{"id":664756,"date":"2026-05-25T21:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664756\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:14:09","slug":"big-bang-theory-vet-joins-spinoff-stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/664756\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Big Bang Theory&#8217; Vet Joins Spinoff &#8216;Stuart Fails To Save The Universe&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWe\u2019re getting a first glimpse of another Big Bang Theory alum in the upcoming spinoff <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe\" data-tag=\"stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart Fails to Save the Universe<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/wil-wheaton\/\" id=\"auto-tag_wil-wheaton\" data-tag=\"wil-wheaton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wil Wheaton<\/a>, who recurred as a heightened version of himself in the mothership series, makes a very quick cameo appearance in a new sizzle reel released Sunday by <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/hbo-max\/\" id=\"auto-tag_hbo-max\" data-tag=\"hbo-max\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HBO Max<\/a>. At the 30-second mark, he flashes by, appearing inside Stuart\u2019s comic book store, apparently firing an energy blast at Stuart, Denise, Bert and Kripke. You can watch the clip below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWheaton appeared in 17 episodes of <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-big-bang-theory\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-big-bang-theory\" data-tag=\"the-big-bang-theory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a> in seasons 3 through 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe spinoff revolves around comic book store owner Stuart Bloom (<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/kevin-sussman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kevin Sussman<\/a>) who is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Leonard (Johnny Galecki), accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon. Stuart is aided in this quest by his girlfriend Denise (Lauren Lapkus), geologist friend Bert (Brian Posehn) and quantum physicist\/all-around pain in the ass Barry Kripke (John Ross Bowie). Along the way, they meet alternate-universe versions of characters we\u2019ve come to know and love from\u00a0The Big Bang Theory.\u00a0As the title implies, things don\u2019t go well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStuart Fails To Save The Universe is written and executive produced by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/chuck-lorre\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Lorre<\/a>, co-creator and executive producer of\u00a0Big Bang\u00a0and all of its spinoffs to date, Zak Penn and\u00a0Big Bang\u00a0co-creator Bill Prady. Emmy, Grammy winner and Oscar-nominee Danny Elfman composed original them music for the series. The spinoff is produced by Chuck Lorre Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tStuart Fails to Save the Universe premieres this July, streaming on HBO <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/max\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019re getting a first glimpse of another Big Bang Theory alum in the upcoming spinoff Stuart Fails to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":664757,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[88,1010,240408,44061,92,244984],"class_list":["post-664756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-hbo-max","tag-stuart-fails-to-save-the-universe","tag-the-big-bang-theory","tag-tv","tag-wil-wheaton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664756\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/664757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}