Annie Potts
Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDbAnnie Potts has built a decades-long career on the television screen, but even she was shocked when Young Sheldon was canceled after seven seasons.
Potts, 71, who appeared in 134 of the series’ 136 episodes, said diversity Given its success, she was “completely unprepared” for the end of the show.
“I was shocked. I mean, the No. 1 show on network television, No. 1 on Netflix,” she said. “I think we’re everything people see on TikTok, other than a few pasta recipes. It came “It just seems like a stupid business move.”
Potts added that she wasn’t the only one who didn’t see the end coming.
The Big Bang Theory spinoff Young Sheldon quickly became a hit series when it aired on CBS in September 2017. “Young Sheldon” is about a young and talented Sheldon Cooper, played by Iain Armitage, who grows up with his family in East Texas in the late 1970s and 1980s. Jim Parsons, who created the character of […]
“Forgive me, but I don’t know. When a show starts lagging or lagging or lacking stories or whatever, you kind of see it coming. “It totally overwhelmed us,” she claimed.
(L-R) Annie Potts, Zoe Perry, Iain Armitage, Lance Barber, Raegan Revord and Montana Jordan from Young Sheldon.
Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesYoung Sheldon, the prequel spin-off too The big Bang Theory, premiered in 2017 and wrapped production last week. It plays the main role Iain Armitage as the childhood version of The big Bang Theoryis Sheldon Cooper, an intellectual genius with an endearing lack of social insight. Potts plays Cooper’s maternal grandmother in the prequel series.
After CBS announced in November 2023 that the series would not be renewed, the executive producers announced Steve Holland, Steven Molaro And Chuck Lorre released a joint statement saying, “It was a wonderful experience to be able to tell the origins of Sheldon Cooper and expand the story to the entire Cooper family.” We are grateful to our fans for sharing this chapter of the Coopers in the last six seasons, on behalf of everyone Young Sheldon Family, we are excited to share this final season with you.”
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With the series soon in the rearview mirror, Potts looked back on a show that had played a significant role in her career.
“I mean, it was half of Iain’s life and it was a tenth of mine, but at 70 it feels significant,” she said. “And, you know, it’s a little village we have, and we all took care of each other and raised each other. There will be a painful hole in my life. No question. It will be easier. Grief does, loss does.”
Armitage, 15, echoed this sentiment, saying: “It’s difficult in a really strange way too, and I can only really see it when I step back and try to take a global view of what is difficult .” I mean, I won’t see Annie Potts every day. This is a real loss for me. More than anyone else.”
Young SheldonThe series finale airs Thursday, May 16 on CBS.