How The Big Bang Theory Survived The 2007-08 Writers’ Strike

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From November 2007 to February 2008, Hollywood production stopped on a strike by Writers of the Guild of Americaaffecting the two coastal factions of the creative guild … and according to Jessica Radloff’s book on “The Big Bang Theory”, this strike was, in a way, a GOOD Something for the series of Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady.

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Like Radloff and the distribution and team of the program tell us in its oral history in 2022 “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series“The strike occurred just Eight episodes In the very first season of the show, but when the productions closed its doors in California and New York, something interesting happened. Because the network had to show something For the public during the strike, they continued to show these first eight episodes.

“In my opinion, the strike was one of the most accidental things that could have happened to us because CBS took over our first eight episodes again and again,” Jim Parsons, who directed the series under the name of Sheldon Cooper for twelve years and seasonssaid Radloff. Lorre accepted, saying: “In a way, it was a first Netflix experience. The show was always available to be seen.”

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“Episodes were shown on flights, and that made us a lot of traction,” said Kaley Cuoco, who played Penny from the pilot to the series’s final. “I started to bring people to say:” Oh my God, I watched some episodes on my return flight the other day and it was so funny! “People who would not seem twice were forced to look at it in a way.”

In the end, as Radloff says to the reader, not only “the Big Bang theory” was renewed for a second season, but the renewal occurred super quickly Because this eight episodes race was so large on CBS. “Each renewal was a moment of pure joy, but this renewal arrived very early,” said Prady. “It was very clearly linked to the success that CBS released these first eight episodes during the strike. There are no other logical explanations.” Nina Tassler, the former president of Entertainment at CBS, confirmed Prady’s belief: “When we returned, the fans base was starting to develop and the viewer had increased.”