After eight years on the air, CBS has called time on its No. 1 sitcom with the bittersweet final season of Young Sheldon, the spinoff prequel series to The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019) now in the books.
The final season arrives in the UK on July 21 and can be streamed for free on Channel 4. Even if you're traveling abroad, you could still watch Young Sheldon season 7 on Channel 4 from anywhere with a VPN.
FREE STREAMS: TVNZ+ (New Zealand) Channel 4 (UK)
US: CBS (via Paramount Plus)
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
Created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro, Young Sheldon season 7 found the precocious boy wonder continue his idiosyncratic journey to meeting his future wife Amy, best friend Leonard and becoming a Nobel Prize-winning physicist.
All of the principal cast returned for the final season: Iain Armitage as the brilliant but socially inept Sheldon, Zoe Perry as Mary, his overprotective mother, Montana Jordan as his brother Georgie, Annie Potts as his grandmother, affectionately known as "Meemaw," and Lance Barber as his father George Cooper Sr.
When viewers reunited with the Cooper family, Mary was in Germany chaperoning Sheldon for his summer study program. It wasn't until well after they'd landed that they learned that a twister had bulldozed through Medford and razed Meemaw's home to the ground, leaving the earnings from her illegal casino business blowing in the wind.
Season 7 proved to be bittersweet with the ever present possibility of an early exit for Sheldon's dad George, whose death around this time was mentioned in The Big Bang Theory. Yet fans should rest easy in the knowledge that this isn't the last for the Coopers. A flourishing future beckons for Sheldon, while the characters of Georgie Jr. and his fiancé Maddy — very soon due to be married — are getting their own spinoff show sometime in the next year, too.
Ready to see what the future holds for the Coopers? Then here's how to watch Young Sheldon season 7 from anywhere in the world. We've got all the information you'll need below.
Watch Young Sheldon season 7 for FREE
Great news for fans of Young Sheldon in New Zealand: the show is available to stream for free, on the TVNZ Plus streaming service with the full season available now.
You can stream Young Sheldon free on TVNZ Plus from anywhere in the world with a VPN, as a Kiwi abroad. Full details on how to do that just below...
Watch Young Sheldon season 7 in the US
How to watch Young Sheldon season 7 in the UK
After a lengthy delay, Young Sheldon season 7 airs on E4 and Channel 4's on-demand platform from Sunday, July 21 with episodes arriving weekly thereafter.
Out of the country? If you’re currently traveling outside of the UK, you might want to use a VPN to allow to watch Young Sheldon season 7 from abroad.
Can I watch Young Sheldon season 7 online in Australia?
Sadly there's been no announcement that Young Sheldon season 7 will be available to watch Down Under anytime soon.
However, if you're looking to catch-up on the first six seasons, they're currently all available over on streaming service Binge. There's a seven-day free trial to new members, and plans start from AU$10 a month.
How to watch Young Sheldon season 7 from anywhere with a VPN
You can watch Young Sheldon on any of the streaming services above by using a VPN — no matter where you are in the world!
Normally a streaming service will know where you are trying to tune in from and block you if you're not in the right country but a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is an app that hides your location. That means you can access your usual sports and entertainment services even while you're traveling abroad.
Our favorite VPN is ExpressVPN, which is the No. 1-rated VPN in the world right now according to our sister site, TechRadar, where you'll find a deeper reader on the best VPN services available right now.
How to use a VPN to watch any stream
- Download the app at NordVPN
- Choose the location of the streaming service you want to watch (UK, US, etc)
- Navigate to the streaming service and start watching!
What was the Young Sheldon season 7 release date
The very last season of Young Sheldon debuted on Thursday, February 15 on the CBS channel. It arrives in the UK on Sunday, July 21.
- Episode 1: A Wiener Schnitzel and Underwear in a Tree – February 15
- Episode 2: A Roulette Wheel and a Piano Playing Dog – February 22
- Episode 3: A Strudel and a Hot American Boy Toy – February 29
- Episode 4: Ants on a Log and a Cheating Winker – March 7
- Episode 5: Frankenstein's Monster and a Crazy Church Guy – March 14
- Episode 6: Baptists, Catholics and an Attempted Drowning – March 21
- Episode 7: A Proper Wedding and Skeletons in the Closet – March 28
- Episode 8: An Ankle Monitor and a Big Plastic Crap House – April 4
- Episode 9: A Fancy Article and a Scholarship for a Baby – April 11
- Episode10: Community Service and the Key to a Happy Marriage – April 18
- Episode 11: A Little Snip and Teaching Old Dogs – April 25
- Episode 12: A New Home and a Traditional Texas Torture – May 2
- Episode 13: Funeral – May 9
- Episode 14: Memoir – May 16
All you need to know about Young Sheldon season 7
How many episodes of Young Sheldon season 7 were there?
The final season had 14 episodes in total - quite a few less than we've seen for past seasons.
Who starred in Young Sheldon season 7?
- Iain Armitage as Sheldon Lee Cooper
- Jim Parsons (narrator) as older Sheldon
- Zoe Perry as Mary Cooper
- Lance Barber as George Cooper Sr.
- Montana Jordan as "Georgie" Cooper Jr.
- Annie Potts as Constance Tucker, or “Meemaw”
- Matt Hobby as Pastor Jeff Difford
- Emily Osment as Amanda "Mandy" McAllister
- Craig T. Nelson as Dale Ballard,
- Rachel Bay Jones as Audrey McAllister
- Will Sasso as Jim McAllister
When was the Young Sheldon season 7 finale broadcast?
Young Sheldon season 7 bowed out on Thursday, May 16 this year, with a special, one-hour long episode.
Was season 7 the final season of Young Sheldon?
Yes, CBS confirmed that season 7 would mark the last season of Young Sheldon back on November 2023. So this was the last hurrah for Sheldon, his sister Missy, and his parents Mary and George.
Will there be a spin-off of Young Sheldon?
In January 2024, it was announced there would be a spin-off series of Young Sheldon focused on Georgie Cooper and Mandy McAllister. The new series is scheduled on CBS for the 2024–25 broadcast season.
