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The Big Bang Theory is a brilliantly written sitcom TV series. However, in its initial season, the offensive nature, misogyny, and glaring flaws of the show were criticized by people that the writers worked on and got rid of it in the later seasons.

Bill Pardy and Chuck Lorre directed the TV series, and it stars Jim Parsons, Simon Helberg, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Kunal Nayyar, Melissa Rauch, and Mayim Bialik. The show premiered on CBS on 24 September 2007 and concluded on 16 May 2019. The show is centered around five characters living in Pasadena, California. Sheldon Cooper and Leonard Hofstadter are two physicists who share an apartment, and an aspiring actress and waitress, Penny, who lives across the hall. Sheldon and Leonard have similar geeky friends, astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali and aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz.

The show aired for a pretty long time, and the show has a few interesting characters. If you loved the series, then here is the list of ten best series you might consider in your watchlist.

Young Sheldon

Young Sheldon should be the first entry in the list as the series is the prequel of the show Big Bang Theory. Steven Molaro and Chuck Lorre created the series that centers around young Sheldon at the age of nine, living with his family and trying to adjust with his siblings and co-students. In the previous series, Jim Parsons, who played the character of old Sheldon, provides voiceover in the show.

The show provides the same humor, and the audiences are very familiar with the characters in the show. It is the kind of show that would not typically do well, but thanks to some excellent writing skills and acting from the young actor Ian Armitage in the protagonist’s role, the series received exceptional critical success.

The television series got an approval rating of 76% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 45 reviews with an average rating of 6.61/10. And on Metacritic, the show scored 63 out of 100 based on 25 critics.

The IT Crowd

One of the finest sitcoms in the 2000s was The IT Crowd. The show has the essence of the trio in the Big Bang Theory, Sheldon-Leonard-Penny. The character of Maurice, played by Richard Ayoade, is the Sheldon of the group. He is a strange man who is obsessed with nerd culture.

Graham Linehan created the British sitcom The IT Crowd, starring Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Chris O’Dowd, and Katherine Parkinson. The plot of the show revolves around three staff members of the IT department: work-shy Roy Trenneman (played by Chris O’Dowd), computer programmer Maurice Moss (played by Richard Ayoade), and department head Jen Barber (played by Katherine Parkinson).

The show has won the BAFTA, the Rose d’Or television entertainment awards, and the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

Two And A Half Men

Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn created the television sitcom Two and a Half Men. The show aired on CBS for twelve seasons from 22 September 2003 and concluded on 19 February 2015. It stars Jon Cryer, Marin Hinkle, Charlie Sheen, Melanie Lynskey, Conchata Ferrell, and Holland Taylor.

The series’s plot follows Charlie Harper, a hedonistic jingle writer; his brother, Alan, and Alan’s son, Jake. Since the director of the Big Bang Theory and Two And A Half Men is the one man both the show have few things in common. The humor and style of the show’s production have similarities, even if the overarching setting of the show is different. The success of the show is the fourth-highest revenue-generating program that earned $3.24 million for an episode.

The series received 46 Primetime Emmy Awards nominations and won six technical awards. It has received two GoldenGlobe Award nominations for Charlie Sheen for Best Actor in a Television Series- Musical or Comedy.

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother is a strange quirk in the world of American sitcoms. Craig Thomas and Carter Bays created the show and were directed by Pamela Fryman.

The show follows Ted Mosby and his friends who live in New York City in Manhattan. Ted recounts his daughter, Penny, and son, Luke, from the events 2005 to 2013, that led Ted to meet their mother.

The series depends on a group dynamic; however, most would agree that the show runs off the limitless petrol of Neil Patrick Harris, played by Barney Stinson. The first few episodes are saved by Harris and the latter few as well.

One could compare the show with Big Bang Theory as what would the latter seasons look like without Sheldon?

How I Met, Your Mother was nominated for 30 Emmy Awards and won ten of them. Actor Alyson Hannigan won the People’s Choice Award for the Favorite TV Comedy Actress.

Friends

Friends are one of the most popular TV shows. Marta Kauffman and David Crane are the creators of the famous sitcom. The series aired on NBC from 22 September 1994 to 6 May 2004. The show starred Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, and Matthew Perry.

The show is also about a group of friends just like Big Bang Theory around their 20s and 30s live in Manhattan, New York City. The show is nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards and won the 2002 Outstanding Comedy Series for the eighth season. Friends ranked 21 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time and number 7 on the List of 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time on Empire magazine. The comedy series ranked number 24 on the Writers Guild of America’s 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time.

It follows six friends, Monica Geller, Rachel Green, Phoebe Buffay, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Ross Geller. The story depicts the characters’ romantic adventure and career issues, including Joey’s auditioning for the roles and Rachel’s job search in the fashion industry. Relationship tragics like Monica and Richard Burke or Ross and Emily Waltham, and Ross and Rachel’s on and off relationships.

The above are a few sitcoms that you can watch if you liked the TV show Big Bang Theory.

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