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This episode, we're breaking from the norm to bring you an exclusive panel discussion featuring the directing team of the hit CBS series The Big Bang Theory, presented by the DGA's

Special Projects Committee.

The show follows two brilliant but socially awkward scientists and their equally geeky friends,

who have their lives shaken up when the attractive young woman next door shows them how

little they know about life outside of their insular world.

In February, director Mark Sandrowski, director line producer Christy Cecil, director Peter Chakos,

director Associate Director Gay Linville, Director Second AD, Nikki Lurie, and Director First AD Anthony Rich

all gathered at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles to discuss bringing the Big Bang Theory to life with moderator

Beth McCarthy Miller. Highlights from the panel include the panelists discussing the demands of

single versus multi-camera shows, the benefits of working on a show with such a long-running history,

and the scenes that terrified the directors when they read the script.

Thank you. scenes that terrified the directors when they read the script. Hi everybody.

Hi everybody.

Funny show tonight, huh?

So guys, let's start with the fact that the Big Bang theory is one of the most successful

sitcoms in history and will be when it finishes airing the longest running sitcom in history

to beat out Chuck's show two and a half men by a couple episodes right guys awesome and

tell me Mark you just directed that episode yes good time hanging out with those folks

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