The Big Bang Theory season 11
The eleventh season of the American television sitcom The Big Bang Theory aired on CBS from September 25, 2017 to May 10, 2018.
The series returned to its regular Thursday night time slot on November 2, 2017 after Thursday Night Football on CBS ended.
Production
In March 2017, the series was renewed for an eleventh and twelfth season, running through the 2018–19 television season.Like the previous season, the first five episodes of the eleventh season aired on Mondays due to CBS' contractual rights to air the Thursday Night Football games.
Filming for the eleventh season began on August 15, 2017; it was also announced with the taping report that the premiere for the eleventh season would be titled "The Proposal Proposal". Before the season premiered, five episodes were filmed from August 15 to September 19, 2017.
According to TV Guide, Steve Holland announced on September 22, 2017, that both Bob Newhart and Wil Wheaton would return this season after their absences during the tenth season. A clip showing a wedding gift from Stephen Hawking was released separately, although not included in the twenty-fourth episode.
Cast
Main cast
- Johnny Galecki as Dr. Leonard Hofstadter
- Jim Parsons as Dr. Sheldon Cooper
- Kaley Cuoco as Penny
- Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz
- Kunal Nayyar as Dr. Rajesh "Raj" Koothrappali
- Mayim Bialik as Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler
- Melissa Rauch as Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz
- Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom
Recurring cast
- Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper
- Christine Baranski as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
- Stephen Hawking as himself
- Regina King as Janine Davis
- Brian Posehn as Dr. "Bert" Bertram Kibbler
- Wil Wheaton as himself
- Bob Newhart as Dr. Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton
- John Ross Bowie as Dr. Barry Kripke
- Dean Norris as Colonel Richard Williams
- Brian Thomas Smith as Zack Johnson
- Brian George as Dr. V. M. Koothrappali
- Pamela Adlon as Halley Wolowitz
- Joshua Malina as President Siebert
- Lauren Lapkus as Denise
Guest cast
- Riki Lindhome as Ramona Nowitzki
- Ira Flatow as himself
- Swati Kapila as Ruchi
- Beth Behrs as Nell
- Walton Goggins as Oliver
- Bill Gates as himself
- Megan McGown as Cynthia
- Peter MacNicol as Dr. Robert Wolcott
- Neil Gaiman as himself
- Jerry O'Connell as George Cooper Jr.
- Courtney Henggeler as Missy Cooper
- Teller as Larry Fowler
- Kathy Bates as Mrs. Fowler
- Mark Hamill as himself