HIGH-DEFINITION IS SPONSORED LIE
ELECTRONIC EXPRESS.
WE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
>> FOR TEN YEARSrt THE BIG BANG
THEORY FANS HAVE COME TO KNOW
AND LOVE THE GENIUS DR. SHELDON
COOPER AND NOWrt THEY'LL SEE WHERE
IT BEGAN.
TONIGHT THE SERIES PREMIER OF
YOUNG SHELDON, THE NEW CBS
COMEDY THAT INTRODUCES US TO THE
BRILLIANT SCIENTIST AT THE AGErt
OF 9.
AND, TO TELL US MORE IS THIS BIG
BANG THEORY'S JIM PARSONS ALONG
WITH THE STAR OF YOUNGrt SHELDON,
IAN ARMITAGE.
WELCOME TO "TALK OF THE TOWN" IN
NASHVILLE.
HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> AND FIRST OF ALL, I'M NOT THE
rt
STAR.
I HAVE AMAZING OTHER CAST
MEMBERS.
MY DAD AND MOM, AND, REAGAN AND
rt
MONTANA, AND, GEORGE.
>> Lelan: YOU'VE GOT A NICE
ARRAY OF FOLKS AROUND YOU.
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU IN A
SECOND.
LET ME START WITH YOU ON THIS.rt
THIS SHOW, ACTUALLY, CAME ABOUT
BECAUSE YOU WENT TO THE
PRODUCERS AND KIND OF TOSSED IT
AROUND.
TALK ABOUT THAT.rt
>> YEAH.
WE HAVE BEEN TOYING AROUND WITH
AN IDEA OF A SHOW BASED AROUND
MY REAL LIFE NEPHEWrt WHO IS A
SMART CHILD AT THE AGE OF TEN IN
TEXAS, AND IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG
TO SEE HOWrt MANY COMMONALITIES
WOULD EXIST.
>> OKAY, HOLD ON, MIC PACK --
>> SORRY.
>> Lelan: I LOVrtE T.V.
SO, THIS IS LIVE TV AND WHAT
HAPPENS, THE LITTLE THING IN MY
EAR, LOOKS LIKE THE FBI SPEAKING
TO ME,rt THAT IS WHEN YOU -- YOU
NEED IT TO HEAR.
WE ARE GOOD TO GO.
PICK IT UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF.
LOVE LIVE TV.
>> ANYWAY,rt SO, I WROTE THE
PRODUCER OF BIG BANG AND THOUGHT
AT THE LEAST, AFTER RUNNING IT
BY HIM, I HAVE TO STEER IT IN A
rt
DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
HOWEVER WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
A YOUNG SHELDON AND I REALLY --
ONE THING OCCURRED TO ME.
I THOUGHT, THIS KIND OF THING IS
OBVIOUS AND I CAN'Trt HELP BUT
THINK THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT OF
IT BEFORE AND, ARE PROBABLY NOT
GOING TO WANT TO DO THIS.
I WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN HE
WROTE ME BACK AND WASrt GENUINELY
EXCITED ABOUT IT AND FROM THERE,
WE GOT THE OTHER EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER INVOLVED AND IT
SNOW-BALLED AND TOOK OFF VERY
QUICKLY.
>> Lelan: NOW WE ARE HERrtE WITH
THE PREMIER OF YOUNG SHELDON
TONIGHT AND, IAN, HOW ARE THINGS
GOING SO FAR AND WHAT IS THE
BEST ADVICE YOU'VE GOTTEN FROM
rt
JIM ON THE SHOW SO FAR?
>> WELL, IT IS GOING REALLY
WELL.
AND, THE BEST ADVICE Irt GOT FROM
HIM, ADVICE CAN RANGE, IF YOU
KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SOMETIMES SrtTUFF LIKE --
SOMETIMES IT CAN BE THINGS LIKE,
LET'S PLAY IT LIKE, IT IS ANrt
EMOTION.
EVERYTHING IS TAKEN INTO
ACCOUNT.
>> Lelan: LOVE IT.
AND, NOW, ALSO, I SAW YOU
YESTERDAY MORNING, IAN, ON rtCBS
SUNDAY MORNING, AND, I HEARD YOU
SAY THAT, I GUESS, UNTIL THE
SHOW CAME ABOUT, YOU HAD NOT
WATCHED THE BIG BANG THEORY?
>> I HAD NOT.rt
>> Lelan: SO, HAVE YOU WATCHED
ANY OF IT NOW?
HOW IS JIM HELPING YOU OUT ALONG
THE WAY? rt
>> WELL, I WATCHED SOME
APPROPRIATE -- I HAVE BEEN TO
LIKE ONE OF THE --
>> YOU CAME TO A LIVE TAPING OF
OUR SHOW.rt
>> Lelan: WELL, GOOD.
WE CONGRATULATE YOU ON THIS.
CONGRATS ON THE SHOW TONIGHT,
AND JIM, THANK YOU IAN, THANK
YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.rt
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> Lelan: DON'T MISS THE SPECIAL
PREMIER OF YOUNG SHELDON TONIGHT
AT 7:30 ON NEWS CHANNEL 5.
FOLLOWING THE BIG BANG rtTHEORY,
AND THE PROGRAMMING NOTE, YOUNG
SHELDON WILL MOVE TO ITS REGULAR
TIME SPOT ON THURSDAYS,
