The Big Bang Theory TV Show

Pretty much the last thing you’d expect of a cranium-straining show like The Big Bang Theory is a no-brainer, but correct me if I’m wrong: Its casting of The Daily Show smartass Lewis Black is exactly that.

The Comedy Central hothead will appear in the sitcom’s second episode of the season (airing on Sept. 28) as Professor Crawley, a Caltech entomologist whose life is a shambles. Worse—for him, anyway—it’s a shambles through which Sheldon and Wolowitz are happy to rummage for the sake of settling a bet.

Whad’ya think? Is Black’s guest gig a smarter move on his part or the series’? Sound off below!

The Big Bang Theory will finally make a go of a Leonard and Penny relationship this fall, but things get off to a rough start.

“After two years of foreplay, they finally [have sex] and it doesn’t go so great,” reveals exec producer Bill Prady. “There was so much anticipation that when they finally make it all the way, they have trouble finding their groove.”

They won’t be the only ones going through an awkward adjustment period. “Sheldon does not like waking up and finding Penny in their apartment, which happens in the second or third episode,” says Prady. “And he’s not happy when she makes French toast on oatmeal day.

“But Sheldon believes this is a temporary anomaly,” Prady adds. “He thinks [the romance] will come to an end and everything will be back the way it is.”

Do you agree with Sheldon? Or are you confident that Penny and Lenard have staying power? Comment away!

It’s been confirmed that Leonard and Penny will get together this fall on The Big Bang Theory.

But the relationship won’t exactly go smoothly, as executive producer Bill Prady told Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello in that magazine’s latest issue.

“When they finally [have sex], it doesn’t go so great,” he said. “There was so much anticipation that when they finally make it all the way, they have trouble finding their groove.”

Well, sure. Who among us hasn’t been there?!?

Also, Prady aded, “Sheldon does not like waking up to find Penny in their apartment.”