Q&A: Steven Molaro, 'The Big Bang Theory'

The show’s executive producer explains how a niche particle physics blog wound up in a recent plot. In Thursday’s episode of The Big Bang Theory, two of the show’s main characters, Leonard and Sheldon, publish a paper together. The paper becomes the topic of a post on Quantum Diaries, a blog written by a collection of particle physicists from around the world. To Sheldon’s dismay, it also becomes the target of criticism in the blog’s comments section. The inclusion in the plot of the n...