It’s been 17 years since the premiere of popular show and the girl next door to Sheldon and Leonard has changed somewhat.

It's fair to say that on the Chuck Lorre sitcom "The Big Bang Theory," the female characters don't always get a fair shake. At first, the only girl in the main cast is Penny, played by Kaley Cuoco, and she doesn't even get a last name until she marries Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki) in season 9 (thankfully,

The Big Bang Theory star Kaley Cuoco has reunited with Jim Parsons at his new project. Cuoco, who played Penny on the long-running sitcom, shared a photo with Sheldon actor Parsons after a performance of his new Broadway show, a revival of the play Our Town.