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The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers of the show, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. It premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007.
The show focuses on five characters: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, two physicists working at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across list of golden globe winners the hall, and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially clumsy friends and colleagues, aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Rajesh Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense [6] [7] Over time, his supporting characters promoted to leading roles :. Leslie Winkle, a physicist colleague at Caltech, and at different times, a lover of both Leonard and Howard; Bernadette Rostenkowski, Howard's fiancee and later wife, a microbiologist and former part-time waitress alongside Penny, Amy Farrah Fowler and neuroscientist who register after the group are secretly geared to Sheldon on a dating website. Bernadette and Amy became prominent characters after Penny and Leonard stopped dating.
The show, which is filmed before a live audience, is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions. [8] In August 2009, the sitcom list of golden globe winners won the best comedy series TCA award and Jim Parsons (Sheldon) won the award for individual achievement in comedy. [9] In 2010, the show won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy, list of golden globe winners while Parsons list of golden globe winners won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. [10] On January 16, 2011, Parsons was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical, an award which was presented by co-star Kaley Cuoco. On September list of golden globe winners 18, 2011 Parsons was again awarded an Emmy for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.
When the third season premiered on September 21, 2009, The Big Bang Theory ranked as the highest rated show on CBS that night in adults list of golden globe winners 18 to 49 demographic (4.6 / 10), along with a then series high 12.83 million viewers. [11] CBS moved the show to Thursdays at 8:00 ET for the 2010-2011 schedule. On January 12, 2011, CBS announced that the show was renewed for another three years to expand, by means of the 2013-2014 season. [12]
The show first pilot, developed for the 2006-07 television season, was substantially different from its current form. The only signs of the first pilot held for reshot pilot for the series were Leonard and Sheldon (played by Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons named Sheldon Leonard, respectively) [14] The cast was completed list of golden globe winners by two female leads .: Canadian actress Amanda Walsh as Katie, "a street-hardened, tough-as-nails woman with a vulnerable interior" that meet the boys after she breaks up with her boyfriend and invite to live in their apartment (Katie was replaced list of golden globe winners by Penny in the second pilot), [15] [16] and Iris Bahr as Gilda, a scientist colleague and friend of the boys who was threatened by the presence of Katie's. The first pilot used Thomas Dolby's hit "She Blinded Me with Science" theme music.
The series was not picked up, but the creators were given the opportunity to show the new machines and produce a second pilot. They brought in the other cast and retooled the show to its final form. The original unaired pilot was never officially released, but it is spread on the Internet. About the evolution of the show, Lorre said, "We have the 'Big Bang Pilot' about two and did a half years ago, and it was bad ... but there were two remarkable things that worked perfectly, and that was Johnny and Jim . We rewrote the thing entirely, and then we were blessed with Kaley and Simon and Kunal. "With regard to the question whether the world will ever see that original pilot, maybe on a DVD, Lorre said" Wow, that would be something we will see. Show your failures ... "[17]
The first and second pilot of The Big Bang Theory was directed by James Burrows, who do not continue with the show. The revised second pilot has led to a 13-episode order by CBS on May 14, 2007. [18] Prior to the broadcast on CBS, the pilot episode was distributed on iTunes free. The show premiered September 24, 2007, and was picked up for a full 22-episode season on October 19, 2007. [19] However, the production was put stop on November 6, 2007 by the Writers Guild of America strike. The ser