Young Sheldon ends next week

It was my replacement for when The Middle ended. I don't watch much network tv any more.

I watched it earlier this evening and...

Will there be surprise anal?

Yeah, R2. But you have to admit "it" was hanging over the show during its entire run. I was wondering if they would ever address it and they finally did.

It's like the upcoming spin-off - we had TBBT giving their story before it happened. We know Georgie has had several wives so maybe that's why the show will be titled: Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage.

Of course you're right r4. I had sort of forgotten about it but knew it was happening the minute Mary said he was late.

George and Mandy are boring by themselves. I doubt it will last. I figured Sheldon: The Doctorate Years would be next.

Will Annie Potts be in the new show?

Really R5? I kept waiting for it to happen throughout the entire run of the series.

Annie Potts is the best part.

I liked the way they showed some of the earlier tertiary characters in these last episodes. The female teacher was always a highlight for me.

I like the 80's stuff, tonight George had on a sweatshirt with stripes and jeans just like my dad used to wear.

I admit my eyes watered at the end of tonight's show

It has to be 1994 in the show. I think the movie georgie and Mandy went to see was Ace Ventura.

The ending did make me sad. I liked George. I almost thought they’d let him live through the series and old Sheldon would do a voiceover saying his dad died soon after he left for Cal Tech.

Not interested in the Georgie and Mandy show. Unless they get some good costars. Annie Potts and Craig T. Nelson included.

Basically Sheldon's dad here was a good guy as opposed to what we're told about him in TBBT. The episode last night was bittersweet.

[quote]Basically Sheldon's dad here was a good guy as opposed to what we're told about him in TBBT. The episode last night was bittersweet.

I've always assumed that the intent was to suggest that Sheldon never really dealt with his death, so defaulted to hating him as a coping mechanism. After marrying Amy and learning better ways to deal with his emotions, he starts remembering his father in a more real manner.

Same for the mother.

Young Sheldon does a lot to flesh out things like the reason he loves Penny so much is as a replacement for Missy.

Very astute, r15.

Like r13, I was hoping they could acknowledge it in a voice over at the end of the series.

I assume the next series would keep the remaining cast together, with Ian as an occasional guest star.

I generally hate network shows, but there was a genuine warmth in this series and it depicted living in a southern town quite well. When Georgie got his girlfriend pregnant, the church turned on the family and the devout mom lost her job as church secretary.

Also loved the roster of guest stars. I didn’t like TBBT that much, but they had great guest stars, too.

The only good new network show. Esp for CBS, which is filled with highly irritating cop/fbi shows and how many more FBI's are they gonna make???????

I love the show but hated Big Bang Theory.

R15, I think it was nothing more than blatant character revision when they decided to move forward with Young Sheldon. They needed to flesh out a faithful and loving father and husband. He was portrayed in TBBT as an adulterous drunk who called Sheldon names when he was teaching him about football. I believe they even had a different occupation written for him in the early seasons of TBBT. He was written as a punchline stereotype.

Then they decided to make him more ominous. For example, there were a few revelations in TBBT about Sheldon's character due to his father's supposed ways.

Just one example: They attributed his OCD three knock to his father's adulterous affairs (one in particular, when Sheldon walked in on him with another woman) which I felt was ridiculously bad scapegoat writing. Then along comes Young Sheldon and George is transformed into a faithful husband and loving father. RIP George.

Just a little bit of role playing with the wife. Unfortunately, as young Sheldon never asked his father about it, he always through he cheated.

Sometimes we can be so smart and so clueless or dumb or wrong at the same time. There's a little bit of Sheldon in all of us.

The scene and interview with the actors.

Love this cast. I'll watch the spin off to see Meemaw and Mary continue. Hopefully Craig Nelson will pop up from time to time.

I don't know that Georgie is an interesting enough character to be the center of a show, but I do like the Mandy character

Spin off is supposed to be filmed in front of a live audience, which will certainly change the nature of teh show. But we'll see . . .

R25, I could not figure out why they were centering so many episodes on Georgie and Mandy until I saw a promo a few weeks ago for the new series. I just assumed they had nothing left to write at that point, for Sheldon's journey.

They’ve been focused on the other characters for quite a while. Sheldon’s too obnoxious to carry the whole show, and Iain isn’t charismatic enough to pull it off.

I agree r27. The actor who played Young Sheldon was very charismatic when the show started and was so little. As he grew up he became way more affected, and was clearly trying to act like Jim Parson's Sheldon. It wasn't endearing but really annoying.

I enjoy Young Sheldon but I don’t really have any interest in the spin-off. Georgie is the least interesting character, IMO, and I always found the actor playing him to be the weakest link of an otherwise strong cast.

Annie Potts may not be part of new show. Though, I'll bet that if the show doesn't do well, they'll all get offers to do guest spots.

I don't see how they can say they were blindsided. The canon from TBBT is that George dies just before Sheldon leaves for Cal Tech, and that's the part of Sheldon's life they were nearing. Unless Potts felt that the show would continue without Sheldon.

The actress who plays Missy has already said she won't be part of the sequel show.

If its just Georgie and Mandy without the rest of the Cooper family, look for this new series to be cancelled by January.

Georgie and Mandy aren't interesting enough to carry the series without Meemaw and Mary popping in from time to time.

I shall continued watching Montana Jordan's jack-off video.

His whaaaat?

Why would you want to celebrate assholism? I -I mean autism?

Meemaw smiles in the backround as if they won the lotterie.

Nice touch.

This one R34......skip the ads at the beginning.

[quote]Last month, Potts told Variety that she and her costars felt "totally ambushed" by CBS' decision to end the hit comedy.

[quote]"If a show is starting to drag or lag or have a lack of stories or whatever, then you kind of see it coming," Potts said of the show's cancellation. "We were totally ambushed by this. I was, anyway."

[quote]Potts also called the cancellation "such a stupid business move," citing not only its continued ratings success but its popularity on Netflix and TikTok

What the fuck with Potts saying that at R30's link? Didn't any of the cast ever WATCH Big Bang Theory?

I just read they dragged out a few seasons to keep George alive on the show. The young actors were true to age and George was supposed to die when Sheldon and Missy were 14. They're now 16.

I don't know why some of the cast say they were blindsided. Did they actually think they could continue a family comedy by killing off the father? Ask The Goldbergs. Ask The Royal Family. Ask 8 Simple Rules.

Will this be the first sitcom spinoff to have its own spinoff since "All in the Family" begat "Maude" begat "Good Times"?

That would be " Happy Days " begat " Laverne and Shirley," begat " Mork and Mindy," begat " Out of the Blue."

Out of the Blue has engendered debate amongst some viewers concerning its precise relationship to Happy Days. The controversy arises from the fact that the first episode of the series was broadcast a little over one week prior to an episode of Happy Days featuring Jimmy Brogan as the character Random. Television observer and owner of Sitcoms Online, Todd Fuller, maintains that because "Chachi Sells His Soul" aired on September 18, 1979, Random's appearance on this Happy Days episode was a crossover. He goes on to postulate: "The Happy Days episode was likely a promotional tool for Out of the Blue to make the character more known."

I forgot " Happy Days" also begat " Joanie loves Chachi."

R40 and the Jeffersons

A spinoff of a spinoff. What is this, Norman Lear?

Doesn't Chuck Lorre have enough fucking money by now? Doesn't CBS have anything else to put in that timeslot to satisfy fraus and old fucks? Maybe another NCIS show?

[quote] That would be " Happy Days " begat " Laverne and Shirley," begat " Mork and Mindy," begat " Out of the Blue."

Well, "Mork & Mindy" and "Out of the Blue," like "Lavermne Shirlety," wer eall spin-offs from "Happy Days" (though "Out of the Blue" had a cross-over with "Morkl & Mindy"). So it's not the same thing.

If they had spun off of "Laverne & Shirley" (or if "Out of the Blue" had spun off of "Morn & Mindy") it would be similar.

R46=Billy Squier

Wow. Random has been Jay Leno's opening act for 27 years.

I think there was a spinoff of 'That 70's Show' but it didn't do well

Another one is on its way.

It actually premiered last year, R50. I watched the pilot ep for the original cast cameos but had no interest in watching future eps. I believe season two is about to drop.

HAPPY DAYS (which begat LAVERNE & SHIRLEY, MORK & MINDY, and JOANIE LOVES CHACHI) was a spin-off of a LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE episode.

R52, Harold Gould played the father.

[quote]HAPPY DAYS (which begat LAVERNE & SHIRLEY, MORK & MINDY, and JOANIE LOVES CHACHI) was a spin-off of a LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE episode.

I've always thought that it's odd that it's not connected to American Graffiti.

Awww it’s tonight. I remember I cried at the finale of the Big Bang Theory and it’s hard to believe that was already 5 years ago.

They did some underhanded editing for the promo. Did I miss Parson's Sheldon say, "thanks Dad" and something to the effect of "Dad wait!" when George exits through the kitchen door? Or was the "Dad wait!" line from young Sheldon?

I know they spliced one of George's exits during young Sheldon's fantasy conversation sequences with Jim Parson's Sheldon for the promo. So, when did Parson's Sheldon say, "thanks Dad" and/or "Dad wait!"

Parson's had a shit ton of fillers. Bialik looks ok.

By comparison......

r57 if you didn't watch it yet, Sheldon goes over in his head different scenarios where he says "Bye Dad" or "I love you Dad" or "can I ride with you?" because when George left Sheldon actually didn't even look up or notice.

r56 ^^^^ the posts above was meant for you

I thought it was an excellent series finale, one of the best in recent memory (note: I never watched TBBT).

Sheldon replaying the moment George walked out the door, over & over (with all the things he could have said, or wished he'd said) was very realistic & poignant. I teared up multiple times throughout the hour...yet, had at least one HUGE, out-loud, belly laugh:

🎵 Hey ya'll, prepare yourself for the Rubberband Man...🎵 I could not stop laughing, must have rewound that part three times, to take in everyone's reaction.

PARSONS, not Parson's

r37

stinky linky

I do hope some of the Coopers show up

Went to watch both of last night's episodes ONDEMAND about an hour ago, and fucking COMCAST cut the first episode at the first commercial and started the second episode......

So I've seen the last episode.....and waiting to see The Funeral episode.

R59, I understand those were various scenarios going through young Sheldon's mind after his father's passing and during the funeral service. I'm talking about in the promo, they splice (do they still do that) Parsons voice with a scene of George exiting the kitchen through the door. The scene young Sheldon plays over and over in his mind. Am I the only one who saw this promo? I have to find this damn clip.

R62, yes, except it keeps autocorrecting to Parson's and if you don't catch it, it shows up in the post.

Jerry O'Connell should do the narration for the new show

Did anyone else get the "For Your Consideration" ad after the closing credits? Maybe it was just in the L.A. market.

I saw it, R67 and I'm on the east coast.

I watched it on Paramount-Plus (after the Nuggets/Timberwolves game), and did not see a "for your consideration" card....although I waited to see the Chuck Lorre "end-card" (or whatever its called)...which simply read: "Gratitude".

Zoe Perry & Annie Potts should be nominated for their performances, IMO. I don't pay too much attention to the Emmys anymore.....but having caught up on early episodes of Young Sheldon, I do not understand how those two NEVER received a nomination, at some point.

Last year I got bored an decided to binge this. MeeMaw was the heart of the show and they had her go out with a whimper. The last season was very slow and almost boring.

I'll give the new show a chance since they are going back to the live with a studio audience shoot like TBBT and not the one camera shoot of Sheldon.

Well, YS actually ended with George in the tornado ditch, with Missy and Mary and Sheldon flying off to Germany.

Everything after has been one long segmented pilot for the Georgie and Mandy Show.

Lorre is the master of reconfiguring sitcoms to wring out every dime from them and he is in overdrive with this spin off.

Just as The Conner's morphed from Roseanne, YS has morphed into George and Mandy with a bunch of new cheaper actors. I wish Montana well as the new anchor of the new series. We will see how the new SAG negotiations happen for the new series. Guaranteed 13 episode seasons? Another divorce at year 5?

And in terms of the great TBBT cannon, Sheldon was 14 when his dad died, and he moved to Cal Tech. He was 23 when Leonard moved in. Lorre has nine glorious years of Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage crap to joyously fill with sitcom antics.

Well, aren't you just a ray of sunshine, R71?

The new series won’t go to season 2.

[quote] And in terms of the great TBBT cannon, Sheldon was 14 when his dad died, and he moved to Cal Tech. He was 23 when Leonard moved in. Lorre has nine glorious years of Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage crap to joyously fill with sitcom antics.

Why is the new show tied to the Sheldon timeline?

I agree with the others that this new sequel is set-up to fail. The couple is just not interesting enough especially the wife. Nevertheless. wishing them good luck. They gonna need it.

R74: Because the hardcore TBBT fans will probably harp about it constantly on social media, if it doesn't?? I mean, isn't that how it goes now?

Meemaw was from old Texas stock and was old to have heard and adopted "taw-nay-duh" as her pronunciation of this type of storm.

It does seem that instead of continuing the show without Sheldon a la the Conners, they decided to focus on Georgie, the single dead spot in the entire lineup of the show.

It feels like this was done for budget cutting reasons, not for sensible ones. Zoe Perry and Annie Potts couldn't possibly have been that expensive and Sheldon's been the #1 show for years plus it makes pisspots of money in syndication. So....not sure what they were thinking.

[quote]they decided to focus on Georgie, the single dead spot in the entire lineup of the show.

In the fictional life of Georgie, he begins as a idiot and grows into a rich man. The fucking cunt of a sister who couldn't do one wish for her mother was the dead spot.

In some ways, have Parson's Sheldon and Amy in the finale takes away from the cast of Young Sheldon.

That cast spent seven seasons, so should have been the focus of the finale.

At the same time, it does provide a symmetrical and satifying ending to the premise of the show since Parsons provided the voiceovers throughout and it's clear that the entire show is a narrative from Parson's Sheldon regarding his childhood.

^^^geez, the autocorrect does weird things when you add an apostrophe to PARSONS.

[quote]In some ways, have Parson's Sheldon and Amy in the finale takes away from the cast of Young Sheldon.

All their paychecks cleared, they'll be fine.

R71, the Conners get six eps next season then out the door. I can't believe it lasted as long as it did.

R80, it wasn't exactly Suzanne Pleshette level.

r83=Professor Proton

Lorre is the master of wringing the last dime out of a dead series.

How long did the recast Charlie, Ashton Kutcher, float the cast's contracts for Two and a Half Men. Even with that odious Angus kid, grown up?

IMDB shows Kutcher in 84 episodes. So he zombied the Lorre show for four years?

Lorre is probably kicking himself in the ass that he did not transition the United States of Al, to the United States of Hamas.

[quote]Lorre is the master of wringing the last dime out of a dead series.

Don't understand your point? Why would he have killed the most popular show on TV? It still ran another 84 episodes according to you, longer than thousands of sitcoms that have come and gone.

[quote]Why would he have killed the most popular show on TV?

The fandom would not let him deviate from TBBT cannon. Young Sheldon was careering to Georges death and Sheldon going to Cal Tech at 14. There was no variation.

[quote]It still ran another 84 episodes according to you

That was Two and a Half Men, that ran an extra 84 episodes after Charlie Sheen exploded. It was Roseanne II.

TBBT was a different choice; Jim Parsons did not want the story to continue after winning the Nobel Prize, and he was paid a million dollars an episode for the last number of seasons. The show reached Friends budget proportions, and Parsons wanting to end the story and give his husband a day job on Young Sheldon was a great solution for Lorre.

The Montana and Mindy spinoff is Lorre cashing in on established characters at discounted contract rates. Goodbye, Annie Potts. Too expensive. Annie and Zoe are going to be turned into special guests when they mak appearances. If Annie were smart, she would turn down the opportunities, They cant kill her character, she lives on, on TBBT.

[quote]The fandom would not let him deviate from TBBT cannon.

Oh, dear.

Zoe will be the latest version of her mother who did terrific and funny guest spots on TBBT.

The actress who plays Mandy is Haley Joel Osment’s sister and they have the same face. I kept expecting her to say “I see dead people.”

I never watched an episode of Old Sheldon, so who cares about Young Sheldon.

Oh, dear. I misspelled a homonym, Sweet JESUS, forgive me Gammar Snazi.

Oh, dear, you may go and fuck yourself.

r89, MAry was funny as a counterpoint to SHeldon in her East Texas bigoted Evangelical Christian way. Zoe spent all that on the CeCe baptism special. MAry can't show up in any comedic form. She is an object of scorn and ridicule. Young Missy ended the series as a steaming pile of shit.

The only character I would like to see spun off is Paige. SHe is a mirror for women in STEM and could have a significant arc. She's a prettier, smarter Amy.

R90, plot twist for the new show: Mandy gets severe postpartum depression and kills the baby. So Georgie comes home and she's sitting all scared on the sofa hugging a blanket, and he asks her what wrong, she says, I see dead baby.

[quote]Young Missy ended the series as a steaming pile of shit.

True, R92 but unlike Sheldon she didn't make their father's death all about herself.

[quote]If Annie were smart, she would turn down the opportunities

Why? She wants to work.

Yes, she wants to work, but Lorre is going to pay her peanuts.

She needs to turn down Lorre until the cash is good for her as it MAY be her swan song.

Well, R94, the show is called Young Sheldon not Dead George. The writers did a very good job of showing each character's reaction to his death and each character was true to form. It was very well done.

r97, it was a typical Lorre hack and paste job over two episodes.

Hello Mork and Mandy!

comcast/CBS ONDEMAND still hasn't fixed the problem.....the FUNERAL episode comes back from the first commercial and I get the notice The Next Episode Will Start In 9 seconds and it goes to the final episode.

The actor who plays Georgie just had a baby with his girlfriend, he is 21. He better save his show earnings because I doubt the spinoff makes it to a 2nd season.

R99: This YouTube channel posted the full Funeral episode. You'll have to watch it in four-minute(ish) segments, of course, but it's there.

Hah! Lance Barber was seated in the church crowd during George's funeral.

Georgina:

Oops.

That's so fuckin' funny R102. I need to rewatch that scene.

The black leggings, socks & tennis shoes really pull the ensemble together.

Thanks R101.

Watched the finale last night and I cried like a baby. Couldn’t fault it at all.

I cried too.

....

Young Sheldon panel at PaleyFest 2024. Hosted by the one & only Melissa Peterman!

Did PaleyFest feature anything about "Feud," which of course featured Mrs. Paley as a main character?

There was supposed to be a spinoff with Sue from The Middle but it never happened. I don't think this spin off is going to work either.

It'll work if this guy is on it. Oops. Don't let your videos leak.

At no time, dick and face are in the same frame. Not reliable.