Kaley Cuoco not seen filming another series com The Big Bang Theory in his career.
“This big bang time, I guess it was more like … a really unique (lifetime) experience,” Cuoco, 40, said during the Monday, Feb. 9, episode of Dax Shepard‘s “Armchair Expert” podcast “I can’t even think about saying, ‘Oh, I wish I had that again.’ That never crosses my mind.”
Cuoco explained that working The Big Bang Theory it was a “special” experience, which cannot be recreated.
“This was his own life. I’m never going back,” he told Shepard. “I talk about it with so much love, but life is different now. It just doesn’t look like that. It will never look like that again.”
Cuoco starred The Big Bang Theory from 2007 to 2019 next door Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Simon Helberg i Kunal Nayyar. The sitcom ran for 12 seasons and followed two scientists and friends played by Parsons and Galecki who meet Cuoco’s character, Penny, when she moves into the apartment across from hers.
On the show, Cuoco and Galecki played on- and off-screen love interests, they dated for several years. They split in 2009. (Cuoco is currently engaged to Tom Pelphrey while Johnny is married to a woman Morgan Galecki.)
Despite their breakup, Cuoco and Johnny remain close friends. During a recent appearance at Andy Cohen‘s Watch What Happens livethe actress revealed that while there is no asset Big Bang Theory group chat, she and Johnny are still in touch.
“There’s one with me and Johnny. All the time,” Cuoco said earlier this month.
While Cuoco believes the magic behind it The Big Bang Theory couldn’t happen today, the spirit of the show lives on through its multiple spin-offs. While Big Bang Theory was still airing, the prequel series, Young Sheldonpremiered in 2017. The comedy told Sheldon’s backstory as a child genius growing up in Texas. The show starred Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord, Annie Potts i Matt Hobby.
Fans welcomed the cast of The Big Bang Theory into their living rooms for 12 seasons before saying goodbye to the sitcom, and we’re still catching up today. Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper), Kaley Cuoco (Penny Teller), Johnny Galecki (Leonard Hofstadter), Simon Helberg (Howard Wolowitz), Kunal Nayyar (Raj Koothrappali), Mayim Bialik (Amy Farrah Fowler) and Melissa (…)
In addition to learning about Sheldon’s backstory, Big Bang Theory fans delved into their family dynamic. Jordan, who played Sheldon’s brother Georgie, was a breakout star. When Young Sheldon ended in 2024 after seven seasons, it was announced that Jordan would star in his own spinoff series. Georgie and Mandy’s first marriagenext to Emily Osment. Georgie and Mandy’s first marriage premiered in 2024 and is currently in its second season.
Last year, it was announced that a new series focused on the Big Bang Theory character Stuart (Kevin Sussman) was under construction. Big Bang Theory alumni Brian Posehn i Lauren Lapkus will star in the show alongside Sussman as they reprise their characters.
Stuart fails to save the universe follows comic book store owner Stuart Bloom, who “takes it upon himself to restore reality after breaking a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally causing a multiverse Armageddon,” according to the series’ official synopsis.