United Kingdom, July 23 -- Chuck Lorre has revealed why one of The Big Bang Theory's most overlooked characters has become the unlikely hero of the franchise's newest chapter.

The television producer, 73, is expanding the world of one of modern television's most successful sitcoms with Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, which premieres on HBO Max on Thursday (23.07.26) and features Stuart Bloom, despite the character seeming the least obvious person to save the universe on the show.

Rather than focusing on fan favourites such as Sheldon Cooper or Leonard Hofstadter, the 10-episode series centres on comic book shop owner Stuart, played by Kevin Sussman, 55, after he accidentally triggers a multiverse disaster and is forced to repair real...