THE BIG BANG THEORY Season Finale: Steve Holland on Sheldon and Amy’s Wedding

It’s a very THE BIG BANG THEORY wedding in Thursday’s season finale.

After years of courtship—and a year after Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) surprise proposal—Sheldon and Amy (Mayim Bialik) are tying the knot. Of course, it’s not exactly a traditional wedding: Sheldon’s frenemy/STAR TREK vet Wil Wheaton and STAR WARS icon Mark Hamill are among the attendees.

However, navigating an event this big took work. Not only did the writers work their way toward this moment all season, but they had to lock down a large number of returning cast members. (Including Sheldon’s on-screen mother—and recent Oscar nominee—Laurie Metcalf.)

We spoke with executive producer Steve Holland (prior to the writers actually penning the episode) about what the team’s priority was in crafting the episode. Read more

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.”

Check out more from Prady and Holland… Read more

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