Who co-created The Big Bang Theory with Chuck Lorre?

Bill Prady co-created The Big Bang Theory with Chuck Lorre.

Prady and Lorre developed the sitcom for CBS, which premiered in the United States on September 24, 2007. The series follows physicists Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, their friends Howard Wolowitz and Raj Koothrappali, and their neighbor Penny. Prady was closely involved as a writer and executive producer during the show’s twelve-season run.

Before The Big Bang Theory, Prady worked in television writing and production on programs including Star Trek: Voyager, Dharma & Greg, and Gilmore Girls. He also had a long association with Jim Henson-related projects, an experience that helped shape his later work on The Muppets. Lorre was already known for sitcoms such as Cybill and Two and a Half Men.

A frequent mix-up is confusing the show’s co-creators with its later showrunners. Steven Molaro and Steve Holland became major creative figures and executive producers, but the original creator credit belongs to Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady. The show’s science was also supported by physicist David Saltzberg, who advised the writers and checked the equations displayed on its sets.