After ten seasons, it looks like the show may be coming to an end.
It may be one of the most popular sitcoms of the last ten years but there’s no doubt that the writers of The Big Bang Theory have been phoning it in ever since Penny and Leonard got together.
Now, the stars of the show are looking for an increase of the $1m-an-episode deal that they agreed in 2014 or an 11th season of the show will not go ahead.
While showrunner Steve Molaro insists that the uncertainty is not affecting production on the tenth series, he is now living script-by-script and can offer no guarantees that the show won’t end sooner than anticipated.
“All we can do right now is focus on season 10 and go script-by-script, which is what we would be doing anyway,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
“As far as I’m concerned, here in the writers’ room, it’s business as usual: moving forward with the characters and letting them live their lives day by day and feeling out what happens with them.
“We don’t really arc out stories too far, and we let things happen organically, and if things catch us by surprise — like Bernadette being pregnant or something like that — if it feels right, we go with it.
“It’s more of that and if and when we know something that’s actual information that can be helpful [regarding the contracts], we may do something differently, but until then, we’re sticking to the game plan.”
Molaro says that the more notice he has about the potential end of the show, the better prepared he will be to write a fitting end.
“The more the better. If I had a couple of episodes of advance warning, I’m confident we could do something meaningful, but hopefully it won’t come to that.”
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