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The Big Bang Theory TV Show
is best television show, Klingon Boggle, and a 1974 StephenHawking lecture are all mentioned in The Big Bang Theory premiere. They have one other traitin common, too: They’re all more pleasurable ways of spending your time than this lamebrainedsitcom.Leonard (Roseanne’s Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) are nerdy physicists whosefingers seem to have left their noses just moments ago. Across the hall is Penny (8 Simple Rules’Kaley Cuoco), a blond bimbo who doffs her clothes in the first 15 minutes of the pilot and worksat the Cheesecake Factory — the mere mention of her career choice is apparently guffaw-worthy,according to the laugh track. Throw in Leonard’s Beauty and the Geek crush on Penny andyou’ve pretty much got the premise. To call this a one-joke sitcom would be a stretch.Even if you’re not sensitive to Cheesecake Factory barbs, there’s not much to like here. Thedialogue — ”I can’t look at you or your avatar right now” — falls flat. A few episodes in, thewriters are already performing acrobatics with the script in order to get Penny and thedorkasauruses to mouth-breathe the same air. As for the plotting (Sheldon insults his boss,Sheldon is fired, Sheldon is rehired), let’s just say you don’t need an advanced degree to followit.The cast is apt enough; Parsons, in particular, does a nice take on Frasier’s Niles. But overall,Leonard and Sheldon earn a grade they’ve probably never seen before.As with “
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” consciously populates its cast with younger characters, presumably the better to hit the lower half of the 18-49 demo, as CBS gradually triesto “youthify” its profile.That sounds logical in theory (especially since “Dancing With the Stars” has tango-ed off with part of the older audience), but TV development traditionally adheres to a simpler equation —
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