The Big Bang Theory has been a wildly successful CBS TV series. Will its prequel — the Young Sheldon TV show — continue that legacy? Jim Parsons is the only cast member set to cross over, and that’s in a voice capacity. Can the Tiffany Network attract and keep The Big Bang Theory audience? Will Young Sheldon be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned.
A single-camera comedy, Young Sheldon stars Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Annie Potts, Montana Jordan, and Raegan Revord, with Jim Parsons narrating. The CBS sitcom unfolds in 1989 and centers on Sheldon Cooper (Armitage), when he was just a nine-year-old boy. Surviving childhood in an East Texas outpost — one dedicated to all things faith and football — will be no mean feat for this unique genius and his otherwise ordinary family.
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What do you think? Do you like the Young Sheldon TV series? Should it be cancelled or renewed for second season on CBS?
1/6/18 update: CBS has renewed Young Sheldon for a second season for the 2018-19 season. Details here.
I love this show. This is actually a laugh out loud show. Please keep it going as the young actor who plays Sheldon is a great little actor.
Me too!
“Mom” is a laugh out loud show and its based on real life events which makes this show so much better than dumb Young Sheldon which is just another Big Bang and timeline does line up we saw sheldon hrow up as an adjlt now there going to make him grown up as a kid its nothing but a waste of time to watch its just the big bang revived
cancel this show, it”s nothing but a remake of 80’s wonder years its all about the kid and no adult wants to watch a show about a kid you should change it to freeform, or disney channel all shows on thise shows are about kids just like this show is
all this show is a 2017 version of 80’s wonder years
its all about the kid, finish this season and cancel it
Karen, you obviously have no kids.
I don’t have any kids, but i still enjoy the show.
I have kids and can’t stand the show. My kids are far better behaved.
This is a good show. don’t judge the show within first 3 episode. Just like the 1st season of BBT . this show need to grow . young sheldon has got better with each episode. It gotten better since episode 4
DON’T JUDGE THE FIRST 3 EPISODES? MANY GOOD SHOWS ARE CANCELLED IN THEIR 1ST OR 2ND EPISODE AND THIS SHOW IS BLAND
Trash TV
terrible show, get rid of it i dint know whats worse this show or kevin can wait they both suck this show is basically a remake of a tv show from the 80’s its all about the kid just like kevin can wait is just a remake of king of queens
I love Young Sheldon, but I totally agree about Kevin can wait….now THERE IS A SHOW just begging to be cancelled.
We wish kevin can wait was 1/2 as good as King of Queens. Man with a Plan is much much better yet the ratings are lower than Kevin. seems like the public just wants mind numbing trash. I loved Me, Myself, and I
very stupid and annoying show (if you can even call it a show) id rather sit and watch the soap opera Bold and Beautiful id still be watching something stupid but not annoying and would revolve around a few storylines and people if you keep this crappy show move it to Disney channel thats where it belongs those shows revolve around kids and so does this so called show
Dumb, irritating, idiotic.
Watched the first episode and there are no characters that you like at all. This show will be cancelled by the end of the year. TV shows that are all about a little kid are on Disney. No adult is going watch this every week.
I happened to be like young Sheldon and I’m 44 years old and I love the big bang theory which this would basically be a spin off of the big bang Siri is nothing to do with the wonder years were the Kevin show
very stupid worse show ive ever tried to watch that includes “Kevin can wait” season 2 and sheldon is extremely annoying this show is a waste of time and a waste of good air time just cancel it after season one but then again i wouldnt even make a complete season
This looks like it can become a great show. Didn’t like having 1st show and then not having another episode for many weeks.
its might be worse then 24 when it had those high ratings.Its hard to understand these days how these rating can get this high.
love to think this would work but im not sure it will
I find the adult Sheldon irritating and unlikable. Young Sheldon is even more so. So this show is a no for me. I don’t watch TV to get even more irritated after a long day at work.
cancelled it terrible same bobby show not that great ones. i love big bang theory but new say skip it worth time for me.