‘The Big Bang Theory’ was set to continue for two more years before Jim Parsons quit

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Production designer John Shaffner says the show's cast didn't even know it was coming to an end A producer on The Big Bang Theory has revealed that the show had planned to continue for another two years before its star Jim Parsons quit.

Parsons, who played Sheldon Cooper in the long-running show, quit last year, with the show coming to an end in May 2019 after 12 seasons.

Speaking to Metro.co.uk to mark the one year anniversary since the show’s climax, production designer John Shaffner revealed that the initial plan from the show’s studio Warner Bros and network CBS was to run for another couple of years. “The news that [the show] was ending had been leaked because Warner Brothers had prepared a proper roll-out of explaining it to