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.^ The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins .- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This is precisely what the big bang theory states.- The Big Bang 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC www.marxist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Ye gods and little fishes, Big Bang is just a theory.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
It premiered on
CBS on September 24, 2007.
[2]
.^ Unquestionably, the greatest problem of the century facing physicists today is the unification of these two physical frameworks into one theory.- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ If, all of this other discussion aside, we decide that, as humans who die every 80 years, we live in a universe that is (so far as anyone knows) expanding, then what are we going to do?- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In one dazzling stroke, this new M-theory has solved a series of long-standing puzzling mysteries about string theory which have dogged it from the beginning, leaving many theoretical physicists (myself included!- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Leonard and Sheldon's '
geekiness' and sheer intellect are contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.
[3][4] Two equally geeky friends of theirs,
Howard and
Rajesh, are also main characters.
The show is produced by
Warner Bros. Television and
Chuck Lorre Productions.
[5] .^ August 18, 2009 Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang?- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins .- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Ye gods and little fishes, Big Bang is just a theory.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[7].^ August 18th, 2009 2:14 pm ET One cycle is twelve thousand million years [12,000,000,000 – 12 billion years].- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Joe Says: February 4th, 2009 at 10:49 pm As atheists and religions have their own beliefs, it's generally futile to dispute each other.- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
[8]
.^ The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins .- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This is precisely what the big bang theory states.- The Big Bang 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC www.marxist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Ye gods and little fishes, Big Bang is just a theory.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[9]
Main cast
.^ Big Bang Theory .- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Ye gods and little fishes, Big Bang is just a theory.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:22:08 +0000 Local: Tues, Jan 5 2010 1:22 pm Subject: Re: The Big Bang Theory Reply .- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.
- Johnny Galecki[10] as Leonard Hofstadter, Ph.D. – Leonard is an experimental physicist with an IQ of 173 who received his Ph.D. when he was 24 years old.^ The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins .
- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ This is precisely what the big bang theory states.- The Big Bang 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC www.marxist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Ye gods and little fishes, Big Bang is just a theory.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
He shares an apartment with colleague and friend Sheldon Cooper. He is the straight man of the series. The writers have toyed with a romance between him and neighbor Penny, with their unresolved sexual tension being a major force for drama. The third season centers around their struggle to maintain a relationship.
- Jim Parsons[11] as Sheldon Cooper, Ph.D. – Originally from East Texas, he was a child prodigy, starting college at the age of 12, right after completing the fifth grade. As a theoretical physicist, he possesses a master's degree, two Ph.D.s, and an IQ of 187. He exhibits a strict adherence to routine; a lack of understanding of irony, sarcasm and humor; and a complete lack of humility. These characteristics are the main sources of his character's humor and the center of a number of episodes. Sheldon shares an apartment with Leonard Hofstadter.
- Kaley Cuoco[12] as Penny – She is the attractive, blonde neighbor who lives across the hall from Sheldon and Leonard. She has aspirations of a career in show business, and has been to casting calls and auditions but has not been successful thus far. To pay the bills, she works as a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory.
- Simon Helberg[13] as Howard Wolowitz, M.Eng.[14] – He works as an aerospace engineer and owns the house that his mother lives in with him; they are Jewish. .^ Without gravity, the earth and the planets would spin out into freezing deep space, and the galaxies would fly apart.
- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ In just a century, we went from the invention of the steam engine to splitting the atom and then into outer space.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ In each case, we have to add (italicize "add") energy to pull the earth out of the solar system into deep space, or the dog out of the hole.- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.
- Kunal Nayyar[15] as Rajesh Koothrappali, Ph.D. – Rajesh, who originally comes from New Delhi, India, works as a particle astrophysicist at Caltech.^ "However far man may fling himself into outer space, even if he were to succeed in reaching the furthermost object in the universe, man will not change.
- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ However far man may fling himself into outer space, even if he were to succeed in reaching the furthermost object in the universe, man will not change.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The fact that relativity theory was subsequently shown to be correct has led others, possibly not quite up to Einsteins level of genius, to assume that this is the way to proceed.- The Big Bang 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC www.marxist.com [Source type: Original source]
[16] He is very shy around women and is physically unable to talk to them unless he drinks alcohol. However, he has had much better luck with women as opposed to his overly confident best friend Howard. His parents, introduced as Dr. and Mrs. V.M. Koothrappali, are seen via webcam. .^ But because p-branes are horribly difficult to work with, they were long considered just a historical curiosity, a trail that led to a dead-end.- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Is it possible that when you die that you will go back into that state of not remembering anything?- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It's never going to happen because we're going to run out of time, period.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[17]
- Sara Gilbert as Leslie Winkle, Ph.D. (recurring season 1-present, starring season 2)[18][19] – She is an experimental physicist who has casual sex with both Howard and Leonard during the show's airing. She does not get along well with Sheldon Cooper and frequently mocks him. .^ Using pure mathematics, they could show that every one of these pieces fit together perfectly if they were assembled in the unseen third dimension.
- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[18]
Episodes
| Season |
Episodes |
Original Airing |
| 1 |
17[20] |
September 24, 2007 – May 19, 2008 |
| 2 |
23[21] |
September 22, 2008 – May 11, 2009 |
| 3 |
23[22] |
September 21, 2009 – May 2010 |
Production history
.^ Scientists develop theoretical models to show how the universe's structures, such as clusters of galaxies, have formed.- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Only Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons were in the cast, and their across-the-hall neighbor Katie was envisioned as "a street-hardened, tough-as-nails woman with a vulnerable interior".
[23] Katie was played by actress
Amanda Walsh[24] They also had a female friend called Gilda (played by
Iris Bahr).
.^ The words are built up in ways unlike our own and once studied, you will find that the story is far different than the one given.- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
The original unaired pilot has never been released on any official format, but copies of it are floating around the internet with various collectors.
.^ If the "big bang" were about this simple, it could explain the choatic jumble of everything we see in the observable universe including "blue shifted" galaxies.- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
^ This showed that the universe was more diffuse than Gamow had thought, with less gravity, which aggravated the basic problem of where all the energy for the big bang came from.- The Big Bang 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC www.marxist.com [Source type: Original source]
^ It did not give us a clue as to what happened before the Big Bang.- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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."
.^ Baba said that one day this prayer would be said in households all over the world. Here are a few couplets: .- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Moving on, I would like to respond to what you said, however, whether you were directing at me or not.- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Baba said that one day this prayer would be said in households all over the world. Here are a few couplets: "There is no one without You!- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
Show your failures..."
[25]
.^ The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins .- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Ye gods and little fishes, Big Bang is just a theory.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 05:03:16 -0800 (PST) Local: Mon, Jan 4 2010 8:03 am Subject: Re: The Big Bang Theory Reply .- The Big Bang Theory - talk.origins | Google Groups 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC groups.google.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
This reworked pilot led to a 13-episode order by CBS on May 14, 2007.
[26] Prior to its airing on
CBS, the pilot episode was distributed on
iTunes free of charge. The show premiered September 24, 2007, and was picked-up for a full 22-episode season on October 19, 2007.
[27]
Production on the show was halted on November 6, 2007 due to the
2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, returning on March 17, 2008 in an earlier time slot
[28] and with nine new episodes.
[29][30] .^ Sometime in the past, around the same time a River named Saraswati that kept present day Indian Desert Thar green dried up.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
[32][33].^ Nobody has the foggiest notion what time is other than something that we measure with a clock, and use in equations of physics.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The two theories use different mathematics and different physical principles to describe the universe in their respective domains, the cosmic and the microscopic.- World Mysteries - The Big Bang Theory 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.world-mysteries.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3] .^ "If we are part of a bigger multiverse, there is no maximal-entropy equilibrium state and entropy is produced via creation of universes like our own."- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
^ We cannot go back in time, or sure there will be future time, or actually stop present time.- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
^ And going back to the topic of the Big Bang, there is some interesting reading about other problems than just those mentioned in this article.- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ I need my faith and I respect your opinion but please let All the Sciences and Religion work together.- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I respect your opinion but please let All the Sciences and Religion work together."- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
[4]
The lead characters are named Sheldon and Leonard after actor, director, and producer
Sheldon Leonard.
[34]Opening theme
.^ When the first apollo astronauts turned their camera around and photographed earth for the first time, it changed the way humanity looked upon this place we call home.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ The Avatar’s Legacy It’s time for humanity and not just theologians or quantum physicists to understand the secret working of God’s repeated incarnate presence on earth.- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ I do not think a 2-D stick man inhabiting a blackboard would be able to describe the universe as we understand it, even if he believed in time as a dimension...- Will the Big Crunch follow the Big Bang? – SciTechBlog - CNN.com Blogs 10 February 2010 12:14 UTC scitech.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
On October 9, 2007, a full-length (1 minute and 45 seconds) version of the song was released.
[35] This theme was considered by TV critic Samantha Holloway to be one of the five most effective theme tunes on TV.
DVD releases
| DVD Name |
Release dates |
Ep # |
Additional Information |
| Region 1 |
Region 2 |
Region 4 |
| The Complete First Season |
September 2, 2008[36] |
January 12, 2009[37] |
April 3, 2009[38] |
17 |
The three disc box set includes all 17 episodes. The only extra feature is an 18 minute short entitled Quantum Mechanics of The Big Bang Theory: Series Cast and Creators on Why It’s Cool to Be a Geek. Running Time: 374 minutes. |
| The Complete Second Season |
September 15, 2009[39] |
October 19, 2009[40] |
March 3, 2010 [41] |
23 |
The four disc box set includes all 23 episodes. The Special Features include a Gag Reel, Physicist to the Stars: Real-Life Physicist/UCLA professor David Saltzberg's consulting relationship to the Show, and Testing the Infinite Hilarity Hypothesis in relation to the Big Bang Theory: Season 2's Unique Characters and Characteristics. |
| The Complete Third Season |
TBA |
September 27, 2010[42] |
TBA |
23 |
The three disc box set includes all 23 episodes. Running Time: 374 minutes. |
Online media
Warner Brothers Television controls the online rights for the show and does not allow full episodes to be shown online.
[43][44] Short clips are available on cbs.com.
[45]Ratings
U.S. standard ratings
.^ His creations to suffer for not following his rules (a suffering that will continue for all time.- Thinking About Time Before the Big Bang | Universe Today 13 January 2010 20:16 UTC www.universetoday.com [Source type: Original source]
"18–49" is the percentage of all adults aged 18–49 tuned into the show. "Viewers" is the number of viewers, in millions, watching at the time. "Rank" is how well the show did compared to other TV shows aired that week.
Seasonal ratings
Seasonal ratings based on average total viewers per episode of
The Big Bang Theory on
CBS:
| Season |
Timeslot (EDT) |
Season Premiere |
Season Finale |
TV Season |
Rank |
Viewers
(in millions) |
| 1 |
Monday 8:30 P.M. (September 24 – November 12, 2007)
Monday 8:00 P.M. (March 17 – May 19, 2008) |
September 24, 2007 |
May 19, 2008 |
2007–08 |
#59[46] |
8.34[46] |
| 2 |
Monday 8:00 P.M. (September 22, 2008 – May 11, 2009)
Monday 9:30 P.M. (February 9, 2009)
|
September 22, 2008 |
May 11, 2009 |
2008–09 |
#42[47] |
10.01[47] |
| 3 |
Monday 9:30 P.M. |
September 21, 2009 |
May 2010 |
2009–10 |
#16[48] |
14.40[48] |
UK distribution and ratings
The show made its UK debut on
Channel 4 on February 14, 2008 bringing in an average audience of 1.0 million viewers. The second episode, shown the following week, also received 1.0 million. For the third episode an average of 1.1 million tuned in. The show is also shown as a 'first-look' on Channel 4's digital offshoot E4, and brings in 400,000 viewers on average. The fifth episode received 880,000 viewers. After the first five episodes, the average number of viewers continues to hover around the 1 million mark. Episode 13 was watched by 1.3 million viewers and was the most watched episode.
[49]In December 2008, Virgin Media made the first nine episodes of the first season available to watch on its TV Choice On Demand service, and the rest of Season 1 was made available in January 2009.
As of December 5, 2009, all 23 episodes of Season 2 are now also available on Virgin Media TV Choice On Demand Service.
The third season began airing on
E4 and
E4 HD on December 17, 2009 at 9.00pm.
Awards and nominations
| Year |
Result |
Category |
Award Show |
Recipient(s) |
| 2008 |
Nominated |
Best Actor in a Comedy Series |
1st Ewwy Awards |
Jim Parsons |
| Nominated |
Best Actress in a Comedy Series |
Kaley Cuoco |
| Nominated |
Best Comedy Series |
Cast and Crew |
| 2009 |
Nominated |
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series |
61st Primetime Emmy Awards |
Jim Parsons |
| Nominated |
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series |
Christine Baranski |
| Nominated |
Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series |
Crew |
| Won |
Outstanding Achievement in Comedy |
TCA Awards |
Cast and Crew |
| Won |
Individual Achievement in Comedy |
Jim Parsons |
| Nominated |
Best television comedy or musical series |
Satellite Awards |
Cast and Crew |
| Nominated |
Best actor in a comedy or musical series |
Jim Parsons |
| Won |
The best 10 Television Programs of the year |
American Film Institute |
Cast and Crew |
| Won |
Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series |
2nd Ewwy Awards |
Kaley Cuoco |
| Nominated |
Best Comedy Series |
Cast and Crew |
| 2010 |
Won |
Favorite TV Comedy |
36th People's Choice Awards |
|
| Nominated |
Favorite TV Comedy Actor |
Jim Parsons |
International broadcast
| Country / Region |
Network(s) |
Aired |
Notes |
 Albania |
Digi+ |
April 19, 2009 — present |
Subbed |
 Argentina |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Australia |
Nine Network |
Season 1: Late 2007 — 2008
Season 2: Late 2008 — October 26, 2009
Season 3: November 2, 2009 |
New episodes |
| GO! |
Season 1: August 9, 2009 — September 2009 and December 2009 — January 2010 (Second rotation)
Season 2: Mid-September 2009 — November 2009 and Feburary 2010 — March 2010
Season 3: March 2010 —TBA |
Double episode repeats in rotation, twice a week |
 Bangladesh |
Zee Café |
|
|
 Belgium |
La Une |
August 31, 2008 — present |
|
| 2BE |
December 21, 2009 — present |
Double episode. The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Bolivia |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Brazil |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is with English audio but captions are used except for a version used by the Brazilian company TAM Airlines on planes. |
| SBT HD |
TBA |
The dialogue will be completely dubbed to Portuguese and will be aired in both SD and HD, aired as "Big Bang: A Teoria" (Big Bang: The Theory) |
 Bulgaria |
Nova Television |
November 5, 2008 — present |
|
 Canada |
A
CTV |
2007–08, 2009–present
2008–09 |
|
 Chile |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Colombia |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Costa Rica |
Warner Channel
Teletica |
November 2007 — present
August 2009 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used.
The dialogue is dubbed. |
 Cuba |
Multivisión |
|
|
 Cyprus |
LTV |
November 2008 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Czech Republic |
Prima COOL |
April 7, 2009 — present |
Aired as 'Teorie velkého třesku', dubbed |
 Denmark |
6'eren |
January 2009 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Dominican Republic |
Warner Channel |
|
|
 Ecuador |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 El Salvador |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Fiji |
Mai TV |
|
|
 Finland |
Sub |
September 8, 2008 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. Aired as Rillit Huurussa (Misty Eyeglasses) |
 France |
TPS Star
NRJ 12 |
October 18, 2008 — present
October 5, 2009— present |
|
 Greece |
Star Channel |
September , 2009 — present |
Double Episode. The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Germany |
ProSieben |
July 11, 2009 — present[50] |
The dialogue is dubbed. |
 Guatemala |
Warner Channel |
|
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. One of top Sitcoms in Guatemala Cable |
 Honduras |
Warner Channel |
|
|
 Hungary |
Cool TV |
December 27, 2009 — present |
The dialogue is dubbed. Aired as 'Agymenők' |
 Iceland |
Stöð 2 |
August 19, 2008 — present |
|
 India |
Zee Café |
|
|
 Ireland |
RTÉ Two |
July 11, 2008 — present |
|
 Israel |
yes stars Comedy |
July 2008 — present |
|
 Italy |
Steel |
January 19, 2008 — present |
The show received a lot of criticism due to the poor quality of dubbing, which allegedly "dumbed down" most of the nerdy-geeky jokes. To fix this, since episode 9 of season one, the dubbing has been changed to a significantly better quality, characterized by a more faithful translation. |
 Japan |
Super! drama TV |
November 7, 2009 — present |
|
 Lithuania |
TV1 |
February 21, 2010 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Malaysia |
ntv7 |
|
|
 Mexico |
Warner Channel |
November 2008 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
| Canal 5 (Televisa) |
Season 1: January 11, 2010 |
The dialogue was completely dubbed to Spanish, aired as "La Teoría del Big Bang", two episodes daily from Monday through Thursday. |
 Nepal |
Zee Café |
 Netherlands |
Veronica |
March 2, 2009 — ??? |
Only a few episodes were broadcast |
 New Zealand |
TV2 |
September 17, 2008 — present |
New episodes |
 Nicaragua |
Warner Channel |
|
|
 Norway |
TVNorge |
|
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. It's also available in HD(TVNorge HD). |
 Pakistan |
Super Comedy |
|
|
 Panama |
Warner Channel |
|
The dialogue is not dubbed but Spanish captions are used. |
 Paraguay |
Warner Channel |
March 2008 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Peru |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
|
 Philippines |
Jack TV |
|
|
 Poland |
TVN Siedem |
November 20, 2008 — present |
Aired as 'Teoria wielkiego podrywu' |
 Portugal |
SET, RTP2 |
July 14, 2008 — present |
|
 Macedonia |
Kanal 5 |
|
 Slovenia |
Kanal A |
Season 1: February 23, 2009 — March 20, 2009 |
|
 South Africa |
M-Net
SABC3 |
|
|
 Spain |
Antena.neox
Antena 3
TNT |
July 18, 2009 — present |
|
 Sweden |
Kanal 5 |
|
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Thailand |
True Series |
May 26, 2008 — present |
|
 Trinidad and Tobago |
TV6 |
2008 — present |
|
 Turkey |
CNBC-e[51] |
September 9, 2008 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Ukraine |
Inter, MTV |
December 7, 2009 — present (MTV) |
Aired as Теорія великого вибуху |
 United Kingdom |
Channel 4, E4, E4 HD |
Season 3 (E4) December 17 , 2009 - present |
Thursdays 9.00-9.30 PM |
 Uruguay |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
 Venezuela |
Warner Channel |
November 2007 — present |
The dialogue is not dubbed but captions are used. |
Belarus 'knockoff' version, The Theorists
Through the use of his vanity cards at the end of episodes, Chuck Lorre alleged that there was a rip-off version of the show being produced and aired in
Belarus. Officially titled Теоретики (translates to The Theorists), the show features 'clones' of the main characters, a similar opening sequence, and what appears to be a very close Russian translation of the scripts.
[52] Chuck Lorre expressed annoyance and described his inquiry with the Warner Brothers legal department about options. The TV production company and station's close relationship with the Belarus government was cited as the reason that any attempt to claim copyright infringement would be in vain.
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