The Big Bang Theory: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Big Bang Theory is a comedy about brilliant physicists, Leonard and Sheldon, who are the kind of "beautiful minds" that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact with people, especially women. All this begins to change when a free-spirited beauty named Penny moves in next door. Sheldon, Leonard's roommate, is quite content spending his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends, fellow Cal Tech scientists Wolowitz and Koothrappali. However, Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities... including love.

Series details

• Title: The Big Bang Theory
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2007-09-24
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-05-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 8/10
• TVMaze ID: 66

Cast and credited roles

• Johnny Galecki — Leonard Leakey Hofstadter
• Jim Parsons — Sheldon Lee Cooper
• Simon Helberg — Howard Joel Wolowitz
• Kunal Nayyar — Rajesh Ramayan Koothrappali
• Kaley Cuoco — Penny
• Melissa Rauch — Bernadette Marianne Rostenkowski
• Mayim Bialik — Amy Farrah Fowler
• Kevin Sussman — Stuart Bloom
• Laura Spencer — Emily Sweeney
• Sara Gilbert — Leslie Winkle

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-09-24; final listed air date 2008-05-19; episode order: 17.
• Season 2: premiered 2008-09-22; final listed air date 2009-05-11; episode order: 23.
• Season 3: premiered 2009-09-21; final listed air date 2010-05-24; episode order: 23.
• Season 4: premiered 2010-09-23; final listed air date 2011-05-19; episode order: 24.
• Season 5: premiered 2011-09-22; final listed air date 2012-05-10; episode order: 24.
• Season 6: premiered 2012-09-27; final listed air date 2013-05-16; episode order: 24.
• Season 7: premiered 2013-09-26; final listed air date 2014-05-15; episode order: 24.
• Season 8: premiered 2014-09-22; final listed air date 2015-05-07; episode order: 24.
• Season 9: premiered 2015-09-21; final listed air date 2016-05-12; episode order: 24.
• Season 10: premiered 2016-09-19; final listed air date 2017-05-11; episode order: 24.
• Season 11: premiered 2017-09-25; final listed air date 2018-05-10; episode order: 24.
• Season 12: premiered 2018-09-24; final listed air date 2019-05-16; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

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