For a while it was a little up in the air as to whether wed even see a new season of televisions most popular sitcom. CBS decided to play all of their cards and renew the show for three years through seasons eight, nine and ten and right into 2017 but hadnt locked the cast into contract before they did so, allowing central trio Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons and Johnny Galecki free rein to renegotiate their contracts. The three are getting Friends money now: a million dollars an episode each, which pretty much signals the death of the show after season ten regardless of the ratings, as like Friends and Frasier before it the show will become just too expensive to air. But, with a slight delay in filming, season eight now appears to be back on schedule. So what does the next television year have in store for our favourite geeks and their long-suffering better halves? There are, of course, spoilers heading your way here so if youve been sticking your fingers in your ears and going la la la la I cant hear you at the whole internet for the last few weeks, then turn away now.