the big bang theory

Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists – geniuses in the laboratory but socially challenged everywhere else. Insert beautiful, street-smart neighbor Penny, who endeavors to teach them a thing or two about the “real” world. Despite their on-again, Read More

© Emily Kneeter for the Paley Center/© Michael Bulbenko for the Paley Center For someone who spends 90% of her free time in front of a television, Paleyfest is Christmas, New Year's Eve, and my birthday all wrapped up into one. It's not even about Read More

People develop fandoms around certain couples and declare they are the one true pairing. However, what happens when you can't stomach a couple at all? The shipping urge dies within you and you tune out the couple each time you see them on the screen. Read More

Sports fanatics have their championships, movie lovers have the Oscars, foodies have Chopped marathons, and people who live for television have PaleyFest. Every year casts and creators from the most talked about and beloved shows are gathered and take Read More

With Johnny Galecki turning the big 4-0 this week, I wanted to make sure we gave him some love since Jim Parsons isn’t the only reason millions of people tune into The Big Bang Theory on a weekly basis. Read More

I got interested in The Big Bang Theory when I was in Japan. I caught up on all the seasons. I enjoyed the gang of nerds and saw myself in the show. But the one person I could never connect with was Penny. I knew there had to be a foil for the geeky Read More

You know you have a hit when it’s recognizable in an instant. When you see a cone-shaped bra, you think Madonna. Gazing upon a pair of Ray-Bans would incite you to sing Will Smith’s “Men in Black” (don’t deny it). And a pair of ripped jeans and an angry Read More

When I mapped this whole thing out I knew right away that I wanted to focus on the social — rather, love — lives of geeks, nerds, dorks, dweebs, and so forth and so on because I felt like it belonged amongst the topics. We may not collect partners the Read More

We’ve been looking back at our favorite movies and video games of 2013 over the past few days, and we even enumerated our biggest disappointments of the year. Now, on the final day of 2013, the Fandomania staff lists our favorite TV shows that Read More

It pains me to say this, but The Big Bang Theory should come to an end real soon. I’m not saying this season, but soon. It’s better to go out on top than to be that show people recall was “funny… five years ago.” Every Read More

It’s that time of year when grown-up nerds raid the Back 2 School sections of Target for discounted paper and pencils. Just me…? Phew, glad I’m not alone. Other than those of us taking all the deals from the kids, it’s also that time of year for the Read More

Every couple I’ve come to admire was brought to me through a TV set — from the hallways of Bayside to the south side of Chicago. So the following will not only note my top 10 TV couples, but what they made me want, what they’ve made me realize, and how Read More