'Big Bang Theory' exits TV airwaves with emotional episode

In this file photo taken on May 1, 2019 the cast from the television comedy series 'The Big Bang Theory' (from left) Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch, place their hands into two blocks of cement at a Handprint Ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. AFP PHOTO

LOS ANGELES: 'The Big Bang Theory' closed out its run as television's top-rated comedy with an emotional final episode that saw some big changes for the show's group of geeky misfits.