The Big Bang Theory is a 2007 English-language Comedy Romance series created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady directed by Mark Cendrowski and produced by Faye Oshima Belyeu under the banner of Chuck Lorre Productions in collaboration with Warner Bros. Television. for CBS. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper are both brilliant physicists working at Cal Tech in Pasadena, California. They are colleagues, best friends, and roommates, although in all capacities their relationship is always tested primarily by Sheldon's regimented, deeply eccentric, and non-conventional ways. They are also friends with their Cal Tech colleagues mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Rajesh Koothrappali. The foursome spend their time working on their individual work projects, playing video games, watching science-fiction movies, or reading comic books. As they are self-professed nerds, all have little or no luck with women. When Penny, a pretty woman and an aspiring actress from Omaha, moves into the apartment across the hall from Leonard and Sheldon's, Leonard has another aspiration in life, namely to get Penny to be his girlfriend. Written by Huggo. The big bang theory stars Johnny Galecki in the title role along with an ensemble cast including Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Sara Gilbert and Mayim Bialik. The music was composed by Barenaked Ladies. Editing was done by Peter Chakos. The show has a running time of 18-22 minutes for each episode. The show has a total of 279 episodes during it's run of 12 seasons. It was released on 11th July 1997. Distribution rights for the series were acquired by Warner Bros. Television Distribution.