CBS Lines Up Chuck Lorre’s ‘Young Sheldon’ for 2017-2018

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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CBS has announced the series order of Young Sheldon, a single-camera comedy from Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro that follows The Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Cooper at age 9. 

Iain Armitage plays young Sheldon. Other cast includes Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Raegan Revord and Montana Jordan. 

Jim Parsons will narrate as adult Sheldon. 

Jon Favreau is directing/executive producing the first episode. 

Lorre, Molaro, Parsons and Todd Spiewak are executive producers. 

The series comes from Chuck Lorre Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.