The Ultimate 2026 Guide: How to Watch the Big Bang Theory, New Spin-Offs, and Chuck Lorre's Netflix Hits
Chuck Lorre’s creative output occupies an unusual dual position in modern entertainment. On one side stands his massive network empire, encompassing Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, Mom, and the Sheldon Cooper lineage. On the other stands a targeted slate of projects produced directly for Netflix. Understanding which service houses a particular title comes down to who funded the pilot.
Lorre developed The Kominsky Method, starring Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin, specifically as a single-camera comedy for Netflix. Running across three critically acclaimed seasons, the production belongs to Netflix globally. Similarly, Lorre's workplace cannabis comedy Disjointed was financed as a Netflix original. These titles live perpetually on the red-branded streamer, unaffected by Warner Bros. licensing negotiations.
Conversely, multi-camera network hits generated under Lorre's primary television deals are bound to the production houses that financed them. When Warner Bros. Television produces a network hit for CBS, the broadcast network retains initial exhibition rights, while Warner Bros. controls post-broadcast SVOD licensing. As a result, finding Lorre’s broad multi-camera sitcoms on Netflix depends strictly on whether Warner Bros. agrees to license individual windows to outside buyers, as it did with Young Sheldon.
