Jim Parsons is setting the record straight on whether The Big Bang Theory might ever return.
“I can’t imagine,” Parsons, 52, exclusively told Us Weekly at the American Ballet Theatre 2025 Fall Gala. “Well, I could imagine, but no, I imagine no.”
The Emmy-winning actor doesn’t see a reboot in his future, even though it’s been more than six years since the beloved sitcom wrapped in 2019. Still, Parsons says the show remains close to his heart.
“There are so many special memories,” he shared, reflecting on his time with the cast and crew. “I remember our first season, after about seven or eight episodes, the writers went on strike and they told us we were going to go off. We wouldn’t be doing any more until it was over,” Parsons recalled. “And we were all so upset by it. And it certainly wasn’t the stereotypical, and rightfully to feel like, ‘Oh God, my job,’ it wasn’t that. It was that we were already so enjoying this show and really felt we had something, and it scared us and we thought that it could mean an early end to the series.”
Looking back, the actor says what felt like a setback actually turned into a turning point.
“It ended up working very much in our favor. More people got to watch us in reruns and [when] we came back to [it], it became a bigger thing, but we didn’t know that at the time,” Parsons said. “And I think back on that because like I said, seven episodes in or whatever it was, all of us knew in our hearts that we were part of something that could be, it was special, and it could be to go on and it felt like the, whatever you call it, the peculiarities of the business and the way it goes might be, could have derailed it, and it could have. We got very fortunate.”
Parsons, of course, became a household name for playing Sheldon Cooper, the brilliant but quirky physicist at the center of the hit CBS sitcom. The show ran for 12 seasons and earned four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series. Parsons himself took home four Emmys for his performance.
Before The Big Bang Theory came to an end in 2019, CBS launched a prequel series titled Young Sheldon in 2017. The show, which followed Sheldon’s early years, concluded in May 2024 as its timeline caught up with the events of the original series. Iain Armitage starred as the young Sheldon alongside Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord, Annie Potts, Wyatt McClure, Matt Hobby and Emily Osment.
The universe continues to expand with a third spinoff, Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage, which premiered in October 2024. The series stars Montana Jordan, 22, and Emily Osment, 33, as Georgie Cooper — Sheldon’s older brother — and his wife, Mandy McAllister.
The second episode of Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage Season 2 airs Thursday, October 23, at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Past episodes are now streaming on Paramount+.
