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History of 'TBBT' Series [2007-2019] Hit network television sitcom series about a group of friends made up of physicists and their significant others. The show ran on CBS-TV for 12 seasons and a record 279 episodes, from September 2007 to May 2019. The original/working title was "Lenny, Penny, and Kenny". Set in an apartment house in driving distance to CalTech (California Institute of Technology) in Pasadena, California. Series and cast & crew members won 10 Primetime Emmy Awards among 55 nominations.
series credits at Internet Movie Database
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"The Expedition Approximation" episode [Warner Bros./CBS-TV Oct 2014]
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"Expedition Approximation" episode of "The Big Bang Theory" TV sitcom

Season 8, Episode 6: Sheldon & Raj test whether they could survive a dark matter research expedition in a salt mine by simulating the conditions in a steam tunnel; meanwhile, Leonard & Penny argue about money and then seek advice from Howard & Bernadette; NOTE: 'dark matter' is mentioned twice, Sheldon also mentions that he is working to solve the 'Penrose conjecture' and that he expects to receive a Nobel Prizes in Physics • Co-produced by Steve Holland, Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, Jim Reynolds & others; directed by Mark Cendrowski; written by Maria Ferrari, David Goetsch, Tara Hernandez, Steve Holland, Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds; science consultant David Saltzberg PhD; starring Johnny Galecki {as Leonard}, Jim Parsons {as Sheldon}, Kaley Cuoco {as Penny}, Simon Helberg {as Howard}, Kunal Nayyar {as Raj}, Mayim Bialik {as Amy}, Melissa Rauch {as Bernadette} • episode credits at IMDb
DVD/Blu-ray not available
Amazon Instant Video of Season 8 [2015] purchase HD episode $2.99, season $19.99
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watch undated excerpt [4:30] on YouTube • fan transcription of Season 8, Episode 6

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Jim Parsons (Sheldon) and Kaley Cuoco (Penny) were the world's highest-paid television actor and actress, with earnings of
$29 million and $28.5 million, having made that income from June 1, 2014 to June 1, 2015. (Forbes 2015)

History of 'Young Sheldon' Prequel Series [2017-2023]
set in East Texas circa 1989
series official website at CBS-TV
series entry at Wikipedia
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"Young Sheldon: The Complete First Season DVD Collection" [] Region 1, Spanish Artwork
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"Young Sheldon" DVD

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Here's an idea: TV series "Old Sheldon"
about elderly Sheldon Cooper living at the CalTech Home for Senile Scientists

Untitled "The Big Bang Theory" TV Series Project [in development 2023]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt27497393/

spinoff "Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage" TV series
[Chuck Lorre Prodns/Warner Bros. TV/CBS-TV 2024-2025]

first pilot for "The Big Bang Theory" [Chuck Lorre Prodns/Warner Bros. TV - aired 1 May 2006]
Early pilot episode of what became the hit TV series "The Big Bang Theory". Leonard and Sheldon are two awkward scientists who share an apartment. They meet a drunk girl named Katie and invite her to stay at their place, because she has nowhere to stay. The two guys have a female scientist friend named Gilda • Exec produced & co-written by Chuck Lorre; exec produced & co-written by Bill Prady; directed by James Burrows; starring Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Amanda Walsh {as Katie}, Iris Bahr {as Gilda}, Vernee Watson {as Althea}; science consultant David Saltzberg, PhD • episode credits at IMDb
watch 1/2015 pilot episode in 7 parts - with ads - on YouTube

'The Big Bang Theory' Cast Together For One Final Time [5/17/2019 segment 1] on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bYNIY7m03w 9.45
'The Big Bang Theory' Cast Answer Each Others Questions [5/17/2019 segment 2] on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=q6_oWHqeVKI 6.48

#1: "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" Season 2, Episode 11 [aired 15 December 2008] • credits at IMDb
#2: "The Maternal Congruence" Season 3, Episode 11 [aired 14 December 2009] • credits at IMDb
#3: "The Santa Simulation" Season 6, Episode 11 [aired 13 December 2012] • credits at IMDb
#4: "The Cooper Extraction" Season 7, Episode 11 [aired 12 December 2013] • credits at IMDb
#5: "The Clean Room Infiltration" Season 8, Episode 11 [aired 11 December 2014] • credits at IMDb
#6: "The Holiday Summation" Season 10, Episode 12 [aired 5 January 2017] • credits at IMDb

#A: "The Justice League Recombination" Season 4 Episode 11 for New Years [12/2010] • credits at IMDb
#B: "The Thanks-giving Decoupling" Season 7 Episode 9 [11/2013] • credits at IMDb
#C: "The Platonic Permutation" Season 9 Episode 9 for Thanksgiving [11/2015] with guest star Elon Musk • credits at IMDb

"The Big Bang Theory's Impact" featurette on DVD
"The Big Bang Theory Visits Ellen {DeGeneres}" featurette on DVD
"Best of The Big Bang Theory 2018 Comic-Con Panel" featurette on DVD
"The Sweet Spot" featurette on DVD
"The Last Days of The Big Bang Theory" featurette on DVD
"Unravelling The Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell Special" featurette on DVD

"Young Sheldon: The Complete First Season"
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"Young Sheldon: The Complete Second Season"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-TheCompleteSecond-Season-Blu-ray/dp/B07X2M3CR5/
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-Second-Season/dp/B07Q5CPN3R/
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"Young Sheldon: The Complete Third Season"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-Season-Blu-ray/dp/B08FTXKGQR/
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http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Season-3-DVD/dp/B085JTQSRH/

"Young Sheldon DVD Complete Series Season 1 2 3"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-DVD-Complete-Season/dp/B08JMDHYKM/

"Young Sheldon: The Fourth Season"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Season-4-blu-ray/dp/B09C8Y4VS2/
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Fourth-Season-DVD/dp/B09895W4FR/
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"Young Sheldon DVD Complete Series Season 1 - 4"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-DVD-Season/dp/B0B6B5VQVY/

"Young Sheldon: The Complete Fifth Season"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-Season-blu-ray/dp/B0B5VRCM3P/
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-Fifth-Season/dp/B0B6CSXSY4/
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"Young Sheldon: The Complete Seasons 1 - 5"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-Seasons-DVD/dp/B0CB53TDDX/

"Young Sheldon: The Complete Sixth Season"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-Sixth-Season/dp/B0CBNJZF3R/

"Young Sheldon Complete Collection: Seasons 1 - 6"
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-Collection-Seasons/dp/B0CQDHT3L5/

"Young Sheldon: The Complete Seventh Season" will air Feb-May 2024
http://www.amazon.com/Young-Sheldon-Complete-Seventh-Season/dp/B0D4F3525X/ [9/2024]

Sheldon Cooper was portrayed by Jim Parsons
young Sheldon Cooper was portrayed by Iain Armitage [born 7/2008]

Sheldon’s fraternal twin sister, Missy Cooper is charming, sociable, and not at all interested in scholarly pursuits - in other words,
almost the exact opposite of Sheldon - portrayed by Courtney Henggeler
young Missy Cooper was portrayed by Raegan Revord [born 1/2008]

ultra-religious Bible Belt mom Mary Cooper can keep her 'Shelly' in line with lectures and home remedies - but she still comes off
as a lovable mom; portrayed by Academy Award-nominee Laurie Metcalf
Sheldon's mother Mary Cooper on "Young Sheldon" was portrayed by Laurie Metcalf's real-life daughter Zoe Perry

Leonard Hofstadter was portrayed by Johnny Galecki
Leonard’s mother Dr. Beverly Hofstadter is a neuroscientist and psychiatrist who was never the warm-and-fuzzy type; portrayed by Christine Baranski

Howard Wolowitz was portrayed by Simon Helberg
We never saw Debbie Wolowitz, Howard’s mom, fully on screen; she was usually only heard, screaming at Howard from another room or on the phone - portrayed by
actress Carol Ann Susi; when the actress passed away of cancer in 2014 at the age of 62, Howard & Bernadette moved into her house.

astrophysicist Rajesh 'Raj' Koothrappali was portrayed by Kunal Nayyar
Despite his good looks, Raj has not been lucky in love on “T.B.B.T.”; he used to need a drink in order to talk to women, but he eventually moved past that phase.

Dr. V.M. Koothrappali mostly appears on “T.B.B.T.” via Skype sessions with his son, Raj; he and Raj’s mother are constantly nagging Raj to grow up, get married, and make something of himself; portrayed by Israeli-Indian actor Brian George
Mrs. Koothrappali: Raj’s mother has appeared on the show only on a computer screen when video chatting with Raj and his sister; portrayed by British actress Alice Amter.
Raj’s sister Priya Koothrappali came to the U.S. and stayed with Raj for a period of time; she is an accomplished lawyer and also dated Leonard when he and Penny
were on a break; portrayed by Aarti Mann

Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz was portrayed by Melissa Rauch
Bernadette may be short and speak with a high-pitched squeak, but she’s also one tough cookie who can bully people into doing her bidding. She just had two children
back-to-back, is a successful microbiologist, and hasn’t divorced the often-annoying Howard yet — so you know she can handle herself.

Raj becomes infatuated with Claire (Alessandra Torresani), a bartender and children's author

Raj dated dermatologist Emily Sweeney {seasons 7-10} - portrayed by Laura Spencer

Penny's macho ex-boyfriend Kurt {pilot episode} - portrayed by Brian Patrick Wade

Caltech experimental physicist Leslie Winkle - portrayed by Sara Gilbert
Gilbert worked with co-star Johnny Galecki on "Roseanne" before “T.B.B.T.”; she was part of the cast in the first two seasons as a co-worker and sometimes romantic interest
for Leonard and Howard; she also had a running gag calling Sheldon a 'dummy' and 'dumb a**'. Leslie left after season 2, but reappeared sporadically.

hunky Zack Johnson - portrayed by Brian Thomas Smith in 11 episodes - married penny at elvis chapel in las vegas, nevada

Stuart Bloom, the comic book store owner who desperately wanted to be part of the friend group, and eventually wormed his way in,
even living with Howard & Bernadette - portrayed by Kevin Sussman

Paige Swanson, another child prodigy like young Sheldon, with whom he competes in academics - portrayed by ?? Grace

Guest Actors included:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Nobel-laureate chemist Frances Arnold, Lewis Black, LeVar Burton, Keith Carradine, Ellen DeGeneres, Carrie Fisher, Neil Gaiman, Bill Gates, author Brian Greene, Mark Hamill Stephen W. Hawking, Judd Hirsch, James Earl Jones, cartoonist Stan Lee, Christopher Lloyd, Howie Mandel, astronaut Mike Massimino, Megan McGown, gazillionaire Elon Musk, Bob Newhart, Leonard Nimoy, Bill Nye, Robby the Robot, William Shatner, Charlie Sheen, Nobel-laureate astrophysicist George Smoot, Octavia Spencer, George Takei, magician Teller, Nobel-laureate physicist Kip Thorne, Billy Bob Thornton, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jessica Walter, Adam West, Steve Wozniak

Iain Armitage [born 7/2008] portrayed Young Sheldon in both TV series
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm8071137/

Mayim Bialik (Amy) joined the show in 2010 and later became a series regular; after “T.B.B.T.” she starred in sitcom "Call Me Kat"; she also began hosting
"Jeopardy! National College Championship" in 2022. Mayim shares sons Miles & Frederick with ex-husband Michael Stone.

Kaley Cuoco (Penny) moved on to a starring role on The Flight Attendant, earning a Golden Globe nomination in 2021. The actress married Karl Cook in June 2018; they announced their split in September 2021; their divorce was finalized less than one year later. After confirming her romance with Tom Pelphrey, Cuoco announced in October 2022 that the pair were expecting their first child together, a baby girl; daughter Matilda was born in March 2023.

Johnny Galecki (Leonard) announced the arrival of his first child, a baby boy, with then-girlfriend Alaina Meyer in December 2019; the pair split November 2020 after two years together.

Sara Gilbert (Leslie) reunited with her "Roseanne" co-star Johnny Galecki (Howard) in her role as his girlfriend early in “T.B.B.T.”‘s run; the two dated in real life once upon a time.

Simon Helberg (Howard) took a break from acting after “T.B.B.T.” but returned to the screen in "Annette". He wed Jocelyn Towne in July 2007;
they are parents of daughter Adeline & son Wilder.

Laurie Metcalf, who plays Sheldon's mother Mary Cooper, is the real-life mother of Zoe Perry, who plays Sheldon's mother Mary Cooper on "Young Sheldon".

London-born, New Delhi-raised Kunal Nayyar (Raj) came to the U.S. to study business at the University of Portland; however, his passion for acting won out and “T.B.B.T.” was one of his first big roles. He married fashion designer & former Miss India Neha Kapur Nayyar in December 2011. Kunal stayed busy with roles in Sweetness in the Belly, Trolls World Tour, Think Like a Dog, Criminal: UK, and Suspicion.

Melissa Rauch (Bernadette) joined the series in 2009, has starred in The Laundromat, Robot Chicken, Cats & Dogs 3: Paws Unite, Animaniacs and The Chicken Squad. The actress shares daughter Sadie and son Brooks with Winston Beigel, whom she married in 2007; her real-life pregnancy was written into “T.B.B.T.” when her character got unexpectedly pregnant with her second child. She’s been open about her own struggles to have a baby and her miscarriage.

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