The Big Brain Theory

2013-2013
1 season
Discovery Channel
Game Show, Reality
TV-PG

Follow two teams of contestants as they attempt to solve a seemingly impossible engineering challenge each week, from a missile defense system to robots that serve food. Celebrity judges include car racer Carl Edwards and astronaut Buzz Aldrin. At the end: a $50,000 grand prize.

2013-2013
1 season
Discovery Channel
Game Show, Reality
TV-PG

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Kal Penn

Self - Host

Amy Elliott

Self - Contestant & Engineering Grad Student

Joel Ifill

Self - Contestant & Welding Engineer

Dan Moyers

Self - Contestant & Space Systems Engineer

Episode 1

The Next Great Innovator

Wed, May 1, 2013 43 mins

Ten of the country's brightest minds begin a competition designed to discover the next great American Innovator.

The Big Brain Theory Season 1 The Next Great Innovator

Watch My Show: The Big Brain Theory's Kal Penn, Craig Piligian Answer Our Showrunner Survey

Kal Penn has played his share of doctors (House, How I Met Your Mother) and stoners (the Harold & Kumar films), and he'll star in CBS's new comedy We Are Men this fall. He's currently hosting Discovery's new competition series The Big Brain Theory: Pure Genius (Wednesdays, 10/9c). The show presents...

Wed, May 15, 2013

Watch My Show: The Big Brain Theory's Kal Penn, Craig Piligian Answer Our Showrunner Survey

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Wed, May 1, 2013

The Wednesday Playlist: Americans Finale, ABC's Tools, HBO's Manhunt

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