The Big Bang Theory 2007
“Smart is the new sexy.”
- Status
- Ended
- First Aired
- September 24, 2007
- Last Aired
- May 16, 2019
- Format
- 12 seasons · 279 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~102.3 hours (22 min/ep)
- Essential Runtime
- ~102 hours (skips filler)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S12E1 "The Conjugal Configuration" (★ 9.9/10)
- Created By
- Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady
- Network
- CBS
- Where to Stream
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, TBS
What is The Big Bang Theory?
The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. The series premiered on September 24, 2007, and concluded on May 16, 2019, spanning 12 seasons and 279 episodes.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 2007
- Status
- Ended
- Episodes
- 279
- Runtime
- 22 minutes
- First aired
- Sep 24, 2007
- Last aired
- May 16, 2019
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- CBS
- Genres
- Comedy
- Updated
At a glance
- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 7.9/10 from 12,585 votes
- Format
- 12 seasons · 279 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~22 minutes
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- CBS
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Overview
The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady for CBS. The series premiered on September 24, 2007, and concluded on May 16, 2019, spanning 12 seasons and 279 episodes. The narrative is set in Pasadena, California, and initially focuses on the lives of four socially awkward scientists. The core group consists of physicists Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, alongside their friends Howard and Raj. The social circle of these characters undergoes a significant shift when an aspiring actress named Penny moves into the apartment across the hall. The show explores the evolving dynamics between these individuals as their lives intersect. The main cast includes Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, and Simon Helberg. The series is recognized for its focus on a nerd-centric social group and the various interactions that occur following the arrival of their new neighbor. The program remains a notable example of the sitcom format, documenting the experiences of its central characters over the course of its decade-long run on television.
Should you watch it?
“Two physicists see their social lives transformed when an aspiring actress moves into their apartment building.”
- features a core group of friends
- explores social dynamics of scientists
- depicts socially awkward characters
Watch it if you enjoy sitcoms about the lives of scientists and their neighbors.
The series is a sitcom featuring social interactions between friends and neighbors.
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Episode guide
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Season 1 · 17 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 Pilot Mytharc Sep 24, 2007
- E2 The Big Bran Hypothesis Core Oct 1, 2007
- E3 The Fuzzy Boots Corollary Core Oct 8, 2007
- E4 The Luminous Fish Effect Core Oct 15, 2007
- E5 The Hamburger Postulate Core Oct 22, 2007
- E6 The Middle-Earth Paradigm Core Oct 29, 2007
- E7 The Dumpling Paradox Core Nov 5, 2007
- E8 The Grasshopper Experiment Core Nov 12, 2007
- E9 The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization Core Mar 17, 2008
- E10 The Loobenfeld Decay Core Mar 24, 2008
- E11 The Pancake Batter Anomaly Core Mar 31, 2008
- E12 The Jerusalem Duality Core Apr 14, 2008
- E13 The Bat Jar Conjecture Core Apr 21, 2008
- E14 The Nerdvana Annihilation Core Apr 28, 2008
- E15 The Pork Chop Indeterminacy Core May 5, 2008
- E16 The Peanut Reaction Mytharc May 12, 2008
- E17 The Tangerine Factor Mytharc May 19, 2008
Season 2 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Bad Fish Paradigm Mytharc Sep 22, 2008
- E2 The Codpiece Topology Core Sep 29, 2008
- E3 The Barbarian Sublimation Core Oct 6, 2008
- E4 The Griffin Equivalency Core Oct 13, 2008
- E5 The Euclid Alternative Core Oct 20, 2008
- E6 The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem Core Nov 3, 2008
- E7 The Panty Piñata Polarization Core Nov 10, 2008
- E8 The Lizard-Spock Expansion Core Nov 17, 2008
- E9 The White Asparagus Triangulation Core Nov 24, 2008
- E10 The Vartabedian Conundrum Core Dec 8, 2008
- E11 The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis Core Dec 15, 2008
- E12 The Killer Robot Instability Core Jan 12, 2009
- E13 The Friendship Algorithm Core Jan 19, 2009
- E14 The Financial Permeability Core Feb 2, 2009
- E15 The Maternal Capacitance Core Feb 9, 2009
- E16 The Cushion Saturation Core Mar 2, 2009
- E17 The Terminator Decoupling Core Mar 9, 2009
- E18 The Work Song Nanocluster Core Mar 16, 2009
- E19 The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition Core Mar 30, 2009
- E20 The Hofstadter Isotope Core Apr 13, 2009
- E21 The Vegas Renormalization Core Apr 27, 2009
- E22 The Classified Materials Turbulence Mytharc May 4, 2009
- E23 The Monopolar Expedition Mytharc May 11, 2009
Season 3 · 23 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation Mytharc Sep 21, 2009
- E2 The Jiminy Conjecture Core Sep 28, 2009
- E3 The Gothowitz Deviation Core Oct 5, 2009
- E4 The Pirate Solution Core Oct 12, 2009
- E5 The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary Core Oct 19, 2009
- E6 The Cornhusker Vortex Core Nov 2, 2009
- E7 The Guitarist Amplification Core Nov 9, 2009
- E8 The Adhesive Duck Deficiency Core Nov 16, 2009
- E9 The Vengeance Formulation Core Nov 23, 2009
- E10 The Gorilla Experiment Core Dec 7, 2009
- E11 The Maternal Congruence Core Dec 14, 2009
- E12 The Psychic Vortex Core Jan 11, 2010
- E13 The Bozeman Reaction Core Jan 18, 2010
- E14 The Einstein Approximation Core Feb 1, 2010
- E15 The Large Hadron Collision Core Feb 8, 2010
- E16 The Excelsior Acquisition Core Mar 1, 2010
- E17 The Precious Fragmentation Core Mar 8, 2010
- E18 The Pants Alternative Core Mar 22, 2010
- E19 The Wheaton Recurrence Core Apr 12, 2010
- E20 The Spaghetti Catalyst Core May 3, 2010
- E21 The Plimpton Stimulation Core May 10, 2010
- E22 The Staircase Implementation Mytharc May 17, 2010
- E23 The Lunar Excitation Mytharc May 24, 2010
Season 4 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Robotic Manipulation Mytharc Sep 23, 2010
- E2 The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification Core Sep 30, 2010
- E3 The Zazzy Substitution Core Oct 7, 2010
- E4 The Hot Troll Deviation Core Oct 14, 2010
- E5 The Desperation Emanation Core Oct 21, 2010
- E6 The Irish Pub Formulation Core Oct 28, 2010
- E7 The Apology Insufficiency Core Nov 4, 2010
- E8 The 21-Second Excitation Core Nov 11, 2010
- E9 The Boyfriend Complexity Core Nov 18, 2010
- E10 The Alien Parasite Hypothesis Core Dec 9, 2010
- E11 The Justice League Recombination Core Dec 16, 2010
- E12 The Bus Pants Utilization Core Jan 6, 2011
- E13 The Love Car Displacement Core Jan 20, 2011
- E14 The Thespian Catalyst Core Feb 3, 2011
- E15 The Benefactor Factor Core Feb 10, 2011
- E16 The Cohabitation Formulation Core Feb 17, 2011
- E17 The Toast Derivation Core Feb 24, 2011
- E18 The Prestidigitation Approximation Core Mar 10, 2011
- E19 The Zarnecki Incursion Core Mar 31, 2011
- E20 The Herb Garden Germination Core Apr 7, 2011
- E21 The Agreement Dissection Core Apr 28, 2011
- E22 The Wildebeest Implementation Core May 5, 2011
- E23 The Engagement Reaction Mytharc May 12, 2011
- E24 The Roommate Transmogrification Mytharc May 19, 2011
Season 5 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Skank Reflex Analysis Mytharc Sep 22, 2011
- E2 The Infestation Hypothesis Core Sep 22, 2011
- E3 The Pulled Groin Extrapolation Core Sep 29, 2011
- E4 The Wiggly Finger Catalyst Core Oct 6, 2011
- E5 The Russian Rocket Reaction Core Oct 13, 2011
- E6 The Rhinitis Revelation Mytharc Oct 20, 2011
- E7 The Good Guy Fluctuation Core Oct 27, 2011
- E8 The Isolation Permutation Core Nov 3, 2011
- E9 The Ornithophobia Diffusion Core Nov 10, 2011
- E10 The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition Core Nov 17, 2011
- E11 The Speckerman Recurrence Core Dec 8, 2011
- E12 The Shiny Trinket Maneuver Core Jan 12, 2012
- E13 The Recombination Hypothesis Core Jan 19, 2012
- E14 The Beta Test Initiation Core Jan 26, 2012
- E15 The Friendship Contraction Core Feb 2, 2012
- E16 The Vacation Solution Core Feb 9, 2012
- E17 The Rothman Disintegration Core Feb 16, 2012
- E18 The Werewolf Transformation Core Feb 23, 2012
- E19 The Weekend Vortex Core Mar 8, 2012
- E20 The Transporter Malfunction Core Mar 29, 2012
- E21 The Hawking Excitation Core Apr 5, 2012
- E22 The Stag Convergence Core Apr 26, 2012
- E23 The Launch Acceleration Mytharc May 3, 2012
- E24 The Countdown Reflection Mytharc May 10, 2012
Season 6 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Date Night Variable Mytharc Sep 27, 2012
- E2 The Decoupling Fluctuation Core Oct 4, 2012
- E3 The Higgs Boson Observation Core Oct 11, 2012
- E4 The Re-Entry Minimization Core Oct 18, 2012
- E5 The Holographic Excitation Core Oct 25, 2012
- E6 The Extract Obliteration Core Nov 1, 2012
- E7 The Habitation Configuration Core Nov 8, 2012
- E8 The 43 Peculiarity Core Nov 15, 2012
- E9 The Parking Spot Escalation Core Nov 29, 2012
- E10 The Fish Guts Displacement Core Dec 6, 2012
- E11 The Santa Simulation Core Dec 13, 2012
- E12 The Egg Salad Equivalency Core Jan 3, 2013
- E13 The Bakersfield Expedition Core Jan 10, 2013
- E14 The Cooper/Kripke Inversion Core Jan 31, 2013
- E15 The Spoiler Alert Segmentation Core Feb 7, 2013
- E16 The Tangible Affection Proof Core Feb 14, 2013
- E17 The Monster Isolation Core Feb 21, 2013
- E18 The Contractual Obligation Implementation Core Mar 7, 2013
- E19 The Closet Reconfiguration Core Mar 14, 2013
- E20 The Tenure Turbulence Core Apr 4, 2013
- E21 The Closure Alternative Core Apr 25, 2013
- E22 The Proton Resurgence Core May 2, 2013
- E23 The Love Spell Potential Mytharc May 9, 2013
- E24 The Bon Voyage Reaction Mytharc May 16, 2013
Season 7 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Hofstadter Insufficiency Mytharc Sep 26, 2013
- E2 The Deception Verification Core Sep 26, 2013
- E3 The Scavenger Vortex Core Oct 3, 2013
- E4 The Raiders Minimization Core Oct 10, 2013
- E5 The Workplace Proximity Core Oct 17, 2013
- E6 The Romance Resonance Core Oct 24, 2013
- E7 The Proton Displacement Core Nov 7, 2013
- E8 The Itchy Brain Simulation Core Nov 14, 2013
- E9 The Thanksgiving Decoupling Core Nov 21, 2013
- E10 The Discovery Dissipation Core Dec 5, 2013
- E11 The Cooper Extraction Core Dec 12, 2013
- E12 The Hesitation Ramification Core Jan 2, 2014
- E13 The Occupation Recalibration Core Jan 9, 2014
- E14 The Convention Conundrum Core Jan 30, 2014
- E15 The Locomotive Manipulation Core Feb 6, 2014
- E16 The Table Polarization Core Feb 27, 2014
- E17 The Friendship Turbulence Mytharc Mar 6, 2014
- E18 The Mommy Observation Core Mar 13, 2014
- E19 The Indecision Amalgamation Core Apr 3, 2014
- E20 The Relationship Diremption Core Apr 10, 2014
- E21 The Anything Can Happen Recurrence Core Apr 24, 2014
- E22 The Proton Transmogrification Core May 1, 2014
- E23 The Gorilla Dissolution Mytharc May 8, 2014
- E24 The Status Quo Combustion Mytharc May 15, 2014
Season 8 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Locomotion Interruption Mytharc Sep 22, 2014
- E2 The Junior Professor Solution Core Sep 22, 2014
- E3 The First Pitch Insufficiency Core Sep 29, 2014
- E4 The Hook-Up Reverberation Core Oct 6, 2014
- E5 The Focus Attenuation Core Oct 13, 2014
- E6 The Expedition Approximation Core Oct 20, 2014
- E7 The Misinterpretation Agitation Core Oct 30, 2014
- E8 The Prom Equivalency Core Nov 6, 2014
- E9 The Septum Deviation Core Nov 13, 2014
- E10 The Champagne Reflection Core Nov 20, 2014
- E11 The Clean Room Infiltration Core Dec 11, 2014
- E12 The Space Probe Disintegration Core Jan 8, 2015
- E13 The Anxiety Optimization Core Jan 29, 2015
- E14 The Troll Manifestation Core Feb 5, 2015
- E15 The Comic Book Store Regeneration Core Feb 19, 2015
- E16 The Intimacy Acceleration Core Feb 26, 2015
- E17 The Colonization Application Core Mar 5, 2015
- E18 The Leftover Thermalization Core Mar 12, 2015
- E19 The Skywalker Incursion Filler Apr 2, 2015
- E20 The Fortification Implementation Core Apr 9, 2015
- E21 The Communication Deterioration Core Apr 16, 2015
- E22 The Graduation Transmission Core Apr 23, 2015
- E23 The Maternal Combustion Mytharc Apr 30, 2015
- E24 The Commitment Determination Mytharc May 7, 2015
Season 9 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Matrimonial Momentum Mytharc Sep 21, 2015
- E2 The Separation Oscillation Core Sep 28, 2015
- E3 The Bachelor Party Corrosion Core Oct 5, 2015
- E4 The 2003 Approximation Core Oct 12, 2015
- E5 The Perspiration Implementation Core Oct 19, 2015
- E6 The Helium Insufficiency Core Oct 26, 2015
- E7 The Spock Resonance Mytharc Nov 5, 2015
- E8 The Mystery Date Observation Core Nov 12, 2015
- E9 The Platonic Permutation Core Nov 19, 2015
- E10 The Earworm Reverberation Core Dec 10, 2015
- E11 The Opening Night Excitation Mytharc Dec 17, 2015
- E12 The Sales Call Sublimation Core Jan 7, 2016
- E13 The Empathy Optimization Core Jan 14, 2016
- E14 The Meemaw Materialization Core Feb 4, 2016
- E15 The Valentino Submergence Core Feb 11, 2016
- E16 The Positive Negative Reaction Core Feb 18, 2016
- E17 The Celebration Experimentation Core Feb 25, 2016
- E18 The Application Deterioration Core Mar 10, 2016
- E19 The Solder Excursion Diversion Core Mar 31, 2016
- E20 The Big Bear Precipitation Core Apr 7, 2016
- E21 The Viewing Party Combustion Core Apr 21, 2016
- E22 The Fermentation Bifurcation Core Apr 28, 2016
- E23 The Line Substitution Solution Mytharc May 5, 2016
- E24 The Convergence Convergence Mytharc May 12, 2016
Season 10 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Conjugal Conjecture Mytharc Sep 19, 2016
- E2 The Military Miniaturization Core Sep 26, 2016
- E3 The Dependence Transcendence Core Oct 3, 2016
- E4 The Cohabitation Experimentation Core Oct 10, 2016
- E5 The Hot Tub Contamination Core Oct 17, 2016
- E6 The Fetal Kick Catalyst Core Oct 27, 2016
- E7 The Veracity Elasticity Core Nov 3, 2016
- E8 The Brain Bowl Incubation Core Nov 10, 2016
- E9 The Geology Elevation Core Nov 17, 2016
- E10 The Property Division Collision Core Dec 1, 2016
- E11 The Birthday Synchronicity Core Dec 15, 2016
- E12 The Holiday Summation Core Jan 5, 2017
- E13 The Romance Recalibration Core Jan 19, 2017
- E14 The Emotion Detection Automation Core Feb 2, 2017
- E15 The Locomotion Reverberation Core Feb 9, 2017
- E16 The Allowance Evaporation Core Feb 16, 2017
- E17 The Comic-Con Conundrum Core Feb 23, 2017
- E18 The Escape Hatch Identification Core Mar 9, 2017
- E19 The Collaboration Fluctuation Core Mar 30, 2017
- E20 The Recollection Dissipation Core Apr 6, 2017
- E21 The Separation Agitation Core Apr 13, 2017
- E22 The Cognition Regeneration Core Apr 27, 2017
- E23 The Gyroscopic Collapse Mytharc May 4, 2017
- E24 The Long Distance Dissonance Mytharc May 11, 2017
Season 11 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Proposal Proposal Mytharc Sep 25, 2017
- E2 The Retraction Reaction Core Oct 2, 2017
- E3 The Relaxation Integration Core Oct 9, 2017
- E4 The Explosion Implosion Core Oct 16, 2017
- E5 The Collaboration Contamination Core Oct 23, 2017
- E6 The Proton Regeneration Core Nov 2, 2017
- E7 The Geology Methodology Core Nov 9, 2017
- E8 The Tesla Recoil Core Nov 16, 2017
- E9 The Bitcoin Entanglement Mytharc Nov 30, 2017
- E10 The Confidence Erosion Core Dec 7, 2017
- E11 The Celebration Reverberation Core Dec 14, 2017
- E12 The Matrimonial Metric Core Jan 4, 2018
- E13 The Solo Oscillation Core Jan 11, 2018
- E14 The Separation Triangulation Core Jan 18, 2018
- E15 The Novelization Correlation Core Feb 1, 2018
- E16 The Neonatal Nomenclature Mytharc Mar 1, 2018
- E17 The Athenaeum Allocation Core Mar 8, 2018
- E18 The Gates Excitation Core Mar 29, 2018
- E19 The Tenant Disassociation Core Apr 5, 2018
- E20 The Reclusive Potential Core Apr 12, 2018
- E21 The Comet Polarization Core Apr 19, 2018
- E22 The Monetary Insufficiency Core Apr 26, 2018
- E23 The Sibling Realignment Mytharc May 3, 2018
- E24 The Bow Tie Asymmetry Mytharc May 10, 2018
Season 12 · 24 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Conjugal Configuration Mytharc Sep 24, 2018
- E2 The Wedding Gift Wormhole Core Sep 27, 2018
- E3 The Procreation Calculation Core Oct 4, 2018
- E4 The Tam Turbulence Core Oct 11, 2018
- E5 The Planetarium Collision Core Oct 18, 2018
- E6 The Imitation Perturbation Core Oct 25, 2018
- E7 The Grant Allocation Derivation Core Nov 1, 2018
- E8 The Consummation Deviation Core Nov 8, 2018
- E9 The Citation Negation Core Nov 15, 2018
- E10 The VCR Illumination Core Dec 6, 2018
- E11 The Paintball Scattering Core Jan 3, 2019
- E12 The Propagation Proposition Core Jan 10, 2019
- E13 The Confirmation Polarization Core Jan 17, 2019
- E14 The Meteorite Manifestation Core Jan 31, 2019
- E15 The Donation Oscillation Core Feb 7, 2019
- E16 The D & D Vortex Mytharc Feb 21, 2019
- E17 The Conference Valuation Core Mar 7, 2019
- E18 The Laureate Accumulation Core Apr 4, 2019
- E19 The Inspiration Deprivation Core Apr 18, 2019
- E20 The Decision Reverberation Core Apr 25, 2019
- E21 The Plagiarism Schism Core May 2, 2019
- E22 The Maternal Conclusion Core May 9, 2019
- E23 The Change Constant / The Stockholm Syndrome Mytharc May 16, 2019
- E24 Unraveling the Mystery: A Big Bang Farewell Mytharc May 16, 2019
Frequently asked questions
Who created the show?
The series was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.
When did the show air?
It aired from September 24, 2007, to May 16, 2019.
How many seasons are there?
The show ran for 12 seasons.
Where is the show set?
The series is set in Pasadena, California.
How many episodes were produced?
The series consists of 279 episodes.
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