SHELDON AND AMY HONEYMOON, ON A REBROADCAST OF THE 12th SEASON PREMIERE OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY," THURSDAY, JAN. 24

Kathy Bates and Teller Return as Amy's Parents, and Neil deGrasse Tyson Guest Stars as Himself

"The Conjugal Configuration" - Sheldon and Amy's honeymoon runs aground in New York, while Penny and Leonard discover they are uncomfortably similar to Amy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fowler (Teller and Kathy Bates)
. Also, Koothrappali insults physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and starts a Twitter war, on a rebroadcast of the 12th season premiere of THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, Jan. 24 (9:01-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 9/24/18.)

REGULAR CAST:

Johnny Galecki (Leonard)
Jim Parsons (Sheldon)
Kaley Cuoco (Penny)
Simon Helberg (Wolowitz)
Kunal Nayyar (Koothrappali)
Mayim Bialik (Amy)
Melissa Rauch (Bernadette)

RECURRING CAST:

Kathy Bates (Mrs. Fowler)
Teller (Mr. Fowler)
Neil deGrasse Tyson (Himself)
Bill Nye (Himself)

GUEST CAST:

Giovanni Bejarano (Bellman)
Ciara Renee (Sunny Morrow)
Andy Kim (Tour Guide)

STORY BY: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan, Tara Hernandez

TELEPLAY BY: Steve Holland, Maria Ferrari, Jeremy Howe

DIRECTED BY: Mark Cendrowski