THE BIG BANG THEORY Producers Tease Guest Star Bill Gates

THE BIG BANG THEORY is welcoming another big name guest star in Thursday’s new episode: Bill Gates (who is playing himself).

In the episode, Penny’s (Kaley Cuoco) pharmaceutical company hopes to partner with Gates’ corporation. Needless to say, Leonard (Johnny Galecki), Raj (Kunal Nayyar), and Howard (Simon Helberg) lose their minds with excitement and after Penny declines to introduce them, the trio go more than a little overboard to try and get face-time with the billionaire genius.

Before the CBS comedy’s PaleyFest panel, executive producers Bill Prady and Steve Holland teased what to expect from Gates’ appearance in “The Gates Excitation.”

THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursdays, 8/7c, CBS

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