Free Big Bang Theory Episodes
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Still, with some ingenuity there are ways you could get "free" episodes of any episode you would like. I quote free because many of the ideas actually involve you doing something for the episode. So, while you are not out any money from your own pocket, getting "free" The Big Bang Theory episodes may involve blood (hopefully not), sweat (probably), and tears (only if you fail or throw a tantrum).
Top Ten Ways To Get Free The Big Bang Theory Episodes
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1For the latest episodes, clear your Thursday night schedule so you can watch the show.
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2CBS now streams a few of the most recent episodes on its official CBS.com website.
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3Record the episodes on your computer and watch it at your leisure.
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4Watch older episodes in syndication on your local Fox or CW station.
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5Watch reruns on TBS. Some episodes are also available online at TBS.com.
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6Figuratively, sing for your supper and see if friends and family will provide you an episode via iTunes. The idea is that you sing "She Bangs" William Hung style and they give you an episode. If not, then blackmail friends and relatives to not hear you sing "She Bangs" a cappella.
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7Get a friend with a Netflix DVD subscription (preferably with the three or more discs out at a time option) to get the discs from the box set for you.
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8Pick something you were going to re-gift anyway and see if a pawnshop will do a straight across trade for a box set of The Big Bang Theory.
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9See if you can get an old VCR for free (plenty in closets and garages across the land), some free videotapes (that should be easy) for free, and record episodes from your television.
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10Add your favorite episodes to your Amazon Wish List and get friends, family, neighbors, coworkers, etc. to part with $1.99 so that they can gift it to you.
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The Big Bang Theory - The Second Season DVD Box Set
The second season builds on the success of the first season, it does a great job of growing the love interest between Leonard and Penny. Also, the show introduces more reoccurring characters along with special guest stars. Charlie Sheen and Summer Glau make appearances as themselves. In addition to a continuation of Leslie Winkle, new reoccurring characters are Barry Kripke, Stuart, and Dr. Stephanie Barnett (played by Sara Rue). The season ends with questioning the nature of the relationship between Leonard and Penny.
The Big Bang Theory - The Third Season DVD Box Set
The Big Bang Theory - The Fourth Season DVD Box Set
Free Big Bang Theory Episodes Segment
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock
There are also a lot of other video segments (not full episodes) available at the usual locations- YouTube, Hulu, Veoh, and the official site at CBS. These are the official CBS releases. Unofficial videos have been tracked down quite and efficiently removed as they are posted. In this regard CBS has been diligent to keep their show to themselves.
The Rock-Paper-Scissors-Spock-Lizard Matrix

Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock T-shirts
Free Big Bang Theory Episodes Are On Television - Duh
This is old school but there are free Big Bang Theory episodes available every week on CBS. Or catch it on syndication. Those who, in these troubled economic times, got rid of cable, can still watch The Big Bang Theory over the newly digital airwaves. Think we just got spoiled with instant gratification, so much so we have even given upon responsibility for our own happiness. Tivo, DVR, VCR, and for the more technically proficient digital recording, all can feed any number of transportable video devices (iPod, DVD players, phones) that should give us the capability to watch any show, anywhere, anytime. Just need to take action and start recording all the free Big Bang Theory episodes one could want.On a happier note, the only thing old VCR's may be good for is show recording. No more manufacturing of movies on video tape, getting a VCR to record the show should be no more than $5 at a garage sale and $1 for the tape new. There may even be free video tapes available at a garage sale, recordable tapes people are looking to give away. Stay in the "free" mindset and ask around, people are all over with VCR's in closets and garages that they would be happy to give away (along with their old CRT TV's).
Plus, catching the show for free has gotten even easier, the absolute best way to get free The Big Bang Theory episodes has arrived, the show has come to syndication. Warner Brothers, who produces The Big Bang Theory, has made a deal with TBS and Fox to air our favorite sitcom. So, those who have cable can watch the show on TBS. While the rest who have the ultimate in free television from the local airwaves can watch it on their local Fox affiliate channel. It has taken the show four years to build up enough episodes to go into syndication. The television stations want a series to have somewhere over 88 to 100 episodes so that the show can be aired daily without repeating too often throughout the year. Now, all that one has to do to get free The Big Bang Theory episodes is to set their DVR or rearranged their schedule to catch it on the airwaves.
The Big Bang Theory Is On CBS
Latest episodes are available online and offline
CBS has taken a circular route regarding episodes of The Big Bang Theory. During the first season, like so many other television shows there was a number of episodes that were available on the website and they were even available for purchase on iTunes. However, between the first and second season CBS took a totally different route. It was evident that TBBT was going to be a big hit and had huge potential for a big payoff in syndication. So, it was at this time, along with their other big property The Mentalist, that CBS took a major offensive of shutting down all channels for these shows. Even YouTube was scrubbed of any clips users posted.And this is how it was four seasons two through four. The only way to watch The Big Bang Theory legally was the catch it on Thursday nights on your local CBS affiliate or to buy the box set of DVDs. Then after season four, The Big Bang Theory had enough episodes to enter into syndication.
With syndication the show is now available on television still on Thursday nights, and available with limited episodes available free on the CBS website and TBS website. On the CBS website the latest episodes of TBBT are available if you were to miss it on on-air. Also, the show is once again available on iTunes and Amazon for instant download of individual shows. In other words, now that The Big Bang Theory has reached syndication CBS has once again opened availability to find more episodes of the show.
Hurrah For Syndication
Record The Big Bang to your computer
Microsoft has the Windows Media Center which since Windows Vista and then Windows 7 is optimized to utilize the TV tuner to record programming. Upon set-up, one of the things it will establish is a programming guide to update for you. The programming guide will be based upon your geographic location and cable provider (or broadcast signal). After setup, the Windows Media Center will operate a lot like any DVR with the programming guide where one can select which programs to record. You can decide to record a single episode or to record the broadcast's regular time repeatedly.
Elgato EyeTV Hybrid TV Tuner Special Edition Version (Includes 2 years of TV Guide Data valued at $39.90) - 10021030
Amazon Price: $133.79 (as of 05/26/2012)![]()
This is my favorite way to record both new set episodes of The Big Bang Theory and older episodes in syndication. Trying to record every episode of TBBT? It would be a good idea to keep a spreadsheet to keep from rerecording episodes that you already have. Plus, a spreadsheet will help keep you aware of what episodes you are missing for your library and need to be vigilant about recording.
Screenshot of Windows Media Center with TBBT

Free TBBT on TBS
Well, "free" for some of you
Notice that you have to login to get episodes.
As mentioned previously, when TBBT went into syndication there was a two-part deal made. Fox or their sister network the CW got first choice to air episodes locally. Nationally, TBS gets to air shows on basic cable. The former Turner network cable channels are known to try to capture a broad genre. TNT airs primarily dramas and uses the slogan "we know drama." TBS airs predominately comedies and uses the slogan "very funny." So, it was a natural fit for TBS to broadcast The Big Bang Theory when it went into syndication.
Free episodes of The Big Bang Theory can therefore be seen on TBS. Of course, just how free those episodes are, are a matter of perspective because the very nature of cable is paid television. However, with that in mind TBS does put on a high concentration of TBBT. Currently, on Tuesday evenings there is a three hour block of TBBT. On Wednesdays and Thursdays they put on a two-hour block of episodes. So, that means on midweek a person could watch between four to six episodes each evening, plus the 1 to 2 episodes that maybe on the local Fox or CW station.
TBS does offer "free" The Big Bang Theory episodes online at its website TBS.com. Again, "free" is relative because one has to login to TBS to view the episodes that are available. If you have a cable provider that has a relationship with TBS, then you can use that relationship agreement to create an account with TBS and view free episodes. This is not an unusual arrangement, as other television networks and cable channels are working such deals with cable providers. The number of TBBT episodes available will be limited as it is unclear how TBS is determining which episodes to make available online. It appears that it will stream some of the more recently aired episodes.
Free Big Bang Theory Episodes Via iTunes & William Hung
This is where one gets creative. The Big Bang Theory is available on iTunes and each individual episode is only $1.99. Couple that with the iTunes option of gifting a song or in this case a video- here is the scheme. Call up your buds and ask if they would pay $1.99 to hear you sing "She Bangs." If the answer is yes, then tell them what to do, gift you your favorite episode. If they say no, ask if they would pay $1.99 to NOT hear you sing "She Bangs." Either way you get some free Big Bang Theory episodes via iTunes.Here is a link to the iTunes support page showing how to gift individual episodes.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2687
Free Big Bang Theory Episodes In The Mail
Netflix is an exciting concepts. Having almost every movie imaginable on DVD and it gets shipped to you in the mail. When done ship it back and get the next. This is a great way to watch DVD box sets as you do not have to purchase the set to watch or try a series. When you consider this is a service you may already be purchasing, then watching is as free as watching a television show on cable. Same concept really, free Big Bang Theory episodes using Netflix (or Blockbuster's version).Do not have a DVD mail subscription? Then try this, find a friend who does and simply ask them to get the series for you. If they are a hardcore movie buff who can have 3-5 DVD's out at a time, it should be no problem. One of the simplest favors they will ever do for you. When done return it to them or drop it in the mail. A tip of which friend to ask, the one who has had the subscription the longest, they will have used their must sees and be a casual watcher willing to give up some slots in their queue for your request.
Plus, Netflix does have a gift subscription available. Get it free by asking for it for Christmas, birthday, Mothers/Fathers Day, etc.
Trade For The Big Bang Theory Box Sets
Pawnshops are still a great place to barter
Pawnshops often have an excellent selection of popular box sets of DVDs. When people come in to pawn their DVDs, box sets get more money and of course the more popular the series the more they will receive for them. This is a great way to get rid of gifts you received but never even bothered to open. So, instead of risking an embarrassing re-gift, see if the pawnshops will do a straight across trade for that extra toaster oven that you received as a wedding gift. You may want to call first to see what box sets are in and if they are taking what you have to offer. Sometimes, pawnshops get too much of one item. Or they get seasonal about what they take- no lawn mowers in December, but can't get enough in June.Otherwise, most pawnshops have a clear definitive value (pawn or trade-in) for single movie DVDs. Usually, somewhere around $1-$2 per movie DVD. Therefore, you would only have to collect that many movies to trade-in for a single box set of The Big Bang Theory. It is very likely you have more than enough DVDs on a shelf somewhere that you have not watched in a year and are more than likely to not watch next year. Put them to use and trade them in for something you will watch.
Use The Amazon Wish List
The wish list lets people know what you really want
Therefore, you can use that sentiment to your advantage to pick up some free episodes of The Big Bang Theory. What you do here is add The Big Bang Theory to your Amazon Wish List. You can add either individual episodes for instant download, whole seasons of instant download, or the more tangible box sets. Once you have these locked and loaded in your wish list, point anyone who is considering a gift for you to the Amazon wish list. This might take some subtle doing so it doesn't seem like you're being too anxious for a gift, but at the same time you do want the right people to know that your wish list is out there.
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Fifth Season
Amazon Price: $31.49 (as of 05/27/2012)![]()
So, if you feel your friends and family really don't want to spend a lot of money on you, you can put individual episodes on your wish list for $1.99. If you think you are worth more than two bucks to your friends and family then you can look at putting up entire seasons or complete box sets onto your wish list.
Free Big Bang Theory Episodes By Being A Pirate
I guess one could get their Captain Jack Sparrow on and try getting free Big Bang Theory episodes via piracy. These days that is probably torrent. This could be a pricey option for free content, as US penalty for pirated content is high. Then there are considerations like virus or spam masking as a video. Myself, I have found torrent slow and confusing, and not worth the effort. The risk/reward scale is too heavy on the risk side. But it is an option for free Big Bang Theory episodes. Give Us Your Tips On Watching Free Big Bang Theory Episodes
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Millionairemomma
May 26, 2012 @ 4:21 am | delete
- Free always catches my attention so I will check it out!
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wolvyz
May 12, 2012 @ 2:39 am | delete
- These free episodes are never free for my country. I guess I live in a part of the world where cbs and other channels hate to publish their shows for free.
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Cumberland
May 8, 2012 @ 5:22 pm | delete
- Love "Big Bang" and Rock-Paper-Scissors-Spock-Lizard is one of my favorite things I have learned from the show.
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mommafox
Feb 26, 2012 @ 3:43 pm | delete
- Love this show!
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Ingrid_A
Feb 8, 2012 @ 9:47 pm | delete
- My daughter got us hooked!
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