Is ‘The Big Bang Theory’ season 8, episode 19 new tonight?
We definitely understand if you are excited for the next new episode of “The Big Bang Theory.” How could you not be? One of the big stories here revolves around Sheldon and Leonard potentially sneaking into Skywalker Ranch for all sorts of assorted hijinks.
However, you’re going to have to wait for at least a little while longer in order to see it play out. “The Skywalker Incursion” is not set to air until Thursday, April 2. Why the wait? There are two major reasons for it, if you have not heard already. The first here is a simple matter of making sure that there is enough episodes to run until May, and there will only be five more episodes after this one airs. Theoretically, they could air one every Thursday until the end of the season if they went this direction, though this said end would take place on May 7 (which is a little early for a finale of this show).
Another reason is very simple: The NCAA Tournament. This is always the time of year when CBS chooses to pull their primetime programming for basketball games, and they prepare accordingly during the season. The irony of course here is that many “Big Bang Theory” episodes score better ratings than early-round tournament games, but this is probably still preferable to airing repeats.
In addition to “The Skywalker Incursion” airing on April 2, we can confirm that there is another episode airing the following week. Beyond that, the future is still relatively unclear.
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