Ana Dumaraog of ScreenRant gives it a 9 out of 10, noting that the first two episodes are surprisingly emotional despite the show’s switch to multi-cam. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage is a worthy replacement for Young Sheldon, Dumaraog says:

When Young Sheldon was nearing its end, I was one of the first to say I needed to see Mandy's parents, Jim and Audrey McAllister, be a part of the main cast of Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage. I'm happy to say I thought that Will Sasso and Rachel Bay Jones crushed it in their roles.

The producers behind CBS's new "Young Sheldon" spinoff "Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage" knew the show needed to immediately address the comedy elephant in the room: Unlike "Sheldon," which was a single-camera half-hour,