A ‘Young Sheldon’ spinoff about Georgie and Mandy is nearing a CBS series order – Deadline


Young Sheldon It is coming to an end this season but the franchise will continue on CBS. The network is moving from a straight-to-series arrangement to a multi-camera show Young Sheldon Executive producers of the series include Steve Holland, Stephen Molaro, Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. Television studio, sources tell Deadline. The new series will focus on the characters of Georgie Cooper and his fiancée Mandy McAllister, played on the show by Montana Jordan and Emily Osment, respectively.

I hear deals with Jordan and Osment are still in the works, but the pair are expected to reprise their roles on the series, which is expected to get a 13-episode order for the 2024-25 season. Representatives for CBS and WBTV declined to comment.

Jordan has been a series regular Young Sheldon From the beginning, Sheldon’s older brother was played by George Marshall “Georgie” Cooper Jr., who left school at 17 to work full-time at the Meemaw Laundromat where he first met Mandy (Osment) in season five. She was 29 years old at the time; He was 17 but lied to her saying he was 21. Mandy eventually found out the truth but by then she and Georgie were expecting it. It took some time, but Georgie gradually regained Mandy’s trust and the new parents became engaged in the season six finale.

(LR): Emily Osment and Montana Jordan in “Young Sheldon”

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There is no clear road map for Georgie and Mandy’s relationship. By season 12 of The Big Bang Theory, in which Jerry O’Connell played Georgie, a former school dropout who became a successful owner of a chain of tire stores and married and divorced twice. This means that the potential marriage between Georgie and Mandy will not continue, but is supposed to extend over the course of a television series, and… Young Sheldon The producers talked about taking liberties with BPT Cannon in the prequel.

like Young Sheldon Events have already been approaching in BPTGeorgie and Mandy’s follow-up will likely reach a concurrent period with bbt, Although if Sheldon appears in the branch, it is expected that he will be photographed Young Sheldon Starred by Ian Armitage and not by Jim Parsons, who played the character BPT. (The same goes for Zoe Perry, who plays Georgie, Sheldon and Missy’s mother Young Sheldon Opposite her mother, Laurie Metcalf, who portrayed her BPT.)

With the spinoff Georgie and Mandy, the series returns to the multi-camera format The Big Bang Theory After venturing into one camera with Young Sheldon.

The new show also expands on Lorre’s ongoing presence on CBS that dates back more than 20 years. He has two current comedies on the network, Young Sheldon And Bob AbisholaBoth of them ended their careers this season.

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Holland, Molaro, and Lowery will write the script, while the spinoff is executive produced, which is in its early stages at the end of the upcoming season. Young Sheldon It was announced in November.

The three worked on The Big Bang Theory or Young Sheldon (or both at once) since the launch of the Mothership series, which Lowry co-created, in 2007. Molaro has directed BPT For years before collaborating with Lorre to co-create Young Sheldon He took over advance screening duties, with Holland succeeding him at the helm of the film BPT Before cutting to Young Sheldon After the end of the huge hit in 2019.

(LR) Montana Jordan as Georgie, Zoe Perry as Mary, Emily Osment as Mandy, and Ian Armitage as Sheldon in “Young Sheldon.”

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the Young Sheldon Spinoff is separate from BPT Lorre’s Max spin-off, which was recently revealed, is in the initial conceptual stage. At the Warner Bros Discovery podcast, Laurie has co-created and executive produced comedy series Bookmaker, which was just renewed for a second season. All of Lorre’s shows are produced by WBTV, where he has resided for 25 years.

Osment was a series regular Hannah MontagneA and starred Young and hungry. Before joining Young Sheldon As a series recurring character in season five before being promoted to series regular at the beginning of season six, Osment guest starred in Lorre’s Two and a half men on CBS and recurred in his series Mother (CBS) and Kominsky method (Netflix).

This will mark CBS’ fifth new scripted series for the 2024-25 season, joining dramas NCIS: Origins, Matlock And Watson And a multi-camera comedy Bubba’s house. In addition, the network is exploring the possibilities Fire country spin off.

The seventh and final season consists of 14 episodes Young Sheldon It premieres on February 15 and concludes with a one-hour finale on May 16.

Lori is repped by UTA. The Netherlands is represented by WME. Jordan is repped by Alchemy Entertainment and Brecheen Feldman Breimer. Osment is repped by CAA, Entertainment 360, Edelstein, Laird & Sobel.

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