Will there ever be more than one new episode a month for The Big Bang Theory?

[bikeworks]

I admit it... I like The Big Bang Theory.

The thing is that new episodes are few and far between, and I am thoroughly exhausted of watching reruns. Yes, I still have to watch the show on TV as my Internet connection is too slow and too limited to watch it online.

There is no reason for this show to have 2 consecutive time slots each night particularly if one or both of them have already been aired.

I get it- the show still brings in large advertising dollars and it has made writers and actors and producers and executives lazy and pushing the limits and patience of viewers.

[Rick]

Counting last week's episode, there are currently at least 3 episodes running weekly right now. The big break in episodes you just experienced was due to the Olympics. It's just not profitable for the major networks to run new episodes at that time as too many viewers are watching Olympic coverage. They might even lose regular viewers if they missed new episodes during that time.

Another point is that shows ran every single week back when there were only 4, 6, 8 or 25 channels to choose from because a show would be able to reach a large enough audience to merit producing tons of episodes. That's no longer true. Most series have several breaks in new episodes during the season now. That's just the way it is. The networks like all businesses have to remain profitable or they would go out of business.

[♥Rachel♥]

You have to keep in mind they only have 24 episodes to air from September-May. There are going to have to take certain breaks to spread out episodes.
Then there is Holidays(Thanksgiving,Christmas,New Years). Most people usually don't watch TV around then so they don't air any new episodes then.
It was off for 2 weeks in February for the Olympics.

Actors/Production team need breaks too.
Writing,filming and editing is a long process.

They did air new episodes all through the end of September when the season started, all of October, all of November. They took a break for December for the Christmas/New Years and February for the Olympics. They only took 2 weeks off in January.
There is only 8 episodes left for the season. And most Fall shows end their seasons in May.

This is how Networks do their Fall shows. They take certain breaks to spread out episodes. Been that way for many years now. like 20 and up or so years ago Seasons used to be 25-30 episodes so they didn't need to take as many breaks.

[Kathy]

Yes there will be until May.