The Big Bang Theory spinoff, ‘Young Sheldon’ is one of the fan favorites. The series gives insights into the life of genius Sheldon Cooper. The creators of the show reveal that the series takes inspiration from the reel life of Sheldon Cooper, Jim Parson’s nephew. Discussing the journey of 100 episodes, Chuck Lorre told THR, that Young Sheldon was actually partially based on The Big Bang Theory star Parsons’ nephew.
Lorre claims that the show’s concept occurred to him after Parsons showed him a video of his 10-year-old nephew, whom he describes as a “prodigy”. Lorre noticed that a story about a young prodigy was already “built-in” to their program; it was Sheldon Cooper’s past.
“The beginning was a phone call from Jim Parsons, who sent me a video of his 10-year-old nephew in Texas who is a prodigy, brilliant, extraordinary, off the hook, crazy smart kid. And Jim asked, ‘Is there anything we can do with this?’ he said.
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I said, ‘Well if we wanted to do a show about a young man who is brilliant, we have that built into our show. That’s the backstory of Sheldon Cooper.’ Over the years of the Big Bang, we learned about his mother; we learned about his upbringing in Texas, his sister, and his brother. We had the backstory in place. It was just a matter of whether to execute it as its own show. It was pretty simple for me. But if Steve had said no, I wouldn’t have done it,” he added.
The Big Bang Theory’s twelve seasons are full of nuggets of Sheldon’s past. However, by the end of the series, the basic story points of Sheldon’s youth have been set out. Only two episodes are remaining in season five now that the 100th episode of Young Sheldon has aired. The show, however, has been renewed for a couple of more seasons.