By Katherine Tinsley
1:06am PDT, Jul 7, 2025
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The Big Bang Theory creator
Chuck Lorre is working on the series' third spinoff. He recently shared new details about what fans can expect.
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Chuck Lorre revealed that his new show,
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, will align with current technology trends. "There's a lot of CGI. There's a lot of special technical stuff that — you know, for me in my career, a big production number was two people sitting on a couch, drinking coffee! This is different,"
Lorre said while discussing the upcoming project at the Banff World Media Festival.
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"This is trying to incorporate some of that world of science fiction/fantasy into a comedy. And I'm completely out of my element, which is what I wanted," Chuck Lorre — who's widely considered the king of sitcoms — continued. "[It's] what I was hoping to do, something that I had no experience with," he added. "And maybe I can learn as we go."
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Kevin Sussman, who played Stuart Bloom on The Big Bang Theory, will return to the role on Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. The Big Bang Theory stars Brian Posehn, Lauren Lapkus and John Ross Bowie are also set to return to their former roles on Stuart Fails to Save the Universe.
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According to reports, the show is still in the early stages of development and hasn't been formally picked up by HBO Max. However, Chuck Lorre has created some of the most successful sitcoms in Hollywood, and he previously discussed how he approaches his work. "What the industry perceives of as viable is not — that's none of my business, actually," Lorre said during the summer 2024 TCA Press Tour. "I just I try and stay focused on doing stuff that I love and hoping people that — when I think something is wonderful, I hope people agree with me. I can't guarantee it, but that's the hope of it. … I try and pursue things that I'm excited about that I think are wonderful, that working with people that I love and admire and telling stories that I think are great stories to tell, and the potential of making people laugh is a wonderful thing to do. When you come home at night, did you make people laugh? That's not a bad day."
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A year after the summer 2024 TCA Press Tour, Chuck Lorre called his work "immensely gratifying."
"These shows that we worked so hard on for so many years that we were so determined to make meaningful and funny at that same time, they seem to be sustaining over time, which is incredibly gratifying,"
he said.
"And even more so, I meet people all the time who enjoy
Young Sheldon and never watched
The Big Bang Theory," he continued. "They didn't even know it was a prequel, which is incredibly gratifying, because, when Steven Molaro and I started doing that, the hope was that it would stand on its own. That it would not be leaning against this 12 years of this other series."
"And it did, it became its own series, its own ensemble," he concluded. "That's immensely gratifying. The idea is to make a to make a silicon chip instead of Kleenex, something that you can use it again."
