Big Bang Theory
Transcript: Kunal Nayyar as Rajesh Koothrappali Kaley Cuoco as Penny When the third season premiered on September 21, 2009, it ranked as CBS's highest-rated show of that evening Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter His principal characteristic is a case of selective mutism which does not allow him to talk to women outside of his family. Rajesh Koothrappali Penny is the main female character on the show. She is Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper's neighbor across the hallway, and the main love interest of Leonard. Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper She is studying microbiology, and is working as a waitress to put herself through school. Big Bang Theory Penny is a waitress at the local Cheesecake Factory with aspirations of becoming an actress Sheldon is characterized as having an overtly intellectual personality Melissa Rauch as Bernadette Rostenkowski Leonard is an experimental physicist who shares an apartment with colleague and best friend Sheldon Cooper Penny is Leonard's next door neighbor and main love interest within the series. For the first three seasons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, and Jim Parsons, the three main stars of the show, received at most $60,000 per episode He works as an astrophysicist in the Physics Department at Caltech. Penny's beautiful appearance and outgoing personality contrast with the main male characters, who are all scientists and geeks. Leslie is another physicist who works in the same lab as Leonard, specializing in high energy physics Howard is a Jewish aerospace engineer at Caltech's Department of Applied Physics. The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady Leslie briefly tries to rekindle her relationship with Leonard after his failed attempt at dating Penny, Bernadette Rostenkowski is a pretty blonde Catholic girl who works at The Cheesecake Factory with Penny Dr. Leslie Winkle appeared in 8 episodes total, 4 credited as main cast. It first premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007 Barenaked Ladies wrote and recorded the show's theme song, which describes the history of the universe and the Earth since the dawn of time he exhibits a strict routine, a tenuous understanding of irony, sarcasm and humor, a vocal admiration for his superior intellect, and a general lack of humility or empathy Sheldon is a Caltech theoretical physicist, who shares an apartment with his colleague and best friend, Leonard Hofstadter he is played by actor Jim Parsons. Parsons has won two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe for this role. He is distinguished for lacking a doctoral degree, for still living with his mother, and for believing himself to be a "ladies' man". He provides outrageous pick-up lines whenever there is a female present. Lee Aronsohn and Steve Molaro are two of the head writers Rajesh is Howard Wolowitz's best friend and one of the central characters of the show.