WHEN LEONARD AND SHELDON MEET PENNY, LEONARD IS IMMEDIATELY INTERESTED IN HER, ON A REBROADCAST OF THE PREMIERE EPISODE OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY," MONDAY, NOV. 19

"Pilot" - When Leonard and Sheldon meet Penny, Leonard is immediately interested in her, but Sheldon feels his friend is chasing a dream he'll never catch, on a rebroadcast of the premiere episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, Nov. 19 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT). (Originally broadcast 9/24/07)

When a free-spirited beauty named Penny moves in next door. Sheldon, Leonard's roommate, is quite content spending his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends, fellow Cal Tech scientists Wolowitz and Koothrappali. However, Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities... including love.

WRITERS: Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, co-creators and executive producers

DIRECTED BY: James Burrows

RATING: TV14-DL