Warning! Spoilers ahead for the series premiere of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, streaming now with an HBO Max subscription.
The Big Bang Theory ended seven years ago, and the show is still alive. On the 2026 TV schedule, there are now two spinoffs, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage and recently-released Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. With the latter exploring the multiverse and more, it’s possible the two shows could crossover in the future. While Chuck Lorre isn’t too on board with it, Bill Prady makes a pretty good point.
Since Georgie & Mandy is a prequel and spinoff to Young Sheldon, there haven’t been much opportunity to get any present Big Bang Theory characters to appear. Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik appeared in the Young Sheldon finale, and aside from Parsons narrating the show, that was about it. But given the fact that Stuart (which takes place after the events of The Big Bang Theory) is all about the multiverse and who knows what else, could the two shows interact with one another? Lorre, who serves as co-creator on all four TBBT Universe shows, told Us Weekly that a crossover may not be in the cards:
[There will be] no East Texas in this show. No, I don’t think so. Let them exist in their own worlds. Lots of stuff gets pitched before we decide what to do. So you never know.
The concept of Stuart is that Kevin Sussman’s titular comic book store owner accidentally breaks a quantum device that Sheldon and Leonard built, creating an apocalypse multiverse. The Pasadena that fans know and love is completely unrecognizable, and there is definitely a lot that the show can explore in that aspect as Stuart and co. try their best to fix it. Plus it sounds like the world that Sheldon and his family are from doesn’t really exist in this new world, so it might be kind of hard.
That being said, Prady, who co-created Big Bang and Stuart, had a different kind of answer. His was much more hopeful in terms of a potential crossover, and it doesn’t necessarily seem too far-fetched due to the nature of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. Now I need it more than ever:
We do some time travel.
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe may have a different format from its predecessors, but I absolutely love the doors that this has opened. There are loads of possibilities that could from it, between bringing back other Big Bang stars to crossovers with a prequel. Already, Stuart brought back Kunal Nayyar as Raj for the series premiere, so who knows what else is in store. Also, doing a crossover with a sequel is not too out of left field, as NCIS and NCIS: Origins pulled off a seamless crossover last year.
Even though Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage is on CBS and Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is on HBO Max, it still might not be so hard. Both shows come from Chuck Lorre Productions and Warner Bros. Television, so it’s always possible. For now, fans will just have to tune in to new episodes of Stuart on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET to see what else will happen.
