The Big Bang Theory on CBS

I don't watch much television, so I hadn't heard of this show before. I saw a few clips on Hulu and decided to get the first season from Netflix.

This show is wonderful. I never imaged that a show that make jokes about string theory or Schrödinger's cat would survive on network television and actually get renewed, twice! The only explanation I can come up with is that a critical part of their demographic is people who can hack the Nielsen computers.

The best part of the show is Jim Parsons who plays the socially dysfunctional string theorist, Sheldon. When I say socially dysfunctional, I mean the part of his brain that is supposed to process social cues from other people is totally nonfunctional. It gives him a sort of man from Mars viewpoint that drives much of the humor. I can totally relate to Sheldon, since I have tendencies in that direction myself, but that isn't that unusual in software development. I remember one team I was on where the company psychologist said our team meetings reminded him of a grade school at recess.

Go check out some clips here:

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/video/?category=editorial

I'd suggest trying "Sheldon's Friendship Flowchart":
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/video/video.php?cid=501654023&pid=E0ISWS45wZsPt28foZ3xxVxQW0dXAUWu&play=true&cc=2

"Also Just a little String theory doodling."
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/video/video.php?cid=501654023&pid=Aly48-iIAr9AUz5YmdNXfObRBFuAkwtR&play=true&cc=2