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  • 7/10/2025
'The Big Bang Theory' is gearing up for another spinoff! HBO Max has formally greenlit 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,' a comedy that will center on comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom played by Kevin Sussman, who had a heavily recurring role on the original CBS series. The show is set to feature a heavy dose of sci-fi alongside its comedy.

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00:00The Big Bang Theory is gearing up for another spinoff.
00:04HBO Max is formally greenlit Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,
00:09a comedy that will center on comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom,
00:12played by Kevin Sussman, who had a heavily reoccurring role on the original CBS series.
00:17The show is set to feature a heavy dose of sci-fi alongside its comedy.
00:21Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is the first series pickup for the newly re-renamed HBO Max,
00:27which changed back from being called Max and officially went live on Wednesday.
00:32The description for the show, which has been in the works for two years, reads,
00:36Stuart Bloom is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard,
00:41accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon.
00:44Along the way, they meet alternate universe versions of characters we've come to know and love from The Big Bang Theory.
00:50As the title implies, things don't go well.
00:52Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posen, and John Ross Bowie, all of whom reoccurred on Big Bang, will also star in the series.
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