Talk about your miracles of modern science. Just last week, the TVGuide.com video crew paid a visit to the set of CBS' increasingly popular The Big Bang Theory — and the episode we saw them taping airs tonight! It's a great one, too, as Sheldon's new "friendship" with robot war rival Kripke forces him to "vote out" a member of his existing (anti)social circle. Jim Parsons shares a look at the episode in the video after the jump!
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You can have your McDreamy and McSteamy but theres no bigger Casanova on TV these days than The Big Bang Theorys premieres Monday at 8 pmET on CBS ultra-suave Howard Wolowitz Sure he didnt get the girl last season but theres no reason to think the multi-lingual mamas boy cant get lucky in Season 2 We caught up with Simon Helberg who has just landed a coveted gig on the Coen brothers new flick to get the lowdown on Wolowitzs lady-killing skills and why a certain ageless boy band should make a very special appearance on the CBS hit Joyce EngTVGuidecom Can you give us the scoop on Season 2Simon Helberg I dont know can I [Laughs]TVGuidecom Well last we saw Leonard and Penny went on their date and in the opener we see it didnt go too wellHelberg Yeah it wasnt too great [Laughs] Youll get to see what happens after that We just finished the fourth episode Its a lot of Leonard and Penny toying with each other back and forth you k
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Perhaps Simon Helberg is ashamed to admit that he shares some of the same qualities (or at least the same fashion sense) that make The Big Bang Theory's (Mondays at 8 pm/ET, CBS) Howard Wolowitz "the biggest nerd on the planet." But as long as he keeps the laughs coming, we couldn't care less. We chatted with Helberg to see how he stayed busy during the strike, what new levels of geekdom we can expect in the remaining episodes and just where the man and dork divide.
TVGuide.com: So how happy are you to be back at work?Simon Helberg: I'm very glad to have a reason to leave the house. I turned into a bit of a hobbit over that little hiatus. I was bearded and felt like I belonged at Woodstock or something. So I finally shaved and showered and came back to work, which is just great.
TVGuide.com: Since you weren't s
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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 ...
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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, C...
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