YOU CAN WATCH JUDGE JUDY RICE
HERE ON CBS 2 AT 4:00 RIGHT
BEFORE THIS NEWSCAST.
AFTER 12 SEASONS OF NERD SCIENCE
ELECTED HIT "THE BIG BANG
THEORY" TAKES ITS FINAL BOW NEXT
MONTH.
PAT: THE SHOW HAS MADE HOUSEHOLD
NAMES OF ITS STARS AND PUT THE
CITY OF PASADENA ARE MUCH BIGGER
MAP.
BRITTANY HOPPER IS LIVE IN
PASADENA WITH THE IMPACT THE
SHOW HAS HAD ON THAT CITY.
REPORTER: HEY PAT AND JEFF IT'S
SO SAD THE SHOW IS COMING TO AN
END.
I'M A HUGE FAN AND THERE ARE
MILLIONS OF FANS AROUND THE
WORLD ESPECIALLY HERE IN
PASADENA.
IN FACT TAKE A LOOK.
THEY HAVE EVEN NAMED A STREET
AFTER THE BIG BANG THEORY CALLED
"THE BIG BANG THEORY" WAY.
YOU ARE THE ONE I'M WITH AND
YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
WHO KNEW A GROUP OF SCIENCE
NERDS TALKING ABOUT QUANTUM
PHYSICS COULD BE SO FUNNY AND
RELATABLE.
FOR 12 YEARS "THE BIG BANG
THEORY" HAS CAPTIVATED A HUGE
AUDIENCE INCLUDING THE MAYOR
PASADENA FOR THE SHOW IS BASED.
I ASKED THEM WHAT DID DO THEY
KNOW ABOUT PASADENA AND THEY
TOLD ME IT'S WHERE "THE BIG BANG
THEORY" WAS.
APPARENTLY IF WE WHEN I WILL
BE THE FOURTH WOMAN EVER TO WIN
A NOBEL IN PHYSICS.
REPORTS OF THE SHOW NOT ONLY
HELPS PUT PASADENA ON A MAP OF
THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY WHERE LEONARD AND
SHELDON WORK.
THE FACT THAT PROGRAM IS
HUMANIZED SCIENTISTS AND MANY
PEOPLE IDENTIFY WITH THEM IN
TERMS OF BEING REGULAR PEOPLE
WITH REGULAR
REFLECT BADLY ON THE CITY OF
PASADENA.
WE VISITED THE SET AND ANOTHER
FUN
FUEL MANAGEMENT DID THE SHOW
HIRED A PHYSICS PROFESSOR FROM
UCLA TO HELP THE WRITERS PUT
SCIENCE IN THE SCRIPTS.
HOW ABOUT A SENSORY
DEPRIVATION TANK?
REPORTER: THE COMES IN AND THE
CAST TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THEIR
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS.
I LOVED OUR FIRST KISS WAS --
WHICH WAS ON THE TRAIN.
THE WHOLE UNIVERSE THAT COMES
TO BRING US TOGETHER AND GOING
TO MISS.
THE SHOW REALLY MADE SCIENCE AND
MADE PASADENA MORE WELL-KNOWN
AND FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS MADE
MILLIONS LAUGH.
REPORTS OVER THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS
WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL STORY ON
"THE BIG BANG THEORY" AND WE
WILL TALK TO CAST MEMBERS AND
WRITERS ALL LEADING UP TO THE
