If any of the other The Big Bang Theory characters got a Young Sheldon type of show, which ones would you want to watch?
I was thinking about if the other main characters other than Sheldon got a prequel centering on them as a kid, which ones would be interesting to watch?** **Heres what I personally think each would be like and my opinion, feel free to debate me! I’m interested in other peoples opinions. (:
Young Leonard
I feel like Leonard’s would be way too sad and it’s the only one I’m 99 percent sure that CBS couldn’t market since they primarily do comedy’s. I just can’t see it working.
It would likely just be Beverly being an awful and abusive mother, his parents crappy marriage, and poor little kid Leonard sad in his room. And also him getting bullied at school. And since Leonard is well liked? I can’t see anyone tuning into that. Even if he wasn’t well liked I couldn’t see anyone actively wanting to watch that. Maybe it would depend how they wrote it or if they softened the characters like in Young Sheldon, it could work? But I think within the canon, it’d be a hard pass.
Young Penny
I think after Sheldon, this would be the most realistic angle they could take. And honestly, I could see it working.
I imagine it’d be something like Green Acres or Schitt’s Creek with a family living on a farm but focusing on Penny wanting to be an actress. I think it could be cute. Granted, I don’t know where they’d go with it plot wise but it could definitely work.
Young Howard
Like Leonard, I imagine it’d be pretty sad. HOWEVER… I think it could actually work.
I feel they’d go with a single mom raising a ten year old boy angle. Howard getting into magic, science. Things like that. Plot wise, not sure where they’d take it but I think it could be fun to watch.
Young Raj
Omg this? I feel like this would be really interesting in terms of setting. Could you image a show set in India? Some rich kids running around a palace? In my opinion, I think that’d be super cool.
Also Raj canonically has a big family. I think three brothers and two sisters if I remember correctly. We only know about one, Priya, so they could definitely create some interesting dynamics.
I would totally watch this one.
Young Amy
This one would be tricky. It’d be a lot like Leonard’s where I think it’d be too sad. Just repeat about what I said with Leonard here, honestly.
Also, as much as I love Amy, I don’t think we know much extra about her childhood aside from her mom being overly strict. All I could see is a tv show with a dynamic like the mom and daughter in Carrie, and that seems wayyyyyy too dark.
Hard pass honestly. Which is sad cause a younger version of Amy could be really cute. It just gets ruined by the fact her childhood canonically sucked… However so did Sheldon’s but they fixed that up so maybe they could do the same, but I don’t know how they’d market it.
Young Bernadette
Lastly, Bernadette. Honestly, they could have a lot of creative freedom here because we know basically nothing from Bernadette’s childhood aside from that she did beauty pageants (unless I’m missing something)
I don’t know what they’d do here tbh, but maybe they could make something interesting? But with how much they butchered Bernadette in later seasons, I don’t see many people tuning in unless they market it well.
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Anyway, those are my thoughts. Like I said, I’m curious what other people think! So discuss away and thanks for reading!