Presumably it's the same people who liked Two and a Half Men who like The Big Bang Theory, because both shows were created by the same guy and because both shows exhibit the same levels of awfulness. Seriously, how has this been on the air for so long? There's so little to laugh at - at least, no ironically - across the span of every episode that it's genuinely confusing as to how 175 of the darn things have been made. And it's just getting worse and worse with every season. Is there any reason for this sub-par excuse for a comedy, which seems to have been created in some sort of time void, to continue? The worst crime committed by the show, of course, stems from the fact that it's a show about geeks for people who aren't (and know nothing) about geeks; if these characters really existed, they'd make terrible examples of said social group - the pop cultural references are often wrong or twisted to fit the show's intentions, whilst the geeky things that true geeks would know are miscommunicated, dumbed down or missed. The result is super jarring. In short: The Big Bang Theory has overstayed its welcome. With its ninth season likely inevitable at some point in 2015, here's hoping that CBS forget to renew it thereafter.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
