Young Sheldon Absolutely Should Have Failed

Love it or hate it, The Big Bang Theory is one of the biggest sitcoms of the last 15 years. So when CBS announced a spin-off, Young Sheldon, many fans were skeptical about whether it could live up to the original. Surprisingly, not only did Young Sheldon match the success of The Big Bang Theory, but many fans now consider it the superior show. It’s rare for a spin-off to outshine its predecessor-but even rarer is a spin-off getting another spin-off that actually works.
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[@trinaq]

The show works because the ensemble cast play really well off each other. While the family have their negative moments, and can be a little annoying, they feel like real people, and you can see how they shaped Sheldon to become the man he is by the time of "Big Bang Theory."

[@trinaq]

Possible unpopular opinion: I like this show more than the parent one. Maybe it's due to the delightful ensemble cast, the refreshing lack of laugh track, or the relatable family situations.

[@Cyril29a]

It is incompatibly better. It is actually a good show. The new show isn't great however... It isn't terrible as far as network TV goes and it is miles better that BBT but it is far from actually good

[@thaisennj9781]

How is it unpopular the original is not that funny, and it’s of its time.

[@WanBelltrum]

Wanna hear a hot take? Laugh tracks are not an issue. People just like to think they are sophisticated because they saw a video with one edited out, and now its a pet issue they like to bitch about.

[@Cyril29a]

@@WanBelltrum No they really are the problem. They take up far too much time in the show and break pacing.

[@WanBelltrum]

@Cyril29a mf, you're watching a comedy, not a drama. What fucking pacing do require form a show meant to make you laugh?

[@VladZer0]

I think they made a lot of very good decisions. First of all, they didn’t just flanderize every character; they allowed each character to grow. They weren’t just like, “Oh, his father was a drunk guy in TBBT, so let’s make him a drunk, aggressive father.” Instead, they wanted to show him as a multifaceted character, and that happens with everyone. Also, they didn’t take the “Han Solo approach” of wanting to explain minimal details that nobody cared about, like “Oh, this guy goes solo, so he is Han Solo.” Instead, they actually developed important details throughout the series, such as Sheldon’s love for comic books. At first, they showed how he didn’t like them, which aligned with the personality Young Sheldon had. Then, they demonstrated how comic books and Tam became an escape for him, effectively explaining why he loved comic books so much. It wasn’t just, “Oh, then a comic book fell from the sky, and I loved them,” or some other nonsense like that. They also took the risk of changing the perspective that TBBT gave us on certain characters and situations, such as the father’s affair. If something didn’t work in TBBT, they didn’t hesitate to change it or present it in a different way while still keeping it somewhat connected to the original. In the end, they created their own show that stands on its own, you don’t need TBBT to understand or care about it. That’s why Young Sheldon is so great.

[@bertdog2119]

They could do so much with the other characters because they could take what was established by Sheldon in TBBT and reinterpret it. Sheldon was a child when these things happened and even though he’s a genius he doesn’t know everything and doesn’t always remember what exactly happened.

[@yrbelite8450]

Georgie had one hell of a character arc. Dude probably had the most growth. I can see why they had gotten a 3rd spinoff.

[@trumpetbob15]

The spin-off worked because it was a sitcom of an older time like the Wonder Years that you mentioned. People liked those older sitcoms but that isn't what is on TV nowadays. As for the actor playing young Sheldon, he was okay in the first season but as he got older, he brought down the show - which just goes to show how important it was that it became a family sitcom rather than a show directly about Sheldon.

[@spineshivers]

EXACTLY! And once he hit puberty, it was awful. The show is good precisely cause it isn't just about Sheldon.

[@joshdeveaux8525]

Not really seeing how the actor brought down the show, I mean his voice didn’t fit the character but it would be insane to fault him for that. His acting was consistently great. I get some people grew tired of Sheldon as a character but I don’t understand any frustration with Ian as an actor.

[@Zeraw2]

@@joshdeveaux8525 isn't that the point of sheldon's character? He became more annoying as he grew older. If he was the only focus, that could've made the show bad. But his family is there to offset him. Most of the time, in the later seasons, the scenes were great if he was not around.

[@mborok]

That’s what’s so brilliant, it shows how the child we meet in season 1 becomes the cold, closed-off character that Leonard first meets on TBBT. Sheldon becomes more unlikable when he goes to college, and at the same time his family starts falling apart. He retreats into himself and becomes more hostile. It’s the family that made him human. Later, it’s his second family, in the form of his friends (and especially Amy) that makes him human again.

[@melissamurray8307]

@@joshdeveaux8525Exactly. Blame it on how they wrote Sheldon, not his actor.

[@arminxvs3372]

Rare case where the main protagonist, the title-giver became less interesting and more boring that the rest. Thus, at S3 ongoing it feels like Sheldon becomes a side-character while the rest has more urgent plots and dramas.

[@talcat8031]

Ironically that’s what happened with big bang as well Lenard was supposed to be the main character.

[@AndrewH1220]

Yeah I feel like ever since Georgie got Mandy pregnant he basically became the main character

[@arminxvs3372]

@AndrewH1220 Sonewhat, right? Family, him stepping up, side hustle with his grandma etc.

[@justhair17]

@@AndrewH1220 I didnt mind that tbh, I think Georgie was the best character in the show

[@ThePunisherSpider]

I think it's partly because of how Sheldon was written at the start of Big Bang, they couldn't really evolve the character and had to keep him as a jerk, which stopped being funny when he stopped being a little kid and the series grew up from that humor. I liked the scenes when they showed Sheldon as vulnerable and how much he loves Missy, they could have worked on that. They could have showed Sheldon truly loving their siblings, and how the relationship with them deteriorate until he shuts everything down by the end. It's a shame, the actor did his best (the funeral episode was great) but the writers didn't knew what to do with him.

[@reverierift]

When you write great supporting characters that's what happens

[@Nerdstalgic]

good point

[@Spathinator]

I have basically seen this whole show through KZbin Shorts without watching a single episode lol.

[@matrix-5466]

Young Sheldon was definitely more of a Dramedy while BBT was almost all comedy. Nothing wrong with that, but was still a good change.

[@abigailaceves9230]

I still like TBBT, but I do enjoy Young Sheldon so much that I forgot it’s a spin-off prequel to TBBT as the years go by.

[@prasanth2601]

A middle class American family drama that revolves around an intelligent kid? Could not ask for a better show than Young Sheldon. Even Georgie's first marriage outdid my expectations

[@PoolKid75]

Just goes to show, when you respect the audience you get a great show.

[@Senyuno]

the problem is the premise that "Big Bang Theory is a beloved series". Young Sheldon is simply a better show in every way.

[@AxelQC]

You didn't really discuss the greatest gem of the series: Annie Potts.

[@trinaq]

Part of me wishes that Missy had received the spinoff instead of Georgie and Mandy. Seeing how she coped after the death of her beloved dad, and coping being in a house alone with an overly religious mother, while starting to act out, could make for a juicy watch.

[@Nerdstalgic]

Missy would have been fun

[@HeadshotJack]

Honestly no. A large part of why Georgie got the spinoff was because he already had a free supporting cast with mandie and her parents vs missy had literally zero established side characters

[@morganf1968]

I agree Missy has so much potential. Plus I hate that they are giving so much attention to the Georgie and Mandy relationship in general when it’s disgusting

[@natp8888]

@@morganf1968 I feel like they'll give Missy more attention as the time in her pre-written arc of "being a teenager who constantly got into trouble and acted up" comes, using Georgie's show for that purpose. Cuz Georgie is supposed to have been "the one to hold it all together."

[@justhair17]

Georgie made a lot of sense though. Imo he was the best character in the show, already had a lot of characters around him that could be used as supporting cast and had very interesting plotlines going on. While I havent seen the new spin off, I am a bit worries they are returning to laugh tracks and the BBT formatting, as I rly didnt like that

[@Phuzzi]

Young Sheldon was so good I gave the original a second chance, and enjoyed it more.

[@Nerdstalgic]

heck yes

[@blackarrows8850]

I watched Young Sheldon first too and that got me into TBBT. I think the original is much more funnier, but Young Sheldon did a lot better with character development and drama side.

[@nomad_wm]

It’s such a superior show to BBT, there’s just so much more heart to it and I love the ensemble, especially his fine af meemaw

[@rings22]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@phoenixaki3458]

I've been a Big Bang Theory hater for years but I remember watching an episode or two of Young Sheldon and being genuinely impressed at how much I actually enjoyed it. I don't plan to watch more, but it took my "this is going to suck" and turned into "this is actually a lot better than I expected" and I have to tip my hat to that. I think it's mostly the lack of laugh track which forces the humor to be able to stand up on its own a bit more that worked better for me, but ultimately the humor itself is still not my style

[@ankyfire]

I'm a hater of the original show and I really like the spinoff. The jokes aren't as obvious or heavy handed, they're more natural, and the whole vibe of the show is nice and wholesome, lifting everyone up not putting them down.

[@mborok]

To be fair, TBBT had a live audience, not a laugh track.

[@PoolKid75]

For many children, Young Sheldon is the first real family sitcom they ever saw. It's for them what Full House was for 90s kids.

[@Zeraw2]

probably because I did not see full house that often when I was a kid, but I saw Malcolm in the Middle, for me, it is similar to Young Sheldon

[@LythaWausW]

That is an interesting point, if kids of today actually watch YS. Do they? I wonder how they'd identify with the 80s lifestyle/values. A lot of the enjoyment I get from YS is the sets and props, which was my life in the 80s. The same telephones, typewriters, the Corningware I ate out of and my mom stlil has, and Tam's red Tupperware lunch set, I had that exact set! Someone worked really hard on providing props that only Gen X can appreciate. I had an Etch a Sketch, I had a calculator watch, I remember when Red Vines were sold in paper packaging and not plastic. Young Sheldon makes me feel old, but happy to be reminded of my young life. If kids are watching YS today, they don't get that spark of happiness when they see a telephone you can actually slam the receiver down in disgust.

[@crisananca313]

i hope some day they make *Old Stuart*

[@Landrew0]

Success is nearly always predicated on talent. The scripts and the acting of this series is superb. All aspects of the production are excellent.

[@froylangarcia1303]

I hate how Sheldon always described his father as drunk idiot but in Young Sheldon he's portrayed as a loving understanding father

[@tylerfink2336]

I thought the discourse around Big Bang Theory was that it’s simply not funny or well written, I don’t remember discussions of it being sexist or wrong for having nerds be the center of the joke. The latter would have been forgivable if it was actually funny or even based on real nerd culture. I recall many “nerd jokes” being almost technobabble

[@michaelhall2709]

Nope. It’s exaggerated, of course, being a sitcom. But I’ve been a nerd the better part of my 66 years, and I not only recognize myself and others in the show, but in fact the (mostly) gentle pokes at nerds reflect the jokes we tell about ourselves.

[@Schlabbeflicker]

Bazinga

[@ankyfire]

There have been plenty of discourse about the show's misogyny and sexism.

[@blackarrows8850]

Yeah I'm a nerd and female and haven't been offended by any of the jokes in the show but instead really enjoy it, so I don't get what people are going on about. I also think it's funny and I'm sure a lot of others do too (from it's popularity).

[@kitsunestudios140]

What I find even more crazy and funny than it being more successful then TBBT is that it first started off as fans requesting a prequel series or just wanting a spin off. It originally was never gonna happen until the creators saw and heard people wanting it. And then it ended up happening.

[@Finkelfunk]

I absolutely loathe Big Bang Theory. It has been described as "how dumb people think smart people are like" and this is so true. And that laugh track is god awful, watch one of those clips where they edit it out and this just becomes a horribly cringey and awkward conversation. But Young Sheldon actually was okay to watch and I found some of the jokes to be genuinely funny. The story is interesting as a concept, no laugh track to hide cheap and bad jokes and terrible writing is a big bonus, and the humor actually feels less "look at how nerdy we are!" and more like some genuinely funny jokes.

[@PC2000]

I've never agreed with this take. I'm one of the nerdiest people I know, and I think the nerdy aspects in BBT are absolutely spot on. As for the laugh track, take the laugh track out of ANY sitcom and you'll get the exact same result, even beloved series like Frasier or I Love Lucy.

[@Taydar]

Yeah they are two kinds of people. Smart people who know they are smart that like the Big Bang theory and dumb people who think they are smart who hate the Big Bang theory.

[@Finkelfunk]

@@PC2000 Being a "nerd" and being the stereotypical embodiment of the cliche of an autistic genius in what I can only imagine is the fantasy of some middle school dropouts of what it is like to be smart is not even in the same universe.

[@blackarrows8850]

​@@Finkelfunk It's awkward without the laugh track because TBBT was filmed in front of live audience (it's not a laugh track). That means the actors have to pause for the laughs, and when you take the laughs out, it leaves long awkward pauses that makes it weird. These characters are wildly exaggerated, but I'm in CS and a lot of the characterization is actually true. The lack of social awareness with some people, looking down at liberal arts, and nerding out about a subject.

[@ChaldonPretorius]

Haven’t watched the full video, but I'm pretty sure a lot of it was down to everyone knowing who Sheldon turns out to be, so the audience didn't need to find him a compelling character and the writers could build the story around his family instead. It meant that most of the interactions in the show that mattered were the ones regular people could relate to and empathise with, and the writers handled these stories very well. Adult Sheldon Cooper is a jerk with a warped memory of his childhood. No one wants to rally around that, especially with how badly his character was flanderized in the later seasons.

[@gl-yph]

I didn't even know about the existence of Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Lucky

[@pjp9310]

excellent video. now the spin off has a spinoff lol

[@SavagioTs]

Can't say I hated BBT, I just didn't care for it at all. I mean, I watched it completely and can barely remember anything from it. But I adore "Young Sheldon", that show was funny and had a heart

[@JustinSullyCM]

TikTok and IG reels saved this show. It's not that complicated.

[@BreadEnthusiast-16]

I think This show is way better than the Big Bang theory

[@Nerdstalgic]

I tend to agree

[@LENZ5369]

Watched Big bang when it first came out (think I was in high school), after a few seasons; it became something I had on while I doing something else. I eventually stopped bothering to even put it on (not sure when but I recall Howard was married, Penny and Leonard was dating or engaged, Sheldon and Amy was dating), randomly took a chance on Young Sheldon and was pleasantly surprised -it was refreshing and I have stayed for the whole series. I am going to give the Georgie show a shot but after hearing that it is closer to Big bang...I am not hopeful.

[@Roonifer]

There was a period of time when Young Sheldon was new, where everyone would dunk on the show for being something nobody asked for and being something nobody wanted. There was an ongoing rhetoric that poked fun at Young Sheldon's longevity by claiming the state of TV today has been reduced to lazy, repurposed and unoriginal slop and that we couldn't come up with anything more interesting than "it's Sheldon... but when he was young!" I was definitely part of that crowd, especially as someone who hated The Big Bang Theory. So color me totally surprised when I got sick with Covid and started watching it in the hope that it would bore me to sleep... I was so sick and so physically exhausted from coughing so hard that I was sure I could count "bazingas" to put me to sleep. Sadly, sleep wouldn't come to me because I was totally hooked! The show is goofy, but it's got a lot of heart. I really didn't expect a show that rose from the annoying and meanspirited ashes of The Big Bang Theory would be as good, engaging, and charming as it is!! ♥

[@arminxvs3372]

Nice, relatable characters. Sometimes it's that simple. ❤

[@Jellybean199611]

At the risk of sounding like Sheldon myself, my favorite fun fact about the Young Sheldon series is that the theme song is literally sang and composed by Steve from Blues Clues.

[@JD-bo5gi]

Georgie can definitely carry a spin off on his character alone ❤ he quickly became a fan favourite of the show and I enjoy seeing where his story goes. They were smart to make his character the main focus

[@ProfessorTakatoPalm]

The Big Bang Theory shouldn’t have worked either, and yet it did. When it first started it looked like any other show that would probably run for like 13 episodes and fade away, but instead it ran for 12 season and 12 years and was even given the vote of #1 comedy. The reason why is because of the good writing and the supporting characters. As the show evolved as did the character some for the better and some not. That’s what Young Sheldon understood and why it worked

[@chrissolar2543]

I really did not think we would get a Big Bang Theory cinematic universe

[@spineshivers]

I liked it way more than TBBT. The original show got old for me after season three, but the reason wasn't the "offensive" jokes. Honestly, people find everything offensive nowadays. My issue was it was a show about laughing AT nerds, not WITH nerds. A good nerd show is The IT Crowd, it's a hilarious British sitcom and some of the episodes are genuinely some of the best comedy I've ever watched. PS. 6:30 - George Sr.'s actor is in TBBT too, but not as George's dad(obviously), but in the role of a bully in one episode, which I always found interesting.

[@rachelvinson17]

Can’t bring myself to watch a full episode of TBBT (and never will), yet I absolutely adored Young Sheldon and all of its characters.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Liked Young Sheldon more than Big Bang Theory

[@jwanie366]

I was quite surprised that the show was able to run as long as it did. It was a good way for Jim to continue working on the franchise without actually having to physically be on set

[@conni123]

It's fanfiction basically What I love about fanfiction is that I can focus on one character and put them in different situations or just thing are done a little differently. Without removing from the main thing. Or rewriting it better.

[@KosmicJr100]

A fluke that turned into some of the funniest season binges of my life.

[@MTTT19]

I didn’t expect this series to make it past at least 3 Seasons. I’m so glad I was wrong.

[@kaninma7237]

They did what seemed inconceivable!

[@ankyfire]

I'm one of those hypothetical people you mentioned. I hate the original show, I love Young Sheldon. Not a fan of the new spinoff.

[@SouloXD]

The main reason I have bitterness towards this show is that it's so good that it makes big bang worse on a chronological watch, like there's no reason for Sheldon to be this much of a jerk in the future if he's learning humility in the past

[@OrlyVlogt]

I would watch young Sheldon, but never the big bang theory, good analysis.

[@jeffreysalvador7076]

Talk about the spin off of a spin off which is maddies and georgies first marriage lol

[@ultraboy2669]

me at 9 years old hearing this show would come out thinking it was a bad idea that would crash and burn then remember watching the pilot and falling in love now i love it just as much as bbt

[@gilesm5716]

When talking about the casting you didn't mention that George was Leonards childhood bully in TBBT

[@schnauzeroll]

I really don’t understand the attacks against TBBT. Yes, there are jokes that are “crass” or “misogynistic” but within the context of the sitcoms, everyone else is also “appalled” by those remarks/jokes by Howard or Sheldon. It’s like there’s a murder or rape scene in a movie and you automatically label the movie as immoral and gross without analyzing the context. So much for a “movie essay”..

[@invermere2879]

8:27 exactly this. This is me lol.

[@williamdaviddiazcuchimaque7511]

Deberías hacer un vídeo sobre kat o night court dos sitcoms faileds de las chicas de Big Bang theory

[@TerenceBurns-d9z]

The sister who absolutely killed the role certainly helped gel the family dynamic.

[@Mr.N0B0DY.3D]

A spinoff of a spinoff. They creating the big bang seriesverse lol

[@hardikpandya364]

If not for Young Sheldon, I wouldn't even know about Big Bang Theory. It is the best there is, will be

[@almightybrooms]

I haven't seen any of Young Sheldon, but it sounds like Dexter: Original Sin might have taken some inspiration from it as a prequel spin off (although I don't believe it's doing very well).

[@hentisenti]

Anyone else getting recommended young sheldon recently on their feed

[@FiliusFidelis]

hate canned laughter, was a little curious about the georgie spinnoff... until you mentioned laugh track.

[@rahileshanbi5551]

I liked it much more than BBG that it actually intrigued me to watch, and I don't regret it. I actually wished it wasn't tied to the storyline of BBT as I wanted to see more potential for the characters but it is a prequel after all.

[@CiabanItReal]

I would think Joey is more in line with the second kind of spin off, not the first.

[@Ray-ski]

I definitely hated the bbt and sheldon dragged the show down

[@PassiveAgressive319]

I’ve never watched the BBT but adored YS.

[@aych5865]

I’ve never watched big bang theory, I obviously know about it because it’s a huge show but I’ve never personally watched it. However I binged young Sheldon in like a week and a half and I loved every second of it. Originally though, I actually got into it because I saw clips of Georgie on social media and it made me like the character enough to watch it.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

George Cooper is my favorite character

[@Tim_the_Enchanter]

Sheldon's family is much more interesting than Sheldon in much the same way that Sheldon's "friends" are more interesting in _The Big Bang Theory._ Sheldon simply isn't engaging. He's just annoying.

[@borntoclimb7116]

I never watched this show

[@jjpp3301]

better call saul is so good that I feel bad calling it a spin off

[@Idk-ts1yi]

Its a prequel it sets up breaking bad it is not concurrent with breaking bad its not a spin off

[@PiratDunkelbart]

The cast is just great.

[@Nerdstalgic]

it really is!

[@kylespevak6781]

Hearing the premise only I thought that the show was going to be awful but I watched it while I was in Disney and it was pretty good

[@trumpetbob15]

I agree. Took me a few years to give it a shot, but I really enjoyed the family dynamics of the show.

[@sl4983]

LOVE this show. Also love Malcolm in the Middle

[@Powerboywow]

Funny part, Young sheldons father is Lenoreds bully in big bang theory!

[@eon6274]

7:14 KEVIN?! Watching Better Call Saul has broken my brain to the point I saw him and went into a different mode. Had to stop everything I'm doing and go watch the Jimmy vs Mesa Verde clip.

[@michaeldocker1009]

Yeah I have to admit I greatly prefer Young Sheldon to the big bang theory 😅 I didn't bother with it for a while because I assumed it would be more of the same but then I caught the tail end of an episode somewhere and went diving in 😂

[@MotownCountry]

wasn't Joey...a popular character of Friends...and he had his own show. none of the others really showed up on his show.

[@allright]

So "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage" is a spin-off of a spin-off, is there any others like that.

[@Kerorofan1990]

A few. Any NCIS show after the original, which was originally a spinoff from JAG. Legends of Tomorrow, which spunoff from The Flash, which spunoff from Arrow. Diagnosis Murder, which was a spinoff of Matlock spinoff Jake And The Fatman. A ton of stuff that spun off from Happy Days, which was a spinoff of Love, American Style. And a bunch more.

[@glennpaul3859]

known BBT for too long but do not hit my interest but Young Sheldon sparks it and im now on 8th season.

[@emilnovruzov1389]

Nerdstalgic with another BANGER

[@Nerdstalgic]

we out here

[@unemilifleur]

I watched Young Sheldon for a bit and since I had never watched The big bang theory, I went to check it out. I only watched 1 episode and really didn’t like it. As a somewhat nerdy woman, I liked neither the misogynie nor mocking the nerds. It felt very outdated.

[@Ian00003]

I have no shame in saying I really like the show

[@godspeed6746]

Young Sheldon surpassed my expectations

[@Danny-zc4wr]

simple answer : sheldon

[@MrFantastic23]

I can say I didn't like TBBT when it first started airing actially hated the little bits and pieces I saw of it. I only got into it in 2019 when I was laid up with an leg injury and had watch just about everything I could. I started with the syndication episodes but then started to like it even though there were times I was shaking my head at some of the jokes or situations there were in. I gave Young Sheldon a try on streaming and really enjoyed it. Now, I am enjoying the new show. Funny how that worked out.

[@rykzzmoviemaker]

Great video. While I do not hate TBBT, there are some jokes that I find to be good, I do not like it. However Young Sheldon might have become one of my favorite TV show. Characters are indeed relatable, and there's something really beautiful about how this family is portrayed. All with their flaws, but all very loving nonetheless.

[@robclarke6273]

Loved YS; hated BBT - logic checks out

[@AlexFariaOliveira]

I think I watched Georgie and Mandy up to 4 - 5 episodes. I haven't chuckled once. His mother in law is sufferable, his father in law is absolutely no funny at all. Either he is just a push-over or he is a boss. His college in his father-in-law's store is forced, he is just planinly disrepectful. Georgie is supposed to be this big heart guy that picked the pieces of his family and carried on and the show decided to get him out of the house leaving his mom and sister alone, a prooved ensemble and ditched them for these average actors that don't know what they are doing. All I can think is that the old cast would cost too much and the studio said: Pick the people that were merely cameos, offer them far less money and make a show out of it. Maybe this show shouldn't have been a straight comedy, but a show about a family coming together after the tragic loss of their father, learning how to function without that authority or sweet shoulders they father provided. But that too much to expect from the guys that always spoiled emotional moments in The Big Bang Theory with an unfunny joke, like that time in which Sheldon said something really nice and meaninful to Howard after he lost his mom and they had to interrrupt with a crap line from Penny that completely spoiled the moment.

[@ShaiLai]

I don't think Penny ruined the moment, I reacted the same way as her watching that. She was just relieved

[@noob_guy-u5s]

Better call caul being the greatest spin - off of all time

[@benkellman4577]

I was surprised how much I liked this show, given that I didn't like Big Bang. I think the characters were a lot more likable and the stories seemed more human instead of just being setups for jokes.

[@kris242]

Genuinely HATED BBT lolol. I wasn’t offended by stereotypes or jokes, mind you. Moreso it was just so damn cliche, lazily written, and all of the characters (apart from Sheldon) were so painfully unlikable. Nerdstalgiac is actually pretty on the mark here in saying that people who hate BBT might like Young Sheldon. It’s night-and-day different in quality especially. There’s actual care placed into the stories, instead of reiterating tropes and lazy jokes. For a spinoff, it surpasses its origin immensely in quality alone.

[@HarvestStore]

Great video.

[@xhoanamali9688]

in my opinion, the Big Bang Theory was better than Young Shelden.

[@justhair17]

Imo I dont like the format used in BBT, with the camera angles and the laugh track, it feels super staged. Whereas with Young Sheldon, it feels much more realistic and relatable, especially since most of the characters are normal people who you could easily see in your day-to-day life

[@abdelali9279]

In this case, humanity failed

[@truechaos2798]

I don’t like either show the only thing I did like was Georgie’s storyline when he got Mandy pregnant I literally watched just episodes about that because I respect how Georgie handled it all he didn’t really try to run from it he just stepped up as a dad

[@17R3W]

Does Orville have a spin off?

[@dantu5377]

Cooper and the sister made the show

[@LostHorizons0]

This show was better than the show it spun off from imo

[@stellart5664]

Wow a spin off of a spin off. And it did the same thing that younge Sheldon did: take a fan favorite (or couple in this instance) and do a different comedy show. I wonder if they’ll take it in a full house direction or more of a dramadey