WHEN LEONARD AND SHELDON MEET PENNY, LEONARD IS IMMEDIATELY SMITTEN, ON A REBROADCAST OF THE PREMIERE EPISODE OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY," MONDAY, DEC. 31

"Pilot" - When Leonard and Sheldon meet Penny, Leonard is immediately interested in her, but Sheldon feels his friend is chasing a dream he'll never catch, on a rebroadcast of the premiere episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, Dec. 31 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT). (Originally broadcast 9/24/07)

Brilliant physicists, Leonard and Sheldon, who are the kind of "beautiful minds" that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact with people, especially women. All this begins to change when a free-spirited beauty named Penny (Cuoco) moves in next door. Sheldon, Leonard's roommate, is quite content spending his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends, fellow Cal Tech scientists Wolowitz (Helberg) and Koothrappali (Nayyar). However, Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities. including love.

SERIES REGULARS:

Leonard: Johnny Galecki
Sheldon: Jim Parsons
Wolowitz: Simon Helberg
Koothrappali: Kunal Nayyar
Penny: Kaley Cuoco

WRITERS: Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, co-creators and executive producers

DIRECTED BY: James Burrows

RATING: TV-14-DL