The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory will return in 2012.

Thursdays, 8 PM ET, CBS

Current Season: 5 - Total Episodes: 91
Highest Rated: Ep 8, Season 2

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“The Countdown Reflection”

by Oliver Sava May 10, 2012 -

The fifth season of The Big Bang Theory ends on a quite literal high as Howard is launched into space.

“The Launch Acceleration”

by Oliver Sava May 3, 2012 -

Each of The Big Bang Theory couples experiences some hilarious forward movement before next week's finale.

“The Stag Convergence”

by Oliver Sava April 26, 2012 -

Howard's bachelor party can't keep the girls from hogging the spotlight on a mediocre Big Bang Theory.

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“The Hawking Excitation”

by Oliver Sava April 5, 2012 -

Stephen Hawking thinks Sheldon's work is "quite a boner" in an average episode of The Big Bang Theory.

Ep. 24, Season 5
“The Countdown Reflection”
Ep. 23, Season 5
“The Launch Acceleration”
Ep. 22, Season 5
“The Stag Convergence”
Ep. 21, Season 5
“The Hawking Excitation”

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The Big Bang Theory
Episode 1

(Premieres tonight on CBS, 8:30 pm ET/ 7:30 pm CT) Really bad television shows tend to pander to the mean:...
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“The Monopolar Expedition”
Episode 23

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“The Classified Materials Turbulence”
Episode 22

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“The Vegas Renormalization”
Episode 21

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“The Hofstadter Isotope”
Episode 20

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“The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition”
Episode 19

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“The Work Song Nanocluster”
Episode 18

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“The Terminator Decoupling”
Episode 17

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“The Cushion Saturation”
Episode 16

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“The Maternal Capacitance”
Episode 15

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“The Financial Permeability”
Episode 14

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"The Friendship Algorithm"
Episode 13

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“The Killer Robot Instability”
Episode 12

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"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis"
Episode 11

that elf sticker says "To Sheldon"
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"The Vartabedian Conundrum"
Episode 10

Got to keep tonight's entry short, because it's the thick of best-of/worst-of season, and I think like I've got about...
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"The White Asparagus Triangulation"
Episode 9

Hello. What is shaking? Do you find the weather satisfying? Are you currently sharing the triumph of some local sports...
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"The Lizard-Spock Expansion"
Episode 8

I realize that there are people out there who will never like The Big Bang Theory, and I understand why. Not...
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"The Panty Piñata Polarization"
Episode 7

Hey, Penny's back! After spending the last couple of episodes mostly on the sidelines, the character who used to be one of...
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"The Cooper-Nowitzki Theroem"
Episode 6

Tonight's Big Bang Theory attempted to answer a question that's been weighing on fans' minds for well over a...
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"The Euclid Alternative"
Episode 5

I have to keep tonight's entry short, because I'm on HIMYM duty as well I thought this week was...
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"The Griffin Equivalency"
Episode 4

So why a Big Bang Theory blog? Mainly we decided to add BBT to our Monday TV Club lineup because...
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"The Lunar Excitation"
Episode 23

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“The Staircase Implementation”
Episode 22

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"The Plimpton Stimulation"
Episode 21

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"The Spaghetti Catalyst"
Episode 20

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"The Wheaton Recurrence"
Episode 19

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"The Pants Alternative"
Episode 18

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"The Precious Fragmentation"
Episode 17

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"The Excelsior Acquisition"
Episode 16

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"The Large Hadron Collision"
Episode 15

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"The Einstein Approximation"
Episode 14

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"The Bozeman Reaction"
Episode 13

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"The Psychic Vortex"
Episode 12

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"The Maternal Congruence"
Episode 11

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"The Gorilla Experiment"
Episode 10

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"The Vengeance Formulation"
Episode 9

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"The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"
Episode 8

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“The Guitarist Amplification”
Episode 7

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"The Cornhusker Vortex"
Episode 6

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"The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary"
Episode 5

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"The Pirate Solution"
Episode 4

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"The Gothowitz Deviation"
Episode 3

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"The Jiminy Conjecture"
Episode 2

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"The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation"
Episode 1

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"The Roommate Transmogrification"
Episode 24

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"The Engagement Reaction"
Episode 23

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"The Wildebeest Implementation"
Episode 22

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"The Agreement Dissection"
Episode 21

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"The Herb Garden Germination"
Episode 20

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"The Zarnecki Equation"
Episode 19

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"The Prestidigitation Approximation"
Episode 18

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"The Toast Derivation"
Episode 17

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"The Cohabitation Formulation"
Episode 16

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"The Benefactor Factor"
Episode 15

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"The Thespian Catalyst"
Episode 14

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"The Love Car Displacement"
Episode 13

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"The Bus Pants Utilization"
Episode 12

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"The Justice League Recombination"
Episode 11

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"The Alien Parasite Hypothesis"
Episode 10

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"The Boyfriend Complexity"
Episode 9

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"The 21-Second Excitation"
Episode 8

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"The Apology Insufficiency"
Episode 7

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"The Irish Pub Formulation"
Episode 6

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"The Desperation Emanation"
Episode 5

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"The Hot Troll Deviation"
Episode 4

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"The Zazzy Substitution"
Episode 3

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"The Cruciferious Vegetable Amplification"
Episode 2

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"The Robotic Manipulation"
Episode 1

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“The Countdown Reflection”
Episode 24

The fifth season of The Big Bang Theory ends on a quite literal high as Howard is launched into space.
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“The Launch Acceleration”
Episode 23

Each of The Big Bang Theory couples experiences some hilarious forward movement before next week's finale.
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“The Stag Convergence”
Episode 22

Howard's bachelor party can't keep the girls from hogging the spotlight on a mediocre Big Bang Theory.
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“The Hawking Excitation”
Episode 21

Stephen Hawking thinks Sheldon's work is "quite a boner" in an average episode of The Big Bang Theory.
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“The Transporter Malfunction”
Episode 20

A Leonard Nimoy cameo and Raj's sexuality are the core of one of this season's best episodes of The Big Bang Theory.
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“The Weekend Vortex”
Episode 19

A boys' weekend of video games and junk food unleashes a wave of female fury in another strong The Big Bag Theory.
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“The Werewolf Transformation”
Episode 18

In tonight's episode, Sheldon embraces the chaos by playing the bongos, while Howard gets his ass kicked by his NASA training.
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“The Rothman Disintegration”
Episode 17

The Big Bang Theory sustains a string of strong episodes with a story spotlighting how shitty Sheldon is at sports.
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“The Vacation Solution”
Episode 16

The women of The Big Bang Theory take the spotlight for this season's best episode and a series highlight.
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“The Friendship Contraction”
Episode 15

Leonard decides to ditch his friendship with Sheldon in one of this season's strongest episodes of The Big Bang Theory.
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“The Beta Test Initiation”
Episode 14

Penny and Leonard give their relationship a trial run while Raj falls for Siri in a run-of-the-mill The Big Bang Theory.
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“The Recombination Hypothesis”
Episode 13

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“The Shiny Trinket Maneuver”
Episode 12

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“The Speckerman Recurrence”
Episode 11

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“The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition”
Episode 10

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“The Ornithophobia Diffusion”
Episode 9

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“The Good Guy Fluctuation”
Episode 8

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“The Isolation Permutation”
Episode 7

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“The Rhinitis Revelation”
Episode 6

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“The Russian Rocket Reaction”
Episode 5

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“The Wiggly Finger Catalyst”
Episode 4

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“The Pulled Groin Extrapolation”
Episode 3

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“The Skank Reflex Analysis”/"The Infestation Hypothesis"
Episode 1-2

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Upfront roundup: TNT and TBS are no longer content to be mere cable networks
In addition to the big upfront events for the big four networks and their annoying kid sibling The CW, the past couple of months have seen any number of upfronts for cable networks.
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Fall schedule announcements: Look on CBS' works, ye mighty, and despair
CBS' fall schedule follows. Come back soon for night-by-night analysis. New shows are in bold. Mondays: 8 p.m.: How I Met Your Mother 8:30 p.m.: Partners 9 p.m.: 2 Broke Girls 9:30 p.m.: Mike & Molly...
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Upfront weekend roundup: CBS crosses its fingers that America is ready for more cop dramas
Here’s your roundup of TV upfront and scheduling news for the weekend: • CBS was the final network to pick up any new series, and it picked up a surprising number for it. Usually, its status as TV’s version of the “Imperial March...
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Fall schedule announcements: NBC makes small steps in overcoming its crippling fear of success
NBC is the first network to announce its fall schedule, and it decided to get a jump on tomorrow’s upfront (a presentation held to convince advertisers to invest in the network’s new shows) by announcing its fall schedule to the press today.
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It’s election night in Pawnee as Parks And Recreation’s fourth season comes to a close
It’s election night in Pawnee as Parks And Recreation’s fourth season comes to a close. Also: Wolowitz gets married and Andy Bernard infiltrates Dunder Mifflin.
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Perhaps the presence of a part-time Justified player can get you interested in a late-season episode of The Big Bang Theory?
Perhaps the presence of a part-time Justified player can get you interested in a late-season episode of The Big Bang Theory? Also: Greendale mourns Star-Burns, and Leslie Knope takes the bus.
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Live, from New York (again): It’s 30 Rock!
Live, from New York (again): It’s 30 Rock! Also: The return of Wil Wheaton and turning back the clock in Mystic Falls.
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Delocated stages a reunion show where the participants are supposed to be horrible human beings
Delocated stages a reunion where the participants are supposed to be horrible human beings. Also: Stephen Hawking goes to Caltech, Ken Burns comes to Greendale (?), and everyone visits Tent City, U.S.A.!
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The Secret Circle can do all that, but it’ll never top that (top that)
The Secret Circle can do all that, but it’ll never top that (top that). Also: Divisions grow at Greendale, and the 69th best college basketball team in the nation is crowned.
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Community
A staff writer who doesn’t love Community talks it out with one who does.
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It’s time for Unsupervised to take a look at its possible future
It’s time for Unsupervised to take a look at its possible future. Also: Evil babies and the people who make them on CBS and MTV, respectively.
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“You got Justified in my Archer!” “You got Archer in my Justified!”
“You got Justified in my Archer!” “You got Archer in my Justified!” Also: Sheldon snaps, Leap Day with Liz Lemon, and Kramer as Merv Griffin.
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Louis C.K.’s triumphant return to Parks And Recreation
Louis C.K.’s triumphant return to Parks And Recreation. Also: Fear and loathing (and Idol) in Las Vegas, and Delocated gets the “midnight munchingtons.”
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Jessica Walter
The Arrested Development vet talks about playing an alcoholic spy boss on Archer and more.
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Oh hey, Up All Night—we almost forgot you were over there
Oh hey, Up All Night—we almost forgot you were over there. Also: A supersized 30 Rock, partying French aristocrats, and the undeniable allure of… El Talismán.
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Ratings roundup: NBC opens February sweeps in strong tie with Univision
It used to be that picking on NBC was wholesome fun for the whole family. You'd open with some gags about Jeff Zucker supersizing something, segue to a few riffs on Ben Silverman and Knight Rider, then wrap it all up with a couple of knocks on Whitney.
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The Vampire Diaries wants to (literally) steal your heart
Elijah is back on The Vampire Diaries, and we couldn't be more pleased about this development. Also: Big Bang's Wolowitz goes into space, and 30 Rock rips from the headlines.
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The Parks & Recreation gang goes bowling and hopefully not alone
An all new Parks & Rec centers on bowling somehow, and we couldn't be more excited. Also: Archer, two new 30 Rocks, fat chefs, and Seinfeldvision in more ways than one.
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Archer is back, and he's brought Burt Reynolds to entertain you
Archer's back, and that means we're headed right into the danger zone. Also: Zack Handlen moves on to Deep Space 9, Unsupervised debuts, and Tracy Jordan says awful things.
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FX at the TCAs: Charlie Sheen is coming back, whether you like it or not
FX just had what its executives call its “best year ever,” with the launch of their top first-season comedy (Wilfred) and top first-season drama (American Horror Story) in 2011.
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Ratings roundup: Further proof that America is indifferent to the things you like, loves Rob Schneider
If there's ever going to be a starker demonstration of just how little America cares about the kinds of shows that are popular on this here Internet than the fact that the debut of Rob Schneider's new "Rob Schneider marries into a Mexican family...
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30 Rock is back, and all is well
After being away since last May, 30 Rock returns triumphantly this evening for another season of Liz and Jack. Also: More NBC comedy, Rob Schneider, and the West Memphis Three.
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The best TV series of 2011: The ballots
Who voted for which series? Which shows barely made the cut? And which less-heralded shows do you need to start DVRing? Read on.
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Community offers up some holly-jolliness; see you again in Unspecified Return Date, 2012!
Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community. Also: Community and golf.
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Pure Sabacc wins again: 22-plus fictitious pop-culture games with convoluted rules
The A.V. Club’s weekly list.
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