Network: CBS
Episodes: 279 (half-hour)
Seasons: 12
TV show dates: September 24, 2007 — May 16, 2019
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, Mayim Bialik, and Kevin Sussman.
TV show description:
Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) are best friends, roommates, and brilliant physicists at CalTech. They understand how the universe works but have little interest in the people around them.
That begins to change when an attractive young waitress and wanna-be actress, Penny (Kaley Cuoco), moves into the apartment across the hall. Leonard becomes immediately smitten with the free-spirited girl and tries to forge a relationship with her, much to the confusion and consternation of Sheldon.
The geniuses’ equally geeky coworkers are smarmy Howard Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) and Rajesh Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar), an immigrant from India who finds it difficult to talk to most females.
Over time, other characters are introduced, like waitress Bernadette Rostenkowski (Melissa Rauch), scientist Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik), and comic book store owner Stuart Bloom (Kevin Sussman).
Episode #279 — The Stockholm Syndrome
Bernadette and Wolowitz leave their kids for the first time; Penny and Leonard try to keep a secret; Sheldon and Amy stick together; and Koothrappali makes a new friend, as the gang travels together into an uncharted future.
First aired: May 16, 2019.
What do you think? Do you like The Big Bang Theory TV show? Do you think it should have ended or been renewed for a 13th season?
Really sorry to see this end. So many possibilities for several more seasons!
RENEWED of course. A GREAT FUNNY show AND you leave us hanging with “pregnant”, seriously?
I Loved it
Best show ever, since Friends! , i am gonna misss those characters, and hate that i have to watch reruns to see them once again, but the fun is never the same. So much more story to tell, and no time left ;( I just hate this, the season finale was great and i honestly cried just knowing i was watching the last episode ever (at least for 20years), maybe they pick it again like other shows are right now 🙂
This series had become VERY irritating!!
SEX-SEX-SEX! The characters had become
not tolerable to me , personally. I am very
interested to see how the series will end,
but it is definitely time for this series to
END !! John (Texas)
There’s still so much they could do. Sheldon and Amy need to have a baby. OMG how hilarious would that be, and we could really see Sheldon’s human side. Can you imagine him in “awe” of a little baby? I sure can. Also Leonard and Penny… Where do they go…? And Rahj Needs to meet somebody. One of the best shows on television. Please don’t go.
I don’t agree about the quality of the series.
I was a fan up thru season 4. Beginning
with season 5 , I could not stay in the room
while The Big Bang Theory was on. I watched
it Off an On .
Parsons plays Sheldon great, but since he wants out, the show could have replaced him with another super intelligent strange but likable character. Say Sheldon and Amy leave because Sheldon has been offered the chance to take part in testing to live on Mars, and Amy agrees to also take part. Sheldon is hoping to have “Martian” children. The University asks Leonard, Howard and Raj to befriend Sheldon’s replacement at the University and show him around since he’s from a small farm in the Midwest. The replacement is in many ways like Sheldon, smart but clueless, and the story continues… Read more »
Still the best show on television
Series status: Ending
FINALLY. How this garbage managed to stay on air for so long beggars belief.
I have watched this show since the first night. So very sad to see it end. Wish the cast and producers could find a way to keep it going.
The best sitcom on CBS or any other network and it’s being cancelled. Boo to the powers that be to make such a bad decision! So Jim Parsons wants out – let him go. He’ll never be remembered for any other role other than Sheldon Cooper, and probably won’t ever make a cool million dollars per episode anywhere else. Surely the producers can figure out a way to make the show work without Sheldon – maybe even an occasional cameo. Bring in some new blood. Sheldon had two siblings who have both guest starred on TBBT, why not create a… Read more »
Yes, this was the funniest show on TV for years. Then it jumped the Shark because there was no new persons for Sheldon to go against. That is what made this show funny. Not any more.
I think the show is fantastic and desperately hope it will be renewed for a 13th season.
The character “sheldon” though never officially announced as such, is obviously autistic, which endeared him to me As an autistic mom to an autistic teenage son. This show has made an indelible impression on me and I’m the better for it for a multitude of reasons. I sincerely hope it’s renewed for one last farewell season for those of us fans that require the assistance of the coping mechanism known as “closure” .
It really makes me sad my favorite show is ending why could not continue without Sheldon I just don not understand. Our family has tuned in from start there are so many story lines that show is not made on Sheldon alone. With a superior cast it could easily continue. Please I beg of you do not think young Sheldon takes Big Bangs place. I do not like that show or even tune it for it.
Keep Big Bang Theory, it’s a staple for the comedy fix.
All Charming and needy characters.
We will miss their wit!
Me and my hubby