If you heard a faint but abrupt popping sound in the distance, that would probably be Chuck Lorre opening a bottle of Dom Pérignon. HBO Max is reportedly closing in on a huge deal which would see the fledgling streamer shelling out $1.5 billion for two hit Lorre sitcoms, The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men.

According to Deadline, HBO’s potential Big Bang deal is looking likely to cross the $1 billion mark on its own. One reason for the steep price tag, Deadline reports, is that neither series has debuted in full on a streaming platform before. Plus. Big Bang just wrapped up its massively popular run, while Two and a Half Men is a reliable performer in regular TV syndication. The deal is apparently complex, per Deadline, “in large part because of stipulations in co-creator/executive producer Lorre’s deal.”

But here’s a twist: Seinfeld, which Warner owns through Castle Rock and would ostensibly also like to add to its streaming library, is about to go up for sale as well. Deadline reports that although Sony TV likely sees a potential advantage in renewing its current deal with Hulu—which would provide a more immediate windfall than striking a new deal—the company has also pitched Seinfeld to multiple outlets, including HBO Max and Netflix. But the Big Bang and Two and a Half Men purchases could leave HBO Max too broke or preoccupied to lock down the legendary show about nothing, Deadline reports.

The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men might seem like strange bedfellows for HBO Max, which already coughed up a significant chunk of change to secure Friends—but that might be the point. Both series proved massively popular during their long runs and, more importantly, could attract different audiences to a fledgling platform, diversifying the new streaming service’s viewership. Either way, it appears the “Bazingas” will continue to echo throughout eternity.

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