# "The Big Bang Theory" Moves To Thursdays **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002 "2010-05-19T14:23:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/1 "2010-05-19T14:23:57Z")
CBS announced it’s schedule for next season > [@](#): > > MONDAY > 8-8:30 p.m. — How I Met Your Mother > 8:30-9 p.m. — Rules Of Engagement > 9-9:30 p.m. — Two And A Half Men > 9:30-10 p.m. — _ **Mike & Molly** _ > 10-11 p.m. — _ **Hawaii Five-O** _ > [@](#): > > THURSDAY > 8-8:30 p.m. — The Big Bang Theory > 8:30 - 9 p.m. — **_$#_! My Dad Says** \* > 9-10 p.m. — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > 10-11 p.m. — The Mentalist Full story and schedule at: [TVNewsCheck](http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2010/05/19/daily.5/) Interesting as CBS for years (decades) has been trying to establish a comedy night on Thursdays. Looks like they gave that up and are trying for comedy on Thursdays. So will you watch BBT when it moves to Thursdays? Do you think it’s a good move? Will it hurt the ratings? Hmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/2 "2010-05-19T14:35:24Z")
This move puzzles me, because I thought the BBT/2 and a Half Men combo brought in the best ratings of any network on Mondays. I’ll still watch it, because I torrent/Hulu shows I don’t see live. Of course, now pretty much every show I watch is on Thursday - The Office, 30 Rock, Community, Burn Notice, Always Sunny… ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/3 "2010-05-19T14:36:47Z")
Currently, my TV Thursday is Bones, Fringe, The Office, 30 Rock and Supernatural. I don’t see much room for another show. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/4 "2010-05-19T14:39:15Z")
I was puzzled to at first, but CBS clearly has been trying to establish a new night of comedy. Even back to the early 90s when they had “The Nanny” on Wednesdays and it was due to be cancelled, then it was moved to Mondays for reruns in the summer and became a hit. CBS has always put what they thought as stronger shows on Wednesdays (Like _Becker_ and _King Of Queens_) after establishing them on Mondays to get a “beachhead” so to speak on another weeknight for comedy. CBS has basically owned Mondays going back to the _I Love Lucy_ days. Since _The Big Bang Theory_ is now the #1 comedy (beating _Two And A Half Men_) seems logical (in a way) they’d move it. Kind of like when FOX moved _the Simpsons_ to Thursdays to go head to head with _Cosby_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/5 "2010-05-19T14:42:48Z")
Other: I’ll watch or TiVo it when convenient, but _Community_ will always have priority. NBC Thursday isn’t the juggernaut it once was, but trying to fight that comedy block with comedy still seems foolish to me. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/6 "2010-05-19T15:09:51Z")
So when the next season of \*\*Survivor \*\*starts are they just going to juggle **The Big Bang Theory** all over the place? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/7 "2010-05-19T15:11:50Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > So when the next season of \*\*Survivor \*\*starts are they just going to juggle **The Big Bang Theory** all over the place? That was my first thought as well. Are they going to move **Survivor** to a new night? Then I read the link, and that answered my question. **Survivor** has moved to Wednesday nights. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/8 "2010-05-19T15:22:44Z")
3 DVRs, I never miss anything I like no matter where they put it. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/9 "2010-05-19T15:55:27Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Then I read the link, and that answered my question. **Survivor** has moved to Wednesday nights. Oh dear god. Well, everyone, you may as well give up on deciding what CBS shows you will & won’t watch. Once my wife (who works late on Wednesdays) gets word of this, there are going to be a rash of unexplained deaths at CBS, resulting in the collapse of the network. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/10 "2010-05-19T16:00:37Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > 3 DVRs, I never miss anything I like no matter where they put it. Basically this. Although I think this is a dumb move since CBS has owned mondays since they had the BBT and 2.5 men on there. Then again this is just the upfronts and most likely will be changed. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/11 "2010-05-19T16:13:11Z")
My reaction depends on NBC’s fall schedule. I don’t want to skip _Community_, but I’d happily watch _The Big Bang Theory_ instead of, say, _Parks & Recreation_. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/12 "2010-05-19T16:20:52Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > 3 DVRs, I never miss anything I like no matter where they put it. This is me too, but I will say I really like the move. I have nothing on Thursday since dropping the Office and failing to be interested in 30 Rock. And being a child of the 80s, it hurts to not have something to watch on Thursdays. I’m getting into Always Sunny on DVD, so finding out that it is a Thursday show just makes things peachy. If the new Shatner show is any good (skeptical), we are back to Must See TV Heights! Of course, now my Monday is reduced to HIMYM and the previous night’s Simpsons. You know, I COULD just show some restraint and save some shows from earlier in the week to any given day, but that’s not how I roll. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/13 "2010-05-19T16:21:15Z")
Nope, not if it’s up against Community (and I’m DVR-less so I don’t have the “watch both” option). I would like to see it moved to an earlier time on a different night, though. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/14 "2010-05-19T16:31:23Z")
Thursday my family generally watches/records Vampire Diaries, Bones, and Supernatural, so I guess we’ll need to crank up the basement DVR. Mondays were House, 2/5 Men, BBT, and Castle. Trying to think if we regularly record anything on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, or Fridays… Maybe Lie to Me, wherever that is going to go if they ever start showing it again. I’ve been trying to reduce the amount of TV I’ve been watching, tho. Really trying to get off the couch and spend my evenings walking the dogs, practicing golf, or working on my car. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/15 "2010-05-19T16:52:55Z")
How do people who watch TV until 11 p.m. (and then local news and maybe even a late night talk show) manage to get up for work the next day? I guess I did it when I lived in Seattle, but it’s really nice to have the last prime time show over with by 10 p.m. Says the old lady who eats supper at 5 p.m. 🙂 BBT’s move is okay with me. It won’t be up against anything else I like. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/16 "2010-05-19T17:04:03Z")
I’d watch it if they’d get rid of the worst laugh track on television. How do you people stand it? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/17 "2010-05-19T17:04:21Z")
I only watch shows on VCR, so it doesn’t matetr what time they pick. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby\_Slippers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/94ad74/32.png) [@Ruby\_Slippers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby_Slippers)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/18 "2010-05-19T17:07:34Z")
I’m happy to see it moving to an earlier time slot. I start nodding off by 9:30 (I’m old and I get up early to go to work), so 8:00 suits me just fine. But Big Bang Theory is one of the few shows I might actually stay up late to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/19 "2010-05-19T17:07:45Z")
I don’t like them moving _anything_. I especially hate the way networks like to pile every fucking show worth watching on television on the same fucking night, because God forbid there should be something to watch on the other nights of the week - no, they must all be in direct, head-to-head competition so you’re glued to your couch watching shows on one tv, recording on your DVR, and recording on your VCR in the basement. Fuckers. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002/20 "2010-05-19T17:08:22Z")
Like **Swords** , I watch it on the computer, not on the TV. It doesn’t matter to me when they schedule it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-moves-to-thursdays/540002.md?page=2)