After 12 seasons of television
history, one of the longest
running and most successful TV
comedy shows ever is over. The
Big Bang Theory’s series finale
aired last night. CBS
News’ Marc Livermanveas more.
"Bazinga, bazinga"
279 EPISODES. AN INFINITE AMOUNT
OF LAUGHS. IN A COMEDY UNIVERS
THAT MADE NERDY...COOL. ON
THURSDAY NIGHT...THE CAST
OF THE BIG BANG THEORY SAID ITS
FINAL FAREWELL IN THE SERIES’
FINAL
EPISODE.
(SOT FRI0038 2:22)"I was there
the moment that Penny and
on
d met. He said
to me that their babies would be
smart and beautiful. And nowti
th they’re expecting I
have no doubt that that will be
the
se. Thanks Sheldon I
haven’t told my
parents yet but thanks."
EARNING 52 EMMY
NOMINATIONS...THE SHOW FOLLOWED
BRILLIANT BUT
CIALLYWKWARD YOUNG
PHYSICISTS SHELDON AND
LEONARD, THEIR GEEKY GANG OF
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOR PIGNY.
THE SHOW FIRST AIRED SEPTEMBER
24TH, 2007, MAKING IT THE
LONGEST-
RUNNING MULTI-CAMERA SITCOM
EVER.
(SOT FRI0049 1:51)"I just wanted
to beat Cheers, I’ve always
hated Cheers...take
that Cheers!"
THE ENTIRE CAST APPEARED LAST
NIGHT ON THE LATE SHOW WITH
STEVEN COLBERT.
(sot FRI0049 :49)"There’s a lot
of pressure on how to end this
and fans
wanted to know what was going to
happen so it was tough and I
think that they did it
brilliantly"
(sot THU0239)((Joe Otterson/
Variety Magazine))’The chance of
finding a
show with this big of an
audience over this long a period
of time, that’s pretty rare."
IT WILL BE A TOUGH VOID TO FILL.
AND A SAD GOODBYE FOR THE MORE
THAN 10
MILLION VIEWERS WHO WATCHED THE
SHOW EVERY WEEK.
MARC LIVERMAN CBS NEWS NEW YORK.
cording to Variety, The Big
Bang Theory has generated an
estimad te billion and
counting in syndication.
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