The Big Bang Theory season 6

The Big Bang Theory (season 6)
Season 6
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)
Season chronology

The sixth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory will air on CBS from September 27, 2012. Series creator Bill Prady stated that the writers would start back writing season 6 in mid-June 2012 and filming of season 6 would begin on August 14, 2012. On May 10, 2012, Prady stated that "not all the characters will be in California when [season 6] begins". The series' season premieres have typically been set immediately following the events of the preceding season finales, and Howard is travelling from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at the end of season 5.

On July 11, 2012, Prady announced on Twitter that the show's 6th season will premiere on September 27, 2012.

On August 22, 2012, it was announced that Kevin Sussman, who plays Stuart, the comic book store owner has been promoted to series regular.

Cast

Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory characters

• Leonard Hofstadter, portrayed by Johnny Galecki, is an experimental physicist with an IQ of 173 who received his Ph.D when he was 24 years old. He shares an apartment with colleague and friend, Sheldon Cooper. He and Penny dated at one point during the series, but they broke up during season 3. They start dating again in season 5.
• Sheldon Cooper, portrayed by Jim Parsons, is a theoretical physicist. Originally from East Texas, he was a child prodigy, starting college at the age of 11, right after completing the fifth grade. He received the Stevenson award when 14 and received his Ph.D when he was 16. He has an IQ of 187 and exhibits a strict adherence to routine; a lack of understanding of irony, sarcasm, and humor; and a complete lack of humility or basic empathy. He is dating Amy Farrah Fowler, when he asked her to be his girlfriend.
• Penny, portrayed by Kaley Cuoco, is the attractive, blonde neighbor who lives across the hall from Sheldon and Leonard. She has aspirations to an acting career, but has not been particularly successful thus far, only boasting a few small roles as well as a part in a hemorrhoid commercial. To pay the bills, she works as a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory. She and Leonard dated during season 3 and broke up. In the finale episode of Season 4, she was thought to have slept with Raj after drinking, but Raj revealed to her they didn't. During season 5, Penny begins to date Leonard again. Her last name has never been revealed.
• Howard Wolowitz, portrayed by Simon Helberg, is an aerospace engineer. He is Jewish, and lives with his mother. Unlike Sheldon, Leonard, and Raj, Howard lacks a Ph.D. He defends this by pointing out that he has a master's degree in Engineering from MIT and the equipment he designs is actually built and launched into space, unlike the purely abstract work of his friends. He provides outrageous pick-up lines and fancies himself a ladies man with suitably unimpressed reactions from Penny. Though he finds that he has limited success with other women at first, he begins dating Bernadette in season 3, but they break up. They get back together in the Season 4 episode "The Hot Troll Deviation", become engaged in the episode "The Herb Garden Germination" and are married in the last episode of season 5.
• Rajesh Koothrappali, portrayed by Kunal Nayyar, is an astrophysicist originally from New Delhi, India. Known commonly as "Raj", he works alongside Sheldon exploring the string theory implications of gamma rays from dark matter annihilations. He is very shy around women and is physically selective mutism/unable to talk to them unless he drinks alcohol. His sister, Priya, dates Leonard in season 4 and part of season 5.
• Bernadette Rostenkowski, portrayed by Melissa Rauch, is a microbiologist. Bernadette is introduced to Howard by Penny while the two were working together at the Cheesecake Factory. At first she and Howard do not get along, as they appear to have nothing in common. When they find out that they both have overbearing mothers, however, they feel a connection. She was upgraded to main cast status in the episode "The Hot Troll Deviation", in which she and Howard revisit their previously unsuccessful relationship. She and Howard get engaged, and much comical fodder is created through similarities between Bernadette and Mrs. Wolowitz. She marries Howard at the end of season 5.
• Amy Farrah Fowler, portrayed by Mayim Bialik, is a neurobiologist. Raj and Howard meet her on an online dating site using a fake account for Sheldon. She is very similar to Sheldon, except that she is more open to social interaction and thus more susceptible to conventional behaviour. She becomes close friends with Sheldon, prompting regular assertions from him that she is a girl and is his friend, but she is not his girlfriend. She finally became his girlfriend when Sheldon decides to change the course of their relationship after he becomes jealous when Amy goes out on a date with comic book store owner Stuart Bloom. Amy also forms a quirky friendship with Penny, whom Amy frequently refers to as her "bestie" and becomes Bernadette's Maid of Honor at her and Howard's wedding.

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
112	1	"The Date Night Variable"	Mark Cendrowski	Story: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Steve Holland Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari	September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27)	3X7602	N/A

References

General references

• "The Big Bang Theory Season 6 episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
• "Shows A-Z – big bang theory, the on CBS". The Futon Critic. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
• "The Big Bang Theory: Episode Guide". MSN TV. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
• "The Big Bang Theory Episode Recaps". CBS. Retrieved August 23, 2012.