The actor also won a Golden Globe in 2011 and a spin-off prequel show, Young Sheldon, is doing well. A unique aspect of The Big Bang Theory was that the guest stars most of the time played themselves.

People talk about the universe starting with a Big Bang, but how could we possibly know anything about an event that happened billions of years ago – before our planet was even formed?

(Not Harry and Meghan.) Viewers of The Big Bang Theory finally saw Amy (Mayim Bialik) marry Sheldon (Jim Parsons) in Thursday night's season finale. But for timing reasons, producers had to cut a ...