Young Sheldon

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Television series
German title Young Sheldon
Original title Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon logo.svg
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) since 2017
Production
company
Warner Bros. Television ,
Chuck Lorre Productions
length approx. 22 minutes
Episodes 65 in 3+ seasons ( list )
genre Comedy
Theme music Mighty Little Man - Steven Burns
idea Chuck Lorre , Steven Molaro
music Jeff Cardoni
First broadcast September 25, 2017 (USA) on CBS
German-language
first broadcast
January 8, 2018 on ORF eins
occupation
synchronization

Young Sheldon is an American comedy series directed by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro and has been aired by CBS since September 25, 2017 . The television series is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions.

It is the spin -off prequel of The Big Bang Theory and tells the story of nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper , who lived in Texas with his family in 1989 . The main role is played by Iain Armitage .

action

Sheldon Cooper, nine, lives with his family in Texas. Because of his achievements, Sheldon is sent to high school. There he attended the 9th grade with his older brother George. With his extraordinary nature, Sheldon often makes life difficult for his family. As the youngest student in high school, he is always noticed at school. Due to his interest in Newton , computers and comics, he has very little approval from his classmates and is considered an outsider.

Cast and dubbing

The German synchronization occurs with the dialogue book, written by Michael Bartel , Martin Westphal and Gerrit Schmidt-Foss , under the dialogue director of Dagmar Preuss , by the synchronous company Interopa film in Berlin.

main actor

role actor Main role
(episodes)
Supporting role
(episodes)
Voice actor
Sheldon Cooper Iain Armitage 1.01– Jeremy Kindel (season 1) 1
Moritz Hecke (since season 2)
older Sheldon as narrator Jim Parsons (voice) Gerrit Schmidt-Foss
Mary Cooper Zoe Perry 1.01– Sabine Arnhold
George Cooper Sr. Lance Barber 1.01– Michael Iwannek
George "Georgie" Cooper Jr. Montana Jordan 1.01– Tim Daxelhofer
Melissa "Missy" Cooper Raegan's Revord 1.01– Helena Wolfram
Constance "Meemaw" Tucker Annie Potts 1.03– Traudel Haas
Pastor Jeff Hodgkins Matt Hobby 3.01– 1.01–2.21 2 Klaus-Peter Grap
1Due to his voice breaking , the voice actor had to be replaced.
2 Irregular appearances

supporting cast

role actor Supporting role
(episodes)
Guest role
(episodes)
Voice actor
Ms. Victoria MacElroy Valerie Mahaffey 1.01– Marina Krogull
Ms. Evelyn Ingram Danielle Pinnock 1.01– Debora Weigert (Season 1)
Ilka Teichmüller (Season 2)
Assistant Coach Roy Wilkins Doc Farrow 1.01– Sven Brieger
Mr. Givens Brian Stepanek 1.01–1.16, 2.09– Matthias Klages
Principal Tom Petersen Rex Linn 1.01-1.16, 2.16-2.19 Axel Lutter
Billy Sparks Wyatt McClure 1.01-2.18, 3.07, 3.11 Levi Buresch
Tam Nguyen Ryan Phuong 1.02– Oliver Szerkus
Ms. Hutchins Sarah Baker 1.02– Daniela Reidies
Herschel Sparks Billy Gardell 1.11-2.17 Olaf Reichmann
Brenda Sparks Melissa Peterman 1.17-2.01, 2.16-2.18, 3.07, 3.11 Heath Domanowski
Dr. John Burgess Sturgis Wallace Shawn 1.19– Ben Hecker (Season 1)
Michael Tietz (Season 2)
Derek Nick Alvarez 2.01– Kaze Uzumaki
Paige Mckenna Grace 2.02-2.10, 3.12 Xara Eich
Linda Andrea Anders 2.02-2.10, 3.12 Ann have a lot
Peg Nancy Linehan Charles 2.03– 1.14 Philine Peters-Arnolds
Veronica Duncan Isabel May 2.06– Vivien Gilbert
Dr. Link letter Ed Begley junior 2.13– Bodo Wolf
Arthur Jeffries / Professor Proton Bob Newhart 1.01 Freimut Götsch
Vincent Ray Liotta 1.05 Udo Schenk
than himself Elon Musk 1.06 Kim Hasper
Dr. Flora Douglas Frances Conroy 1.10 Katharina Koschny
Ira Rosenbloom Richard child 1.11, 1.22 Michael Pan
Gene Lundy Jason Alexander 1.16, 2.06 Bernhard Völger
NASA director Michael Cudlitz 1.19 Helmut Gauss
Barry Josh Cooke 2.02, 2.07 Armin Schlagwein
Erica Ella Anderson 2.02 Keren Hochberg

production

The idea for Young Sheldon came from Jim Parsons , who played the adult Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory , whom he suggested to the series' producers. In the fall of 2016, the idea was brought to CBS by Chuck Lorre and his team, who then commissioned the series in March 2017. After the pilot on September 25, 2017, they ordered a full season with 22 episodes. In January 2018, CBS extended the series for a second season. In February 2019, CBS ordered two more seasons. For season three, Matt Hobby was promoted to lead actor in his role as Pastor Jeff .

Young Sheldon is - in contrast to The Big Bang Theory - produced without an audience and therefore without a laughing track .

Charisma

United States

The broadcast of the first season began on September 25, 2017 on the US television channel CBS . With 17.2 million viewers, Young Sheldon was the most successful series debut on CBS since the debut of 2 Broke Girls in 2011. The series achieved a rating of 3.8 in the relevant group, the highest value of a new start since the premiere of The Crazy Ones in 2013.

German-speaking area

The German-language premiere was on January 8, 2018 on the Austrian public broadcaster ORF eins and later also on the German private broadcaster ProSieben , where it reached 3.53 million viewers. The Swiss private broadcaster 3+ only broadcast the first episode at the same time as ProSieben. From January 28, 2018, the station 4+ continued the Swiss premiere. ProSieben paused the broadcast of the series after the 12th episode, while ORF Eins first broadcast the 13th episode on April 9, 2018 and then scheduled repetitions of Young Sheldon . 4+ also took a break from broadcasting after the 13th episode. On September 10, 2018, the broadcast of the rest of the season on ProSieben continued with the 13th episode. 3+ broadcast new episodes in Switzerland from September 11, 2018 and ORF one from September 17, 2018 in Austria. From the 18th episode, 3+ broadcast the episodes on Friday instead of Tuesday, but the broadcast of the season finale, which was originally planned for November 9, 2018, was canceled. Prime Video published episodes 18 to 22 on October 8, 2018 before the German-language premiere.

The broadcast of the second season began on January 7, 2019 on ProSieben, ORF eins and 3+. ORF one started again the evening before, and in the evening it was broadcast on ProSieben and 3+. ORF Eins planned two new episodes on one day for each of the first two weeks, 3+ only in the first week - while the last episode of the first season was still unsent in Switzerland.

DVD and Blu-ray releases

All previously published seasons are available on DVD as well as Blu-ray (not in German). The following table shows the release dates.

Season United States Great Britain Germany
1 4th September 2018 3rd September 2018 December 6, 2018
2 3rd September 2019 16th September 2019 5th December 2019

reception

Young Sheldon received mostly positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes , the sitcom got a 74% rating. For example, Terry Terrones of the Colorado Springs Gazette said, " Young Sheldon is a smarter, more humorous, heartfelt show than The Big Bang Theory ." Yahoo TV's Ken Tucker compared Young Sheldon to the coming-of-age format Wonderful Years .

Bjarne Bock wrote on the German industry portal Serienjunkies.de : "The spin-off Young Sheldon may be different from its mother series, but it actually follows a tried and tested sitcom formula: 18 minutes of relaxed humor and two minutes of heartwarming character work at the end." Critics for the actors Zoe Perry and Iain Armitage , who, in his opinion, "actually form a moving mother-son duo that could carry the series in the further course."

Trivia

  • Zoe Perry, who plays Sheldon's mother in the series, is the daughter of Laurie Metcalf , who plays Sheldon's mother in The Big Bang Theory . In German, Sabine Arnhold synchronizes both in her roles as Mary Cooper.
  • The satirical late night show Neo Magazin Royale with Jan Böhmermann parodied Young Sheldon from the 104th broadcast on March 1, 2018. In the sketch Young Böhmermann - Episode 1: New Vegesacker School became the (fictional) first day of the show presenter in 5th grade shown. Other episodes followed, as well as a program devoted solely to the topic of Young Böhmermann on October 18, 2018.
  • All episode titles of the first season are made up of three terms that are mentioned in the respective episode or play a significant role. In the second season, the naming of the original title is limited to two terms.

Web links

Commons : Young Sheldon  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

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  6. ^ Nellie Andreeva: 'Young Sheldon' Gets Full-Season Order From CBS After Strong Debut . In: Deadline.com . September 27, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  7. ^ Nellie Andreeva: 'Young Sheldon' Renewed For Season 2 By CBS . In: Deadline.com . January 6, 2018. Accessed January 6, 2018.
  8. "Young Sheldon": "Big Bang Theory" spin-off extended by two seasons. February 22, 2019, accessed February 22, 2019 .
  9. Denise Petski: 'Young Sheldon': Matt Hobby Upped To Series Regular For Season 3 Of CBS Series. In: Deadline.com. June 5, 2019, accessed June 6, 2019 .
  10. Nellie Andreeva: CBS Sets Fall 2017 Premiere Dates For 'Young Sheldon', '9 JKL' & Returning Series . In: Deadline.com . June 1, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  11. Michael O'Connell: TV Ratings: 'Young Sheldon' Mark's Biggest Comedy Premiere in 4 Years . In: Hollywoodreporter.com . September 26, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  12. Jens Schröder: ProSieben's “Young Sheldon” starts incredibly strong, ZDF wins with “Tannbach” . In: Meedia.de . January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 16, 2018.
  13. Season 11 Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon in January on Pro7 . In: serienjunkies.de . November 13, 2017. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  14. Sidney Schering: "Young Sheldon": The date for ProSieben comeback is set. In : quotemeter.de . August 16, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  15. Bjarne Bock: Young Sheldon: Amazon shows episodes of the 1st season before ProSieben. In: Serienjunkies.de . October 5, 2018, accessed October 24, 2018.
  16. Young Sheldon. RottenTomatoes.com, accessed November 21, 2017 .
  17. Terry Terrones: Young Sheldon even better than adult version in "Big Bang Theory" . In: Colorado Springs Gazette . ( gazette.com [accessed November 21, 2017]).
  18. Ken Tucker: 'Young Sheldon' is the fall's best new network sitcom. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .
  19. Bjarne Bock: Review Young Sheldon 1x01: Pilot. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .
  20. Young Böhmermann Volume 1 - New Vegesack School | NEO MAGAZIN ROYALE with Jan Böhmermann - ZDFneo. In: youtube.com. Neo Magazine Royale . March 1, 2018, accessed March 5, 2018.