THE BIG BANG THEORY: Executive Producers Bill Prady and Steve Holland on Reaching Episode 250

THE BIG BANG THEORY reaches its 250th episode milestone on Thursday, April 5…but the producers didn’t realize they had reached that mark until they had already written the installment.

“We don’t have the numbers on the board, as we’re doing it,” executive producer Steve Holland explained in the video below before the show’s PaleyFest panel. “Every week, we honestly just try to tell the best episode that we can do. It was sort of after the fact [we realized], ‘Oh, that one was 250. Should we have done [something]? Should it have been something bigger.’ But [executive producer] Chuck [Lorre]’s attitude has always been just do the best episode you can; that’s all that matters.”

But reaching the number—a feat few shows accomplish—”was emotional,” executive producer Bill Prady admitted in the video below. “But at the same time, we have the work to do.”

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THE BIG BANG THEORY Producers Tease Guest Star Bill Gates

THE BIG BANG THEORY is welcoming another big name guest star in Thursday’s new episode: Bill Gates (who is playing himself).

In the episode, Penny’s (Kaley Cuoco) pharmaceutical company hopes to partner with Gates’ corporation. Needless to say, Leonard (Johnny Galecki), Raj (Kunal Nayyar), and Howard (Simon Helberg) lose their minds with excitement and after Penny declines to introduce them, the trio go more than a little overboard to try and get face-time with the billionaire genius.

Before the CBS comedy’s PaleyFest panel, executive producers Bill Prady and Steve Holland teased what to expect from Gates’ appearance in “The Gates Excitation.” Read more

THE MUPPETS: Bill Prady Previews the New ABC Comedy

THE MUPPETS are taking center stage on ABC, and they have an established writer in their corner: THE BIG BANG THEORY co-creator Bill Prady.

Prady — who began his writing career at Jim Henson Productions — co-created the 2015 version of the series with Bob Kushell, and this new version is showcasing these characters in a bit of a new light.

While writing on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Prady and his fellow writers were open about tackling episodes as they came (versus planning out huge arcs), and Prady shared he’s using the same method on THE MUPPETS.

“It’s the same process; we just try to come up with the best story we can,” Prady said. “We write the Muppets as real people, with real relationships, and real lives.”

Case in point? Miss Piggy, who is the host of her own show in this world  — THE MUPPETS follows the backstage shenanigans of the cast/crew of her show, UP LATE WITH MISS PIGGY — discovers that her employees aren’t including her in post-work fun.

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