“The Large Bang Idea” ended its 12-season run in 2019, however apparently, it is nonetheless a significant hit with audiences. In keeping with Deadline, the sequence was the “most-binged” title in all of streaming in 2024 (which the outlet pulled from a Nielsen report).
In keeping with Nielsen, “The Large Bang Idea” boasted a mean of 265.5 episodes per viewers member, which apparently interprets to 29.1 billion minutes of streaming (which is critically spectacular). The present additionally managed to put seventh in all the yr’s most-streamed titles, and 58% p.c of its viewers was from the extremely beneficial age group of 18 to 49. Deadline additionally famous that, within the Nielsen report, “most-binged” is drawn from exhibits which have at the least 50 episodes (“The Large Bang Idea” has 279) and viewers needed to spend the size of a single episode, which within the case of this sequence is about 20 minutes, as a way to qualify. “Whereas half-hour applications are typically extra binge-able, the extent of dedication from audiences in viewing to applications throughout the board was astonishing,” the Nielsen report learn.
Once more, that is form of astounding when you think about that, in Might 2025, the present’s sequence finale “The Stockholm Syndrome” will rejoice its sixth anniversary — but it surely’s fairly clear that, because the years tick on, “The Large Bang Idea” will stay wildly widespread. So why did the present name it quits in 2019, how did it finish, and what spin-offs can followers of “The Large Bang Idea” binge-watch subsequent?
Why did The Large Bang Idea finish after twelve years and seasons?
“The Large Bang Idea” kicked off in 2007 and have become one of the widespread sitcoms not simply on CBS, however TV basically because of creator Chuck Lorre’s inventive imaginative and prescient and the principle solid, which initially was made up of Jim Parsons (as Sheldon Cooper), Johnny Galecki (as Leonard Hofstadter), Kunal Nayyar (as Raj Koothrappali), Simon Helberg (as Howard Wolowitz), and Kaley Cuoco (as Penny, who would not get a final identify). Throughout the first few seasons, the fellows, who all work on the California Institute of Know-how, overcome their social awkwardness to have interaction with Penny, who strikes in down the corridor from Sheldon and Leonard throughout the pilot; within the present’s third season, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch be part of the present as Amy Farrah Fowler and Bernadette Rostenkowski, respectively, rounding out your entire endeavor (and giving Penny two buddies to hang around with, lastly).
Forward of the present’s twelfth season, Parsons, who was coping with quite a few private {and professional} struggles (together with an harm he incurred throughout his Broadway present “The Boys within the Band”), determined that season can be his final … and consequently, Lorre and his group declared season 12 can be the ultimate one. In that season’s finale (which is, clearly, additionally the sequence finale) titled “The Stockholm Syndrome,” Sheldon and Amy, now married, head to Stockholm, Sweden with the entire gang to obtain their Nobel Prize for his or her joint work in tremendous asymmetry. Sheldon very practically ruins every thing by pissing all people off, however finally ends up giving a touching speech on the ceremony the place he asks his buddies to face and thanks them every in flip. All of it ends because it started, with the entire group of buddies consuming takeout in what’s now Leonard and Penny’s front room — the one distinction is the Nobel medals round Amy and Sheldon’s necks.
The Large Bang Idea has produced a handful of spin-offs — with extra to come back
If you happen to’ve already binged “The Large Bang Idea” about one million occasions, fret not; the present has one main spin-off (which additionally has its personal spin-off), and one other one is coming to Max sooner or later within the (probably close to) future. “Younger Sheldon,” a prequel starring Iain Armitage as Sheldon Cooper however younger this time, aired on CBS from 2017 to 2024, closing out its run with the canonical loss of life of Sheldon’s father George Cooper Sr. (performed by Lance Barber). That spin-off’s spin-off, “Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage,” started its run on the identical community in 2024, led by Montana Jordan and Emily Osment because the titular Georgie (Sheldon’s brother George Jr.) and Mandy McAllister and follows them as they elevate their first youngster (and, apparently, get divorced sooner or later?).
Okay, for instance you are not excited by a youthful Sheldon and the exploits of his prolonged household. There’s nonetheless some excellent news! Kevin Sussman, Brian Posehn, and Lauren Lapkus — who performed Stuart Bloom, Bert Kibbler, and Denise on “The Large Bang Idea” — have formally signed on to a spin-off of the authentic sequence on Max, although it isn’t clear if it should happen earlier than or after the narrative of “The Large Bang Idea.” In any case, you have obtained loads of choices for binging, and as for “The Large Bang Idea” itself, your entire sequence is on the market on Max now.
