Young Sheldon Spinoff Gets More Original Cast Members & Premiere Date

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage will feature the return of several characters from Young Sheldon. As The Big Bang Theory universe expands with a spinoff of Young Sheldon,Variety has confirmed that the first season of Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage will feature Zoe Perry reprising her role as Mary Cooper, Annie Potts returning as Meemaw, and Raegan Revord will be returning as sister Missy Cooper. The highly anticipated spinoff series has also now been given a premiere date (via Deadline), with Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage now set to debut on Thursday, October 17 at 8 PM ET on CBS.

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage will star Montana Jordan in the role of Georgie Cooper, Sheldon Cooper’s older brother, and his wife, Mandy, played by Emily Osment. The show also stars Rachel Bay Jones as Audrey McCallister and Will Sasso as Jim McCallister, reprising their roles as Mandy’s parents from Young Sheldon. Chuck Lorre, the executive producer of the series, has commented on the potential of other cameos from past characters, including, of course, Iain Armitage as everyone’s favorite bazinga brainiac, Sheldon Cooper.

“I hope so. We’re going slowly on this. There’s a learning curve for us. But, you know, Georgie’s mother and sister and grandmother are very much part of this world.”

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage Is Not the Only Big Bang Theory Spinoff in the Works

Unlike its direct predecessor, Young Sheldon,Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage will be a multi-camera sitcom. This is, however, a return to its Big Bang Theory roots. Excitingly for Big Bang Theory fans, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage is not the only show in the works concerning the Big Bang Theory universe. Chuck Lorre has also confirmed that he is developing another spinoff for the Max streaming platform. But fans should not get their hopes up for any extra Big Bang Theory content beyond the upcoming CBS show, as Lorre claims the other spinoff is still in a very early stage of development, saying:

“It’s still in the works. It’s endlessly in the works. It’s still prenatal.”

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The Big Bang Theory began in 2007 and ended in 2019 after 12 seasons, while Young Sheldon premiered in 2017 and recently finished its seventh and final season earlier this year. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage hopes to continue the long-running success of Sheldon Cooper’s extended universe.

Of course, with Sheldon’s story, the ending is already known, with Cooper eventually winning the Nobel Prize he sought after for the entire original series. For Georgie and Mandy Cooper, however, their story is just beginning, and even though the title of the upcoming series is an ending to their marriage, it also hints at a story with many twists and turns and its own way, reminding viewers much like Sheldon did for the 12 seasons of The Big Bang Theory that there is more than one way to get to a happy ending.