Young Sheldon almost explored a much edgier affair story line but concerns off screen affected the planned trajectory. Jessica Radloff‘s tell-all book Young Sheldon: The (Juicier-Than-Meemaw’s-Brisket) Inside Story of the Hit Comedy, which is out now, addressed the initial vision for how the prequel could touch on adult Sheldon (Jim Parsons) from The Big Bang Theory claiming his dad, George Sr. (Lance Barber), was unfaithful to wife Mary (Zoe Perry). Cocreator Steve Molaro recalled Warner Bros. Television’s PR department getting “concerned that there might be some backlash”...