With a third of the season already behind us, Rick K. takes a look at the year-to-year trends in The Big Bang Theory's ratings over on our forums. The report covers how the show has performed in the first eight weeks of this season compared to the same period in the sixth season and takes a wider look at TV viewership and its decline over the last decade.

With under 4 hours to go until The Big Bang Theory returns to TV screens, be sure to remember the show is coming back in a new timeslot.

The UK premiere of The Big Bang Theory: Season 6 on E4 last night became the channel's most-watched show of the year and The Big Bang Theory's best performance for the station yet.

From CBS: "The Big Bang Theory" Delivers Its Largest Audience and Highest Adult 18-49 Ratings Ever. Original episodes of THE BIG BANG THEORY and HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER opened the new year with record ratings while TWO AND A HALF MEN matched its season high adult 18-49 rating, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same ratings for Jan.

At the start of this year, The Big Bang Theory was not in production and was off-air, because of the Writers' Strike of 07-08.