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The Big Bang Theory (TV Series 2007– )   21 min  -  Comedy     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.7/10 X   Users: 8.7/10 (18,481 votes) 118 reviews | Critics: 26 reviews A woman who moves into an apartment next door to 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 and Kaley Cuoco

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Cast

Series cast summary:
	Johnny Galecki	...	Leonard Hofstadter (86 episodes, 2007-2011)
	Jim Parsons	...	Sheldon Cooper (86 episodes, 2007-2011)
	Kaley Cuoco	...	Penny (86 episodes, 2007-2011)
	Simon Helberg	...	Howard Wolowitz (86 episodes, 2007-2011)
	Kunal Nayyar	...	Raj Koothrappali (86 episodes, 2007-2011)

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Storyline

Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper are both brilliant physicists working at Cal Tech in Pasadena, California. They are colleagues, best friends and roommates, although in all capacities their relationship is always tested primarily by Sheldon's regimented and non-conventional ways. They are also friends with their Cal Tech 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 next to Leonard and Sheldon's, Leonard has another aspiration in life, namely to get Penny to be his girlfriend. Written by Huggo  
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Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Physicist | Friend | California | Socially Awkward  | See more »

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Taglines:

When beauty meets the brains. See more »

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Genres:

Comedy

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Also Known As:

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Filming Locations:

Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

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Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Warner Bros. Television See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

21 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

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Trivia

Penny was an add-on from a different sitcom concept. She had been originally envisioned as "Katie",a more cynical, hard drinker, street-wise girl who worked at a makeup saloon. In the original unaired pilot, she was played by Amanda Walsh. See more »

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Goofs

Revealing mistakes: In the opening credits, when it shows the cast eating Chinese food, the half-cut cardboard box shows the name, Kart-Out, with a 1-800 number. A visible marker is used over the real brand name, Kari Out, with a 800 number. See more »

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Quotes

Sheldon: [to engineers] Hello, Oompa Loompas of science!
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Crazy Credits

One of the final cards to appear in the credit sequence is 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 credit each week, written by Chuck Lorre himself. See more »

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Connections

Referenced in "Family Guy: Business Guy (#8.9)" (2009) See more »