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• With the recent arrival of The Nanny on DVD as a complete series, fans who just want to collect the individual seasons are left wondering if more seasons will be coming. And they will, as this week, Shout! announced that The Nanny - Season Four will arrive on DVD on September 22.

Who to Follow: Marla Gibbs (Twitter, Facebook), "Actress, Comedian, Community Supporter 7 NAACP Image Awards 11 seasons The Jeffersons, 5 seasons 227, 4 seasons The Hughleys, 1 seasons Passions"

Claim to Fame: Marla Gibbs got her start in the "blaxploitation" movies in the early 1970s, but it wasn't long before she picked up a small role on The Jeffersons as housekeeper Florence Johnston. It wasn't exactly intended to be a major role, but as the series progressed, she quickly became a star of the series and there were many episodes that were almost exclusively about her character. The character became so big that they eventually created a spinoff, Checking In, but it was quickly canceled and she was allowed to return back to The Jeffersons. She didn't have to wait long after The Jeffersons was canceled for her next role, as Mary Jenkins on the NBC sitcom 227, for which she also served co-producer. After two solid series, she has somewhat stepped back from regular roles since then, although she has had recurring roles in The Hughleys and The First Family. Following some health issues a few years ago, she took a few years off from acting, but now she is now regularly popping up in guest roles once again on series such as Scandal (which also happens to be a show that she really enjoys watching) and Hot in Cleveland. And the acting tradition in the family continues with her daughter Angela Gibbs, who currently has a role on the Adult Swim series Black Jesus.

Lifetime's Unathorized film franchise continues this summer with the original movie The Unauthorized Full House Story (#UnauthorizedFullHouse). From its start as an unassuming family comedy in 1987 to its eventual wildly popular 192-episode run, the film centers on the rise of the cast of one of America's most beloved family sitcoms and the pressures they faced in balancing their television personas with their real lives. The Unauthorized Full House Story will premiere Saturday, August 22, at 8pm ET/PT on Lifetime.

The iconic roles include:

DANNY TANNER: Garrett Brawith (Rolling) as Bob Saget
JOEY GLADSTONE: Justin Mader (Death Race) as Dave Coulier
JESSE KATSOPOLIS: Justin Gaston (Days of Our Lives) as John Stamos
REBECCA DONALDSON: Stephanie Bennett (Big Eyes) as Lori Loughlin
D.J. TANNER: Shelby Armstrong and Brittney Wilson (Rogue) as the younger and older versions of Candace Cameron
STEPHANIE TANNER: Dakota Guppy (The Returned) and Jordyn Olson (The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story) as the younger and older versions of Jodie Sweetin
MICHELLE TANNER: Blaise and Kinslea Todd as the toddler versions of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; Calla and Tyla Jones playing them at age six and Kylie and Jordan Armstrong as the twins at nine years of age
KIMMY GIBBLER: Aislyn Watson (Finding Mrs. Claus) and Jaime Schneider (Twisted Tales of My 9 to 5) as the younger and older versions of Andrea Barber


It's Friday, so it is time for "Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows" for the coming week. This is where we list what sitcom stars are appearing on talk shows for the coming week, the stars are both current and past sitcom stars, so this is for all sitcom fans of all eras!
For the week of June 8-12, 2015, we have many current sitcom stars and past sitcom stars on TV talk shows! All times listed are Eastern. So get your DVRs (or whatever you use) ready! Ready? Here is all what you need to know for the coming week!


Sunday, June 7, 2015

• Steve Harvey (The Steve Harvey Show) - Catch Steve on Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night at 7pm ET/6pm CT and following the NBA game on the West coast on ABC.

Monday, June 8, 2015

• Larry David (Curb Your Enthusiasm) - Watch Larry on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Jason Alexander (Seinfeld/Listen Up!/Bob Patterson) - Jason appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Natasha Leggero (Free Agents) - Natasha drops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Allison Janney (Mom/Mr. Sunshine) - Allison is a guest on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) - Edie visits Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
• Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) - Nick stops by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt/The Office) - Ellie appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley) - Thomas drops by The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Tim Robbins (The Brink) - Tim is a guest on Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Molly Shannon (Kath & Kim/Cracking Up) - Molly previews the film Me and Earl and the Dying Girl on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and in the 9am hour and on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Tim Conway (McHale's Navy/Rango) - Tim appears on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Raven-Symoné (That's So Raven/Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/The Cosby Show) - Raven-Symoné guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Sabrina Carpenter (Girls Meets World) - Sabrina is a guest on the AOL Build Show.
• Kevin Jonas (Jonas L.A.) - Kevin joins the Chew Crew on ABC's The Chew at 1pm ET/12pm PT/CT.
• Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) - Chris talks about Jurassic World on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
• Abby Elliott and Jill Kargman (Odd Mom Out) - Abby and Jill are guests on New York Live on WNBC in New York at 12:30pm ET. Jill will also be on Morning Joe on MSNBC sometime between 6-9am.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

• Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) - Catch Amy on Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night at 8pm ET/7pm CT and following the NBA game on the West coast on ABC.
• Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) - Chris visits Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Abby Elliott (Odd Mom Out) - Abby is a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Denis Leary (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll/The Job) - Denis appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Molly Shannon (Kath & Kim/Cracking Up) - Molly visits The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld) - Jerry stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
• Betty White (Hot in Cleveland/The Golden Girls/The Mary Tyler Moore Show) - Betty appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) - Nick is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at 11pm.
• Anna Chlumsky (Veep) - Anna stops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Melissa Joan Hart (Melissa & Joey/Sabrina, the Teenage Witch/Clarissa Explains It All) - Melissa appears on a repeat of The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
• Raven-Symoné (That's So Raven/Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/The Cosby Show) - Raven-Symoné guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) - Edie will be on CBS This Morning sometime between 7-9am.
• Michael Strahan (Brothers) - Michael appears on a repeat of Rachael Ray, so check your local listings.
• Tom Papa (Come to Papa) - Tom talks about the game show Boom! on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT.
• Cindy Williams (Laverne & Shirley) - Shirley talks about her book Shirley, I Jest on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
• Jennifer Aniston (Friends, Kevin Hart (The Big House/Undeclared), Josh Gad (1600 Penn/Back to You) and Portia de Rossi (Arrested Development) - Ellen talks about some of her favorite moments with guests on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
• Sabrina Carpenter (Girl Meets World) - Sabrina will be on Fox & Friends on Fox News Channel at 8:50am.

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

• Whoopi Goldberg (Whoopi/Bagdad Cafe) - Watch Whoopi on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Christian Slater (Breaking In) - Christian appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) - Chris is a guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Jake Johnson (New Girl) - Jake visits The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
• Chris D'Elia (Undateable/Whitney) - Chris appears on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
• Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley) - Kumail stops by Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Sofia Vegara (Modern Family), Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly), Lena Dunham (Girls), Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine) and Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Ellen's funny ladies are featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
• Jaleel White (Family Matters/Grown Ups) - Jaleel appears on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Raven-Symoné (That's So Raven/Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/The Cosby Show) - Raven-Symoné guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years) - Danica talks about her Hallmark Channel original movie Perfect Match on Home & Family on Hallmark Channel at 10am ET/PT. Perfect Match premieres on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, June 20 at 9/8c.
• Jennette McCurdy (iCarly/Sam & Cat) - Jennette talks about Between on NBC's Today in the 10am hour. She shares details about her latest role in the new sci-fi thriller Between, which is now available on Netflix, on HuffPost Live at 1pm. She will also be on the AOL Build Show.
• Connie Britton (Spin City/The Fighting Fitzgeralds/Lost at Home) - Connie talks about Me and Earl and the Dying Girl on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.

Thursday, June 11, 2015

• David Spade (Rules of Engagement/8 Simple Rules/Just Shoot Me!) - Catch David on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC. He talks about Joe Dirt 2 on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
• Jennette McCurdy (iCarly/Sam & Cat) - Jennette is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Molly Shannon (Kath & Kim/Cracking Up) - Molly drops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
• David Duchovny (Californication) - David appears on The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS. He will also be on The Talk on CBS at 2pm ET/1pm CT-PT.
• John Hodgman (Married) - John is a guest on @midnight on Comedy Central at midnight.
• Tony Hale (Veep/Arrested Development) - Tony appears on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
• Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) - Chris visits Conan at 11pm on TBS.
• Jason Alexander (Seinfeld/Listen Up!/Bob Patterson) - Jason chats about the Broadway comedy Fish in the Dark on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Joe Jonas (Jonas L.A.) - Joe talks about the series I Can Do That on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Nick Jonas (Jonas L.A.) - Nick chats with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT. He discusses his role in the DirecTV original drama Kingdom and gives the scoop on his current music projects and upcoming performances on HuffPost Live at 3:30pm.
• Kevin Nealon (Weeds/Hiller and Diller/Champs) - Kevin is a guest on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Raven-Symoné (That's So Raven/Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/The Cosby Show) - Raven-Symoné guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Jennifer Aniston (Friends) - Jennifer discusses prescription painkiller abuse on a repeat of The Dr. Oz Show, so check your local listings.
• Tim Robbins (The Brink) - Tim talks about his new HBO comedy The Brink on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
• Mario Cantone (Sex and the City) - Mario is a guest on the AOL Build Show.
• Tony Danza (Who's the Boss?/Taxi) - Tony will be on NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
• Rebel Wilson (Super Fun Night) - Ellen's favorite games with celebrities include Rebel on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
• Nick Robinson (Melissa & Joey) - Nick talks about Jurassic World on PIX11 Morning News on WPIX in New York at 8:50am.

Friday, June 12, 2015

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3rd Rock from the Sun) - Watch Joseph on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
• Lena Dunham (Girls) - Lena appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
• Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly/Samantha Who?) - Melissa talks about her film Spy on LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, so check your listings.
• Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) and Will Smith (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) - Ellen's hot guys are featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
• Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine/Wanda at Large) - Wanda appears on repeats of The Meredith Vieira Show and The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Jamie Foxx (The Jamie Foxx Show) - Jamie is a guest on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
• Pooch Hall (The Game/Accidentally on Purpose) - Pooch appears on a repeat of The Real, so check your local listings.
• Raven-Symoné (That's So Raven/Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/The Cosby Show) - Raven-Symoné guest co-hosts The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT.
• Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) - Tituss is a guest on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.

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June is the most popular wedding month of the year and to celebrate, Hallmark Channel is inviting you to take a front row seat to three original movies starring - Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years), Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominated Linda Gray (Dallas), Teri Polo (The Fosters), Daytime Emmy® winner Paul Johansson (One Tree Hill), Jesse Metcalfe (Dallas), Autumn Reeser (No Ordinary Family), Lauren Holly (Motive) and more! On Saturday, June 20 it's A Perfect Match when a young couple has opposing visions of their wedding day, two competing wedding planners are brought in to arrange the perfect event. As the wedding day approaches, the clashing wedding planners find romance of their own and discover that opposites can produce the most surprising results. Starring Danica McKellar, Paul Greene, and Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominated Linda Gray.

On the next night (Sunday, June 21), in Love Again, a couple on the brink of divorce decides to keep their marital woes a secret as they help their daughter plan her wedding. As the two work together on the happy occasion, they soon discover that their own marriage might just be worth saving. Stars: Teri Polo, Daytime Emmy® winner Paul Johansson, Chloe Babcook, Lini Evans, Malcolm Stewart, and Christopher Russell.

And finally on Saturday, June 27, there's A Country Wedding, as a famous country singer set to marry a glamorous Hollywood actress returns to his small town roots. When he crosses paths with his childhood sweetheart – and finally feels inspired to write songs again – he reevaluates his life, his values and his opinion of true love. As his wedding day approaches, he must decide if he has chosen the right woman to be his wife. Starring Jesse Metcalfe, Autumn Reeser, and Lauren Holly.

TV Land announced that it has signed a script development deal with Warner Horizon Television, John Wells Productions (Shameless, ER, The West Wing) and executive producer/writer/director John Riggi (30 Rock, The Comeback) for a half-hour single-camera period comedy project inspired by the life of Kyle Richards (Bravo's The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills). Currently in development, the project is set in the '70s and inspired by Richards’ unconventional upbringing by her mom, a single mother who alone raised Richards and her two sisters. Riggi will write the pilot script and executive produce along with John Wells and Andrew Stearn (Shameless, Southland, The West Wing). The project is a dark comedy about a woman's struggle to raise her family and claim her own brand of independence in a world not ready to give it. Richards will co-executive produce. The untitled project centers on Bonnie Nolan, 40 years old with a beautiful home and three beautiful daughters to go with it. However, she also has a cheating husband. Finding herself alone after her marriage fails, Bonnie is an enigma of the times: a single woman with no means to support herself or her children.

ABC has announced a few timeslot changes for Fall 2015. New drama Quantico, starring Priyanka Chopra, will move to Sundays at 10:00 PM ET/PT, instead of airings Tuesdays at 10pm. As a result, the Shark Tank spin-off, Beyond the Tank will now air in the fall and on Tuesdays in the 10:00 PM ET/PT time period, beginning this Fall. This scheduling move will allow more production time for new drama Of Kings and Prophets (previously scheduled to air Sundays at 10 in the fall) which will now premiere later in the 2015/2016 season. ABC has also retitled the highly anticipated Sunday drama Oil to Blood & Oil. The updated ABC Tuesday and Sunday line-up for the fall follows below:

Tuesdays
8:00PM The Muppets (NEW!)
8:30PM Fresh Off the Boat
9:00PM Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
10:00PM Beyond the Tank

Sundays
7:00PM AFV
8:00PM Once Upon a Time
9:00PM Blood & Oil (NEW!)
10:00PM Quantico (NEW!)

Adult Swim announced it has greenlit a seventh season of the hilariously absurd and medically accurate live-action comedy Childrens Hospital, the two-time Emmy(R)-winning series from creator/executive producer Rob Corddry (Hot Tub Time Machine, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart). Premiere episodes from the current season, featuring a star-studded cast of top comedic talent, air on Adult Swim every Friday night at midnight ET/PT. Childrens Hospital explores the emotional struggles and sexual politics of a group of doctors charged with healthy libidos. Their dedication to their personal lives is relentless, interrupted only by the occasional need to treat sick children. The show's creative team is led by Corddry and fellow executive producers/writers Jonathan Stern (Burning Love, NTSF:SD:SUV::) and David Wain (Role Models, Wet Hot American Summer).

This Father's Day, Antenna TV will honor dad with "Father's Day Fest with Father Knows Best" on Sunday, June 21 from 7am to 3am ET. Antenna TV, which airs in in 101 TV markets across the U.S. reaching 77% of TV households is the only multicast network available in all of the Top 20 TV U.S. markets. Antenna TV will celebrate Father's Day with a 20-hour marathon of Father Knows Best starring Robert Young and Jane Wyatt, beginning at 7am ET. Father Knows Best regularly airs on Antenna TV every weekday morning at 8am & 8:30am ET. The 40-episode Father's Day marathon consists of the following classic episodes:

7:00 AM Bud Takes Up the Dance
7:30 AM Football Tickets
8:00 AM Second Honeymoon
8:30 AM Sparrow in the Window
9:00 AM Jim, the Farmer
9:30 AM The Mink Coat
10:00 AM Close Decision
10:30 AM First Disillusionment
11:00 AM Woman in the House
11:30 AM The Big Test
12:00 PM Bud, the Lady Killer
12:30 PM The Historical Andersons
1:00 PM Hero Father
1:30 PM Father, the Naturalist
2:00 PM Betty's Graduation
2:30 PM The Homing Pigeon
3:00 PM Bud, the Millionaire
3:30 PM The Old Days
4:00 PM The Family Goes to New York
4:30 PM The Good Prospect
5:00 PM The Lawn Party
5:30 PM Short Wave
6:00 PM Class Prophecy
6:30 PM Margaret Learns to Drive
7:00 PM The Way of a Dictator
7:30 PM Man with a Plan
8:00 PM Jim, the Answer Man
8:30 PM Vine Covered Cottage
9:00 PM Always Plan Ahead
9:30 PM Bud, the Caretaker
10:00 PM The Great Experiment
10:30 PM Ideal Father
11:00 PM Man of Merit
11:30 PM Bud Has a Problem
12:00 AM Bicycle Trip for Two
12:30 AM Jim's Big Surprise
1:00 AM Time to Retire
1:30 AM Family Contest
2:00 AM Bud Lives it Up
2:30 AM Not His Type

Emma, Ravi, and Zuri Ross have left their New York penthouse for summer camp at Maine's rustic Camp Kikiwaka, in Disney Channel's new live-action comedy series Bunk'd, a spin-off of the hit comedy series Jessie, debuting Friday, July 31 on Disney Channel. The series premieres immediately following the highly anticipated Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants at 8:00pm, ET/PT. The spin-off follows siblings Emma, Ravi and Zuri Ross as they embark on their summer at Camp Kikiwaka, a rustic summer camp in Maine where their parents met as teenagers. Emma and Ravi step into new roles as CITs (Counselor In Training), learning how to be resourceful, responsible role models to their campers. Lou, the cheerful head counselor, and Xander, the camp heartthrob, befriend the Ross kids, who are complete fish out of water in the great outdoors, and step in to show them the ropes. Zuri makes new friends with her fellow campers, the anxious and overly studious Tiffany and compulsive fibber Jorge. Along with their new friends, Emma, Ravi and Zuri adapt to their new "home away from home" and settle into their exciting new lives at Camp Kikiwaka.

Reprising their starring roles from Jessie are Peyton List as Emma, Karan Brar as Ravi and Skai Jackson as Zuri. Joining the cast are Miranda May (The Heartbreak Kid, Samantha Who?) as Lou, Kevin Quinn (Shameless, Chicago P.D.) as Xander, and newcomers Nina Lu as Tiffany and Nathan Arenas as Jorge. In the premiere episode, the Ross kids arrive at camp. The camp's owner, Gladys (played by Mary Scheer), is even scarier than the legendary creature that's rumored to stalk the grounds. With the help of her sneaky niece Hazel, she's out to get the Ross kids because of her decades-old rivalry with their mom. The Bunk'd premiere episode simulcast will be available to verified users on WATCHDisneyChannel.com and the WATCH Disney Channel app for smartphones and tablets.

Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox) and Paramount Television announced that film, television and stage actress and singer Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP, Masters of Sex) will be joining the cast of Grease: Live as the sassy Pink Lady "Marty Maraschino." Palmer will star alongside Julianne Hough (as "Sandy") and Vanessa Hudgens (as "Rizzo"). In addition, Broadway writers Robert Cary (Anything But Love, Ira & Abby) and Jonathan Tolins (Buyer & Cellar, The Last Sunday in June) will write the LIVE television adaptation airing on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 from 7:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed on Fox. Palmer began her career with a breakout role in the film Akeelah and The Bee. She later went on to star as the title character in the hit cable sitcom True Jackson, VP, for which she received four NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Youth/Children's Program. Palmer most recently made Broadway history as the first African-American and youngest actress to star in Rodgers and Hammerstein's iconic 1957 musical, Cinderella. Other film credits include box office mega-hit Ice Age: Continental Drift, Joyful Noise, Brotherly Love and Imperial Dreams. Her television credits include A Trip to Bountiful, for which she earned an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special; cable miniseries Full Circle; made-for-TV movie CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story; and a six-episode arc on the second season of Masters of Sex. Palmer is set to star as "Zayday Williams" in FOX's comedy-horror series Scream Queens this fall.

In the first-ever university scholarship at UCLA created by and named for a television series, The Big Bang Theory and the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation have established The Big Bang Theory Scholarship Endowment, to support undergraduate students in need of financial aid who are pursuing their higher education in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at UCLA. With an initial donation from the Chuck Lorre Family Foundation combined with gifts from nearly 50 individuals associated with The Big Bang Theory - including series stars Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch; executive producers Bill Prady, Steven Molaro; and crew - plus partners such as Warner Bros. Television and CBS, as well as contributions from other industry leaders, The Big Bang Theory Scholarship and Endowment has raised more than $4 million to date.

Twenty (20) Big Bang Theory scholars will be selected for the 2015-16 academic year to receive financial assistance, with an additional five scholars to be added in each future academic year - in perpetuity. The Big Bang Theory Scholarships will be awarded based on financial need to low-income students who have earned admission to UCLA based on academic merit but need additional support to bridge the gap between typical levels of financial aid and the cost of attendance. The inaugural group of scholars will be announced in fall 2015 on the set of The Big Bang Theory. Joining the scholars will be the show's stars, producers, representatives from UCLA and select benefactors. In addition to centering many of its episodes in the worlds of science and technology, The Big Bang Theory enjoys a healthy appreciation and support from the scientific community at large. And the show's connection to UCLA extends beyond the scholarship fund: Series star Mayim Bialik earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA, while professor of physics and astronomy David Saltzberg, Ph.D., serves as the show's science consultant.