The sitcom is ending – but the Coopers will live on!
Following the runaway success of The Big Bang Theory was never going to be easy, but Young Sheldon has established itself as another massively popular sitcom with its own distinct comedic voice.
The series sees Jim Parsons return to narrate the misadventures of a younger Sheldon Cooper (played by Iain Armitage), as he grows up in a loving family in the fictional town of Medford, Texas.
Young Sheldon reimagined some characters first glimpsed in the original series and created many of its own, with Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan and Annie Potts among the talent enlisted.
But now, after seven seasons, the show is winding down – and on a sad note, no less. Here’s what the team behind Young Sheldon have said about why there won’t be an eighth season.
Why won’t there be a Young Sheldon season 8?
While Young Sheldon hasn’t been overly concerned with contradicting things from The Big Bang Theory, there were two aspects of the title character’s life that the creators were keen to honour.
First, the loss of his father at a young age and, second, Sheldon’s early enrolment into university as a child prodigy – both of which we see in the final season, when the character is age 14.
With such enormous change occurring in the life of the Coopers, executive producer Steve Holland told Deadline that it felt natural and correct to wrap things up at this point.
“There are certain things we know happen in Sheldon’s life at 14,” he explained. “We started talking about the future of show, and what it looked like. This is the right time for this story to come to an end, knowing that at 14, he goes off to Cal Tech.
“It felt like the right time to end it strong, while it was on top.”
