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It's Official: 'The Big Bang Theory' Is Ending After Season 12

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Aug. 23 2018, Updated 5:53 p.m. ET

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It’s the day that longtime fans have hoped would never come — after 11 years The Big Bang Theory is finally coming to an end! Warner Bros. Television and CBS issued a joint statement Wednesday August 22 that provided more details about the series’ final run.

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The statement read, “We are forever grateful to our fans for their support of The Big Bang Theory during the past twelve seasons.”

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“We, along with the cast, writers and crew, are extremely appreciative of the show’s success and aim to deliver a final season, and series finale, that will bring The Big Bang Theory to an epic creative close,” it continued. The show will end in May 2019.

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The show premiere 2007 and through its run, has racked up 52 Emmy nominations and 10 wins.

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After its 12th season, it will have 279 episodes and cement itself as the longest-running multi-camera series in television history.  

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At recent appearance at PaleyFest, star Kaley Cuoco told People that she couldn’t imagine the show coming to an end.  She said, “I can’t really picture it. And I don’t think there really be my life without it — I think it’ll always be there, I think it’ll always be running, I think we’ll always have those fans. It’s always going to be a part of me.”

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