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Birth Place: Houston, TX
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 03/24/1973, Aries
Profession: Actor

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The Emmys: A Dramatic Shift Toward Cable | Matt Roush | 7/17/2008
If you heard someone momentarily flatlining in the audience at the reading of the Emmy nominations Thursday morning, that was me. They were announcing the best drama series candidates and I was mostly on board as I checked my list in the back of the TV Academy theater. Damages. Yay! House. OK. Boston Legal. I don’t approve, but I’m no longer surprised. Lost. OMG! Dexter. OM-Freaking-G! Wait. That’s five. Surely they didn’t leave out . . . And they didn’t. AMC’s dazzling Mad Men, the last to be announced, not only made the cut, it made history. With 16, it’s the most nominated drama of the year, and with FX’s Damages (seven nominations total), represents basic cable’s first-ever breakthrough into the top tier of Emmy accolades for best series. Mad Men also has to be seen as the odds-on favorite for best drama at this point.While we’re on this category—and let’s face it, this is the golden age of TV drama, so this really is... read more be the first to leave a comment
Looking at the CBS schedule ... | Matt Roush | 7/14/2008
Question: Looking at the CBS schedule for the next few weeks, I am glad The Big Bang Theory is getting an extra showing at 9:30 pm/ET after Two and a Half Men in addition to its regular Monday at 8 slot. It is simply the funniest show in quite some time, and it seems like lots of people who could enjoy it have missed it. Hopefully, these extra airings later in the night, after the highly rated Two and a Half Men, will bring it some extra viewers. Do you think Jim Parsons has any chance of getting an Emmy nomination? He is the funniest and brightest new star to hit TV in a long time. I would love to see him get the recognition he deserves. Answer: I'm not sure if a definitive Top 10 list of best comedy actor finalists was leaked, so am not sure if Jim Parsons made the initial cut. (We'll find out for sure Thursday morning.) But I wouldn't be surprised if it takes more than one season for such a total newcomer, however deserving, to get his due. I'd love for it to happen. Hard to... read more be the first to leave a comment
I was totally prepared to ... | Matt Roush | 11/5/2007
Question: I was totally prepared to hate The Big Bang Theory, so I was surprised at how much I like it. It is one of the few new sitcoms that I find really funny, and sometimes it actually makes me laugh out loud. What do you think of it? How is it doing? Answer: I'm enjoying it more and more as the season goes on, and the good news is that it already has a full-season pickup, so there's no reason to worry about its immediate future. It's awfully endearing; Jim Parsons is a deadpan hoot as Sheldon, and when the entire geek squad is assembled (including scene-stealer Simon Helberg as Wolowitz), it's a riot. My favorite episode to date: when Sara Gilbert's fellow-scientist character used Leonard (Johnny Galecki, her former Roseanne costar) for sex, while Sheldon fretted outside the bedroom door with the tie on the doorknob. The scenes in that episode at the Cheesecake Factory, where Sheldon found a new home for his obsessive-compulsive behavior (to the chagrin of Penny th ... read more be the first to leave a comment
Drew By Day; Comedy Tonight | Matt Roush | 10/15/2007
Giggling at the antics of the slap-happy contestants who “come on down” at what he calls “the happiest place on Earth,” Drew Carey looks like he’s having a blast, and looks right at home, on the spiffed-up set of The Price Is Right as he takes over as host today. There’s no fuss and no ceremony, and outside of the introduction telling us we’re at the Bob Barker Studio in Television City, and that one of the games is still called “Barker’s Bargain Bar,” and that Carey chooses to sign off with the traditional plea to have your pets spayed, there’s no actual homage to the former host as the new Price era begins.And yet, probably the greatest tribute to Bob Barker is that the show goes on, and goes on effortlessly with its funny-looking new ringleader, who appears to be genuinely tickled at the breathless excitement of the frantic folks who come to play the game. When one of the contestants does a cartwheel after taking the stage,... read more be the first to leave a comment
Well, I just finished ... | Matt Roush | 9/28/2007
Question: Well, I just finished watching the Big Bang Theory premiere and was blown away. Yes, blown away. In my defense, my favorite comedies of the past few seasons have been Arrested Development and 30 Rock. This is more traditional, and I got this great vintage Frasier feeling from it. The banter between the two main geeks rang oh-so-painfully true, as my equally misanthropic friends would attest. Yes, the humor is oftentimes broad. However, it gets many of the minute details of geek life right, including living most of your life in World of Warcraft (which I thought was the funniest gag). More to the point, the pilot achieved what every pilot is supposed to do: It made me want to watch next week's episode. Did you like Big Bang as much as I did? Actually, did you even like it at all? Answer: I wouldn't say I got as big a bang out of the show as you obviously did — it took me a while to get past that opening scene in the sperm clinic — but there was plenty of funny writing in... read more be the first to leave a comment

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Big Bang Theory, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS

Big Bang Theory, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS

Big Bang Theory, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS

The Big Bang Theory, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS

The Big Bang Theory, Simon Helberg, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kunal Nayyar courtesy Sonja Flemming/CBS

The Big Bang Theory, Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons courtesy Monty Brinton/CBS

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Title	Year	Type
The Big Bang Theory (Actor - Sheldon)	2007	TV Show Series
10 Items Or Less (Actor - Male Receptionist)	2006	Movie
School For Scoundrels (Actor - Dr. P's Student)	2006	Movie
The Great New Wonderful (Actor - Justin)	2006	Movie
Heights (Actor - Oliver)	2005	Movie

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