PENNY TEACHES SHELDON TO BE A BETTER BOYFRIEND, ON "THE BIG BANG THEORY," THURSDAY, JAN. 12

"The Shiny Trinket Maneuver" - Sheldon gets in trouble with Amy when he isn't impressed by her recent accomplishment, and Howard must come to grips with Bernadette's dislike of children, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, Jan. 12 (8:00 - 8:31 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

SERIES REGULARS:

Johnny Galecki (Leonard)
Jim Parsons (Sheldon)
Kaley Cuoco (Penny)
Simon Helberg (Wolowitz)
Kunal Nayyar (Koothrappali)
Melissa Rauch (Bernadette)
Mayim Bialik (Amy)

RECURRING CAST:

Carol Ann Susi (Mrs. Wolowitz)

GUEST STARS:

Jonathan Schmock (Jonathan)
Jadon Sand (Aaron)
Dusan Brown (Jeremy)

STORY BY: Chuck Lorre & Steve Holland & Tara Hernandez

TELEPLAY BY: Bill Prady & Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds

DIRECTED BY: Mark Cendrowski

RATING: To Be Announced