Not everybody is a "Big Bang Theory” fan

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http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...ry-season-7-e4

Meet one person who doesn’t get the appeal of the CBS sitcom.
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#JmpmWBa6X6ChgpCx.99

[Yong Fang]

I am a casual watcher of this show. Not a favorite, but it is OK.

People have different tastes in what they like. My father HATED Carol Burnett for some reason and HATED The Carol Burnett Show with a passion. I don't like a lot of popular things on television. Different tastes.

[MrCleveland]

I watched "Big Bang Theory", I tried to get into the show...but I really couldn't for some apparent reason.

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http://officialfan.proboards.com/thread/500105/cbs

Post by Art Ruth was Undecided on 11 hours ago

A lot of people find Big Bang Theory annoying because a lot of the humor is like "Ha, I just made a joke poking fun at nerds, high-five!"

Which like you said, is good for a few laughs, but it gets old really fast. That, and many people find Sheldon to be insufferable.

Post by Mozenrath on 11 hours ago
Big Bang Theory sometimes seems unsure of who it is trying to cater to. Sometimes they seem to try to throw a bone to the nerds they spend much of the time mocking, and then they go right back to "HAHA, get it? They're socially sub-human!" It's a show with a lot of identity problems.

[spunkygirl]

Well duh, all shows have non fans

This is a place for people who like the show, seriously dude

[Chocolate Moose]

a lot of the humor is meant for young ppl. my kids were surprised that i liked the show and understood what they were saying.

[veggie-tari-jenn]

sooooo true....I love the show and find it a hoot and a half but my hubby cant stand it and doesn't find it funny at all...

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Originally Posted by spunkygirl

Well duh, all shows have non fans

This is a place for people who like the show, seriously dude

What exact rule is there that says that you can only "legitimately" like virtually 100% that comes out of a certain show that's discussed her on SitcomsOnline, to discuss it in the first place? That would be like saying that you aren't allowed to post anything remotely critical or negative on say an IMDb message board for said show either.

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http://www.salon.com/2014/11/15/peop...g_bang_theory/

“The Big Bang Theory” is the most popular TV show in America, consistently ranking in the top two or three TV comedies since its fourth season, and leading the ratings for syndicated content in the last two years, except last year when it was narrowly beaten out by “Judge Judy.” I had never seen it, and so I thought the eighth season might be a good opportunity to find out what all the fuss was about.

I like TV. If it distracts me from my brain-noise without the added stimulus of an additional screen nearby, I’m in. “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” passes this test, as does “Chopped,” as do seasons of “30 Rock” that I’ve already seen up to four times. I have seen more episodes than I’d really care to admit of the Netflix horror-telenovela “Hemlock Grove,” which is about a town in Pennsylvania where some people are werewolves and other people are vampires and no one has ever noticed this or done anything about it, even though there are a ton of mysterious vampire/werewolf-related things happening all the time.

I’ve seen every episode of “Don’t Trust the B (In Apt. 23)” and I cried when it was cancelled. When I see a headline along the lines of “Has this Episode of American Horror Story Finally Gone Too Far?” I already know that my answer will be ha-ha, no. I watch all the critically acclaimed usual suspects, too, usually gulping them down as soon as they start streaming. But that leaves a lot of time for trashier fare, even in this golden age of Quality Television. I’m not just making sure you know that I’m not a snob. I’m trying to say that it’s kind of a miracle that I’ve never dipped into the wealth of “Big Bang Theory” episodes available to me before now.

Too bad it’s the millionth thing this week to make me do complicated mental gymnastics in order to avoid having the banal, snobby thought, “Are most Americans just plain dumb?” I don’t think people are stupid, really – I believe that some of us are ignorant, and many of us vote against our own interests. It’s a lot easier to understand why people do this in the realm of public policy, though, than to get why they do it in the realm of private entertainment.

“Big Bang Theory” is about a group of friends, some of whom are nerdy scientists and some of whom are women, two of whom are both. Two of the leads, Leonard and Amy, are played by beloved ’90s sitcom stars Johnny Galecki and Mayim Bialik, respectively. One of the characters, astrophysicist Raj, has a thick Indian accent. Another, Bernadette, speaks in a squeaky baby voice. The plotlines pivot around petty dramas between the friends, who do things like meet in Leonard’s apartment, where most of the show takes place, and eat Chinese takeout out of its containers and talk to each other.

There is a laugh track, which isn’t a dealbreaker for me, but it does jar when all the lines being canned-laughed at are so gratingly unfunny. I watched all seven episodes that had aired so far this season and didn’t so much as expel air forcefully from my nose in response to any of the jokes. The closest anything came to being funny was when Bernadette told Penny, whose thing is that she’s blonde, pretty, stupid and incompetent, “Oh, I get it – you want to get a job doing something you’re good at! Well, unfortunately there are no jobs at the sitting-around-all-day-wearing-yoga-pants factory!”

That was as funny as things got. Most of the show’s humor revolves around characters saying layperson-incomprehensible things that have to do with science, but in the middle of ordinary situations, like “well that’s like the difference between a photon and a neutron!” This could work well, I think, once or twice. This show has been on the air since 2007.

The good news is that “Big Bang Theory” is just bad, not evil. Aside from Penny’s unintelligence being played for “laughs,” the show is relatively progressive in its treatment of gender. In one of the episodes I saw, Penny and Amy and Bernadette are involved in a subplot where Amy, in an attempt to scientifically study something about friendships, tries to pit the friends against each other. In the course of this plot they have several conversations about work, thereby ensuring that the show passes the “Bechdel test” (female characters must talk, to each other, about something other than men).

There aren’t any hot wife/schlub husband jokes, both men and women are seen to be nerds, and there isn’t anything overtly horribly racist going on, except the show’s mostly-whiteness and Raj’s “funny” accent. And the theme song, by the Barenaked Ladies, provides a brief history that begins with the titular “Big Bang” and goes on to cover concepts like Neanderthals using tools; it would not be compatible with a theory of the universe that takes the Bible literally. So that’s something, at least. There’s hope for America yet.

[Mace Dolex]

Its ok for a couple of chuckles but I don't find it required viewing, when Sheldon starts rambling on about scientific BS like neutrons and protons or who was the better captain, Kirk or Picard then it just gets annoying.

And the increasingly stupid forced audience laughter makes the laugh track used on 60's sitcoms real by comparison.

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Why is The Big Bang Theory so unpopular?

[Mace Dolex]

I remember awhile ago someone had uploaded TBBT clips minus the laughtrack onto YouTube and yeah it definitely feels awkward when there's silence after a punchline.

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http://whatculture.com/tv/15-most-ov...e-so-far.php/3

14. The Big Bang Theory

The Show: A sitcom that revolves around four nerdy scientists and the ridiculously attractive girl who lives across the hall and inexplicably hangs out with them.

Why It’s Overrated: It’s hard to argue with the fact that The Big Bang Theory filled a unique niche when it came out: it felt like one for the geeks, what with its abundance of pop-culture references to Star Trek, gaming and whatnot, but it was also broad enough that non-geeks could enjoy it and perhaps feel a little more clever as a result.

The amusingly acerbic characters were well-drawn, especially Jim Parson’s acidic Sheldon, but by the time it got a few seasons in, BBT had essentially Flanderized most of its characters, transforming them into one-note caricatures.

The romances and plot-lines also started to get too outlandish, and by its currently-airing eighth season, it just feels like the show continues because it makes too much money to be shut down. The annoying laugh track and pandering humour are so grating, and it just feels like the actors don’t have their hearts in it anymore. Still, people clearly love it, because it’s only recently hit its ratings peak, suggesting it has plenty of life left.

[Yong Fang]

The legendary baseball manager Yogi Berra once said "No one goes to that place anymore.....it's too crowded." BBT is still the number one show on television. People might be tired of it, but it is still there.

TV shows have a lifespan. Average about five years or so. Five seasons is a successful series. After Season 5, shows show their age and decline. People quit the show, the writing is burned out, the story is getting unrealistic as time move forward. Two examples of this in my opinion is The Middle and Modern Family on ABC. Both shows are on the slow decline in my opinion. The kids are older and how many scenarios can the actors be in every week?

BBT is unrealistic. Here we have two 40 year old men who live with each other, but who have professional jobs which does not necessitate them sharing the rent to save money. One guy (Leonard) is engaged to be married to the woman across the hall, but is unwilling to cut the cord with his roommate.

The roommate Sheldon is in an asexual relationship with a woman, who is willing to be strung along by this guy for years and years. No intimacy, no real prospect for marriage, nothing. I have said, make Sheldon gay or just not give him a woman at all.

The one who "grew up" is ironically Wolowitz. First season, he was really creepy, borderline sex offender creepy who lived at home with his mother, who plays with toys and crap. Later, he got married, has his own home and moved forward. Truthipali (sic, I know) is more realistic too, who actually lives on his own and got over his fear of woman (although I hate Emily, she's a bitch). Kate Miccuci would be so good in this role. But that is not here nor there.

I think the show now is stuck in neutral, especially with Leonard and Sheldon. But if people still like the format, this is how it is.

[Mace Dolex]

Just the other there was a bit in an episode where they're talking comic book stuff and they mention stuff like SNIKT and BAMF of which only an X-Men and/or comic reader would understand the joke so it just feels stupid when the laughtrack starts howling.