Co-creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady as well as showrunner Steve Molaro will oversee the project.
CBS is looking to keep TV’s No. 1 comedy series going — with a twist.
The Hollywood Reporter reports that the network is developing a spinoff of The Big Bang Theory.
Sources say the comedy, from Big Bang co-creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady and overseen by showrunner Steve Molaro, will center around the young version of Emmy winner Jim Parsons’ Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Insiders describe the project as Malcolm in the Middle but with a young and potentially teenage version of Sheldon. None of the Big Bang Theory cast are said to be involved in the potential prequel series outside of Parsons, who will executive produce.
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CBS and Big Bang producers Warner Bros. Television declined comment. The project, which is said to have landed at CBS with a sizable penalty attached, will be a single-camera comedy — a shift from Big Bang‘s traditional multicamera format. Additional details about the project are being kept under wraps.
The spinoff comes as Big Bang is in its 10th season and has not yet been renewed beyond that. The comedy ranks as TV’s most-watched comedy among the all-important adults 18-49 demographic.
