At the time it became known that Chuck Lorre and Steve Molaro, the creators of Young Sheldon, were working on a spin-off with Steve Holland, screenwriter of both The Big Bang Theory and the prequel, it was assumed that it would be released. green. Such a successful property could not be left alone. And, as reported on Tuesday, the CBS channel will produce a first season of the series focused on Georgie, Sheldon's older brother, and Mandy, his partner.
In January, when it was leaked that the project was in development, one of the key points to clarify were the agreements with actors Montana Jordan and Emily Osment, who play Georgie and Mandie. Jordan had a contract as a main character but not a protagonist (this role in Young Sheldon corresponded to Iain Armitage) and Osment, who had become known in Hannah Montana, had joined in the middle of the fifth season, so his salary should have been significantly lower.
Once the agreements have been closed as the protagonists of the spin-off, and with the development completed, CBS has officially given the green light to the first season. The premise is simple: the viewer will be able to follow how Georgie and Mandy create their own family, after a complicated beginning of their romance. When they met, Georgie lied to Mandy about her age, making her believe that she was 21 years old when she was still a minor, and she was 29 years old. The following season, Mandy had the couple's first child.
The series, known by the working title Georgie and Mandy, will make the most of the characters' age difference as they face the challenges of adulthood and parenthood. And, as a curiosity, it will involve a change in format. If The Big Bang Theory was a traditional sitcom, with a large set and a live audience whose reactions were recorded, and Young Sheldon became a comedy with a single camera without a live audience, now the spin-off of the prequel will return to the traditional format with an audience and laughter.
The CBS channel, which aired The Big Bang Theory and has the seventh and final season of Young Sheldon pending release, wants to broadcast the series with Montana Jordan and Emily Osment for the 2024-2025 season. It is still unknown to what extent the rest of the Cooper family such as Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Raegan Revord or Annie Potts could participate in the series.
