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

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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 is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.