The Big Bang Theory / Season 4

Season 4 of The Big Bang Theory
Original title	The Big Bang Theory - Season 4
Episodes	24
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 23, 2010 - May 19, 2011 on CBS
German-language first broadcast	September 6, 2011 - November 26, 2011 on ProSieben + 3+
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The fourth season of the US sitcom The Big Bang Theory celebrated its premiere on 23 September 2010 at the transmitter CBS . The final was broadcast on May 19, 2011. The first twelve episodes were first broadcast in German from September 6, 2011 to October 11, 2011 on ProSieben and the remaining episodes from October 22, 2011 to November 26, 2011 on 3+ .

actor

See also : Cast of The Big Bang Theory

Role name	actor
Dr. Leonard Leakey Hofstadter	Johnny Galecki
Dr. Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper	Jim Parsons
penny	Kaley Cuoco
Howard Joel Wolowitz, M.Eng.	Simon Helberg
Dr. Rajesh "Raj" Ramayan Koothrappali	Kunal Nayyar
Dr. Bernadette Maryann Rostenkowski	Melissa Rauch
Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler	Mayim Bialik

Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D / CH)	Director	script	Odds (Germany)
64	1	31 lovers, rounded up	The Robotic Manipulation	23 Sep 2010	6 Sep 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Steve Holland Idea: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Dave Goetsch	1.54 million
Penny learns that Sheldon and Amy have been in contact for four months and even have plans for a child together, but never meet in person. She convinces Sheldon to change that and helps him on his very first date. But the evening with Sheldon and Amy is no fun for Penny, especially when Sheldon uses his observations to calculate how many men she has already been intimate with. Howard developed a robotic arm for the International Space Station and uses it for everyday things, including masturbation . But this leads to an embarrassing mishap and he needs the help of Rajesh and Leonard. These take him to the doctor, where he is easily freed from his predicament by the office hours help.
65	2	The safest place in the world	The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification	Sep 30 2010	6 Sep 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Chuck Lorre & Jim Reynolds Idea: Bill Prady, Lee Aronsohn & Steve Holland	1.40 million
Sheldon notes that by the time it becomes possible to load his consciousness into a robot body, he will already be dead. So he tries to extend his life by changing his diet and getting active. When his efforts did not produce the desired result, he decided not to leave his room and to master everyday life by means of a remote-controlled self-construction that he called virtual presence . The opportunity to meet Steve Wozniak in the Cheesecake Factory and have an old computer model signed, however, makes him give up his plan to never leave the room. In his hurry, however, he falls in the stairwell and is from then on involuntarily forced to stay in bed.
66	3	Paradoxical psychology	The Zazzy Substitution	Oct 7, 2010	13 Sep 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Lee Aronsohn, Steven Molaro & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady & Jim Reynolds	1.51 million
Sheldon and Amy spend more and more time together, much to the chagrin of the others, who cannot cope with Amy's condescending manner in which she even surpasses Sheldon. So they prefer to spend their time with Penny rather than in the flat share. When Amy demeans the scientific importance of theoretical physics and insults famous physicists, Sheldon ends his friendship with her, much to the delight of the others. He compensates for the loss by getting more and more cats and taking them with him everywhere, including to work or the bathroom. Leonard is worried about the strange behavior of his roommate and has to call Sheldon's mother once again, who actually manages to reconcile Sheldon and Amy with a trick and to get Sheldon to give up the many cats again.
67	4th	And now with your tongue	The Hot Troll Deviation	Oct 14, 2010	13 Sep 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Adam Faberman	1.46 million
Howard runs into Bernadette at the Cheesecake Factory and realizes that he regrets separating from her. He tells Penny about the "fling" that led to the breakup at the time and persuades her to arrange a meeting. The two speak up and decide to try again. Meanwhile, Rajesh has to share the office with Sheldon, but does not get his own desk, because Sheldon has strained the tight budget with useless things like an ant farm glowing in the dark. To annoy Sheldon, Rajesh buys an oversized (" brobdingnagischen ") desk at his own expense , which takes up almost all of the office space, and thus triggers a guerrilla war with Sheldon, with which both make life difficult for each other, without one emerges as the winner.
68	5	The stench of desperation	The Desperation Emanation	Oct 21, 2010	Sep 20 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland Idea: Bill Prady, Lee Aronsohn & Dave Goetsch	1.89 million
Leonard notices that everyone around him has a girlfriend, except him. Amy's proposal to meet a woman in a bar turns out to be fruitless, so he makes use of the pact between Howard and him (see season 3, episode 5) and Bernadette introduces him to one of her friends. But this turns out to be too boyish and does not correspond to Leonard's ideas at all. Meanwhile, Sheldon panics because Amy wants to introduce him to her mother and he misinterprets this as a sign of her desire for a "real" relationship. He tries by all means to avoid her, but the whole thing turns out to be a misunderstanding, because Amy just wanted to pretend her mother was having a "real" relationship.
69	6th	Stay away from my sister	The Irish Pub formulation	Oct 28, 2010	Sep 20 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Steven Molaro	1.67 million
Rajesh's sister Priya is visiting and spends an intimate night with Leonard, despite his pact with Howard that he made years ago not to do anything with Priya and Rajesh's prohibition against touching his sister. It also turns out that he had done this several years earlier on Priya's first visit without anyone knowing about it. This time, however, both are caught by Sheldon and Leonard asks his roommate to keep the secret to himself. Sheldon then devises a detailed and unreliable story that Leonard is supposed to provide an alibi if necessary. Ultimately, the secret comes out while eating in the university cafeteria, because Leonard fails to lie to Rajesh and Howard. The conversation ends in a general “confessional round”, in which everyone confesses past misdeeds of their own and betrays the misconduct of another in the group and apologizes for them.
70	7th	Visit from the FBI	The Apology Insufficiency	Nov 4, 2010	27 Sep 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland Idea: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari	1.56 million
Howard gets the chance to work on a secret space project, so his friends are questioned by an attractive FBI agent to determine his trustworthiness. Rajesh is overly nervous during the conversation, fearing that the FBI will find an excuse for his deportation, while Leonard is overconfident flirting with the agent. Both later blame Howard for being classified as untrustworthy, but in reality Sheldon caused the classification because he accidentally revealed something about the Mars rover incident (see season 2, episode 8). When Howard does not accept his apology, Sheldon seeks advice from Penny and decides to make a generous gesture to show Howard his remorse: He gives Howard his place on the couch, but demands him back after only 94 seconds.
71	8th	21 seconds	The 21 Second Excitation	Nov 11, 2010	27 Sep 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Lee Aronsohn, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland Idea: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady & Jim Reynolds	1.47 million
Sheldon desperately wants to see a new version of Indiana Jones in the cinema, which contains 21 seconds of previously unseen material. Since his friends dawdle in the Cheesecake Factory despite Sheldon's warnings , a long line has already formed in front of the cinema when they arrive. In addition, Sheldon's archenemy Wil Wheaton and his friends are simply let in and get the best seats in the cinema, while Sheldon and his friends go away empty-handed. In order to get revenge, Sheldon sneaks through a side entrance into the projection room and steals the film rolls. Meanwhile, Penny spends a girls' night out with Amy and Bernadette. After a rather stiff start, the three improvise a slumber party at Amy's suggestion and play, among other things. a. Truth or Dare , in the course of which Penny is confronted with uncomfortable questions about her relationship with Leonard.
72	9	The wrong right friend	The Boyfriend Complexity	Nov 18, 2010	Oct 4, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & David Goetsch Idea: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Jim Reynolds	1.77 million
Penny's father Wyatt is visiting and she pretends to be back with Leonard, because Wyatt sees him as the only acceptable partner for his daughter so far. Leonard enthusiastically plays the game that deceives not only Wyatt, but also Sheldon (who even rewrites the flat share contract to take Penny into account). But he pushes it too far, so that Penny finally confesses the truth to her father. To Leonard's surprise, Wyatt is not mad at him, but even begs him to fight for Penny because he wants a "sensible" son-in-law. Howard and Bernadette meanwhile keep Rajesh company during a 12-hour sky observation and a misunderstanding almost leads to a kiss between the drunk and depressed Rajesh and Bernadette, who only wanted to cheer him up. Howard can prevent this at the last moment and is accidentally kissed by Rajesh himself.
73	10	The animal Amy	The Alien Parasite Hypothesis	Dec 9, 2010	Oct 4, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Lee Aronsohn, Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland	1.75 million
Amy gets to know Penny's ex-boyfriend Zack at dinner with Penny and Bernadette. She feels sexually attracted to him, which is expressed in physical reactions that are unusual for her, the cause of which she only recognizes in the context of a scientific analysis assisted by Sheldon. Sheldon feels overwhelmed by Amy's sexuality and doesn't know how to behave. Penny gives him advice that he misunderstands and tries to get Amy and Zack to a one-night stand . Meanwhile, Rajesh and Howard want to clarify which of the two - should they ever get superpowers - the hero and who the sidekick would be. After a not very informative test of courage, a wrestling match with Leonard as referee should clarify the question instead of fighting, but both are limited to endless verbal battles.
74	11	The embarrassing kiss	The Justice League Recombination	Dec 16, 2010	Oct 11, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland Idea: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari	1.92 million
Penny meets up with Zack, who is about to connect with her friends. But they think he's stupid and make fun of him. To make amends, they take him to the comic book store, where Stuart approaches them about the annual New Year's costume contest. They want to compete as the Justice League as always and Sheldon decides to have Zack play Superman instead of Leonard this time to finally win first prize. Since Amy does not want to and Bernadette is not available, Penny should also come as Wonder Woman . But she is not at all enthusiastic, just like Rajesh, who was forced to play the role he hated as Aquaman and who would rather be Wonder Woman himself. Leonard manages to get Penny to come along and they actually win first prize. On the way back from the celebration, the “Justice League” observed a crime, but did not behave heroically.
75	12	The bus pants	The Bus Pants Utilization	Jan. 6, 2011	Oct 11, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan Idea: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari	1.83 million
Leonard wants to make money by creating an app that can recognize and solve differential equations and convinces his friends to participate. Sheldon claims to be in charge of the project, but with his arrogance ultimately causes him to be kicked out by Leonard, who makes it unmistakably clear that he is the boss. Sheldon's attempt to bribe Howard and Rajesh fails and when he disturbs the others while working with a theremin , Leonard even throws him out of the apartment. Penny takes him to her apartment, even though he mocks her for her own idea for an app, and convinces him to play remorse to the others in order to be accepted back into the project. At first he succeeds, but quickly falls back into his arrogant demeanor and is finally fired, so that he finally helps to implement Penny's idea for an app to recognize shoes.
76	13	The neutral zone	The Love Car Displacement	Jan. 20, 2011	Oct 22, 2011	Anthony Rich	Lee Aronsohn, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland Idea: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady & Dave Goetsch	-
Amy persuades Penny to take her "best friend", her and the others to a symposium and spend the weekend with them. As it takes place in a wellness hotel, she agrees, but the weekend is not very relaxing. After a strenuous drive, especially for Penny, everyone arrives at the hotel, where Bernadette meets her attractive ex-boyfriend Glenn. Howard becomes jealous and an argument breaks out, so Bernadette wants to stay with Amy and Penny. Penny can't stand it together with Amy and goes to Sheldon and Leonard, with whom she shares the bed. Sheldon flees because he fears sex between Leonard and Penny and finds accommodation with Rajesh, who is thrown out by Sheldon and finds accommodation with Penny and Leonard, thus preventing the two from rapping again. At a panel discussion the next day, everyone gets into a personal and reproachful argument because of the latest incidents and the annoyed Penny decides to go back to Leonard's annoyance with Glenn.
77	14th	A dream of Bollywood	The Thespian Catalyst	Feb 3, 2011	Oct 22, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Jim Reynolds	-
Sheldon gives a lecture as a visiting professor and is dejected to see the students on Twitter gossip about the boring lecture and horrific professor while the others have fun. Amy advises him to take acting classes to improve communication with the students, and he pays Penny to teach him the basics. But he ridicules all the exercises and also rejects the suggestion to play The Cat on the Hot Tin Roof . Instead, they both rehearse a Star Trek- based piece that he wrote himself as a child. While he is playing the role of his own mother, suppressed emotions suddenly break out and Penny has to intervene. Meanwhile, Rajesh, triggered by a remark by Bernadette, has repeated daydreams in which the main point is that Howard asks him to "take care of" his girlfriend.
78	15th	The man of the hour	The Benefactor Factor	Feb 10, 2011	Oct 25, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Steve Holland Idea: Bill Prady, Lee Aronsohn & Dave Goetsch	1.25 million
Leonard, Sheldon, Howard and Rajesh are ordered by the university president to a fundraising event with wealthy patrons, whose financial injections the university depends on. They should explain the importance of their work and raise funds. Sheldon refuses at first, but Amy explains the importance of such undertakings. At the party, the four meet a wealthy elderly lady who takes a liking to Leonard and invites him to dinner the next day. On the way back she kisses him and gives the impression that she can only finance the new centrifugal pump that is needed for a sexual favor from Leonard. As a result, Sheldon encourages Leonard to get involved and does not understand why he is reluctant to do so. Ultimately, Leonard accepts the offer and to the delight of his colleagues and the university president, the university receives the necessary money.
79	16	I am not your mother!	The Cohabitation Formulation	Feb 17, 2011	Oct 29, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds Idea: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Dave Goetsch	-
Howard leaves Bernadette's apartment early in the morning to help his mother as usual. Bernadette is not very enthusiastic and later asks him to choose between her and his mother. Howard, who in the meantime has fallen out with his mother because of her, spontaneously decides to move in with Bernadette, but expects the same service from her that his mother gives him, so that the coexistence fails. Meanwhile, Leonard learns of Priya's return to the USA and visits her because he wants to revive the relationship (see season 4, episode 6). Although Rajesh strictly forbids her, Priya agrees and the two become a couple, which forces Amy to give comfort to her "best friend" Penny, even though she insists she has no problem with Leonard's new friend. Ultimately, however, she shows her true feelings and thereby helps Amy achieve scientific success.
80	17th	The jewel of Mumbai	The Toast Derivation	Feb. 24, 2011	Nov 1, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds Idea: Bill Prady, Dave Goetsch & Maria Ferrari	-
Leonard spends his evenings with Priya in Rajesh's apartment and Howard joins him. Sheldon doesn't understand what has become of the regular meetings in the flat until Amy makes it clear to him that it is not him, but Leonard who is the focal point for the circle of friends. Sheldon then looks for a new circle of friends in which he can be the center, and invites his college colleague Barry Kripke, comic book seller Stuart, Penny's ex-boyfriend Zack and (via Twitter) LeVar Burton . While Penny is having a girls' evening with Amy and Bernadette and the others are at Rajesh's without Sheldon and telling funny stories about his quirks, Sheldon tries unsuccessfully to have fun with his new friends. When Barry Kripke also sets up a karaoke machine, Sheldon flees to Rajesh and tries to come to terms with the new situation, which means that he also misses the late LeVar Burton.
81	18th	Two hearts	The Prestidigitation Approximation	10 Mar 2011	Nov 1, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan Idea: Bill Prady, Steve Holland & Eddie Gorodetsky	-
Priya begins to "straighten out" Leonard: She persuades him to wear contact lenses instead of glasses, although he cannot tolerate them, and clothes him again. At first Leonard is enthusiastic about it, but later she also makes it clear that she does not like his dealings with his ex-girlfriend and even demands him to break off contact with Penny. Leonard doesn't have the heart to do this at first, but after an embarrassing encounter in the restaurant, he has no choice but to address the topic and Penny assures him to keep his distance so as not to endanger his relationship. Meanwhile, Sheldon is being driven insane by Howard with a card trick. Despite enormous efforts and hacked government computers, he cannot decipher the secret of the trick, because he overlooks all the time that Howard and the others set him up.
82	19th	The Zarnecki campaign	The Zarnecki Incursion	31 Mar 2011	Nov 12, 2011	Peter Chakos	Bill Prady, Dave Goetsch & Jim Reynolds Idea: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Maria Ferrari	-
Sheldon's World of Warcraft account is hacked and all of his virtual goods are stolen. The police do not want to help him, so his friends join forces to find the brazen thief. After doing some research, Howard manages to identify the thief: a certain Todd Zarnecki from Carlsbad . Sheldon persuades the others to go there and get the virtual property back. Since Priya showed little understanding for such activities, Leonard tells her that he has to work until late at night. They actually meet Todd, but he is unimpressed and the four of them drive back empty-handed. When Leonard's car breaks down on the way, he cannot ask Priya for help because of his lie and calls Penny. She still has a problem with Leonard's new relationship, but still helps the boys out of a mess and also "convinces" Todd to give Sheldon his property back.
83	20th	Don't tell anyone!	The Herb Garden Germination	Apr 7, 2011	Nov 12, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland Idea: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Eddie Gorodetsky	-
Amy tells Sheldon that Bernadette reportedly wants to end her relationship with Howard. Sheldon is disinterested in such talk, but Amy convinces him of the importance of rumors in small social groups. The two then start an experiment on rumors in small social groups. They're also circulating two rumors to see which one will spread faster. Meanwhile, the supposed separation of Howard and Bernadette is making the rounds and Rajesh is already happy because he is in love with Bernadette and now thinks he can try his luck. Howard, on the other hand, contemplates a marriage proposal, so his friends are concerned about his impending disappointment. To the surprise of everyone and to the disappointment of Rajesh, the original rumor that Penny circulated turned out to be unfounded, because Bernadette accepted the proposal before the entire group.
84	21st	Souvlaki instead of pizza	The Agreement Dissection	Apr 28, 2011	Nov 19, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan Idea: Bill Prady, Dave Goetsch & Eddie Gorodetsky	-
Priya stands up for Leonard as a lawyer when Sheldon confronts him with some alleged violations of their roommate agreement. Sheldon has to put up with several defeats and then joins Penny, Amy and Bernadette's women's evening to blaspheme Priya with them. The four go to a bar and then dance and at the end of the evening Sheldon accompanies the drunk Amy to her apartment, where Amy advises him not to obey the rules of fair play in the fight against Priya. She also kisses him, but both decide the next day to forget the kiss. Sheldon drafts a new and legally watertight roommate agreement and forces Leonard to sign it by threatening to tell Priya's parents about the relationship between Priya and Leonard. Under pressure from Priya, Leonard out of necessity signs the new contract.
85	22nd	The antelope in a curry	The Wildebeest Implementation	May 5, 2011	Nov 19, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Eddie Gorodetsky & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan	-
Penny and Amy decide to send Bernadette as a spy to dinner with Howard, Leonard and Priya. She is supposed to hear Priya and Leonard about their relationship and to make Leonard jealous by lies that Amy secretly sends her via SMS. Allegedly, Penny turns z. B. a 3D film with Angelina Jolie . Amy's mistake leads to the misunderstanding that Penny has met an astronaut and Bernadette quickly struggles to explain when the others begin to question the story. Rajesh, meanwhile, gets the chance to try a new drug for his inhibitions to talk to women. To test it, he visits a café with Sheldon and manages to address an attractive woman. However, the drug has a strange side effect: it completely exposes itself in public. In addition, Sheldon develops a chess game for three players, which, however, becomes more and more complicated and in the end can hardly be recognized as a chess game.
86	23	Wedding and heart attack	The Engagement Reaction	May 12, 2011	Nov 26, 2011	Howard Murray	Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland Idea: Bill Prady, Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds	-
Howard and Bernadette decide to finally tell Howard's mother about the engagement. After returning from a restaurant visit with Bernadette, Howard brings her the good news. His mother, who is currently in the bathroom, falls unconscious and Howard fears a heart attack due to the news. While he and his friends are waiting for the results of the examination in the hospital, Sheldon, who could only be persuaded to come along with a lecture from Penny, struggles with his fear of the many pathogens. While fleeing from possible sources of infection, he accidentally ends up in an isolation room and has to remain in quarantine himself from then on. Eventually it turns out that Howard's mother just contracted food poisoning and had no problem with her future daughter-in-law.
87	24	Exchange of men	The Roommate Transmogrification	May 19, 2011	Nov 26, 2011	Mark Cendrowski	Bill Prady, Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds Idea: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Eddie Gorodetsky	-
Howard feels inferior because, after Bernadette's doctorate, he is the only one who cannot show a doctorate and is raised because of it. In addition, his girlfriend gets a job at a pharmaceutical company, where she will earn significantly more than him, and gives him an expensive gift. This offends him even more, so that an argument breaks out. Meanwhile, Rajesh can no longer stand his sister's sexual activities with Leonard and swaps his room with Leonard. During a video call, he overheard that Priya wanted to move back to India without his knowledge. He then reveals his relationship to her parents and spends the night on the couch in the shared apartment. Little does he know that Rajesh and Penny got closer after a few glasses of red wine over dinner with Sheldon and spent the night together in Leonard's room. The next morning, Penny regrets the incident and tries to sneak out of the flat without being noticed, but is caught by Leonard, Sheldon and Howard, who had come to the flat because of his argument with Bernadette.

DVD release

In the United States , the fourth season DVD was released on September 13, 2011. In the United Kingdom and Germany , the DVD for the fourth season has been available since September 26, 2011 and April 13, 2012, respectively.

Web links

• Episode list of the fourth season of The Big Bang Theory at fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

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2. ↑ ^{a b} Good start for "The Big Bang Theory" --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved September 7, 2011 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Primetime check: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved September 15, 2011 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} "Two and a Half Men" is also attracting in this country --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved September 21, 2011 . 
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6. ↑ ^{a b} "Half Men" strong, "Big Bang" brilliant --quotemeter.de. In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved October 6, 2011 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} meedia.de Meedia: TV ratings from October 11, 2011
8. ↑ "Big Bang Theory" overtakes "Half Men" . Oddsmeter.de. Retrieved January 6, 2012.