{"id":373183,"date":"2026-07-24T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=373183"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:32:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:32:27","slug":"stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-is-out-now-it-opens-with-a-big-bang-theory-callback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-is-out-now-it-opens-with-a-big-bang-theory-callback\/","title":{"rendered":"Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is out now: it opens with a Big Bang Theory callback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/this-is-what-we-know-about-the-long-awaited-spin-off-of-the-big-bang-theory\" rel=\"noopener\">The Big Bang Theory spin-off<\/a>, premiered <strong>July 23, 2026<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/hbo-max.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">HBO Max<\/a> and puts the franchise back in Stuart Bloom\u2019s hands, with Kevin Sussman returning to the role.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What really feels different here is how the show ties itself to The Big Bang Theory. Rather than opening like a familiar sitcom, it starts with a sequence that riffs on the original series\u2019 signature intro and turns it into a running, self-aware joke, complete with <strong>episode-specific text<\/strong>, fourth-wall bits like \u201cSpoiler Alert: Gary Dies,\u201d and even Danny Elfman theme variations that make the credits feel like something you actually want to sit through.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The show also makes a pretty sharp break from the old multi-camera, laugh-track setup used by The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, and Georgie &amp; Mandy\u2019s First Marriage. This one goes with a <strong>single-camera<\/strong> sci-fi comedy style that some early viewers are already comparing to Rick and Morty, while Stuart Bloom, Bert Kibbler, Denise, and Barry Kripke get pulled through a full-on multiverse crisis. Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady, and Zak Penn created the series, and the first reviews have called it bold, weird, and original, even if a few critics aren\u2019t convinced it\u2019ll click with everyone.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve kept up with The Big Bang Theory, this spin-off is easy to recommend for the opening sequence alone, and Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is streaming <strong>now on HBO Max<\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, the new The Big Bang Theory spin-off, premiered July 23, 2026 on HBO Max and puts the franchise back in Stuart Bloom\u2019s hands, with Kevin Sussman returning to the role. What really feels different here is how the show ties itself to The Big Bang Theory. Rather than opening &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe-is-out-now-it-opens-with-a-big-bang-theory-callback\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is out now: it opens with a Big Bang Theory callback&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9336,"featured_media":373182,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6869],"class_list":["post-373183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-streaming-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373185,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373183\/revisions\/373185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373183"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=373183"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=373183"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=373183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}