The Big Bang Theory aired its last episode

The Future of TV Comedy After the End of 'Big Bang'

LOS ANGELES – The Big Bang Theory has just aired its third-to-last episode on May 5, and it was the most-watched program on broadcast or cable TV with 12.5 million viewers. It was actually rated higher than HBO’s Game of Thrones.

Looking back in 2006, TV critics gave applauds to 30 Rock—a comedy that dared to air without a laugh track and it is included Arrested Development, The Office, and Everybody Hates Chris. Then, the next year, The Big Bang Theory aired its first show. While at that time people are swooned over comedies that don’t have laugh track as the back sound, The Big Bang Theory came up with a 1950s style that has studio-audience tapings and recorded guffaws intact. Jim Parsons, who plays Sheldon Cooper, even revealed that some would question its chances to be a big show.

After the last episode aired, people are questioning whether the viewers will accept another traditional sitcom? Can the old-school ones survive?

Chuck Lorre, the creator of The Big Bang Theory, answered the questions. He said that he still believe that shooting a show in front of an audience is a magical way to tell a story.

He also stated that people are not watching The Big Bang Theory because of the camera or the back sound, but rather the story as well as the characters. If both are good, it will find an audience.

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