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The Big Bang Theory
2007–2019
· TV Show
· 22 min episodes
· 12 seasons
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MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #254
- IMDb #189
- Google retired #66
- Rotten Tomatoes #152
- Metacritic #256
- RatingGraph #254
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #244
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #113
- Metacritic Critics #290
- Metacritic Audience #221
- Criticker #324
- Trakt #194
Every rating
42–94
out of 100
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Lowest is Criticker on 42, highest is Google on 94.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Aspiring film actress Penny moves into a Pasadena apartment across the hall from brilliant, but socially awkward, physicists Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter and shows them how little they know about life outside of the lab.
Details
- Created by
- Bill Prady, Chuck Lorre
- Released
- 24 September 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Hindi, Italian, Russian, Mandarin, Klingon
- Episode length
- 22 min
- Rated
- TV-14
- Episodes
- 279 across 12 seasons
- Awards
- 58 wins, 181 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 239 →21 major awards won · 58 wins from 239 nominations across 21 ceremonies
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2020 | Multi-Camera Series | John Shaffner (for " The Stockholm Syndrome ", " The Conference Valuation ", and " The Propagation Proposition ") | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2018 | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2017 | Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Holiday Summation ") | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2016 | Multi-Camera Television Series | John Shaffner (for " The Skywalker Incursion ", " The Mystery Date Observation ", and " The Platonic Permutation ") | Winner |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards 2016 | Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2016 | Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Opening Night Excitation ") | Winner |
| Art Directors Guild Awards 2015 | Multi-Camera Television Series | John Shaffner (for " The Locomotive Manipulation ", " The Convention Conundrum ", and " The Status Quo Combustion ") | Winner |
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 2015 | Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Comic Book Store Regeneration ") | Winner |
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Critics' Choice Television Awards
23 nominations, 7 won
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Simon Helberg | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Kaley Cuoco | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Johnny Galecki | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | Christine Baranski | Nominee |
| Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | Laurie Metcalf | Nominee |
| Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | James Earl Jones | Nominee |
| Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series | Bob Newhart | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Melissa Rauch | Nominee |
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
38 nominations, 6 won
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Bob Newhart | Winner |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Holiday Summation ") | Winner |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Opening Night Excitation ") | Winner |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Comic Book Store Regeneration ") | Winner |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Cooper Extraction ") | Winner |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | James L. Hitchcock, John Pierre Dechene, Brian Armstrong, Devin Atwood, Mark Davison, and John D. O'Brien (for " The Higgs Boson Observation ") | Winner |
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Contemporary Program (Half-Hour or Less) | John Shaffner, Francoise Cherry-Cohen, and Ann Shea (for " The Hofstadter Insufficiency ", " The Locomotive Manipulation ", and " The Proton Transmogrification ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series | John Shaffner, Francoise Cherry-Cohen, and Ann Shea (for " The Date Night Variable ", " The Bakersfield Expedition ", and " The Love Spell Potential ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series | John Shaffner, Francoise Cherry-Cohen, and Ann Shea (for " The Love Car Displacement ", " The 21-Second Excitation ", and " The Agreement Dissection ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series | John Shaffner and Ann Shea (for " The Gothowitz Deviation " and " The Adhesive Duck Deficiency ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series | John Shaffner and Ann Shea (for " The Hofstadter Isotope ", " The Vegas Renormalization ", and " The Lizard-Spock Expansion ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series | Steven V. Silver (for " The Convergence Convergence ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series | Steven V. Silver (for " The Expedition Approximation ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Bob Newhart | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Bob Newhart | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Christine Baranski | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Laurie Metcalf | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Christine Baranski (for " The Maternal Combustion ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Christine Baranski (for " The Maternal Congruence ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Christine Baranski (for " The Maternal Capacitance ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special | Faye R. Woods, Sylvia Surdu, and Louise Dowling (for " The Bakersfield Expedition ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) | Peggy Nichols, Ken Diaz, and Vikki McCarter (for " The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Stockholm Syndrome ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Bow Tie Asymmetry ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Love Spell Potential ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | Peter Chakos (for " The Countdown Reflection ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera) | Peter Chakos (for " The Agreement Dissection ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) | John Shaffner, Francoise Cherry-Cohen, and Ann Shea (for " The Dependence Transcendence ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) | John Shaffner, Francoise Cherry-Cohen, and Ann Shea (for " The Positive Negative Reaction ", " The Big Bear Precipitation ", and " The Fermentation Bifurcation ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) | John Shaffner, Francoise Cherry-Cohen, and Ann Shea (for " The First Pitch Insufficiency ", " The Clean Room Infiltration ", and " The Skywalker Incursion ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | John D. O'Brien, John Pierre Dechene, Richard G. Price, James L. Hitchcock, Brian Wayne Armstrong, and John E. Goforth (for " The Stockholm Syndrome ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | John D. O'Brien, John Pierre Dechene, Richard G. Price, James L. Hitchcock, Brian Wayne Armstrong, and Scott I. Acosta (for " The Bow Tie Asymmetry ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | John D. O'Brien, John Pierre Dechene, Richard G. Price, James L. Hitchcock, Brian Wayne Armstrong, and Nick Gomez (for " The Locomotion Reverberation ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Brian Wayne Armstrong, John Pierre Dechene, James L. Hitchcock, Richard G. Price, and John D. O'Brien (for " The Celebration Experimentation ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Brian Wayne Armstrong, John Pierre Dechene, James L. Hitchcock, Richard G. Price, and John D. O'Brien (for " The Expedition Approximation ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Brian Armstrong, John Pierre Dechene, Ray Gonzales, James L. Hitchcock, Richard G. Price, and John D. O'Brien (for " The Locomotive Manipulation ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | John Pierre Dechene, James L. Hitchcock, Richard Price, Brian Armstrong, Ray Gonzales, and John D. O'Brien (for " The Countdown Reflection ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | John Pierre Dechene, James L. Hitchcock, Richard Price, Brian Armstrong, Devin Atwood, and John D. O'Brien (for " The Adhesive Duck Deficiency ") | Nominee |
Primetime Emmy Awards
17 nominations, 4 won
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Winner |
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| Outstanding Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
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| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Mark Cendrowski (for " The Stockholm Syndrome ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Mark Cendrowski (for " The Bow Tie Asymmetry ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Johnny Galecki | Nominee |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Nominee |
| Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | Mayim Bialik | Nominee |
Art Directors Guild Awards
9 nominations, 3 won
| Multi-Camera Series | John Shaffner (for " The Stockholm Syndrome ", " The Conference Valuation ", and " The Propagation Proposition ") | Winner |
| Multi-Camera Television Series | John Shaffner (for " The Skywalker Incursion ", " The Mystery Date Observation ", and " The Platonic Permutation ") | Winner |
| Multi-Camera Television Series | John Shaffner (for " The Locomotive Manipulation ", " The Convention Conundrum ", and " The Status Quo Combustion ") | Winner |
| Episode of a Multi-Camera Television Series | John Shaffner (for " The Peanut Reaction ") | Nominee |
| Episode of a Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series | John Shaffner (for " The Bakersfield Expedition ") | Nominee |
| Episode of a Multi-Camera, Variety, or Unscripted Series | John Shaffner (for " The Adhesive Duck Deficiency ") | Nominee |
| Multi-Camera Series | John Shaffner (for " The Novelization Correlation ", " The Sibling Realignment ", and " The Bow Tie Asymmetry ") | Nominee |
| Multi-Camera Series | John Shaffner (for " The Romance Recalibration ", " The Separation Agitation ", and " The Explosion Implosion ") | Nominee |
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7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Jim Parsons | Winner |
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| Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Johnny Galecki | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
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| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
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| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
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| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
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| Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America Awards
3 nominations
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| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series | Mark Cendrowski (for " The Hofstadter Insufficiency ") | Nominee |
| Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series | Mark Cendrowski (for " The Date Night Variable ") | Nominee |
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| Favorite Comedic TV Actor | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actor | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actress | Kaley Cuoco | Winner |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actress | Kaley Cuoco | Winner |
| Favorite Network TV Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Favorite Network TV Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Favorite Network TV Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Favorite Network TV Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Favorite Network TV Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Favorite TV Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Favorite TV Show | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Favorite TV Show | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| The Comedy Show of 2019 | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| The Comedy TV Star of 2018 | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actor | Johnny Galecki | Nominee |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Favorite Comedic TV Actress | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Favorite Network TV Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Comedic Actress | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Comedy Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Comedy Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Comedy Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Comedy Actress | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Show | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| The Comedy Show of 2018 | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| The Comedy TV Star of 2019 | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| The Male TV Star of 2019 | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| The Show of 2018 | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| The Show of 2019 | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
Teen Choice Awards
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| Choice Comedy TV Show | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Jim Parsons | Winner |
| Choice TV Show: Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Choice TV Show: Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Choice Comedy TV Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Choice Comedy TV Actress | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actor: Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Choice TV Actress: Comedy | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Choice TV Show: Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
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| Best Actress in a Comedy | Kaley Cuoco | Winner |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Best Actor, Comedy | Johnny Galecki | Nominee |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Comedy Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy | Kunal Nayyar | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
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| Best Actress in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Kaley Cuoco | Winner |
| Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
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| Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Mayim Bialik | Nominee |
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| Individual Achievement in Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Individual Achievement in Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Individual Achievement in Comedy | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
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| Favorite Female TV Star | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Favorite Female TV Star – Family Show | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Favorite Funny Star | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Favorite Funny TV Show | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Favorite Male TV Star | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Favorite Male TV Star | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
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| Favorite TV Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Actor | Jim Parsons | Nominee |
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| Favorite TV Actress | Kaley Cuoco | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Show | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Favorite TV Show | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
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| Best Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best Situation Comedy | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
American Film Institute Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Television Program of the Year | The Big Bang Theory | Winner |
Young Hollywood Awards
2 nominations
| Best Cast Chemistry – TV | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
| Best On-Screen Couple | Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons | Nominee |
Bravo Ottos
1 nomination
| Best Series | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
Kerrang! Awards
1 nomination
| Best TV Show | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |
MTV MIAW Awards Brazil
1 nomination
| Series of the Year | The Big Bang Theory | Nominee |