10 Geek Secrets The Big Bang Theory Made Famous

Geek culture tends to hang on tight to its favourite things. Until now.

By Jack Morrell / October 3, 2018

Those of you who, like Caine in Kung Fu, wander the internet every day in search of tidbits of information about television, comics and film to then re-post to the internet and argue about well, like us, you probably need to stop spending your days doing that, and, like us, you'll have heard that the three principle cast members of The Big Bang Theory have recently renegotiated their salaries to a cool million dollars an episode for the upcoming three seasons of the show.

That's right, apparently CBS didn't check to see whether their biggest hit actually had its stars attached for an eighth season before it renewed it for the eighth, ninth and tenth seasons, thus playing their hand rather early when it came to discussing Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco and Jim Parsons new contracts.

Those three will be getting a staggering $72 million each out of the next three years work, a sum referred to as Friends money in television circles. But thats because The Big Bang Theory is not just CBS biggest hit, but the most popular show on television that doesn't involve enormous men slowly playing rugby in far too much padding. It's even big in the coveted 18-49 demographic, something that cant be said for all the CSI/NCIS clones that clog up US network television. It's big.

You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to The Big Bang Theory. And the show makes a virtue out of casual references to part of geek culture that most geeks thought theyd get to keep to themselves which means that innocent young men and women across the world are suddenly finding themselves having to explain to friends and family what conventions are, why people dress up for them, and that no, they dont speak Klingon but they probably know someone that does. The Big Bang Theory has revealed all of geekdom's secrets to the world! Here's how.