Cast Says Goodbye to 'Big Bang Theory'
by EG
The Big Bang Theory will be history later this month, but the cast was still shooting the series' final episode this week. As production wrapped on the episode, the stars took the time to say goodbye. Read on for details.
Via Hollywood Reporter.
On Tuesday, the cast and crew of The Big Bang Theory said their goodbyes via social media as the hit CBS show taped what would be its final episode after 12 seasons.
Premiering Sept. 24, 2007, the sitcom starring Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch will air its 278th and last episode on May 16.
Bialik, who plays Amy Farrah Fowler on the comedy created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, was among the first to post on social media, which she did while heading into Warner Bros. Studio in Burbank for the final taping. "Here we go. One last time," she wrote, along with sharing a picture of the iconic lot water tower.
Other cast members shared pictures of their final pre-taping huddle, an intimate moment that they have done since their first show.
The series finale was taped in the evening before a jam-packed studio audience that was complete with several members of the cast and crew’s friends and family. Multiple stars — including Galecki, Cuoco, Bialik and Rauch — all cried at various parts of the evening.
Warner Bros. TV president Peter Roth was, as per usual, on hand for the two-and-a-half-hour production. Lorre and Prady, as well as executive producer Steve Molaro and showrunner Steve Holland and regular director Mark Cendrowski, were all consumed by hugs at various points throughout the night.
Galecki and Cuoco each took turns addressing the live studio audience with emotional thanks to the diehard fans who supported the show for the past 12 seasons. The on-screen couple have made addressing the audience a regular part of their roles on tape night but Tuesday’s greeting to the fans present — some of whom waited in line for 14 hours for a seat — was beyond emotional as both actors cried as their 12-year journey came to a conclusion.
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