When did The Big Bang Theory first air on television?
The Big Bang Theory
The first and second pilots of "The Big Bang Theory" were directed by James Burrows, who did not continue with the show. The reworked second pilot led to a 13-episode order by CBS on May 14, 2007. Prior to its airing on CBS, the pilot episode was distributed on iTunes free of charge. The show premiered on September 24, 2007, and was picked up for a full 22-episode season on October 19, 2007. The show is filmed in front of a live audience, and is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions. Production was halted on November 6, 2007, due to the Writers Guild of America strike. Nearly three months later, on February 4, 2008, the series was temporarily replaced by a short-lived sitcom, "Welcome to The Captain". The series returned on March 17, 2008, in an earlier time slot and ultimately only 17 episodes were produced for the first season.
Big Brother (U.S. TV series)
The series was bought by CBS in early 2000 for an estimated $20 million. The American version of the series officially premiered on July 5, 2000, when the original ten housemates entered the house. Since its inception, the show has been hosted by television personality Julie Chen. It is produced by Allison Grodner and Rich Meehan for Fly on the Wall Entertainment and Endemol Shine North America (formerly Endemol USA). The success of the series has spawned several spin-offs. The series airs once a year, during the summer, with the exception of the ninth season which aired in spring of 2008 and the "Over the Top" spinoff series broadcasting in fall 2016. Currently, 19 seasons of the show have aired, along with one digital season. The show has aired a total of 545 episodes since it premiered, with the September 5, 2013 airing marking the 500th episode. To date, there have been a total of 253 HouseGuests compete in the series. Upon entering the house, the HouseGuests who leave the house without permission are not allowed to return. Should a HouseGuest break the rules set in the house, they can be expelled from the house. To date, three HouseGuests have self-evicted for personal matters, while four HouseGuests were expelled from the house because of acts of violence and/or rule-breaking.
T. Earl King VI
"T. Earl King VI" premiered on NBC on March 5, 2015 in the 9–10 p.m. time slot. The episode garnered a 1.8/5 Nielsen rating with 8.23 million viewers, making it the third highest-rated show in its time slot behind ABC's "Scandal" and CBS's "The Big Bang Theory". It was also the twenty-seventh highest-rated television show of the week.
Sitcom
"The Big Bang Theory" is a sitcom named after the scientific theory. It began airing in 2007 on CBS and is currently on season 12. The show is set in Pasadena, California and focuses on five main characters (later on others get promoted to starring roles), Leonard Hofstadter (experimental physicist) and Sheldon Cooper (theoretical physicist) who live across the hall from aspiring actress Penny. Leonard and Sheldon are friends with Howard Wolowitz (aerospace engineer) and Rajesh "Raj" Koothrappali (astrophysicist). Later additions include Bernadette Rostenkowski (microbiologist), Amy Farrah Fowler (neurobiologist), Stuart Bloom (comic-book store owner) and Emily Sweeney (dermatologist). Season 7 had 19.96 million viewers, the highest rated and watched season to date.
Big Shots (TV series)
Produced by Warner Bros. Television, the series was officially approved for broadcast and thirteen episodes were commissioned on May 11, 2007. The show was added to the schedule on Thursday nights at 10:02 p.m. EST (9:02PM CT). It premiered on September 27, 2007 on ABC, following "Grey's Anatomy". It also premiered on CTV in Canada on the same date, but was shifted to CTV's secondary A-Channel effective October 25, 2007.
The Great Debate (Canadian TV series)
The Great Debate is a Canadian television series that featured debates between pairs of panelists over a given subject. It was first shown on Global Television Network in 1974, and later broadcast by CHCH-TV from Hamilton, Ontario. The series was produced intermittently until 1983.
The Greatest Story Ever Told (Aqua Teen Hunger Force Forever)
"The Greatest Story Ever Told" first aired on television in the United States on Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim on August 30, 2015. The television airing had virtually no promotion, with the exception of a trailer for "Destiny: The Taken King" mentioning an upcoming "secret" episode of "Aqua Teen". The original television airing of this episode was falsely listed as a rerun of the pilot episode, "Rabbot", on most television listings. This episode has since been properly listed on television listings in subsequent airings after the night it originally aired.
E4 (TV channel)
On 31 October 2013, E4 premiered a refreshed look as part of the channel's rebranding. This coincided with the debut of the seventh season of E4's most popular show, "The Big Bang Theory", as well as the debut of new homegrown comedy "Drifters".
On 27 September 2018, E4 was rebranded with a logo and identity harmonising it self within the Channel 4 family and with some new material to come as with those animation idents.
Teen Big Brother: The Experiment
Teen Big Brother: The Experiment also known as Teen Big Brother is a United Kingdom reality television spin off of the show "Big Brother" where a group of teenagers lived in the "Big Brother" House for ten days. It was pre-recorded on 30 July - 8 August 2003 shortly after the fourth series of "Big Brother" ended and was aired on Channel 4 over five nights on 13–17 October 2003. The program consisted of five episodes, each approximately 60 minutes long including adverts, with Elaine Hackett serving as executive producer for Endemol UK Productions. Channel 4 announced the series on 22 May 2003 for the broadcaster's educational division 4Learning with the aim of transmitting the series in late 2003 or early 2004. The series was controversial as some felt the broadcaster was exploiting the teenagers while the program featured the first sexual act between two contestants in the history of the British adaptation of "Big Brother".
Celebrity Big Brother (UK TV series)
"Celebrity Big Brother" began as a one-time spin-off series to the original "Big Brother UK", and premiered on Channel 4 on 9 March 2001. Following the successful first series, the show returned the following year for a second series. Though the show did not air for the next two years, it returned in 2005 and 2006. Following the highly controversial fifth series in 2007, the show did not return in 2008. It did air in 2009, but it was officially axed after the seventh series in 2010 when Channel 4 chose to cancel the programme as well as the main series. Despite this, it was picked up by Channel 5, and "Celebrity Big Brother" returned in 2011. Since 2012, two editions of "Celebrity Big Brother" have aired each year, with one airing in January and one airing following the conclusion of the civilian series in August. The show was initially hosted by Davina McCall from its inception to its cancellation by Channel 4. Despite being offered the position of host following the show's move to Channel 5, McCall chose not to return. Brian Dowling, who had won on "Big Brother 2" and "Ultimate Big Brother", replaced McCall as the host of the series. Dowling hosted the eighth to eleventh series, before being replaced by Emma Willis from the twelfth series onward. Marcus Bentley has narrated the series since its inception in 2001.
The Big Bang Theory
After the strike ended, the show was picked up for a second season, airing in the 2008–2009 season, premiering in the same time slot on September 22, 2008. With increasing ratings, the show received a two-year renewal through the 2010–11 season in 2009. In 2011, the show was picked up for three more seasons. In March 2014, the show was renewed again for three more years through the 2016–17 season. This marks the second time the series has gained a three-year renewal. In March 2017, the series was renewed for two additional seasons, bringing its total to 12, and running through the 2018–19 television season.
Mayim Bialik
She had a recurring role as the high school guidance counselor in ABC Family's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager". In 2009, Bialik was nominated by Clinton Kelly for a makeover on TLC's "What Not To Wear". She joined the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler. Her first appearance was in the season 3 finale as a potential love interest for the character of Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). In Season 4, she began as a recurring character playing Sheldon's "friend that's a girl, but not a girlfriend." Beginning with Season 4, Episode 8, she became part of the main cast. The character Amy is a neurobiologist, which is related to Bialik's real-life academic training (doctorate) in neuroscience. Bialik's performance in "The Big Bang Theory" earned her Emmy Award nominations in 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Bialik was one of seven actresses who had a "quirky" personality to audition for the role. Prior to her joining the cast, in the episode "The Bat Jar Conjecture", Raj suggests recruiting the real-life Bialik to their Physics Bowl team, saying "You know who's apparently very smart is the girl who played TV's "Blossom". She got a Ph.D. in neuroscience or something." She is cast as one of the guest stars on the Steve Carell 2014 improvisational sketch show "Riot".
The Fish Guts Displacement
"The Fish Guts Displacement" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the American comedy television series "The Big Bang Theory". The episode was originally aired on the CBS television network on December 6, 2012. The story was created by Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, and Tara Hernandez, and turned into a teleplay by Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds, and Eric Kaplan. Mark Cendrowski directed the episode.
The Big Bang Theory (season 7)
On March 12, 2014, "The Big Bang Theory" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons. Production for the seventh season began on August 14, 2013.
The seventh season received positive reviews. Oliver Sava of "The A.V. Club" criticized some of the humor, particularly stereotypes written for the female characters, although noting that "these actors make it very funny", but praised the series on a whole; "the major strides made with Sheldon, Penny, and Leonard compensate for some of the more distasteful humor, making this a strong start for this show's seventh season". Carla Day of TV Fanatic wrote that "There were definitely some funny moments, but in its entirety it wasn't one of my favorites". Euan Ferguson of "The Guardian" wrote that ""The Big Bang Theory" is now pretty well established ... And just gets ever better".
Big Daddy's House
Big Daddy's House is a cooking show on the specialty channel Food Network. The show stars Aaron McCargo, Jr., the winner of the fourth season of the network's reality television series, "The Next Food Network Star". The six-episode first season was McCargo's grand prize for winning the reality show. The first episode aired on Sunday, August 3, 2008 at 1:30 p.m., just one week after the last episode of "The Next Food Network Star".
The Big Bang (Doctor Who)
"The Big Bang" is the thirteenth and final episode of the fifth series of British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", first broadcast on 26 June 2010 on BBC One. It is the second part of the two-part series finale; the first part, "The Pandorica Opens", aired on 19 June. The episode was written by head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat and directed by Toby Haynes.
The Proposal Proposal
"The Proposal Proposal" is the first episode of the eleventh season, and 232nd episode overall of "The Big Bang Theory". It first aired on CBS on September 25, 2017.
The Big Bang Theory (season 11)
The eleventh season of the American television sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" premiered on CBS on Monday, September 25, 2017. It returned to its regular Thursday time slot on November 2, 2017, after "Thursday Night Football on CBS" ended. The season concluded on May 10, 2018.
The Big Bang Theory (season 8)
In February 2014, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves confirmed an eighth season, when announcing that the first part of the new season would air on a different night, due to to "Thursday Night Football" games. In May 2014, CBS announced at its annual upfront presentation, that the series would begin its eighth season on Mondays, before returning to the Thursday slot it has held since 2010 on October 30, once the football games end.
The Big Bang Theory (season 4)
During the season, actress Kaley Cuoco was absent from two episodes after she fell off a horse and the horse accidentally crushed her leg. When she returned to the series, she was shown working as a bartender instead of waitressing at her usual workplace, The Cheesecake Factory, to hide her injury. In January 2011, "The Big Bang Theory" was renewed for an additional three years; extending it through the 2013/14 season, for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season.
The fourth season received particular praise for character developments. Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx praised the additions of Bernadette and Amy to the cast, writing that "With Amy Farrah Fowler and Bernadette promoted to semi-permanent status, the show is now able to spend large chunks of each episode focusing only on the women, and in the process has made Penny a much more well-rounded character rather than just a foil for the nerds". Todd VanDerWerff of "The A.V. Club" wrote that "Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco's interplay remains the show's secret weapon", and Eric Hochberger of TV Fanatic wrote: "Really though, everything about the main story worked amazing. Mayim fits in perfectly in "The Big Bang Theory" cast and played off of Kaley Cuoco just as well as Emmy Award-winning Parsons".
Big Brother (UK TV series)
Since its inception, "Big Brother" has seen numerous spin-offs and tie-in series' launch on both Channel 4 and Channel 5. The most notable spin-off, "Celebrity Big Brother", began initially as a one time series and involved six celebrities staying in the House for eight days. Following the success of the series, "Celebrity Big Brother" went on to become an annual occurrence, much like the main series. Following widespread media attention involving racism during the fifth series, the show was not broadcast the following year. The show returned in 2009, and the final series to air on Channel 4 aired in 2010. Following the show's move to Channel 5, "Celebrity Big Brother" began airing two series per year. The show has also had various other spin-off series occur since its premiere. The first spin-off, "", premiered on 13 October 2003 and lasted for a total of ten days. The series was met with much controversy, which was later heightened when two of the cast members had sex in the House. "Big Brother Panto", which aired in 2004, saw the return of ten former housemates who re-enacted their rendition of "Cinderella". "Ultimate Big Brother" was the final series to air on Channel 4, and featured fourteen of the most memorable housemates from both the main series and "Celebrity Big Brother" competing in the series. Brian Dowling became the only housemate to win a series twice after winning "Ultimate Big Brother". Numerous other spin-offs have occurred throughout the series such as "Big Brother's Big Mouth", presented by Russell Brand, and "Big Brother's Little Brother" presented by Dermot O'Leary. Following the show's move to Channel 5, "Big Brother's Bit on the Side" and "Celebrity Big Brother" are the only spin-off series now airing.
The Egg Salad Equivalency
"The Egg Salad Equivalency" is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of the American comedy television series "The Big Bang Theory". The episode was originally aired the CBS television network on January 3, 2013. The story was created by Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan and Jim Reynolds, then turned into teleplay by Steven Molaro, Bill Prady and Steve Holland. Mark Cendrowski directed the episode.
The Big Bang Theory
"The Big Bang Theory" started off quietly in Canada, but managed to garner major success in later seasons. "The Big Bang Theory" is telecast throughout Canada via the CTV Television Network in simultaneous substitution with cross-border CBS affiliates. Now immensely popular in Canada, "The Big Bang Theory" is also rerun daily on the Canadian cable channel The Comedy Network.
Big Brother (U.S. TV series)
Since its launch in the United States, "Big Brother" has aired on CBS. The show is simulcast in Canada on Global. The fourth and ninth seasons have both aired in the United Kingdom, the latter airing in the Spring season. The first season featured a total of six episodes per week, though all future installments would air three nights per week. Of these three episodes, the weekly eviction episode is the only one that is live; this is the only episode to feature host Julie Chen. This show generally airs on Thursdays. To date, there have been a total of 558 episodes of the series to air. With the exception of the ninth season, the series typically airs once a year during the Summer season. The first fifteen seasons aired in standard definition, with the sixteenth season being the first to be produced in HD. Before the series made the transfer, it was the last remaining regularly scheduled Primetime series to remain in standard definition. CBS released the entire third season as a nine-disc set on Region 1 DVD. This made it the first season to receive an official release, and has since become a rare item to find. The fourth season saw the release of a two-disc highlights DVD, featuring previously unseen footage deemed too racy for the main broadcast. To date, these are the only seasons to see a physical release. Beginning with the seventh season, all future seasons are available for purchase on digital retail sites. With the fifteenth season, TVGN (now Pop) began airing re-runs of the series at later dates, making it the first season to be aired following its premiere; this continued with the sixteenth season.
The Big Bang Theory
The first and second seasons were only available on DVD at their time of release in 2008 and 2009. Starting with the release of the third season in 2010 and continuing every year with every new season, a Blu-ray disc set has also been released in conjunction with the DVD. In 2012, Warner Bros. released the first two seasons on Blu-ray, marking the first time that all episodes were available on the Blu-ray disc format.
Young Sheldon
"Young Sheldon" began airing weekly episodes on CBS from November 2, 2017, after "The Big Bang Theory". It premiered as a special preview on September 25, 2017.
The Hofstadter Insufficiency
"The Hofstadter Insufficiency" is the first episode of the seventh season of "The Big Bang Theory" and the 136th episode in total. It aired on September 26, 2013, on CBS.
KUSI-TV
Syndicated programming on KUSI-TV includes "The Big Bang Theory", "The Real", "TMZ on TV", "Extra" and "Family Feud", among others. From 1987 to 1994 and again from 1997 to 2003, KUSI held the over-the-air television rights to San Diego Padres Major League Baseball games; during the second tenure, the station had only broadcast the team's Sunday games, which were produced by 4SD until becoming exclusive to the cable channel in 2004.
E (Big Bang album)
The first television appearance was held on Inkigayo.
The Toast Derivation
"The Toast Derivation" is the 17th episode of the fourth season of the US sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" and the 80th episode of the show overall. It first aired on CBS on February 24, 2011.
The Santa Simulation
"The Santa Simulation" is the eleventh episode of the sixth season of the American comedy television series "The Big Bang Theory". The episode was originally aired on the CBS television network on December 13, 2012. The story was created by Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan and Steve Holland, and turned into a teleplay by Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds, and Maria Ferrari. Mark Cendrowski directed the episode.
Big Brother Thailand
Thailand has purchased the rights to broadcast Big Brother. First time on April 2, 2005, by Kantana Group Ltd. (PCL) and Saranyu Vonkarjun host the broadcast of the NBC TV in real time, 24 hours and highlights. at the TV cameras filming the production team of 26 to 200 people in the store 12 participants at Kantana Movie Town. The concept of being constantly watched. 2400 hours or 100 days of the competition. Each person will need to bring clothes and personal items into the house, "Big Brother" as well as to co-exist with the 12 people who had never known before in the house is enclosed by high walls. at 100. One (1 series), and cut off from the outside world completely. Behaviour, all of them on a daily basis can not escape the eyes of the audience.
Big Brother (U.S. TV series)
CBS aired the spin-off series "Celebrity Big Brother" from February 7–25, 2018. It was the first spin-off to air on the broadcast network, and the second season overall to air in the winter television season. The celebrity edition aired in a concentrated run with fewer episodes, but with multiple episodes each week.
Broadcast syndication
Syndication of older episodes can also increase exposure for a television show that is still airing first-run network episodes. In the case of the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", its syndication, particularly on TBS, is one of the reasons attributed for a rise in first-run ratings for its sixth season. The sixth-season episode "The Bakersfield Expedition", for example, was the first episode of that series to attract 20 million viewers.
Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science Guy is an American half-hour live action science program that originally was syndicated by Walt Disney Television to local stations from September 10, 1993 to June 20, 1998 and also aired on PBS from 1994 to 1999. It was hosted by Bill Nye.
The show aired for 100 half-hour episodes spanning five seasons. Known for its quirky humor and rapid-fire MTV-style pacing, the show won critical acclaim and was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, winning nineteen. Studies also found that people that viewed "Bill Nye" regularly were better able to generate explanations and extensions of scientific ideas than non-viewers.
Aquaman in other media
Aquaman frequently finds mention in the famous television series "The Big Bang Theory", where the main characters often argue as to which superhero is better. One of them also dresses like him when going to a costume contest or for Halloween. During a panel interaction with the crowd at Comic-Con 2014, a member of the audience asked the writers of "The Big Bang Theory" why Aquaman sometimes got a bad rap at the show. After answering her question, they realized that the member asking the question was Marianne Norris, the granddaughter of Paul Norris, the creator of Aquaman.
How to Save a Life (Grey's Anatomy)
"How to Save a Life" was originally broadcast on April 23, 2015 in the United States on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The episode was watched by a total of 9.55 million, up 23 percent from its last years telecast airing around the same time. In the key 18-49 demographic, the episode scored a 2.8 in Nielsen ratings, up 22 percent from last year, scoring the best ratings since the eleventh-season premiere. It was the second best TV show in the 8.00 pm slot, beating "Bones", "The Vampire Diaries" and a rerun on "The Blacklist", but was beaten by "The Big Bang Theory".
Johnny Galecki
Galecki plays Leonard Hofstadter in the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", which debuted September 24, 2007. He was originally asked to play the role of Sheldon Cooper, but he said he was better suited for the role of Leonard Hofstadter, and Sheldon's role was eventually given to Jim Parsons. During his role as David Healy on Roseanne, Sara Gilbert played his longtime girlfriend and later wife, Darlene Conner. She has appeared as Leslie Winkle, a colleague in the Big Bang Theory. Laurie Metcalf, who portrayed Roseanne's sister Jackie Harris, has appeared as Mary Cooper, mother of Leonard's roommate, Sheldon. Galecki is a cellist, a talent which has been used on the show. As of August 2013, Galecki and his "Big Bang" costars Kaley Cuoco and Jim Parsons each earned US$325,000 per episode. As of August 2014, the three costars will earn US$1 million per episode.
Once a Thief (TV series)
The first episode, "The Big Bang Theory", was number 7 in the Canadian Nielsen ratings, and the second episode, "Rave On", was number 14. By the end of its run, the show was at the bottom of the list. In episode 20, there is a reference to the audience's unfavorable reaction to the show: when the Director is told that the trio is coming along well, she replies "that depends on who you talk to."
Scorpion (TV series)
CBS leadership viewed the show as a dramatic variation of another CBS show, "The Big Bang Theory" – at that time the nation's most popular TV comedy – which featured a cast of similar brainy-young-nerd characters. CBS Primetime senior executive vice president Kelly Kahl, in a 2014 interview, indicated that CBS had intended the show as "kind of an extension of "The Big Bang Theory" but in the drama world."
The Matrimonial Momentum
"The Matrimonial Momentum" is the first episode of the ninth season, and 184th episode overall of "The Big Bang Theory". It first aired on CBS on September 21, 2015.
The Big Bang Theory
The show's pilot episode premiered on September 24, 2007. This was the second pilot produced for the show. A different pilot was produced for the 2006–07 television season but never aired. The structure of the original unaired pilot was substantially different from the series' current form. The only characters retained in both pilots were Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons), who are named after Sheldon Leonard, a longtime figure in episodic television as producer, director and actor. Althea (Vernee Watson) was a minor character that appeared in both pilots. The first pilot included two female lead characters who were not used in the second pilot. The characters were Canadian actress Amanda Walsh as Katie, "a street-hardened, tough-as-nails woman with a vulnerable interior," and Iris Bahr as Gilda, a scientist colleague and friend of the male characters. Sheldon and Leonard meet Katie after she breaks up with a boyfriend and they invite her to share their apartment. Gilda is threatened by Katie's presence. Test audiences reacted negatively to Katie, but they liked Sheldon and Leonard. The original pilot used Thomas Dolby's hit "She Blinded Me with Science" as its theme song.
Big Brother (Australian season 1)
Big Brother 2001, also known as Big Brother 1, was the first series of the Australian reality television series "Big Brother". It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name, it premiered on Network Ten on April 23, 2001 and lasted twelve weeks until the live finale on July 16, 2001. "Big Brother 1" proved to be an early ratings success. In total, the season averaged 1.4 million viewers, thus making it the fourth highest rated season to date. This season aired for a total of 85 days, with evictions occurring once every week beginning with the second week. In total, fourteen Housemates competed in "Big Brother 1". The original twelve entered on the first night, with two intruders entering at a later date. Ultimately, Housemate Ben Williams was later announced as the winner of the series, with Blair McDonough becoming the Runner-Up.
William Edwin Self
Self was hired in 1959 by 20th Century Fox where he remained for 15 years. During this period, Self piloted Fox television from near-extinction to become one of the top suppliers of television programming in the business. In 1966, Fox had more television hours on the air than any other supplier. Significant among Fox series were "Peyton Place" (1964–1969), the first prime time soap-opera; "Batman" (1966–1968), the first series based on a comic book to air in Prime Time; "Julia" (1968–1971), the first weekly television series to star an African American woman; and the enduring classic "M*A*S*H" (1972–1983). Other notable Fox series of the time included "Daniel Boone" (1964–1969), "Twelve O'Clock High" (1964–1967), "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964–1968), "Lost in Space" (1965–1968), "The Green Hornet" (1966–1967), "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir" (1968–1970), "Land of the Giants" (1968–1970), and "Room 222" (1969–1972).
Denis Kolesnikov
"Mom asked Dennis for something funny and interesting to watch. He offered first series of "The Big Bang Theory". Mom liked the show, but the continuation of it was only in English. Since his mother did not know the language, she constantly fiddled Dennis: "What 's next?", so he had to translate and voice it for her and for another neighbor - grannie Zinaida. Somehow the translations got into the internet. Denis suspects Zinaida".
Celebrity Big Brother (UK TV series)
In 2000, the reality series "Big Brother" premiered in the United Kingdom and immediately became a ratings success. Following the success of the first series, it was confirmed that a celebrity edition of the show was in the works. "Celebrity Big Brother" aired in March 2001 as a one-time special on Channel 4 in association with the BBC's "Comic Relief" charity telethon. Due to the tie-in with Comic Relief, the first series was partly broadcast on BBC One in the week leading up to the telethon. It lasted for eight days, and was ultimately won by comedian Jack Dee. With the first series proving to be a success, a second series was later confirmed. "Celebrity Big Brother 2" premiered on 20 November 2002, and concluded when Mark Owen was crowned the winner after 10 days in the house. "Celebrity Big Brother" did not air for the next two years, with Channel 4 choosing to air the spin-off series "" in 2003 and "Big Brother Panto" in 2004. In 2005, the show officially returned with its third series, which launched on 6 January. Lasting for a total of eighteen days, the series was won by Mark "Bez" Berry. The fourth edition of the show premiered on 5 January 2006 and was won by Chantelle Houghton, who ironically enough was the only housemate to not be a celebrity. The fifth series launched on 3 January 2007. This series saw Jade Goody, who had rose to fame after appearing on "Big Brother 3", enter the house as a housemate. The fifth series became the most controversial series to date, when accusations of racism towards housemate Shilpa Shetty arose against Goody and other housemates. Shetty ultimately went on to win the series, while Goody was evicted after spending two weeks in the house. Following the controversy surrounding the fifth series, "Celebrity Big Brother" did not air in 2008. It did, however, return in 2009 and 2010, with the 2010 series being announced as the final one.
Big Apple (TV series)
Big Apple is an American television drama series that was originally broadcast in the United States on CBS in 2001.
Kaley Cuoco
In September 2007, Cuoco began starring in the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", playing Penny, a Cheesecake Factory employee and aspiring actress who lives across the hall from physicists Dr. Leonard Hofstadter and Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Prior to the 2010–2011 season, she earned $60,000 an episode for the series, the same as her co-stars. In 2010, the cast negotiated a raise for each actor to make $200,000 per episode. On September 13, 2010, she broke her leg in a horse-riding accident and missed two episodes of the series. In late October 2012, Cuoco enlisted the help of her sister Briana to organize a flash mob on the set of the show, in which she and the cast and crew surprised the studio audience by suddenly lip syncing and dancing to Carly Rae Jepsen's song "Call Me Maybe". A video of the event was posted on YouTube and became a viral success. A clip from the performance was also played during Cuoco's January 8, 2013 appearance on the late night talk show "Conan". As of August 2014, Cuoco and her co-stars from "The Big Bang Theory" Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons, each earn an estimated $1 million per episode.
The Roommate Transmogrification
"The Roommate Transmogrification" is the fourth season finale of the television series "The Big Bang Theory" that first aired on CBS on May 19, 2011. It is the twenty-fourth episode of the fourth season of the series and the eighty-seventh episode overall. Aarti Mann continues her recurring role of Priya Koothrappali while Brian George and Alice Amter reprise their roles of Dr. and Mrs. Koothrappali in this episode.
Welcome to The Captain
"Welcome to The Captain" premiered on February 4, 2008 airing on Monday nights at 8:30 PM Eastern Time on CBS in the United States and CTV in Canada. On CBS it was a mid-season replacement for "The Big Bang Theory", but the show was halted after its fifth episode aired due to poor ratings. Fran Kranz eventually signed on to the upcoming Fox series "Dollhouse", effectively canceling the CBS sitcom. On May 14, 2008, the series was officially canceled.
The Big Bang (TV series)
Starting in 1996, "The Big Bang" was originally presented by Gareth Jones and Kate Bellingham. Kate Bellingham left after the second series to care for her new child. Gareth Jones's long-time friend and now partner Violet Berlin was her replacement for the third series in 1998. The show essentially stayed the same before a new logo and set design was introduced for the fifth and sixth series in 2000 and 2001. Both Gareth and Violet left the show after the sixth series as they were, as said by ITV at the time, "concentrating on running their own company [WhizzBang] and looking after baby Indigo". However, Gareth Jones later revealed on his website that they left because "when we were asked to do the 2002 series it looked like many of the people who usually make the programme with us wouldn't be doing it any more. There were lots of changes planned for the Big Bang which Violet & I didn't agree with, so we said thank you for the last 6 series and wished them all the luck for the future."
The Big Bang Theory (season 12)
The twelfth and final season of the American television sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" premiered on CBS on September 24, 2018. The series returned to its regular Thursday time slot on September 27, 2018.
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On March 13, 2017, CBS ordered the spin-off "Young Sheldon" series. Jon Favreau directed and executive produced the pilot. Created by Lorre and Molaro, the series follows 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper as he attends high school in East Texas. Alongside Armitage as 9-year-old Sheldon Cooper and Perry as Mary Cooper, Lance Barber stars as George Cooper, Sheldon's father; Raegan Revord stars as Missy Cooper, Sheldon's twin sister; and Montana Jordan as George Cooper Jr., Sheldon's older brother. Jim Parsons reprises his role as adult Sheldon Cooper, as narrator for the series. Parsons, Lorre, Molaro and Todd Spiewak will also serve as executive producers on the series, for Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television. The show's pilot episode premiered on September 25, 2017. Subsequent weekly episodes began airing on November 2, 2017 following the broadcast of the 237th episode of "The Big Bang Theory".
The Love Car Displacement
"The Love Car Displacement" is an episode of the television series "The Big Bang Theory" that first aired on CBS on January 20, 2011. It is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the series and the seventy-sixth episode overall. The episode features a guest appearance by former professional basketball player Rick Fox.
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The season 4 premiere garnered an estimated 3.1 million viewers across Canada. This is the largest audience for a sitcom since the series finale of "Friends" (12.4 million viewers). "The Big Bang Theory" has pulled ahead and has now become the most-watched entertainment television show in Canada.
The Big Bang (Atlanta)
"The Big Bang" is the pilot episode of American comedy-drama television series "Atlanta". It originally aired on FX on September 6, 2016, back-to-back with the second episode "Streets on Lock". The pilot episode focuses on Earn Marks trying to convince his rapper cousin Alfred to let him be his manager. The episode was written by series creator Donald Glover (who also plays Earn) and directed by Hiro Murai. On September 7, 2016, FX released the first two episodes of "Atlanta" on YouTube for free.
The Big Beat (TV program)
The Big Beat is an American music and dance television program broadcast on the ABC Network in 1957. It was hosted by Alan Freed, and subsequently by Richard Hayes. The program debuted on May 4, 1957, four months before "American Bandstand", making it the United States' "first nationally-televised rock 'n roll dance show". The show was cancelled in 1957 when it showed Frankie Lymon, a black teen star, dancing with a white woman. A local version continued on WNEW-TV New York.
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The series launched on 25 May 2001 on Channel 4. There were a total of four highlight shows airing Monday through Thursday, with Friday being a live eviction episode presented by Davina McCall. Two episodes of the series aired on Friday. During the first episode, viewers were shown the highlights from the previous day and McCall revealed the housemate who had been evicted from the House. Two hours following this, the second episode of the night aired which saw the evicted housemate exit the House and participate in an interview with McCall. One of the highlight episodes per week featured a team of psychologists discussing the events of the previous week from their viewpoint. The series lasted for 64 days, concluding on 27 July 2001. There were a total of 55 episodes this series. This was the first season to feature the spin-off series "Big Brother's Little Brother" (2001–10), presented by Dermot O'Leary; Natalie Casey co-presented the series with O'Leary during the first week. "Big Brother Reveals More" (2001) aired solely during this series, and saw the major plot points of the past week being recapped.
Vanessa Cruz
"Vanessa Cruz" premiered on NBC on April 2, 2015 in the 9–10 p.m. time slot. The episode garnered a 1.6/5 Nielsen rating with 7.70 million viewers, making it the third highest-rated show in its time slot behind ABC's "Scandal" and CBS's "The Big Bang Theory". It was also the twenty-first highest-rated television show of the week.
The Big Bang Theory (season 9)
The ninth season of the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" started airing on CBS on Monday, September 21, 2015. It returned to its regular Thursday time slot on November 5, 2015 for the season's seventh episode. It concluded on May 12, 2016. On March 12, 2014, "The Big Bang Theory" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons. Laura Spencer was upgraded to the main cast during the season as Dr. Emily Sweeney, after being a recurring cast member for two seasons.
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After the show ended, it was repeated daily on Discovery Kids UK, who started showing it with the first series and all the way up until the sixth before the channel closed in 2007. Afterwards, series 7, 8 and 9 were regularly repeated on the CITV channel, normally at weekends until the end of 2012.
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Showrunner Steve Molaro, who took over from Bill Prady with the sixth season, credits some of the show's success to the sitcom's exposure in off-network syndication, particularly on TBS, while Michael Schneider of "TV Guide" attributes it to the timeslot move two seasons earlier. Chuck Lorre and CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler also credit the success to the influence of Molaro, in particular the deepening exploration of the firmly established regular characters and their interpersonal relationships, such as the on-again, off-again relationship between Leonard and Penny. Throughout much of the 2012–13 season, "The Big Bang Theory" placed first in all of syndication ratings, receiving formidable competition from only "Judge Judy" and "Wheel of Fortune" (first-run syndication programs). By the end of the 2012–13 television season, "The Big Bang Theory" had dethroned "Judge Judy" as the ratings leader in all of syndicated programming with 7.1, "Judy" descending to second place for that season with a 7.0. "The Big Bang Theory" did not place first in syndication ratings for the 2013–14 television season, beaten out by "Judge Judy".
The World's Greatest Magic
The World's Greatest Magic was a series of American television specials showcasing magic acts.
The first of five shows was broadcast by NBC in 1994, and continued with annual editions through 1998. These shows were most often first telecast during the Thanksgiving holidays when special programming would occur. These specials reran occasionally on ABC Family (then The Family Channel and Fox Family) from October 1996 to early 2002.
The Bugs Bunny Show
The Bugs Bunny Show is an animated television anthology series hosted by Bugs Bunny, mainly composed of "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoons released by Warner Bros. between August 1, 1948, and the end of 1969. The show originally debuted as a prime time half-hour program on ABC in 1960. Each episode features three theatrical Warner Bros. cartoons, with new linking sequences produced by the Warner Bros. Cartoons staff.
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The show is filmed in front of a live audience and is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions. "The Big Bang Theory" received mixed reviews from critics throughout its first season, but reception was more favorable in the second and third seasons. Later seasons saw a return to a lukewarm reception, with the show being criticized for a decline in comedic quality. Despite the mixed reviews, seven seasons of the show have ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings; ultimately reaching the no. 1 spot in its eleventh season. The show was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series from 2011 to 2014 and won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series four times for Jim Parsons. It has so far won seven Emmy Awards from 46 nominations. Parsons also won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series in 2011. The series has so far won 56 awards from 216 nominations. It has also spawned a prequel series in 2017 based on Parsons' character, Sheldon Cooper, named "Young Sheldon", which also airs on CBS.
How 2
A similar CITV show to appear a few years later was "The Big Bang", presented by "How 2"'s own Gareth Jones and Violet Berlin. "The Big Bang" had a more scientific slant, focusing on performing fun experiments involving simple physics and chemistry. Other similar British television series included "Don't Ask Me". Fred Dinenage was the only presenter to appear in both incarnations of How, presenting the shows for a total of 31 years. On 6 January 2013, as part of CITV's Old Skool Weekend (a televised event celebrating the strand's 30th anniversary), the first episode of 1995 series was shown. Prior to this, a How 2 segment was featured on the "30 Years of CITV" documentary that aired on ITV on 29 December 2012 and featured interviews with Dinenage and Jones.
The Big Bang Theory (season 4)
The fourth season of the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory", began airing on CBS on September 23, 2010. Season four started four months after the end of season 3.
The Russian Rocket Reaction
"The Russian Rocket Reaction" is the fifth episode of the fifth season of "The Big Bang Theory" and the 92nd episode overall. It first aired on CBS on October 13, 2011.
The Jack Benny Program
The show returned to CBS on January 2, 1949, as part of CBS president William S. Paley's "raid" of NBC talent in 1948-49. There it stayed for the remainder of its radio run, which ended on May 22, 1955. CBS aired repeats of previous 1953-55 radio episodes from 1956 to 1958 as The Best of Benny for State Farm Insurance, who later sponsored his television program from 1960 through 1965.
Jack Benny made his TV debut in 1949 with a local appearance on Los Angeles station KTTV, then a CBS affiliate. On October 28, 1950, he made his full network debut over CBS Television. Benny's television shows were occasional broadcasts in his early seasons on TV, as he was still firmly dedicated to radio. The regular and continuing "Jack Benny Program" was telecast on CBS from October 28, 1950 to September 15, 1964 (finally becoming a weekly show in the 1960-1961 season), and on NBC from September 25, 1964 to September 10, 1965. 343 episodes were produced. His TV sponsors included American Tobacco's Lucky Strike (1950–59), Lever Brothers' Lux (1959–60), State Farm Insurance (1960–65), Lipton Tea (1960–62), General Foods' Jell-O (1962–64), and Miles Laboratories (1964–65).
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The fourth season's second half began on June 30, 2011. Season 5 began airing on November 3, 2011, at 8:00 p.m. as part of E4's Comedy Thursdays, acting as a lead-in to the channel's newest comedy, "Perfect Couples". Episode 19, the highest-viewed episode of the season, attracted 1.4 million viewers. Season 6 premiered on November 15, 2012, with 1.89 million viewers and a further 469,000 on the time shift channel, bringing the total to 2.31 million, E4's highest viewing ratings of 2012, and the highest the channel had received since June 2011. The sixth season returned in mid-2013 to finish airing the remaining episodes. Season 7 premiered on E4 on October 31, 2013 at 8:30pm and hit multiple ratings records this season. The second half of season seven aired in mid 2014. The eighth season premiered on E4 on October 23, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. During its eighth season, "The Big Bang Theory" shared its 8:30 p.m. time period with fellow CBS comedy, "2 Broke Girls". Following the airing of the first eight episodes of that show's fourth season, "The Big Bang Theory" returned to finish airing its eighth season on March 19, 2015.
Big Brother (Australian TV series)
The first Australian series began to broadcast on 23 April 2001. It was hosted by Gretel Killeen from 2001 to 2007. In late 2007 it was announced that Gretel Killeen would not host the show for its 2008 return as part of a revamp of the formula.
The Big Bang Theory (Family Guy)
"The Big Bang Theory" is the 16th episode of the ninth season of the animated comedy series "Family Guy". It aired on Fox in the United States on May 8, 2011. This episode follows Stewie and Brian on their quest to stop Stewie's evil half-brother Bertram from going back in time to the Renaissance period and killing Leonardo da Vinci, who is a part of Stewie's ancestry, in order to prevent Stewie's existence.
Chuck Lorre
In 2017 with the premiere of "Disjointed", for the first time since "Dharma & Greg" premiered in 1997, a new show of Lorre's did not use his traditional Vanity Card. Instead a standard production logo was used. The vanity cards have since reappeared on Lorre's Netflix original series, "The Kominsky Method"."Two and a Half Men" and "The Big Bang Theory" were both taped at the Warner Brothers lot, in adjacent stages; the shows shared several writers and technical crews. "The Big Bang Theory" has cast a number of alumni from Lorre's past series, starting with Johnny Galecki from "Roseanne" (he was Darlene's boyfriend and later husband). Sara Gilbert, who played Darlene on "Roseanne", was Leslie Winkle on "The Big Bang Theory". Laurie Metcalf, who played Jackie in "Roseanne", plays Sheldon's mother Mary. Christine Baranski, an alumna of "Cybill", was cast as Leonard's mother Beverly.
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At the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, "The Big Bang Theory" was nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series, but "Modern Family" on ABC won. The show was also nominated for Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series and Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series.
Broadcasting of sports events
The first-ever television broadcast of a basketball game occurred on 28 February 1940 when the University of Pittsburgh defeated Fordham at Madison Square Garden on NBC station W2XBS. Professional basketball has been aired on television since 1953, shortly after the founding of the National Basketball Association, and has been aired on television ever since. College basketball, on the other hand, was much later in gaining a television foothold. Although the NCAA Tournament has aired since 1962, it was not until the mid-1970s that regular-season college basketball games would air on major network television.
The Big Surprise
The Big Surprise is a television quiz show broadcast in the United States by NBC from October 8, 1955, to June 9, 1956, and from September 18, 1956, to April 2, 1957. It was hastily created by NBC in response to the ratings success of "The $64,000 Question", which had premiered on CBS in summer 1955 and almost instantly became a hit. "The Big Surprise" offered a grand prize of $100,000.
Major League Baseball on television
After the 1939 World's Fair showed the new technology called television, experimental station W2XBS aired the first televised major league baseball games, a double header between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 26, 1939.
The Big Bang Theory (season 7)
The seventh season of the American sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" aired on CBS from September 26, 2013, to May 15, 2014.
WNBC
Although full commercial telecasting began on July 1, 1941 with the first paid advertisements on WNBT, there had been experimental, non-paid advertising on television as far back as 1930. NBC's earliest non-paid, television commercials may have been those seen during the first Major League Baseball game ever telecast, a game between the Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds, on August 26, 1939 over W2XBS. In order to secure the rights to show the game on television, NBC allowed each of the Dodgers' regular radio sponsors at the time to have one commercial during the telecast, and these were done by Dodger announcer Red Barber. For Ivory Soap, he held up a bar of the product, for Mobil gas he put on a filling station attendant's cap while giving his spiel, and for Wheaties he poured a bowl of the product, added milk and bananas, and took a big spoonful.
Big Brother (UK series 3)
The series premiered on 24 May 2002, on Channel 4. The contestants were recorded 24 hours a day with cameras fixed around the house, and had to wear portable microphones. "Big Brother 3" was the first of the main series to feature a live launch. Previously, "Celebrity Big Brother 1" had featured a live launch. The launch night saw Davina give a house tour, as well as discuss rumors that had been going on about the series. She then introduced the new Housemates, and they entered the house live. Channel 4 broadcast a daily highlights show, and from the first week there was a live eviction show hosted by Davina McCall, where the evicted housemate was interviewed. In the nightly highlight episodes, viewers are shown various highlights of a specific day in the house. "Big Brother 3" saw the return of the psychiatrists providing commentary on events in the game, with the episodes featuring them being the highlights show after the most recent eviction. The live eviction episode was held on Friday, with a pre-eviction episode and an official eviction episode being held with a 60-minute gap between them. Live coverage was a major part of E4's schedule for the second year running. The season ended on 26 July 2002, lasting for a total of 64 days. "Big Brother 3" saw numerous spin-off series' occur while it was on air. The "Saturday Night Live" spin-off began this season, and saw Housemates competing in live tasks. It would last until midway through "Big Brother 5", when it was axed due to poor ratings. Though not introduced this season, the "Big Brother's Little Brother" spin-off continued throughout this season, giving the show its second season. Following this season, the special "What the Housemates Did Next" aired, and would later air after every season until "Big Brother 9".
The Big Bang Theory (season 10)
On March 12, 2014, "The Big Bang Theory" was renewed for an additional three years, extending it through the 2016–17 season for a total of ten seasons.
The Big Time (TV series)
The Big Time was a British documentary and reality television series made by the BBC, consisting of 15 original episodes which ran from 1976 to 1980. A revised, extended repeat of episode 12 was broadcast in 1981.
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Like most shows created by Chuck Lorre, "The Big Bang Theory" ends by showing for one second a vanity card written by Lorre after the credits, followed by the Warner Bros. Television closing logo. These cards are archived on Lorre's website.
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The program's initial pilot, developed for the 2006/07 television season, was substantially different from its current form. Only Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons were in the cast, and their across-the-hall neighbor Katie was envisioned as "a street-hardened, tough-as-nails woman with a vulnerable interior". Katie was played by actress Amanda Walsh. They also had a female friend called Gilda (played by Iris Bahr). The program's original theme music was also different, using Thomas Dolby's hit "She Blinded Me with Science". The program was not picked up, but the creators were given an opportunity to revise it, bringing in the remaining leading cast and retooling the show to its current format. The original unaired pilot has never been released on any official format, but copies of it are on the internet with various collectors.
The Big Picture (TV series)
The series was conceived by David Burkey, a former television producer who served with the Signal Corps in the Korean War. He saw it as a way to use film footage accumulated by the Army Pictorial services, packaged in a way that would be attractive to commercial television. The first series of 13 episodes was broadcast on CBS in late 1951, with each episode about an aspect of the Korean War. It had positive reception from audiences and the Army decided to expand the scope as a publicity tool. Army information units from around the world suggested topics with the Signal Corps filming all the segments. Topics varied and included military history, contemporary weaponry, training exercises, cooperation with allied forces, and Army sporting activities.
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The show originally centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists at Caltech, who share an apartment; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's similarly geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. Over time, supporting characters have been promoted to starring roles including: physicist Leslie Winkle, neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler, microbiologist Bernadette Rostenkowski, and Stuart Bloom, the cash-strapped owner of the comic book store the characters often visit.
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In November 2016, it was reported that CBS was in negotiations to create a spin-off of "The Big Bang Theory" centered on Sheldon as a young boy. The prequel series, described as "a "Malcolm in the Middle"-esque single-camera family comedy" would be executive-produced by Lorre and Molaro, with Prady expected to be involved in some capacity, and intended to air in the 2017–18 season alongside "The Big Bang Theory". The initial idea for the series came from Parsons, who passed it along to "The Big Bang Theory" producers. In early March 2017, Iain Armitage was cast as the younger Sheldon, as well as Zoe Perry as his mother, Mary Cooper. Perry is the real-life daughter of Laurie Metcalf, who portrays Mary Cooper on "The Big Bang Theory".
Big!
The series originally aired on Discovery Channel in 2004. It is currently airing on The Science Channel weekday mornings.
Big Brother (UK TV series)
Big Brother is the British version of the international reality television franchise "Big Brother" created by producer John de Mol in 1997. Originally broadcast between 2000 and 2018, the show followed a number of contestants, known as housemates, who are isolated from the outside world for an extended period of time in a custom built house. Each week, one of the housemates is evicted by a public vote, with the last housemate remaining winning a cash prize. The series takes its name from the character in George Orwell's 1949 novel "Nineteen Eighty-Four". The series premiered on 18 July 2000 on Channel 4, and immediately became a ratings hit. The series also featured a 24-hour live feed, in which fans could view inside the house at any time. "Big Brother" aired for eleven series on Channel 4, followed by one final special edition, "Ultimate Big Brother", which ended on 10 September 2010. Following this, Channel 5 acquired the rights to the series, and it was officially relaunched on 18 August 2011. In 2014, Emma Willis announced that the show would be back for a sixteenth series in 2015. It was announced on 19 March 2015 that the show would remain on air until at least 2018.
The Big Story (radio and TV series)
The radio series was adapted for television where it debuted on NBC on September 16, 1949. The series continued to air on NBC until June 28, 1957, after which it appeared in syndication until 1958. The half-hour program was hosted by Robert Sloane, Norman Rose, Ben Grauer, and, finally, Burgess Meredith.
The Skank Reflex Analysis
"The Skank Reflex Analysis" is the first episode of the fifth season of "The Big Bang Theory" that first aired on CBS on September 22, 2011. It is the 88th episode overall.
The Big Bang (TV series)
For the seventh series the show had another rebrand, notably a new theme tune, the first since the beginning of the show, however the old theme tune was brought back for the final two series. There was also a new logo, and new presenters Kate McIntyre and Michael Underwood were introduced. The set stayed remained mainly unchanged, however the neon "The Big Bang" sign in the kitchen was not replaced with the new logo until series 8. Michael and Kate presented the show together for two series, until Michael left to present "Ministry of Mayhem", and for the ninth and last series he was replaced with Sam Pinkham.
The Big Bang (1989 film)
The Big Bang is a 1989 documentary film, directed by Academy Award nominated screenwriter James Toback. The film addresses questions about life and existence. It was released to theaters May 11, 1990, and aired on PBS on August 6, 1991.
Big Top (U.S. TV series)
Big Top was a children's television show that aired on CBS from July 1, 1950 to 1957. The cast included Ed McMahon, Johnny Carson's longtime sidekick, as Ed the Clown and America's Most Muscular Man Dan Lurie as "Sealtest Dan The Muscle Man". The series first aired in Primetime from its debut until January 6, 1951, it then moved to Saturday mornings for the remainder of its run, The program originated live from the 32nd St. and Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia Armory.
The Carol Burnett Show
When "The Carol Burnett Show" made its network debut on CBS-TV in September 1967, it was scheduled on Monday nights at 10:00 pm opposite NBC’s "I Spy" and ABC’s "The Big Valley". At the end of its first season and through the spring of 1971, it consistently ranked among the top-30 programs. (For the 1969–70 season, it posted its highest rating ever, ranking at number 13.) For season five, CBS moved the show to Wednesday nights at 8:00 pm, where its chief competition was NBC’s "Adam-12" and the ABC sitcoms "Bewitched" and "The Courtship of Eddie's Father". Despite the schedule change, the show continued to do well until the fall of 1972, when the ratings slipped. In December 1972, CBS again moved "The Carol Burnett Show" to Saturday nights at 10:00 pm (EST) where, for the next four years, it not only received solid ratings, but was also part of a powerhouse Saturday-night lineup of primetime shows that included "All in the Family", "M*A*S*H", "The Mary Tyler Moore Show", and "The Bob Newhart Show".
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Thursday programming has also become increasingly stronger on other networks. CBS was first to break through with its lineup of "Survivor", "", and later "Without a Trace". For the 2010–11 season, CBS moved the highly rated comedy "The Big Bang Theory", which had become the highest-rated sitcom in the United States, to the Thursday 8:00 p.m. slot, and "Two and a Half Men" to the 8:30 p.m. slot, which have earned very strong ratings.
Game show
Game shows began to appear on radio and television in the late 1930s. The very first television game show, "Spelling Bee", as well as the first radio game show, "Information Please", were both broadcast in 1938; the first major success in the game show genre was "Dr. I.Q.", a radio quiz show that began in 1939. "Truth or Consequences" was the first game show to air on commercially licensed television; the "CBS Television Quiz" followed shortly thereafter. Its first episode aired in 1941 as an experimental broadcast. Over the course of the 1950s, as television began to pervade the popular culture, game shows quickly became a fixture. Daytime game shows would be played for lower stakes to target stay-at-home housewives. Higher-stakes programs would air in primetime. During the late 1950s, high-stakes games such as "Twenty-One" and "The $64,000 Question" began a rapid rise in popularity. However, the rise of quiz shows proved to be short-lived. In 1959, many of the higher stakes game shows were discovered to be rigged and ratings declines led to most of the primetime games being canceled.
Discovering the Bible
Discovering the Bible is an early Australian television series which aired in 1958 on ABC. It was broadcast live in Melbourne, and kinescoped/telerecorded for Sydney, these being the only Australian cities with television prior to 1959. As the title suggests, it was a religious series, an eight part series with John Davis McCaughey about the meaning of the bible. The first episode aired 6 July 1958 and the final episode aired 26 October 1958.
The Big Bang Theory (season 5)
In Canada, "The Big Bang Theory" aired on CTV Television Network. The season premiere ("The Skank Reflex Analysis") garnered 3.72 million viewers and the finale was watched by 4.04 million households. Most episodes were the most watched programme in Canada that week. The highest rating in season 5 was 4.05 million, for "The Infestation Hypothesis", and the lowest rating was 3.17 million, for "The Stag Convergence".
Quantico (TV series)
"Quantico" continues to be popular in Australia, Canada, France and India. The premiere episode had 2.6 million viewers in Canada, the largest audience for a new television series that year. It was the most-watched episode behind "The Big Bang Theory" (which had 2.8 million). Averaging 2.17 million viewers, "Quantico" was Canada's most-watched drama series, most-watched new series and second most-watched series (after "The Big Bang Theory") in 2015. It was the most-watched drama series of 2015 in Australia and the second most-watched series overall (after "The Big Bang Theory"). In France, the series premiered to 4.9 million viewers (a 21 percent audience share) and averaged 3.1 million viewers during its first season. According to a "Business Insider" report, "Quantico" was the 12th-most popular TV show of 2016 based on ratings, peer-to-peer sharing, social-media chatter and viewer demand.
The Egg Salad Equivalency
"The Egg Salad Equivalency" originally aired on CBS on January 3, 2013. The episode was watched 19.25 million viewers and received 6.1/18 percent rating among adults between 18 and 49. It was top in its timeslot, ahead of the Fox Network's reality television show "Mobbed", and the repeat of National Broadcasting Company's comedy series "30 Rock", American Broadcasting Company's musical series "Nashville", and The CW Television Network's drama "The Vampire Diaries". "The Big Bang Theory" was also the highest rated show of the night.