I stopped considering watching it once I saw that an over the top fruit loop would be playing the role of the "theoretical physicist". Physicists, astronomers, most other such scientists are of course liberal, but none that I'm aware of are silly girly boys like him. With the series title "Big Bang Theory" I had previously thought it might be worth a try. Don't know why I thought that, given that damn near every series since the 70s horribly sucked.
"On May 23, 2012, an article in The New York Times noted that Parsons is gay and had been in a relationship for the last ten years.[40] His husband is art director Todd Spiewak. In October 2013, Parsons called their relationship "an act of love, coffee in the morning, going to work, washing the clothes, taking the dogs out—a regular life, boring love".[41] Parsons and Spiewak wed in New York in May 2017.[37]
Parsons supported Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 United States presidential election.[42]"
--Wikipedia
When they are going to portray a brainy but awkward physicist, the writers still have to be able to pull off the brainy part.
I haven’t liked anything on TV since the 60s. Fred Silverman destroyed television.