For all intents and purposes, Chuck Lorre likely isn’t trying to scare fans into thinking that The Big Bang Theory will be completely absent from CBS’ schedule after Season 12 wraps up in 2019.
And though salary parity was accomplished, leading to the big renewal for both Season 11 and Season 12, that’s no guarantee for the future.
Like, say, the way that fans were dangling by the thread of a Flash T-shirt for the early chunk of this year while waiting to hear how CBS would handle the ensemble cast’s financial situations.
But he’s the guy that’s been around for all these years, so he knows oh-so-well how contract negotiations tend to hamper the season renewal process every couple of years.