When’s that show you mentioned starting, TMINE? Including Young Sheldon

9 February 2018 Rob Buckley Airdates, US TV Post a comment
Young Sheldon

Every Friday, TMINE lets you know when the latest TV shows from around the world will air in the UK

No new acquisitions this week – sad! – but one premiere date has been announced.

Young Sheldon (US: CBS; UK: E4)
Premiere date: Thursday, February 22, 8.30pm

It’s not too surprising that this prequel to The Big Bang Theory should end up on said show’s UK home. It’s also unsurprising that’s it not really very funny at all, given the quality of its predecessor. What is surprising is that it’s actually quite sweet, more a dramedy about what it’s like being a genius growing up in Texas and going to High School when you’re just nine years old. What gags there are come from Jim Parsons’ voice over, but if you go into it thinking of it as a 1990s Physics Wonder Years, you might actually find a few decent things to enjoy.

Episode reviews: 1, 2

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    I’m Rob Buckley, a journalist who writes for UK media magazines that most people have never heard of although you might have heard me on the podcast Lockdown Land or Radio 5 Live’s Saturday Edition or Afternoon Edition. I’ve edited Dreamwatch, Sprocket and Cambridge Film Festival Daily; been technical editor for TV producers magazine Televisual; reviewed films for the short-lived newspaper Cambridge Insider; written features for the even shorter-lived newspaper Soho Independent; and was regularly sarcastic about television on the blink-and-you-missed-it “web site for urban hedonists” The Tribe. Since going freelance, I've contributed to the likes of Broadcast, Total Content + Media, Action TV, Off The Telly, Action Network, TV Scoop and The Custard TV.

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