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How Big Bang Theory Got the OK to Mock Zachary Quinto's Spock
CBS’ The Big Bang Theory took aim at two lofty targets this week: J.J. Abrams’ blockbuster Star Trek movie franchise, and American Idol . TVLine spoke with series cocreator Bill Prady about boldly going so far as to tell Spock to “Suck it” and how it felt to play David to reality-TV’s Goliath in the ratings.
Friday, January 20, 2012 Fox’s “American Idol” took a hit from CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” Thursday night when the comedy outpointed the talent giant among younger audiences. For the first time ever, “Big Bang” — or any CBS show, for that matter — drew more viewers in the 18-to-49 category than “American Idol.” It was a slim margin, no doubt, with a mere 10th of a ratings point separating “Bang” from “Idol” in the 18-to-49-year-old category in the half hour the two shows went head-to-head.
‘American Idol’ suffers first loss among younger viewers, to ‘Big Bang Theory’
There's an asterisk here, of course: "Bang" beat "Idol" in young adult demos, which is where it hurts most. But in total viewers, "Idol" pulled out a win: 17.7 million viewers to 15.7 million. Another possible asterisk: Fox says it actually tied. CBS says no, it won.
'Big Bang Theory' beats 'American Idol'
'The Big Bang Theory' 100th episode react: 'I'm not some kind of nerd, I am the king of nerds'
[Note before I go on, if you haven't seen tonight's 100th episode of The Big Bang Theory , off you go. Spoilers ahead.] Dirty puns aside (Ha!
Our whole universe was in a hot dense state, then nearly fourteen billion years ago expansion started, wait… well, jump ahead to 2007, when The Big Bang Theory premiered on CBS. Since then, the series has gone from "under-the-radar sitcom" to "hugely popular comedy sensation" and tonight, it airs its 100th episode, a major landmark for any television series. Last month, members of the show's cast and crew talked to press at a 100th Episode party, where we spoke to as many nerds and nerd enthusiasts as we could. Here's what they had to say.
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Whenever a show does any sort of dream sequence, there’s always a risk fans will be unhappy to see that any progress made in the alt-world doesn’t impact the “real” world. But rest assured, THE BIG BANG THEORY fans, that’s not the case for last night’s 100th episode dream sequence. “It does not fail to move the series story forward,” THE BIG BANG THEORY co-creator Bill Prady promised. “It does not exist separately from the series.”Happy 100th episode, THE BIG BANG THEORY! Yes, our favorite nerds are celebrating the big 1-0-0, and when I hit up the party celebrating the big milestone, I couldn’t resist asking series stars Simon Helberg (Howard), Kunal Nayyar (Raj), Mayim Bialik (Amy), and Melissa Rauch (Bernadette) what fans could expect from the episode… Poor Jim Parsons (Sheldon) was really sick when the cast was celebrating reaching episode 100, but he was game enough to share his own little tease about the episode. “Oddly enough, Sheldon is quintessential Sheldon in the episode,” Parsons said. “There is no growth, he springs no surprises. And honestly, any affect he has on the outcome of that episode is purely accidental on his part.
THE BIG BANG THEORY: Cast Talk Reaching the Big 100
Cast confessions
Jim Parsons Looking back at his college years, Parsons pokes fun at some of his choices. "I majored in radio and television," he laughs.
Now, as the show prepares to unspool its 100th episode, The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the cast and creators to discuss their favorite nerd moments on the series, and the results are everything you’d expect: The Lord of the Rings , Leonard Nimoy and Star Trek references as well as Bollywood dances and yes, The Justice League. “When Penny gave Sheldon a napkin signed by Leonard Nimoy that he had wiped his mouth with and Sheldon now had his DNA and could clone him. He was so overcome with affection for her, he physically hugged her, which he can’t do as a character.
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'The Big Bang Theory': Anatomy of the 100th Episode (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter
The concept for Thursday's 100th episode of The Big Bang Theory -- in which Leonard ( Johnny Galecki ) and Penny ( Kaley Cuoco ) reunite -- started well before Thanksgiving with an email from Chuck Lorre to Bill Prady and Steve Molaro . Lorre's initial intention, Prady tells The Hollywood Reporter , was to bring the show full circle back to the pilot and tell a dual what-if dream story exploring what their lives could have been like if Leonard had asked Penny out upon meeting her when she first moved in across the hall. "Chuck had proposed a very big dream sequence episode -- possible futures -- of what would happen if they married," says Prady, who co-created the CBS comedy with Lorre. "It also had a Rashomon aspect to it because it was his dream and her dream.