Young Sheldon’s Lance Barber and Zoe Perry Discuss ‘Grounding’ George Sr., Replacing ‘Mom’ in Big Bang Prequel


by TVLine

TVLine— Being cast as Young Sheldon‘s Mary Cooper was not the first time that Zoe Perry had been tapped to play a younger version of a role originated by her mother. As a kid, she appeared as pint-sized Jackie Harris on ABC’s Roseanne.  Yet when she auditioned as an adult to succeed Metcalf in the Big […]

Daily Mail—Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik reprise roles from The Big Bang Theory for series finale of prequel Young Sheldon and reveal Sheldon and Amy have kids. The Big Bang Theory prequel spin-off series concluded its run after seven seasons with a finale that featured Jim, 51, and Mayim, 48, as Sheldon and Amy. The finale revealed that Sheldon and Amy have a boy named Leonard and Penny babysits their daughter who wants to take acting classes. CBS has ordered a spin-off titled Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage that is focused on characters from Young Sheldon

Collider—'Young Sheldon's Changes to George Cooper Were Intentional, Says Lance Barber. Chuck Lorre had two jobs when creating Young Sheldon. One was to make a funny show, and two, undo all the damage made to George Cooper...

USA Today—'Young Sheldon' tragedy: George Cooper's death is flawed father's 'Big Bang' redemption. Just a week before the series finale, George Cooper Sr.'s "Young Sheldon" death is a life-changing shock to Sheldon Cooper and TV fans.