CBS CEO Leslie Moonves is confident The Big Bang Theory and the show’s prequel Little Sheldon will be on the network’s schedule next fall.
In addition to Little Sheldon, which Moonves said would likely follow Big Bang, the CEO added that he expects to pick up one additional comedy and two dramas out of the 17 pilots the network is currently considering.
Little Sheldon stars Big Little Lies’ Iain Armitage as the boy genius, with Zoe Perry (the daughter of Laurie Metcalf, who plays Sheldson’s mother on Big Bang) as his religious fanatic mother.
However, not quite ready to count his chickens before they hatch, Moonves acknowledged “that all could change depending on how good they come in.”