A "Young Sheldon" spinoff series about Georgie and Mandy is officially moving forward.
The spinoff has been ordered at CBS for the 2024-2025 broadcast season. It is a half-hour multi-camera comedy series — unlike the single-camera “Young Sheldon".
The project was first reported as being in the works back in January and was created by Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro, and Steve Holland. All three served as the producing team behind both “Young Sheldon” and the mothership show “The Big Bang Theory.”
News of the spinoff series order comes as “Young Sheldon” is airing its seventh and final season. The final season kicked off on February 15, as its premiere was delayed by the production shutdown caused by the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes in 2023.
Lorre, Molaro, and Holland all serve as executive producers on the spinoff series. Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. produces in association with Warner Bros. Television.
Montana Jordan and Emily Osment, who played Georgie and Mandy on “Young Sheldon,” will reprise their roles in the untiltled series, following Georgie and Mandy as they raise their family in Texas.
On “Young Sheldon,” Jordan’s character Georgie (full name George Marshall “Georgie” Cooper Jr.) is the older brother of Sheldon (and Sheldon’s twin sister Missy).
In Season 5, Georgie is 17 when he meets 29-year-old Amanda “Mandy” McAllister (played on “Young Sheldon” by Osment).
They begin a relationship while lying to each other about their ages — which becomes an even bigger problem when Mandy winds up pregnant.
Mandy gives birth in Season 6 to their child, Constance Cooper (named after Meemaw), and by the end of last season, Georgie and Mandy are engaged.
However, “The Big Bang Theory” fans know that Georgie and Mandy aren’t meant to last: In the present day, it’s revealed that Georgie (played by Jerry O’Connell) has two ex-wives — one of whom is presumably Mandy.
Moreover, in the “Big Bang Theory” timeline, Georgie has become the successful owner of the Dr. Tire chain.
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