The Big Bang Theory season 4
Two new female characters joined the main cast.
The fourth season of The Big Bang Theory ran on CBS from late September 2010 to mid-May 2011. That year, Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik joined the main cast as Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski and Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler after their auditions. For his performance in the episode "The Benefactor Factor," Johnny Galecki earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. Jim Parsons won that same award for his work in "The Agreement Dissection."
Quick Facts
- Season number
- 4
- Showrunner
- Bill Prady
- Starring
- Johnny Galecki
- Jim Parsons
- Kaley Cuoco
- Simon Helberg
- Kunal Nayyar
- Melissa Rauch
- Mayim Bialik
- Episodes
- 24
- Network
- CBS
- First aired
- 23 September 2010
- Last aired
- 19 May 2011
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Did You Know?
- In March 2009, the series received a renewal for a third and fourth season through the 2010–11 television season.
- Kaley Cuoco's character, Penny, was absent from the fifth and sixth episodes after Cuoco fell off a horse and broke her leg.
- When returning to the series, Penny was shown working as a bartender instead of waitressing at The Cheesecake Factory to hide Cuoco's injury.
Reception
The fourth season received particular praise for character developments. Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx praised the additions of Bernadette and Amy to the cast, writing that the show could now spend large chunks of episodes focusing only on the women, making Penny a more well-rounded character. Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club wrote that the interplay between Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco remained the show's secret weapon. Eric Hochberger of TV Fanatic noted that Mayim Bialik fit perfectly in the cast and played off Kaley Cuoco as well as Emmy Award-winning Parsons.
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