CBS will take the concept of “premiere week” very seriously this fall, launching nearly its entire lineup the week of Sept. 21.
The only outliers on the Eye’s launch schedule are Survivor: Samoa, which will debut Thursday, Sept. 17, and the new medical drama Three Rivers, with star Alex O’Loughlin, which will premiere Sunday, Oct. 4. [...]

Fire up your Diet Coke-and-Mentos cannons: The MythBusters are returning to Comic-Con. Joss Whedon and Dollhouse will be there too.
Discovery confirmed Friday that MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage will make their second consecutive San Diego Comic-Con appearance. Savage and Hyneman will be the stars of a panel at 7:15 p.m. PT Saturday, July 25, [...]

“The Mono Polar Expedition” is the big bangin’ finale for a sophomore season that didn’t slump. It’s been renewed for another year so fans can enjoy the episode without writing letters and mailing slide rulers to CBS to save it from cancellation. Perhaps there does need to be a campaign to get Jim Parsons an [...]

“The Classified Materials Turbulence” isn’t the final episode of the season. Turns out there’s a 23rd episode coming on next week. Why have they ruined the night with an introduction from Ryan Reynolds? He’s hosting CBS comedy night. Way to ruin our viewing pleasure.
The guys are back at the comic bookstore. Sheldon breathes in and [...]

“The Vegas Renormalization” does the time honored sitcom tradition of bring the characters to Sin City for an episode. Gomer Pyle once dragged Sgt. Carter to the town’s educational attractions like Hoover Dam. The Beverly Hillbillies’s Granny was excited to discover a town that rivaled Bug Tussle for action. There was a time when sitcoms [...]

“The Hofsadter Isotope” gives us a fresh episode after the rerun they stuck in front of last week’s NCAA men’s basketball final game. In case you’re curious, isotopes are the same chemical element with a different atomic number. This comes from one of them having more neutrons. Enough of the science lesson, let’s watch the [...]

“The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition” is one of those theories thought at the college in a really bad neighborhood like Columbia or USC. I stayed at a frat house at Columbia University that was so trashy that crack whores stayed away from it for fear it would depreciate their value. It was amazing to think that [...]

“The Work Song Nanocluster” sounds like a Soviet-style science theory. Or maybe something that North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il would declare as the latest way to improve productivity in the flag waving industry. Or maybe it’s the latest U2 single. At least this title suggests a peppier beat than that boots song Bono thought was a [...]

“The Terminator Decoupling” promises to bring true geek starpower to the show. It’s Summer Glau entering The Big Bang Theory universe. How will the boys go back to flirting with Penny after they get an upclose gander at the star of Firefly, 4400 and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles? Summer is a triple SciFi treat. [...]

The “Cushion Saturation” is a new episode after two weeks of reruns. Why reruns in what used to be known as February Sweeps? The networks pushed sweeps into March thus avoiding any hiccups caused by the digital switchover. The switchover has been pushed back to June so sorry about the reruns. This means we’ll get [...]

“The Maternal Capacitance” was bumped to the 9:30 time slot on the East Coast thanks to President Obama’s first primetime press conference. This is a good sign that the folks at CBS would rather shift The Big Bang Theory back instead of preempting it for the night.
The episode opens with the Howard, Raj and [...]

“The Financial Permeability” opens in the apartment with the guys staring a complex diagram on the magic marker board. They swear the problem is unsolvable. Turns out they are trying to find the perfect movie theater. They think they can solve the problem, but Sheldon refuses to substitute a Slurpee for an Icee. The guys [...]

“The Friendship Algorithm” has the guys sitting around the lunch table discussing Barry Kripke. Howard thinks he’s an enormous knob since he doesn’t eat at the cool kids table with them. Raj throws in a “for shizzzle.” Sheldon points out that Kripke controls a computer that he needs to use. Leonard mentions that Kripke only [...]

“The Killer Robot Instability” opens with the geeks checking out a newly constructed battle robot complete with a circular saw arm. They name the robot “Monty” as Howard breaks down the wicked stats of his lethal creation. It’s mechanized death. They look around the room to find a first time opponent for Monty. The Magic [...]

“The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis” is a perfect title for the holiday season. The guys are in the lunchroom having a heated discussion. Sheldon swears he knows exactly how Superman cleans his uniform. He flies through the sun. The geeks get into a heated argument about whether Superman can get sweat stains out of his [...]

“The Vartabedian Conundrum” keeps the focus on Leonard’s love life. The episode opens with Dr. Stephanie looking inside Sheldon’s ears. He hears a ringing and she can’t see anything. Sheldon fears its a tumor. Leonard thinks it might be from all the swirlies Sheldon received as a youth. Stephanie leaves for Leonard’s bedroom. She’s eager [...]

“The White Asparagus Triangulation” opens as Sheldon bumps into Penny at the mailboxes. He drops a “what’s shaking” on her. She gets freaked out as tries to use banal lines. He explains that this is how you’re supposed to open a conversation before you get to the awkward subject matter. He has a favor to [...]

“The Lizard-Spock Expansion” is a title that sets the geek bar high for this episode. Sheldon is watching Saturn 3. Raj wants to watch Deep Space 9. Leonard proposes a compromise of Babylon 5. Sheldon swears they should play a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock which two ups the conventional game. He explains [...]

“The Panty Pinata Polarization” kicks off with the gang playing Boggle using the Klingon dictionary. That’s severe geek action right there. Howard attempts to sneak in a Jewish word. They slap him down. Penny runs into the apartment. Her cable is out. She wants to see who Tyra kicks off America’s Next Top Model. Raj, [...]

After a rerun last week, “The Cooper-Noitzki Theorem” arrives with Leonard talking to new grad students in a classroom. Turns out his big science demonstration for them went to kaput thanks to a bottle of Snapple. Sheldon refuses to chat to the kids until Leonard swears he won’t take him to the comic book store. [...]