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Season 1 – Stuart Fails to Save the Universe

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Comic book store owner Stuart Bloom is tasked with restoring reality after he breaks a device built by Sheldon and Leonard, accidentally bringing about a multiverse Armageddon. Stuart is aided in this quest by his girlfriend Denise, geologist friend Bert, and quantum physicist/all-around pain in the ass Barry Kripke. Along the way, they meet alternate-universe versions of characters we’ve come to know and love from “The Big Bang Theory.” As the title implies, things don’t go well.

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John Anderson Wall Street Journal 11h
The consistently witty “Stuart Fails to Save the Universe” will remind viewers of lots of other things, not just “The Big Bang Theory,” off of which it spins, but Bizarro World, Orpheus and Eurydice, and maybe even “The Asphalt Jungle.” Go to Full Review Alan Sepinwall What's Alan Watching? (Ghost.io) 11h
Where Young Sheldon was able to translate the aspect of BBT that people loved most into a new context, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe fails to bring over any of the good aspects of The Big Bang Theory into this grim mess. Go to Full Review Angie Han The Hollywood Reporter 11h
Occasionally amusing but more slapdash than inventive, gamely performed but irredeemably sour, Stuart Fails to Save the Universe is a skippable addition to Chuck Lorre’s ever-expanding solar system of Big Bang Theory spinoffs. Go to Full Review Matt Roush TV Insider 11h
5/5
From playful opening credits to uncensored vanity cards at each episode’s end, you can’t take your eyes off of the latest spinoff of The Big Bang Theory, which thankfully and happily is unlike anything that’s come before. Go to Full Review Ryan Schwartz TV Line 12h
A-
It's funny, weird, ambitious -- and exactly the kind of show Leonard, Sheldon, Howard, and Raj would watch. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Kevin Sussman

Stuart Bloom

Brian Posehn

Bert Kibbler

Lauren Lapkus

Denise

John Ross Bowie

Barry Kripke

Chuck Lorre

Writer

Zak Penn

Writer

Episodes

Episode 1 Airs Jul 23 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 2 Airs Jul 30 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 3 Airs Jul 30 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 4 Airs Aug 6 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 5 Airs Aug 13 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 6 Airs Aug 20 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 7 Airs Aug 27 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 8 Airs Sep 3 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 9 Airs Sep 10 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details Episode 10 Airs Sep 17 Comic book shop owner Stuart Bloom brings about the end of the universe, and is tasked with restoring reality along with his girlfriend Denise, geologist Bert, and quantum physicist Barry Kripke. Details
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Season Info

Executive Producer
Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, Bill Prady
Screenwriter
Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, Bill Prady
Network
HBO Max
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jul 23, 2026