--- description: Production for the hit series, now in its eighth season, was slated to begin Wednesday title: Big Bang Theory Production Halted for Contract Negotiations image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76edbda1bce86105/69869dd635ba6ff71ec033dd/big-bang-theory.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Contract Negotiations Stall _Big Bang Theory_ Production by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 30, 2014 6:15 PM CUT  Sheldon faces a personal crisis after deciding he's wasting his time with string theory, on The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon faces a personal crisis after deciding he's wasting his time with string theory, on The Big Bang Theory.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 30, 2014 6:15 PM CUT Production for the upcoming season of _The_ _Big Bang Theory_ has been postponed due to contract negotiations, Warner Bros. Television said Wednesday. The nerdsploitation comedy series has consistently garnered [high ratings](http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/cbs-dominates-the-weekly-ratings-by-seasons-largest-margin-1201053517/ "undefined") for CBS, and has received Emmy love for star Jim Parsons and series regular Mayim Bialik. According to _The Wrap_, the actors who were still negotiating their contracts were Parsons, Johnny Galecki, and Kaley Cuoco. Warner Bros. would not comment past their statement announcing the production’s postponement. _The Wrap_ [reports](http://www.thewrap.com/big-bang-theory-halts-production-amid-contract-negotiations/ "undefined") that network executives were confident contract negotiations would pan out during the Television Critics Association press tour earlier in July. No word yet about how this will affect the show’s scheduled return Sept. 22. Perhaps [Wil Wheaton](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUWXjs2jPQI "undefined") is to blame. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3059949/contract-negotiations-stall-big-bang-theory-production/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3059949/contract-negotiations-stall-big-bang-theory-production/"},"headline":"Contract Negotiations Stall Big Bang Theory Production","datePublished":"2014-07-30T18:15:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:25:34.860Z","description":"Production for the hit series, now in its eighth season, was slated to begin Wednesday","url":"https://time.com/3059949/contract-negotiations-stall-big-bang-theory-production/","keywords":["Television","CBS","Warner Bros."],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76edbda1bce86105/69869dd635ba6ff71ec033dd/big-bang-theory.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76edbda1bce86105/69869dd635ba6ff71ec033dd/big-bang-theory.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Big Bang Theory","caption":"The Big Bang Theory","creditText":"CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3059949/contract-negotiations-stall-big-bang-theory-production/","name":"Contract Negotiations Stall Big Bang Theory Production"}}]}] ```