The story of the Cooper family will continue with Sheldon’s brother and sister-in-law.
The Big Bang Theory’s spinoff is getting a spinoff.
In early March, CBS officially ordered a newYoung Sheldonspinoff series to replace the hit comedy, which isending in May.Young Sheldonis itself a prequel series toThe Big Bang Theory, so the new series will be a rare double-spinoff.
The new series, revealed in early May to be calledGeorge & Mandy’s First Marriage, will followYoung Sheldon’s George Cooper Jr., aka Georgie (Montana Jordan), and Mandy McAllister (Emily Osment) as they build alifetogether with theirfamily in 1990s Texas.
Warner Bros., the studio that makes the shows, is also developing anotherBig Bang Theoryspinoff for the streaming service Max, but that remains in very early development.
Here’s everything we know so far aboutYoung Sheldon’s Georgie & Mandy spinoff, including release date and cast.
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What is the Georgie & Mandy spinoff release date?
The show is slated to air as part of CBS’ 2024-25 broadcast season. No other details, such as premiere date or episode count, have been announced at this point, but we’ll update this post as information becomes available.
What isGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriageabout?
While specific details about the spinoff have not been announced, it will presumably pick up whereverYoung Sheldonleaves off. Georgie & Mandy have gotten married onYoung Sheldon, so their spinoff will continue the adventures of Sheldon Cooper’s (Iain Armitage) brother andsister-in-law and their baby daughter CeCe while Sheldon is away at Caltech studying physics.
Here’s the official description of the series, viaDeadline: “The sequel series followsYoung Sheldon’s Georgie and Mandy as they raise their young family in Texas while navigating the challenges of adulthood, parenting and marriage.”
On the career front, Georgie will presumably start his journey to becoming a successful tire salesman (more on that below). Mandy used to work as a TV weather reporter, and she could potentially return to that if she doesn’t do something else. “I definitely see her having some sort of a career,” Osment said in an interview withTVLine. “I don’t think they can have Mandy just be mom and wife. It’s much funnier when women are stressed out over their career than their children.”
Georgie and Mandy got together inYoung SheldonSeason 5. Mandy is about 12 years older than Georgie, and they both lied about their ages when they first started dating. But Georgie didn’t tell her the truth that he was only 17 until after they had slept together, and then Mandy found out she was pregnant. Mandy understandably wanted nothing to do with Georgie after that, but over time he demonstrated that he really loved her and was serious about becoming a husband and a father, and they embarked on a relationship for real. CeeCee was born in Season 6; she is named Constance, after her great-grandmotherConstance Tucker (Annie Potts), who is Georgie’s Meemaw and Mandy’s former roommate.
Who is cast inGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage?
There are four cast members confirmed so far:
Montana Jordan as George Cooper Jr.
Georgie is the older brother of twins Sheldon and Missy (Raegan Revord), the husband of Mandy, and the father of CeeCee. To put it nicely, he’s not a deep thinker like his brother, and he has a lot of growing up to do, but he has a good heart and he loves his family.
Emily Osment as Mandy McAllister
Mandy is George’s wife and CeeCee’s mother. She’s smart and kind, though she can be headstrong. She has a great relationship with the Coopers, and she’s working on repairing her relationship with her own parents.
Will Sasso andRachel Bay Jones as Jim and Audrey McAllister
Sasso and Jones, who play Mandy’s parents inYoung Sheldon, have been cast as series regulars.
We assume that other members of the Cooper family will also appear—it’s hard to imagine a show about Georgie and Mandy without Meemaw, right?—but no one else has been confirmed.
Who is on the Georgie & Mandy spinoff creative team?
The spinoff is created byChuck Lorre,Steven MolaroandSteve Holland, all of whom previously worked onThe Big Bang TheoryandYoung Sheldon. Lorre is a powerful and prolific producer of many shows who co-createdThe Big Bang TheoryandYoung Sheldon. Molaro is the co-creator ofYoung Sheldonwho also worked for many years as the showrunner ofThe Big Bang Theory. And Holland wasThe Big Bang Theory’s showrunner for its final season. After it ended, he became an executive producer onYoung Sheldon. So fans of the franchise are in good hands.
How will the Georgie & Mandy spinoff be different fromYoung Sheldon?
The new series will be a multi-camera series filmed in front of a live studio audience, so it will stylistically be more likeThe Big Bang TheorythanYoung Sheldon, which is a single-camerasitcom without a laugh track.
Osment, who has appeared in several multi-cam sitcoms includingHannah MontanaandMom, is excited to return to the format, and for her co-star Jordan to experience acting in front of a live audience for the first time. “There’s something different about performing in front of people that are actually there to watch you perform,” she told TVLine. “It sort of ignites something new in your performance, and it’s wonderful.”
How willGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriageconnect toThe Big Bang Theory?
OnThe Big Bang Theory, adult Georgie was played byJerry O’Connell. He grew up to be the successful owner of a local chain of tire stores. In the series finale, Sheldon references him having at least two ex-wives, which implies that he and Mandy eventually get divorced.
Indeed, the spinoff’s title suggests that Georgie and Mandy will not find happily ever after—at least not at first. But maybe they’ll work out their problems on the second round of marriage.
Emily Osment suggested that workaround before the title was announced on May 2, tellingTVLine that she hopes Mandy is Georgie’s first wife and next wife. “People do that. People get divorced and then get remarried,” she said. “Why can’t she be both?”
In the same interview, she and Jordan said that the only thing established about Georgie onThe Big Bang Theorythat the writers definitely have to stick with for the spinoff is the tire store, and there are a lot of directions they could go with that. And Georgie eventually getting into the tire business has already been set up onYoung Sheldon, as hisfather-in-law Jim (Sasso) owns a tire store.
It’s important to remember thatYoung Sheldonhas diverted from how Sheldon recalled events onThe Big Bang Theorysignificantly. George Sr. (Lance Barber) onYoung Sheldonis very different from the philandering alcoholic Sheldon describes onThe Big Bang Theory. OnThe Big Bang Theory, Sheldon once told a story about walking in on his father cheating on his mother. But an episode ofYoung Sheldonrevealed it wasn’t another woman at all, it was Mary (Zoe Perry) in a costume and a wig. So just because something happens to Georgie and Mandy according to the world ofThe Big Bang Theory doesn’t mean that it will happen on their spinoff.
Where to watchGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage
The Georgie and Mandy spinoff will air on CBS. It will presumably stream on Paramount+.
