PEI HAS DIED.
HIS BILLINGS ARE ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
THE LOUVRE IN PARIS , THE
NATIONAL GALLERY IN WASHINGTON.
THE ROCK OF AND ROLL HALL OF
FAME IN CLEVELAND.
I.M.
PEI DESIGNED THE PICK THE
BUILDING KNOWN AS MIAMI TOWER,
WHICH OPENED AS THE CENTRAL
TOWER.
HE WAS 102 YEARS OLD.
HE LEFT HIS MARC.
NOW AT 11 PM, ONE OF THE
BIGGEST RECENT HITS AND
PRIMETIME GOES OUT WITH A BANG.
AFTER 12 SEASONS ON CBS 4,
TONIGHT WAS THE SERIES FINALE
OF THE "BIG BANG THEORY".
LISA PETRILLO IS HERE WITH
MORE ON THE STANDOFF.
Reporter: WAS THE FINALE A
BIG DISAPPOINTMENT LIKE
SEINFELD?
WAS IT A HISTORIC GOODBYE LIKE
THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW?
HAPPY TO SAY , A BIT WAS
PREDICTABLE..TRAN24 GOODBYE DID
NOT DISAPPOINT.
IT NEATLY WRAPPED UP LOOSE ENDS
AND CELEBRATED THE CHARMING
BEGINNINGS.
WE WON.
Reporter: THE NOBEL PRIZE
WIN.
A SLAP.
A FIXED ELEVATOR AND A PREGNANCY
TIED UP 2 YEARS OF LAUGH AND
NERDY DELIGHTS WITH SOME OF
TELEVISION'S MOST ENDEARING AND
UNIQUE CHARACTERS AS THE NAMES
FOR STORIES FOUR SAY GOODBYE.
FOR THE CAST THE EXPERIENCE WAS
MAGIC.
A QUOTE FROM WINNIE THE POOH
COMES UP IN MY MIND, HOW LUCKY
I AM TO BE THIS SAD TO SAY
GOODBYE TO SOMETHING.
IT IS LIKE A DEATH IN AWAY.
I FEEL GRATEFUL I WILL SPEND
SO MUCH TIME ON THAT SET WITH
SUCH A WONDERFUL GROUP OF
PEOPLE.
SINCE IT BEGAN IN 2007, THE
SHOW WENT ON TO BECOME ONE OF
TELEVISION'S HIGHEST RATING
COMEDIES WINNING 10 EMMY
NOMINATIONS AND TURNING STOP
STARS INTO TV'S HIGHEST-PAID
ACTORS MAKING UPWARD OF $28
MILLION PER SEASON.
LECOMPTE THE CAST OF THAT
"BIG BANG THEORY".
Reporter: TONIGHT THE CAST
UNITES ON LATE NIGHT WITH
TYPICAL BEAR TO DISCUSS THE RUN.
DID ANYONE HAVE SEX IN THEIR
DRESSING ROOM?
Reporter: FRIDAY MAGAZINE'S
SAYS FILLING THE VOID THE SHOW
LEAVES BEHIND WILL NOT BE EASY.
THE TEST FOR FINDING A SHOW
WITH THIS BIG AN AUDIENCE OVER
