73 Talking about films and TV shows Complete the text below with the words in the box. awards best-known cast convincing criticism despite episodes ethnic diversity genuinely legendary script surprisingly LANGUAGE 1 The Big Bang Theory: America’s most loved and most hated TV show The Big Bang Theory is the TV show which America loves to hate. It has had more seasons and more (1) than Friends, has won countless (2) , and it had more viewers in its last season in 2019 than any other show on US television. But (3) its success, it’s arguably one of the most hated TV shows in the US. When it was announced that The Big Bang Theory was coming to an end, the response was (4) negative for a show that’s been on TV screens for more than a decade. Some people were clearly devastated, but many others had very few nice things to say about the show. There has always been a lot of (5) of The Big Bang Theory. For example, 26-year-old Elli says: “There is not enough (6) on the show, and it can be quite sexist, too.” She thinks it’s good that the show has now been cancelled: “I think the actors are not that (7) , and if you really listen to what they’re saying, you realise that the (8) isn’t very funny at all. I’m not impressed with the writers.” But 22-year-old Lorna, who describes herself as a “super-fan”, says she’s “heartbroken” that one of her favourite shows is ending. “It is (9) funny, and I love the friend group on the show because it is something I would like to have for myself,” she says. “I think the whole (10) is brilliant, the actors make me laugh every time.” The psychologist Emma Kenny believes that the different viewpoints of Elli and Lorna prove that The Big Bang Theory will be seen as one of the truly (11) TV shows in the future. “The show attracted people who loved it just as it was, but the people who despised it still watched it and made it one of the (12) shows on TV. That’s an incredible achievement.” Unit 06 Of angst and Oscars Key Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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