BEFORE WE TAKE A
BREAK -
AFTER 12-SEASONS OF
TELEVISION HISTORY,
ONE OF THE LONGEST
RUNNING AND MOST
SUCCESSFUL T-V
COMEDY SHOWS EVER --
IS OVER!
THE BIG BANG THEORY'S
SERIES FINALE AIRED
LAST NIGHT.
CBS'S MARC LIVERMAN
HAS MORE...
"BAZINGA, BAZINGA"
279 EPISODES. AN
INFINITE AMOUNT OF
LAUGHS. IN A COMEDY
UNIVERSE THAT MADE
NERDY...COOL. ON
THURSDAY NIGHT...THE
CAST OF THE BIG BANG
THEORY SAID ITS FINAL
FAREWELL IN THE
SERIES' FINAL EPISODE.




"I WAS THERE THE
MOMENT THAT PENNY
AND LEONARD MET. HE
SAID TO ME THAT THEIR
BABIES WOULD BE
SMART AND BEAUTIFUL.
AND NOW THAT THEY'RE
EXPECTING I HAVE NO
DOUBT THAT THAT WILL
BE THE CASE. THANKS
SHELDON I HAVEN'T TOLD
MY PARENTS YET BUT
THANKS."
EARNING 52 EMMY
NOMINATIONS...THE
SHOW FOLLOWED
BRILLIANT BUT SOCIALLY
AWKWARD YOUNG
PHYSICISTS SHELDON
AND LEONARD, THEIR
GEEKY GANG OF
FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOR
PENNY. THE SHOW FIRST
AIRED SEPTEMBER 24TH,
2007, MAKING IT THE
LONGEST-RUNNING
MULTI-CAMERA SITCOM
EVER.




"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
STEPHEN COLBERT.
"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"




'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.
ACCORDING TO VARIETY,
THE BIG BANG THEORY
HAS GENERATED AN
ESTIMATED $1-BILLION-
DOLLARS AND COUNTING
