Big Bang Theory Episode Tournament open now July 31, 2012
We are running a Big Bang Theory: Episode Tournament to find the fans' favorite episodes from the show so far. The nominations round is now open and allows you to nominate up to eight episodes to go through to the knock-out rounds.
The tournament will consist of a nominations round, now open, and three knock-out rounds. The eight most popular episodes from the nominations round will go head-to-head in the first round, after which four episodes will be eliminated. The second round sees two pairs of episodes go head-to-head, before the third and final round sees the two most popular episodes compete to become the winner.
Cast your nominations now in our Big Bang Theory: Episode Tournament.
2012 Primetime Emmy Nominations July 19, 2012
The nominations for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced earlier today in Hollywood. The Big Bang Theory received five nominations at this year's Emmy awards.
The Big Bang Theory received its second consecutive nomination in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. The other shows nominated this year are HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, HBO's Girls, HBO's Veep, NBC's 30 Rock and ABC's Modern Family.
Jim Parsons received his fourth consecutive nomination for the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series category. Parsons has won the award for the last two years. The other contenders for the award are Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiam), Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Louis C.K. (Louie), Don Cheadle (House of Lies) and Alec Baldwin (30 Rock).
Mayim Bialik was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category for her role as Amy Farrah Fowler. This is the actress's first Emmy nomination. She faces competition from Merrit Wever (Nurse Jackie), Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live), the late Kathryn Joosten (Desperate Housewives), Julie Bowen and Sofia Vergara (both Modern Family).
The Big Bang Theory's crew also received two further Emmy nominations in the Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series and Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series categories.
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will take place September 23 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting the event, which will be broadcast on ABC.
Season 5 Episode Tournament: Result July 17, 2012
Our Big Bang Theory: Season 5 episode tournament has now closed and a result has been declared. Thank you to everybody who voted in the tournament.
Episode 5.14 "The Beta Test Initiation" won the tournament. In the episode, Leonard and Penny work out the kinks of their newly rekindled romance, Sheldon and Amy present a series of video podcasts about the Flags of the World, and Raj gets a little too attached to his new iPhone and its voice recognition software, Siri.
"The Beta Test Initiation" received 58.51% of the vote in the final round to beat "The Countdown Reflection", the season finale. The winning episode received 583 votes throughout the tournament and had an overall vote share of 14.52%.
For a full recap of the episode tournament, check out the tournament result page.
Comic-Con 2012 Round-up July 17, 2012
The cast and crew of The Big Bang Theory appeared at their fifth consecutive Comic-Con in San Diego last week. The show's discussion panel took place in Hall H, a room with a 6,500-seat capacity, for the first time last Friday.
The panel was attended by executive producers Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady and Steven Molaro, and cast members Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar, Simon Helberg and Melissa Rauch. Jim Parsons joined joined the panel via satellite, while Johnny Galecki's was unable to attend the panel due to a delayed flight. The gathered cast and crew answered questions from fans, before one lucky fan was given an out-of-this-world prize.
The panel revealed a few indications of what we can expect from The Big Bang Theory's sixth season. Bill Prady says Howard will be spending the first few episodes of Season 6 in space, but it won't be long until his living arrangement with his new bride come into play. Wolowitz is "torn between two really powerful, strong women who both adore him" Prady says. On the subject of whether having kids could be on the horizon for the newly wedded Wolowitzes, Melissa Rauch joked "With the vocal tone of Bernadette and the Wolowitz family, that baby's cry would break glass".
Chuck Lorre teased that a new relationship for Raj is planned, which apparently came as a surprise to Kunal Nayyar. Talking about the romance, Lorre warned "Don’t cheer yet. Wait til you see it", leaving Kunal Nayyar wondering "I don't know if it is the person or thing he's going to fall in love with or the actual relationship".
Casey Sander may reappear as Bernadette's father this season, with Prady and Molaro both stating their desire to see him return to the show. Talking about Sander's role, Bill Prady said ""He brought a cool intensity [to the role] and we enjoyed that very much". Meanwhile, Kaley Cuoco made the case for her character's mother to finally appear. Speaking about who she'd like to see play Penny's mother, Cuoco said "I've been putting Lisa Kudrow out there to everyone. I think she should be a little younger - like Lisa - kinda trashy and I consider her a MILF and hitting on the guys; that's the kind of character I see, like a cougar".
There was one more surprise in store for the loyal fans gathered at Comic-Con in what surely must be the biggest giveaway ever held at the event. During the show's panel, Simon Helberg was asked if he - like his character - would ever consider a visit to space aboard the XCOR Aerospace's Lynx RLV. Richard Searfoss, a test pilot at XCOR and a former NASA astronaut, appeared on stage to offer the trip to Helberg, who declined the invitation. The show's co-creator Chuck Lorre then suggested giving the trip away to one of the fans in attendance. The lucky fan with the golden ticket was Mercedes Becerra of Paso Robles, California.
Season 5 Episode Tournament: Final Round July 10, 2012
The second knock-out round of our Big Bang Theory: Season 5 episode tournament has now closed and two episodes have progressed to the final round.
The two episodes going head-to-head in the final round are The Beta Test Initiation and The Countdown Reflection. The Werewolf Transformation and The Ornithophobia Diffusion were knocked out in the last round. The Beta Test Initiation received 62.14% of the vote to beat The Ornithophobia Diffusion, while The Countdown Reflection knocked out The Werewolf Transformation with a 55.64% share.
This round will be open for voting for one week. Cast your vote now in the final round of our Big Bang Theory: Season 5 episode tournament.
The Big Bang Theory: Seasons 1 & 2 now on Blu-ray July 10, 2012
The Big Bang Theory's first two seasons were released on high-definition Blu-ray today for the first time in the United States and Canada. The new box-sets include the episodes in full HD, along with standard definition DVDs and UltraViolet digital downloads (U.S. only), giving you a variety of ways to enjoy the early seasons of The Big Bang Theory.
The Big Bang Theory was first released on Blu-ray with its third season and since then every passing season has been released on both DVD and Blu-ray, leaving fans wondering when the first seasons would get the high definition treatment.
The Big Bang Theory: Season 1 Blu-ray includes all seventeen episodes of the show's premiere season. This box-set includes the "Quantum Mechanics of The Big Bang Theory" featurette, which was included on the original DVD release. This box-set also includes a new, previously unseen gag reel from the season.
The Big Bang Theory: Season 2 Blu-ray all twenty-three episodes from the show's 2008/9 season. This box-set does not include any new bonus features, but it does contain the original DVD bonus features: "Physicist to the Stars" featurette, "Testing the Infinite Hilarity Hypothesis in Relation to The Big BangTheory" featurette, and a previously-released Gag Reel.
By the way, the upcoming The Big Bang Theory: Season 5 Blu-ray release will also be a combo box-set including Blu-ray, DVD and UltraViolet downloads. Fans in the United Kingdom might be interested to know the entire first five seasons of The Big Bang Theory will be released on Blu-ray there on September 24th in an Amazon.co.uk exclusive.
New Big Bang Theory Plush & T-Shirt Bundles July 8, 2012
StylinOnline are now exclusively stocking two officially licensed Big Bang Theory bundles featuring a character plush and the matching t-shirt. The Sheldon and Leonard plush bundles will be debuted later this week at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con International.
The Sheldon Plush Bundle features the show's leading physicist wearing his black Flash t-shirt, with its distinctive yellow lightning bolt, and familiar brown pants. This bundle includes the very same black flash t-shirt that Sheldon is wearing.
The Leonard Plush Bundle shows Leonard wearing his familiar olive-green jacket above his green recycle-symbol t-shirt. The included t-shirt is a Trompe-depiction of Leonard's outfit, giving a cool 3D-look to Leonard's jacket and recycle t-shirt.
These bundles will debut this week at Comic-Con and will be shipping from StylinOnline.com after the convention. Order yours today at StylinOnline.com!
Season 5 Episode Tournament: Round 2 July 4, 2012
The first knock-out round of our Big Bang Theory: Season 5 episode tournament has closed and four episodes have progressed to the semi-final round. Vote now in our Season 5 episode tournament.
These four episodes will now go head-to-head in the following pairs: The Beta Test Initiation vs. The Ornithophobia Diffusion, and The Countdown Reflection vs. The Werewolf Transformation. The four episodes knocked out in the last round were: The Hawking Excitation, The Good Guy Fluctuation, The Transporter Malfunction and The Recombination Hypothesis.
This round will be open for one week. Two episodes will then progress to the final round. Cast your vote now in our Big Bang Theory: Season 5 episode tournament.
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Season 5 Episode Tournament: Round 1 June 26, 2012
The nominations round of our Big Bang Theory: Season 5 episode tournament has closed and eight episodes have progressed to the first knock-out round. Vote now in our Season 5 episode tournament.
The eight episodes will now go head-to-head in the following pairs: The Countdown Reflection vs. The Hawking Excitation, The Beta Test Initiation vs. The Transporter Malfunction, The Good Guy Fluctuation vs. The Werewolf Transformation, The Ornithophobia Diffusion vs. The Recombination Hypothesis.
This round will be open for one week. Four episodes will then progress to the semi-final round. Cast your vote now in our Big Bang Theory: Season 5 episode tournament.