Young Sheldon

After creating so many The Big Bang Theory plot holes, Young Sheldon executive producer Steve Holland defends the show for breaking canon.

However, it's the idea that The Big Bang Theory sets up most of the Coopers for an unsatisfying future, which is the best argument for why Young Sheldon needs to ignore it. [Young Sheldon tackles Mary and George's marriage blow-up](https://screenrant.com/young-sheldon-george-mary-fight-story-next/) (a narrative that Sheldon harped on in The Big Bang Theory), Holland defends the prequel series for breaking continuity in the past. [Paige's storyline in Young Sheldon](https://screenrant.com/young-sheldon-season-6-missy-story-failure-paige/) also changes certain aspects of Sheldon's life in The Big Bang Theory, particularly when it comes to how his romance with Amy progressed. Plot inconsistencies between Young Sheldon and The Big Bang Theory are a growing problem. There are certainly big-picture canon things that are very important to the Sheldon character, and there are a lot of smaller things we’re not saying didn’t happen, but were just jokes when we said them on Big Bang, and we don’t feel the need to necessarily be handcuffed by a joke in the stories we have to tell because we told a joke eight years ago. Despite supposedly existing in the same reality, however, Young Sheldon has contradicted The Big Bang Theory's established canon countless times in its six years on the air.