15 Fascinating IMDB Statistics About Your Favourite Shows

3. The Big Bang Theory: The Show Is In Decline

"The Big Bang Theory's just not the same as it used to be," the fans will tell you, citing a change in Raj, an addition of girlfriends and the ongoing saga that is Leonard and Penny, as the troubles in the show. IMDB users seem to agree, and judge that the show's been slipping since the third season. Season 2's 'The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis', the one where Sheldon's trying to find a present for Penny, is the best-rated episode of the show's history with a 9. Not long after that though, the average rating started dropping steadily; Season 4 dropped in popularity from the previous year, and Season 6 dropped 0.1 since that. That might not seem like much, but Season 7 is the worst-rated season of them all, and the only one to take a sharp decline in quality from the first episode to the last, despite 'The Thanksgiving Decoupling' managing an impressive 8.9. It's by no means dead yet, but 'The Big Bang Theory' is racking up as many poor episodes as it is good ones these days. There's the proof that the purists need, and it highlights exactly when the golden years were.