The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory is a Transmanian TV remake of the popular television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom serve as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro. All three also serve as head writers. The show premiered in the United Republic of New Holland and Greater Transmania in January 2008 on TBN. The show originally centered on five characters living in Wilford, Rixterri: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists at Rixtech, 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.