Dork Diaries: Geekiest TV Shows of All Time

"The Big Bang Theory" (2007-present, CBS)

"Big Bang" may just be the geekiest TV show of all time (which we mean only in a good way). Emmy-winning breakout star Jim Parsons has professed to not even understanding much of the terminology his genius physicist character Sheldon Cooper uses. Confession: Neither do we, which is the brilliance of the show. "Big Bang" is, finally, a show that makes the uberscience geek -- the intellectual -- the hero. ... more 

"The Big Bang Theory" (2007-present, CBS)

"Big Bang" may just be the geekiest TV show of all time (which we mean only in a good way). Emmy-winning breakout star Jim Parsons has professed to not even understanding much of the terminology his genius physicist character Sheldon Cooper uses. Confession: Neither do we, which is the brilliance of the show. "Big Bang" is, finally, a show that makes the uberscience geek -- the intellectual -- the hero. And turns out, these geeks are funny, funny people. less