Episode Tournament: Round 3 opens October 30, 2009
We're running an Episode Tournament to find the fans' favorite episode from Season 2 of The Big Bang Theory. Round 2 has just closed and 2 episodes have come through to this round.
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis beat The Maternal Capacitance with a convincing 70% share of the vote. The Barbarian Sublimation only just beat The Work Song Nanocluster, garnering 53% of the vote.
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis and The Barbarian Sublimation are now going head-to-head in the final vote. Voting is open for 4 days, after which we'll declare the winner. Vote now in our Episode Tournament.
CBS Announces Episode 3.08 October 27, 2009
CBS has announced the details of November 16th's episode, The Adhesive Duck Deficiency, the eighth episode of the season.
"The Adhesive Duck Deficiency" - With Leonard, Howard and Raj away camping in the desert, an injured Penny has only Sheldon to rely on, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, Nov. 16 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
You can find more information about the episode in our Episode Guide.
News in Brief October 26, 2009
We have a couple of stories to briefly report.
-Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff is to appear on the November 23rd episode of The Big Bang Theory, playing herself. TV Squad reports there may even be some nudity!
-Nominations are being taken for the 2010 People's Choice Awards. The show is listed in the Favorite TV Comedy category. Jim Parsons is listed in the Favorite TV Comedy Actor category, while Kaley Cuoco is listed in the Favorite TV Comedy Actress category. You can also write in nominations, so you can vote for the entire TBBT cast. Click here to vote.
Episode Tournament: Round 2 opens October 26, 2009
We're running an Episode Tournament to find the fans' favorite episode from Season 2 of The Big Bang Theory. Round 1 has just closed and 4 episodes have come through to this round.
The Maternal Capacitance beat The Lizard-Spock Expansion with almost 65% of the vote. The Work Song Nanocluster beat The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem in a tight race, getting just over 52% of the vote. The Barbarian Sublimation beat The Vegas Normalization with almost 60% share. The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis beat The Panty Pinata Polarization with a resounding 72% of the vote.
Those episodes now go head-to-head in 2 pairs. The episode with the most votes in each pair will progress to the next round. Each round is open for 4 days. Vote now in our Episode Tournament.
Episode Tournament: Round 1 opens October 22, 2009
We're running an Episode Tournament to find the fans' favorite episode from Season 2 of The Big Bang Theory. The nominations round has just closed.
8 episodes made it through to this round, they are (in no particular order): The Work Song Nanocluster, The Maternal Capacitance, The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis, The Vegas Renormalization, The Lizard-Spock Expansion, The Panty Pinata Polarization, The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem and The Barbarian Sublimation.
Those episodes now go head-to-head in 4 pairs. The episode with the most votes in each pair will progress to the next round. Each round is open for 4 days.
Episode 3.05 - The Biggest Bang Yet October 21, 2009
Revised ratings for Monday's episode reveal it did better than previously thought. The Big Bang Theory beat or matched all of its previous bests.
THE BIG BANG THEORY was first in adults 25-54 (6.3/14), adults 18-49 (5.3/13), adults 18-34 (4.0/11), second in both households (8.1/12) and viewers (13.47m). THE BIG BANG THEORY built on its TWO AND A HALF MEN lead-in by +5% in adults 25-54, +10% in adults 18-49 and +25% in adults 18-34. THE BIG BANG THEORY was up +1% in households (from 8.0/12), +5% in adults 25-54 (from 6.0/13), +6% in adults 18-49 (from 5.0/12), +18% in adults 18-34 (from 3.4/09) and added +400,000 viewers (from 13.07m, +3%) compared to last week.
This is BIG BANG THEORY's best viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-34 performances to date, matches best adults 18-49 delivery ever.
Source: CBS.
Episode 3.05 Ratings October 20, 2009
The ratings for last night's episode are out. The ratings were up from last week and the show continued to improve on Two and a Half Men in the 18-49 demographic.
The Big Bang Theory came second in total viewers with 13.12m people watching, this gave it an 8.0/12 rating in households. In the 18-49 demographic, it came first with a 5.1/12 rating, up from Two and a Half Men's 4.7/12.
CBS Announces Episode 3.07 October 19, 2009
CBS has announced the details of November 9th's episode, The Guitarist Amplification, the seventh episode of the season.
"The Guitarist Amplification" - An argument between Leonard and Penny proves "inconvenient" to Sheldon, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, Nov. 9 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
You can find more information in our Episode Guide. There is an original episode tonight, but it's a rerun next week, before original episodes return November 2nd.
Season 2 DVD released in the UK October 19, 2009
Season 2 of The Big Bang Theory was today released on Region 2 DVD in the United Kingdom. The 4 disc set includes all 23 episodes from the 2008-09 season, including new bonus features. The DVD was released in the U.S. and Canada last month.
The bonus features are a gag reel, "Physicist to the Stars" featurette and "Testing the Infinite Hilarity Hypothesis" featurette.
If you've not yet got your copy, order it now from Amazon.co.uk. It can be bought on Region 1 DVD from Amazon.com.
Season 2 Episode Tournament October 18, 2009
We're running an Episode Tournament to find the fans' favorite episode from Season 2 of The Big Bang Theory.
It will be shorter than our last tournament, running for just 16 days. Each round is open for 4 days. In this round, episodes are nominated to progress to the knock-out rounds. The 8 episodes which receive the most votes will go through.