Young Sheldon Trivia | 40 facts about the spinoff

Every sitcom lover has watched more than once Big Bang Theory, and loves Sheldon Cooper. But did you know there is a spinoff about young Sheldon?

Let’s find out more about the popular spinoff!

1. Young Sheldon is an American period sitcom television series for CBS.
2. It was created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro.
3. Chuck Lorre was co-creator of the Big Bang Theory as well.
4. The series is set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory.
5. It begins with the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of nine, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school.
6. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon.
7. Zoe Perry portrays his mother.
8. Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord, and Annie Potts also star along with them.
9. Jim Parsons, who portrays the adult Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory is also part of the team.
10. He narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.
11. Development of the prequel series began in November 2016, from an initial idea that Parsons passed along to The Big Bang Theory producers.
12. The following March, Armitage and Perry were cast, and the series was ordered by CBS.
13. The series premiered as a special preview on September 25, 2017.
14. Two days later, CBS picked up the series for a full season of 22 episodes.
15. From November 2, 2017, new episodes began airing weekly.
16. In February 2019, CBS renewed the series for a third and fourth season.
17. The fourth season premiered on November 5, 2020.
18. In March 2021, CBS renewed the series for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season all at once.
19. Zoe Perry is the real life daughter of Laurie Metcalf from The Big Bang Theory (2007).
20. Over 20 years earlier she also played the younger version of her mother in episodes 5.7, Roseanne: Halloween IV (1992), and 7.19, Roseanne: All About Rosey (1995) of Roseanne (1988). Now she again plays a younger version of her mother’s character over 20 years later.
21. Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon) said he was committed to his role of Sheldon thanks to Jim Parsons (Adult Sheldon) coaching him and explaining who Sheldon is.
22. In real life, the 11-year-old actor who plays Missy Cooper is a much louder human being, than the charachter.

1. Young Sheldon is an American period sitcom television series for CBS.
2. It was created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro.
3. Chuck Lorre was co-creator of the Big Bang Theory as well.
4. The series is set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is a spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory.
5. It begins with the character Sheldon Cooper at the age of nine, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school.
6. Iain Armitage stars as young Sheldon.
7. Zoe Perry portrays his mother.
8. Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord, and Annie Potts also star along with them.
9. Jim Parsons, who portrays the adult Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory is also part of the team.
10. He narrates the series and serves as an executive producer.
11. Development of the prequel series began in November 2016, from an initial idea that Parsons passed along to The Big Bang Theory producers.
12. The following March, Armitage and Perry were cast, and the series was ordered by CBS.
13. The series premiered as a special preview on September 25, 2017.
14. Two days later, CBS picked up the series for a full season of 22 episodes.
15. From November 2, 2017, new episodes began airing weekly.
16. In February 2019, CBS renewed the series for a third and fourth season.
17. The fourth season premiered on November 5, 2020.
18. In March 2021, CBS renewed the series for a fifth, sixth, and seventh season all at once.
19. Zoe Perry is the real life daughter of Laurie Metcalf from The Big Bang Theory (2007).
20. Over 20 years earlier she also played the younger version of her mother in episodes 5.7, Roseanne: Halloween IV (1992), and 7.19, Roseanne: All About Rosey (1995) of Roseanne (1988). Now she again plays a younger version of her mother’s character over 20 years later.
21. Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon) said he was committed to his role of Sheldon thanks to Jim Parsons (Adult Sheldon) coaching him and explaining who Sheldon is.
22. In real life, the 11-year-old actor who plays Missy Cooper is a much louder human being, than the charachter she portrays.
23. When Raegan Revord (aka Missy Cooper) spoke with the website Just Jared Jr., she revealed that in her personal life she simply loves musicals.
24. More than that, she is happy to reveal that she prefers to sing and dance while listening to musical tunes instead of to anything people hear on Top 40 radio.
25. Iaian Armitage long before he found TV stardom he had a YouTube channel where he published videos of himself critiquing theater
26. Annie Potts cites Dolly Parton as the basis for her performance and depiction of Meemaw.
27. In The Big Bang Theory (2007), Sheldon (Jim Parsons) has revealed that his father died when he was fourteen. Therefore Lance Barber, who plays George Sr, could potentially have to leave the series in as few as five years.
28. Meemaw’s house is the same “house” used as the “Partridge Family” house located on the Warner Bros. Ranch back lot.
29. The major change is the addition of the front porch. This house is also to the right of the Heck family house used in the show “The Middle”.
30. Reegan Revolt is vegan for almost her entire life. More specifically she’s vegan since she was 4 years old.
31. She also has revealed that she hopes to continue acting into her adulthood and she also wants to branch out into writing and directing.
32. Montana Jordan was the one of 10,000 kids who attempted to land the gig.
33. The show’s intro is a parody of Chuck Norris movie.
34. Beginning with season 3, the opening switched from just having Sheldon walking to his spot to him walking up to the rest of his family, but dressed up differently in every episode but the first, leaving his other family members initially looking at him puzzled.
35. Sheldon’s “meemaw” (grandmother)’s name is revealed, via a PA system announcement at the bowling alley she frequents: Connie Tucker.
36. The series begins in 1989, when Sheldon Cooper is nine years old.
37. In real life, Parsons was around 16, about the same age as the high school students.
38. Sheldon, as a kid, did his classic knocking routine in only groups of two (three knocks/name, three knocks/name) . As an adult, he would eventually do it three times.
39. In the pilot, Sheldon wears mittens when holding hands to say grace. In the end, he mentions that he never touched his brother’s bare hands until the invention of Purell (in 1996).
40. Iain Armatage (Young Sheldon) is the real life son of actor Euan Morton. Euan Morton plays the voice of the Sith Inquisitor in the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic. In the Big Bang Theory season 5, episode 19; The Weekend Vortex Sheldon and the others all stay in Sheldon and Leonard’s apartment to play Star Wars “the online game” which can later be seen to be The Old Republic. Sheldon in the show is also an avid Star Wars fan.