‘Young Sheldon’ is ending after 7 seasons. What to know as the series comes to a close
After seven seasons, fans of CBS’s Young Sheldon are saying goodbye when the final episode airs on May 16.
A spin-off prequel to the CBS mega-hit The Big Bang Theory, which ran from 2007-2019, Young Sheldon premiered in 2017 and centers around the childhood of Sheldon Cooper, a role originated by Jim Parsons on The Big Bang Theory.
Both shows, created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro, have been…The Season 7 premiere of Young Sheldon in February drew 7.99 million viewers — the largest same-day audience for the show since April 2020, according to the ... Since its six earlier seasons were added to Netflix in Nov. 2023, it’s… as it finishes its run on network TV.
News of the show’s end is bittersweet for millions of Young Sheldon fans, but not all is lost. Here’s what to know ahead of the series finale.
In case you missed it
Set in the late 1980s and early ‘90s, Young Sheldon is a glimpse inside Sheldon’s upbringing and struggles to fit in at school as a child genius in East Texas.
It stars Iain Armitage, now 15, as young Sheldon, a role he’s played since he was 8 years old. Lance Barber plays Sheldon’s dad George Sr. and Zoe Perry plays his mom Mary. Annie Potts is his grandmother Connie (aka “Meemaw”) while Raegan Revord and Montana Jordan play his twin sister Missy and older brother George Jr., respectively. Emily Osment plays Mandy, who’s newly married to George Jr.
The show explores themes like family, education and coming of age. Season 7 follows the Coopers as they welcome a new sister-in-law (Mandy), deal with the aftermath of a raid at Meemaw’s gambling room and experience loss.
Why the show is ending now
… that Season 7 of Young Sheldon would be its last.
The show’s co-executive producer Steve Holland said at a panel in February it was the right time to end because fans are mostly aware of what happens next in Sheldon’s story — from the death of his dad to getting accepted into Cal Tech at age 14.
“It felt like the right time to end it strong while it was on top,” Holland explained, according to…
“I don’t think you ever approach it from what the audience wants,” Lorr… about getting the ending right. “You do what you feel is appropriate for the characters, the tone of the show. You do stuff that touches you, and then you hope someone agrees with you.”
The death of Sheldon’s dad
George Sr. died of a heart attack in the May 9 episode, which was something the creators had planned since the start of the series. The reason why they didn’t kill him off in the finale, Lorre explained to…was because they wanted to give audiences time to mourn his loss.
“The show has been such a positive family show. Let’s not leave the audience wallowing in grief,” he said.