How “The Big Bang Theory” Normalized Nerd Culture

The series, which ended its twelve-season run on Thursday, brought tech concepts to an older generation as the field grew from a curiosity to a vexation to an inescapable substrate of American life.
Neima Jahromi writes about how the long-running CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” normalized nerd culture, and what it drew from the nineties sitcom “Friends.”

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