755.html|work=Huffington Post|date=July 29, 2013|accessdate=August 09, 2013}}</ref> On January 12, 2011, ''The Big Bang Theory'' was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2013–14 season for a total of seven seasons.<ref>{{cite web|last=Seidman|first=Robert|title="Bazinga!" 'The Big Bang Theory' Renewed for Three Years|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/01/12/bazinga-the-big-bang-theory-renewed-for-three-years/78336/|work=TV By the Numbers|date=January 12, 2011|accessdate=June 20, 2011}}</ref> Production for the season began on August 14, 2013.<ref name="Ep1PradyTweet">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/billprady/status/367689822632038400/photo/1|title=Production on Season 7 of #BigBangTheory has begun!|last=Prady|first=Bill|publisher=Twitter|date=August 14, 2013|accessdate=August 17, 2013}}</ref> This season is set to premier in the UK on [[E4 (TV channel)|E4]] on 31 October 2013<ref>{{cite web|title: The Big Bang Theory - Channel 4|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-big-bang-theory}}</ref>


== Cast ==
== Cast ==

Revision as of 19:22, 25 October 2013

The Big Bang Theory (season 7)
Season 7
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Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 26, 2013 (2013-09-26) –
present
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The seventh season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory premiered on CBS on September 26, 2013 with two episodes back-to-back.[1] On January 12, 2011, The Big Bang Theory was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2013–14 season for a total of seven seasons.[2] Production for the season began on August 14, 2013.[3] This season is set to premier in the UK on E4 on 31 October 2013[4]

Cast

Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory characters
  • Dr. Leonard Hofstadter, portrayed by Johnny Galecki, is an experimental physicist with an IQ of 173 who received his Ph.D when he was 24 years old. He shares an apartment with colleague and friend, Sheldon Cooper. He and Penny dated at one point during the series, but they broke up during season 3. They start dating again in season 5 though their relationship has been rocky since Leonard proposed to Penny in bed. Throughout season 6, Penny and Leonard became more comfortable as a couple with Leonard asking Penny to propose to him when she was ready.
  • Dr. Sheldon Cooper, portrayed by Jim Parsons, is a theoretical physicist. Originally from East Texas, he was a child prodigy, starting college at the age of 11, right after completing the fifth grade. He received the Stevenson award when 14 and received his Ph.D when he was 16. He has an IQ of 187 and exhibits a strict adherence to routine; a lack of understanding of irony, sarcasm, and humor; and a complete lack of humility or basic empathy. He is dating Amy Farrah Fowler. During season 6, he has shown remarkable improvement dealing with his issue of touch phobia, and has admitted to Penny and Leonard and later Amy that he is open to the idea of him and Amy having sex someday.
  • Penny, portrayed by Kaley Cuoco, is the attractive blonde neighbor who lives across the hall from Sheldon and Leonard. She has aspirations to an acting career, but has not been particularly successful thus far, only boasting a few small roles as well as a part in a hemorrhoid commercial. To pay the bills, she works as a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory. She and Leonard dated during season 3 and broke up. In the finale episode of Season 4, she was thought to have slept with Raj after drinking, but Raj revealed to her they didn't. During season 5, Penny begins to date Leonard again but their relationship is not steady though she loves him and is committed to him. By the end of season 6, their relationship is going very well. Her last name has never been revealed.
  • Howard Wolowitz, portrayed by Simon Helberg, is an aerospace engineer. He is Jewish, and lived with his mother until season 6. Unlike Sheldon, Leonard, and Raj, Howard lacks a Ph.D, which is a point of mocking between the four friends. He defends this by pointing out that he has a master's degree in Engineering from MIT and the equipment he designs is actually built and launched into space (and so is he), unlike the purely abstract work of his friends. He provides outrageous pick-up lines and fancies himself a ladies man with suitably unimpressed reactions from Penny. Though he finds that he has limited success with other women at first, he begins dating Bernadette in season 3, but they break up. They get back together in the Season 4 episode "The Hot Troll Deviation", become engaged in the episode "The Herb Garden Germination" and are married in the last episode of season 5.
  • Dr. Rajesh "Raj" Koothrappali, portrayed by Kunal Nayyar, is an astrophysicist from New Delhi, India. Known commonly as "Raj", he works alongside Sheldon exploring the string theory implications of gamma rays from dark matter annihilation. He is very shy around women and suffers from selective mutism which means he is physically unable to talk to them unless he drinks alcohol. He is known to be part metrosexual with a strong feminine side, and he is a very emotional person. His sister Priya dates Leonard in season 4 and part of season 5, but they break up when Leonard finds out she slept with her old boyfriend in the episode, "The Good Guy Fluctuation". He finds a friend in Stuart Bloom after Howard goes into space and is married. In season 6 he began to date Lucy, a shy girl with similar social problems of her own. She breaks up with him at the end of season 6, though he finds that he can talk to women.
  • Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski Wolowitz, portrayed by Melissa Rauch, is a microbiologist. Bernadette was introduced to Howard by Penny while the two were working together at the Cheesecake Factory. At first she and Howard do not get along, as they appear to have nothing in common. When they find out that they both have overbearing mothers, however, they feel a connection. She was upgraded to main cast status in the episode "The Hot Troll Deviation", in which she and Howard revisit their previously unsuccessful relationship. She and Howard get engaged in the episode, "The Herb Garden Germination", and much comic fodder is created through similarities between Bernadette and Mrs. Wolowitz. She marries Howard just before he goes into space at the end of season 5.
  • Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler, portrayed by Mayim Bialik, is a neurobiologist. Raj and Howard meet her on an online dating site using a fake account for Sheldon. She is very similar to Sheldon, except that she is more open to social interactions and thus more susceptible to conventional behavior. She becomes close friends with Sheldon, prompting regular assertions from him that she is a girl and is his friend, but she is not his girlfriend. She finally became his girlfriend when Sheldon decides to change the course of their relationship after he becomes jealous when Amy goes out on a date with comic book store owner Stuart Bloom. By the end of season 5 they have progressed to holding hands though Amy is inching Sheldon toward a deeper relationship which gradually starts to become intimate in season 6 ending in some "intercourse" gameplay between their Dungeons and Dragons characters. Amy also forms a quirky friendship with Penny, whom Amy frequently refers to as her "bestie" and becomes Bernadette's Maid of Honor at her and Howard's wedding.

Episodes

Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory episodes
The Big Bang Theory season 7 episodes
No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod. code U.S. viewers
(millions)
1361"The Hofstadter Insufficiency"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Tara Hernandez
Teleplay: Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds & Steve Holland		September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)4X530118.99[5]
1372"The Deception Verification"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds
Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari		September 26, 2013 (2013-09-26)4X530220.44[5]
1383"The Scavenger Vortex"Mark CendrowskiStory: Dave Goetsch, Eric Kaplan & Steve Holland
Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari		October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03)4X530318.22[6]
1394"The Raiders Minimization"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Jim Reynolds & Tara Hernandez
Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari		October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10)4X530417.64[7]
1405"The Workplace Proximity"Mark CendrowskiStory: Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari
Teleplay: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds		October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)4X530517.80[8]
1416"The Romance Resonance"[9]Mark CendrowskiStory: Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds & Tara Hernandez
Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari		October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24)[10]4X5306[11]N/A
1427"The Proton Displacement"[10]Mark Cendrowski[12]Story: Chuck Lorre, Maria Ferrari & Anthony Del Broccolo
Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds[12]		November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07)[10]4X5307[10]N/A
1438TBAMark Cendrowski[13]Story: Steven Molaro, Bill Prady & Jim Reynolds
Teleplay: Eric Kaplan Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari[13]		November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14)[10]4X5308[13]N/A

Ratings

U.S. Nielsen ratings

Episode No. Title Air date Households
(Rating/Share) 		18–49 Viewers[a] DVR
18–49 		DVR
viewers[a] 		Total
18–49 		Total
viewers[a]
1 "The Hofstadter Insufficiency" September 26, 2013 11.3/19[14] 5.5/18 18.99[5] 2.3 5.15 7.8 24.16[15]
2 "The Deception Verification" September 26, 2013 11.3/19[14] 6.1/18 20.44[5] 2.5 5.70 8.6 26.14[15]
3 "The Scavenger Vortex" October 3, 2013 10.8/18[16] 5.2/17 18.22[6] 2.4 5.48 7.6 23.70[17]
4 "The Raiders Minimization" October 10, 2013 10.5/18[18] 5.1/17 17.64[7] — — — —
5 "The Workplace Proximity" October 17, 2013 10.6/18[19] 5.2/17 17.80[8] — — — —
6 "The Romance Resonance" October 24, 2013 — — — — — — —
7 "The Proton Displacement" November 7, 2013 — — — — — — —

Canadian ratings

Episode No. Title Air date Viewers[a] Weekly
Rank
1 "The Hofstadter Insufficiency" September 26, 2013 4.311 2[20]
2 "The Deception Verification" September 26, 2013 4.608 1[20]
3 "The Scavenger Vortex" October 3, 2013 3.814 1[21]
4 "The Raiders Minimization" October 10, 2013 3.443 1[22]
5 "The Workplace Proximity" October 17, 2013 — —
6 "The Romance Resonance" October 24, 2013 — —
7 "The Proton Displacement" November 7, 2013 — —

UK ratings

All viewing figures and ranks are sourced from BARB.[23]

Episode No. Title Air date E4
Viewers[a] 		E4
Rank[b] 		Rank
(cable) 		E4 +1
Viewers[a] 		Total
Viewers[a]
1 "The Hofstadter Insufficiency" October 31, 2013 — — — — —
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Viewers in millions
  2. ^ Rank for individual channels only

References

  1. ^ "'The Big Bang Theory' Season 7 Premiere Gets Supersized, 'The Millers' Delayed". Huffington Post. July 29, 2013. Retrieved August 09, 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ Seidman, Robert (January 12, 2011). ""Bazinga!" 'The Big Bang Theory' Renewed for Three Years". TV By the Numbers. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  3. ^ Prady, Bill (August 14, 2013). "Production on Season 7 of #BigBangTheory has begun!". Twitter. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  4. ^ http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-big-bang-theory. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Text "title: The Big Bang Theory - Channel 4" ignored (help)
  5. ^ a b c d Kondolojy, Amanda (September 27, 2013). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory', 'The Michael J Fox Show' & 'The X Factor' Adjusted Up; 'The Crazy Ones' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Big Bang Theory', 'Grey's Anatomy' & 'The Originals' Adjusted Up; 'Parks And Recreation', 'Welcome to the Family', 'Sean Saves the World', 'Michael J. Fox Show', & 'Parenthood' Adjusted Down last=Bibel". TV by the Numbers. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help); Missing pipe in: |title= (help); line feed character in |title= at position 216 (help)
  7. ^ a b Kondolojy, Amanda (October 11, 2013). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory', 'The X Factor' & 'Glee' Adjusted Up; 'The Vampire Diaries' & 'The Millers' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  8. ^ a b Bibel, Sara (October 18, 2013). "Thursday Final Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory' & 'Grey's Anatomy' Adjusted Up; 'The Crazy Ones' & 'Elementary' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  9. ^ "The Big Bang Theory Episode: "The Romance Resonance"". TV Guide. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Shows A-Z – big bang theory, the on cbs". the Futon Critic. Retrieved August 17, 2013.
  11. ^ Prady, Bill (October 2, 2013). "From this ayem #bigbangtheory". Twitter. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  12. ^ a b Prady, Bill (October 9, 2013). "From today..." Twitter. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  13. ^ a b c Prady, Bill (October 23, 2013). "Here's what we're doing this morning!". Twitter. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  14. ^ a b Porter, Rick (September 27, 2013). "TV ratings: 'The Crazy Ones' dominates 'Michael J. Fox' Thursday with help from 'The Big Bang Theory'". Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  15. ^ a b Kondolojy, Amanda (October 13, 2013). "Updated Live+7 DVR Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory' Tops Adults 18-49 Ratings Increase & Total Viewership Gains; 'Sleepy Hollow' Earns Biggest Percentage Increase in Premiere Week". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  16. ^ Porter, Rick (October 4, 2013). "TV ratings: 'Scandal' returns to series highs Thursday, 'The Originals' has so-so start for The CW". Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  17. ^ Bibel, Sara (October 21, 2013). "Updated Live+7 DVR Ratings: 'The Big Bang Theory' Tops Adults 18-49 Ratings Increase, 'New Girl' Earns Biggest Percentage Increase + 'The Blacklist' Tops Viewership Gains in Week 2". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 21, 2013.
  18. ^ Porter, Rick (October 11, 2013). "TV ratings: 'Glee's' Cory Monteith tribute draws strong numbers, 'Wonderland' premiere doesn't". Retrieved October 11, 2013.
  19. ^ Porter, Rick (October 18, 2013). "TV ratings: 'Scandal' rises Thursday and 'Reign' has a decent premiere". Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  20. ^ a b "Top Programs – Total Canada (English) September 23 – September 29, 2013" (PDF). BBM Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  21. ^ "Top Programs – Total Canada (English) September 30 – October 6, 2013" (PDF). BBM Canada. Retrieved October 10, 2013.
  22. ^ "Top Programs – Total Canada (English) October 7 – October 13, 2013" (PDF). BBM Canada. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  23. ^ BARB, select channel and relevant week.
General references
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