‘The Big Bang Theory’ season 8, episode 12 preview: Return date for Kaley Cuoco, cast revealed!

When are you going to be seeing “The Big Bang Theory” back on TV? At this time of year, most fans of the long-running show are accustomed to seeing it take a little bit of a break.

Rest assured, though, that it is not an extremely long one compared to what “Bones,” “The Blacklist,” or some other shows are currently going through. Specifically, the return date we’re hearing for Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, and the rest of the cast is Thursday, January 8. This fits in line with the majority of what CBS has done over the years. Knowing that they have some time in March that they tend to use to broadcast the NCAA tournament, they tend to air some new episodes in January, many in February, and then take another good break in March.

This is a hard show to talk about when it comes to things we want to see, since this is a show really about laughs more than story. Still, we want to see more Wil Wheaton, more of Sheldon at work (which was fun earlier this season), and maybe some more of Bernadette interacting with other characters, like she did with Sheldon tonight. Strangely, we’ve come to like her with many of the other characters just as much if not more than what we’ve liked with her and Howard.

We are going to have more news on the show throughout this wait, so don’t worry about being left out completely!

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