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It’s time to go ‘Back To The Future’ and meet your favourite Shel-Bot as Zee Café airs The Big Bang Theory Season 11 and Season 12
MUMBAI: A white board filled cryptic algorithms, a couch with a reserved spot and a bunch of math geeks with a gorgeous neighbour next door – The Big Bang Theory is one show that has truly had us hooked for twelve straight seasons! Still coming to terms with the end of an era as the series reached its happy end? BAZINGA! Not just yet. It’s time to reunite with your favourite bunch of socially awkward physicists and relive the crazy with residents of 4B as Zee Café brings the rerun of the last two seasons of the longest running sitcom The Big Bang Theory Season 11 and Season 12 starting July, 24 weeknights at 7PM.
A show that has truly stood the test of time and gifted the world with bouts of laughter and truckloads of memories can never escape our hearts. Remember when Sheldon went on a prank spree? And when the squad dressed up in their Star Trek best? Or even when Leonard and Penny finally tied the knot? The geek-squad has never failed in inspiring us, making us emotional and at the same time driving us crazy with their hilarious banter. Be it their improvised version of rock, paper, scissors, the iconic ‘soft kitty’ or simply just the atom symbol; the series has truly redefined the way we look at math, science history by slowly unravelling the mysteries with a big bang!
The penultimate Season 11 opens with the man himself – Sheldon Cooper going down on his knees as he finally gathers the courage to pop the big question to Amy. The season traces the lives of the bunch of geeks as they go about planning for the big day. From picking the wedding date to choosing the best-man, the free-spirited Penny along with the borderline lunatic bunch of friends including Leonard, Howard, Raj, Stuart, Bernadette go all out to prepare for the much-anticipated ‘ShAmy’ wedding.
Ending on a high with a glorious wedding celebration, Season 12 opens with ‘ShAmy’ off to their honeymoon. Meanwhile, things escalate in the lives of Leonard and Penny as they consider starting a family together. If that’s not all, there’s also Raj who explores an arranged marriage that has its share of roadblocks. What’s the big secret that Penny and Leonard are hiding? Why does Amy have a meltdown? And who’s Koothrappali’s new-found friend? The finale season puts an end to all these questions as the gang travels into an uncharted future.
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Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
