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As we reported earlier, The Big Bang Theory got higher ratings than How I Met Your Mother last night, now we've got the exact numbers for you.

The Big Bang Theory – Viewers: 9.36 million (#2), A18-49: 3.6/10 (#2)
How I Met Your Mother – Viewers: 9.14 million (#2), A18-49: 3.8/10 (#2)

How I Met Your Mother was more popular with the 18-49 demographic, but they had the same share so this can be explained by the fact there are more 18-49'ers tuning in at 8:30 than 8 o'clock. The Big Bang Theory did get 220,000 more viewers than How I Met Your Mother, at a time when there are fewer viewers about, that is good news.

This is a very big achievement for The Big Bang Theory, beating a show that follows it in a better slot isn't easy. Ratings for The Big Bang Theory did fall when it swapped slots with HIMYM, but now the tables have turned and TBBT is showing it's true strength by outshining the show without the advantage of the better slot.

We have launched a new feature today, "How The World Voted" shows how different countries voted in polls. We posted a little while ago about how we were working on this feature, it is now complete. Head over to our Poll section to check it out. It is only enabled on certain polls, in some polls the vote is largely unanimous so putting that data up isn't worth it, indicated by the globe symbol next to the poll name.

We have also added a few new polls: Which season is better? Which character would you want in an emergency? The not-so-serious "Which character would you want to be U.S. President?" followed by the ever so slightly more serious "Who should be U.S. President?". Please check the polls out and cast your vote!

The ratings for last night's episode are out, and the show beat How I Met Your Mother! The Big Bang Theory got a 5.8/9 rating, while How I Met Your Mother - which follows The Big Bang Theory - scored just 5.5/9. Both shows placed 2nd in their slot, behind ABC behemoth Dancing With The Stars.

You can view the vanity card for the episode at ChuckLorre.com.

CBS has announced Episode 2.05, which will air next week. Please not there will be a rerun on October 27th.

"The Euclid Alternative" - Leonard and his friends stage an intervention to make Sheldon confront his longstanding fear of driving, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, Oct. 20 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

View more information in our Episode Guide.

As you may know, we recently launched "Quote Corner" a section of the site for all the best Big Bang Theory quotes. Just a few weeks ago we opened up the rating system to let people have their say on how good each quote is, now we've launched another feature - a most popular quotes page, so now you needn't trawl through our pages to find which are the most popular quotes.

Visit our Quote Corner to cast your votes.

The ratings for Episode 2.03 are out, and the show did well. It got a 5.9/9 rating, along with How I Met Your Mother, for the 8-9 hour. They were second in their slots, behind ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Two and a Half Men continued to do well, but was again second behind the hugely popular Dancing, it mustered a 9.2/13 rating.

You can view the vanity card from last night's episode at ChuckLorre.com.

"The Griffin Equivalency" - Raj, newly famous because of an article in a magazine, gets a big head and makes a disastrous play for Leonard's crush, Penny, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, Oct. 13 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

More information in our Episode Guide.

The ratings for last night's episode are out, the show ranked 2nd in it's slot with 8.71 million viewers and a 3.3/9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic.

The vanity card for last night's episode can be found here on ChuckLorre.com, there are 2 as it was censored on TV for reasons quite clear.

A couple of weeks ago we launched a new feature on this site, we not only displayed quotes but we let you be a part of that by submitting your favourite quotes to our site. We have now taken that interaction one step further and opened up the ability to rate quotes, you'll now be able to browse the quote section and give your rating out of 5 stars to each & every quote. Once we have collected enough data, we'll also showcase the most popular quotes from The Big Bang Theory!

If your favourite quotes aren't on show yet then please help us by submitting them via this simple form and don't forget to add your votes in the Quote Corner! A big thank you to those who took the time to submit quotes, we're extremely grateful for your contribution.

Jim Parsons ("Sheldon") will appear on CBS' "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" on October 1st.

We have more information on the ratings for last night's episode, "The Bad Fish Paradigm".

It was second in the slot in total viewers and viewers aged 18-49. It was viewed by 9.36 million people, and got a 3.6/10 rating in adults 18-49.

ChuckLorre.com has posted the vanity card of last night's episode, "The Bad Fish Paradigm".

View vanity card at ChuckLorre.com.

SpoilerTV have revealed a few spoilers about Episode 2.03.

They say the episode will be called "The Barbarian Sublimation", in the episode Sheldon creates a monster when he introduces Penny to online gaming. The interview with Jim Parsons earlier revealed Penny would take to internet gaming.

Source: SpoilerTV.

We have added pictures from Episode 2.02, "The Codpiece Topology", to our Photo Gallery. The episode will air September 29th.

View pictures in our Photo Gallery.

Thanks to The Power of Three.

CBS has announced the details of Episode 2.02 of The Big Bang Theory.

"The Codpiece Topology" - When Leonard sees Penny with a handsome new guy, he enters into a rebound relationship with Sheldon's nemesis, Leslie Winkle, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, Sept. 29 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

Get more information in our Episode Guide.

We reported a few days ago that Sara Gilbert ("Roseanne"), who guest starred in a few episodes of the first season as Leslie Winkle, will be joining the show. Well CBS has officially announced this, you can read their press release below:

"Sara Gilbert has joined the cast of THE BIG BANG THEORY as a series regular, reprising her role as 'Leslie Winkle', Leonard's (Johnny Galecki) colleague and on-again-off-again love interest. The second season of THE BIG BANG THEORY premieres Monday, Sept. 22 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Gilbert is well known to television audiences for her Emmy-nominated role on 'Rosanne', in which Galecki played her love interest. She recently made guest appearances on "ER" and 'Private Practice'. ".

If you want to see an episode of The Big Bang Theory taped, you're over 18 and able to travel to Burbank, California, then you'll be glad to hear tickets can now be ordered (they are free).

Episodes will be recorded on the following dates: August 19th, August 26th, September 9th, September 16th, September 30th, October 7th, October 21st & October 28th.

Visit AudiencesUnlimited.com to order tickets. View our Tickets page.