Despite the cast being cool with the idea of The Big Bang Theory ending soon, it seems they haven't actually discussed it properly. Bazinga.

The hit comedy has been going for an incredible 11 seasons – with a 12th already on the way – and there has been endless talk of them calling it a day.

However, Sheldon Cooper actor Jim Parsons has admitted to Digital Spy that there have been no talks on calling it quits.

"I think anything's possible," he said of the possibility of future seasons. "Yeah, that's the thing. I just think anything in this... it's just getting into really odd territory, as far as like, less and less examples to go, 'Well, they did this and then this other show did this'.

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"It's really getting into a very individual state, of how does everybody feel, and whatever. And that includes the writers, who we've not had some major discussion with yet. There hasn't been like a cast and producer discussion about the future of our show or whatever."

Parsons admitted that the cast are having the time of their lives, continuing: "I will tell you that, for whatever reason, they've all been enjoyable seasons, but as far as camaraderie goes, the frivolity on the set, just the jovial atmosphere, has never been at a more pitched degree than it is this season.

"Now, I don't know if that's because everyone is like, 'I think the end is near,' or just because it's uncertain now, where we've gone through so many seasons we've been lucky enough to know certainly what was going on.

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"I don't know. I think it's related to some sort of appreciation of each other, that you were able, kind of like family, just to kind of take for granted, because they're gonna be there next week. And now the weeks are getting, might be getting shorter. You just don't know.

"So, because of that, I could see it making things go further. It's really hard to say. And there are so many people making their own decisions involved."

While The Big Bang Theory may or may not be wrapping up soon, we still have spin-off show Young Sheldon. Does Parsons think that could run as long?

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"I don't expect anything in regards of TV, ever," he said. "But it's very exciting to be part of this new show and 11 years would be lovely. Who knows? I hope so. It's going very well so far."

As for whether the spin-off has made him look at the main show with different eyes, Parsons added: "The only time I thought about it was when we shot our final episode of Season 10, which was shot at the same time we were shooting the pilot of Young Sheldon.

"I felt oddly emotional and weird because we were in the thick of it. It was the birth of the show and it was very new, but since then I think about them much more as being two separate shows. The energy of both shows is very different.

"And the way the story is told is very different to the way we work on Big Bang. It feels like a completely different beast. This show is a completely different animal."

The Big Bang Theory airs on CBS in the US, while E4 airs the show in the UK.


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