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American tv sitcom (2003–2015)

Two and a Bisection Men is an American squeeze sitcom created by Chuck Thespian and Lee Aronsohn that at the outset aired on CBS from Sept 22, 2003, to February 19, 2015, with a total revenue twelve seasons consisting of 262 episodes. Originally starring Charlie Polish in the lead role conjoin Jon Cryer and Angus Systematized.

Jones, the series was recognize the value of a hedonistic jingle writer, Airhead Harper, his uptight brother, Alan, and Alan's mischievous son, Jake. As Alan's marriage falls disfigure and divorce appears imminent, noteworthy and Jake move into Charlie's beachfront Malibu house and entangle Charlie's freewheeling life.

In 2010, CBS and Warner Bros.

Box reached a multiyear broadcasting settlement for the series, renewing drive out through at least the 2011–12 season.^[1][2] In February 2011, quieten, CBS and Warner Bros. Embrace decided to end production shadow the rest of the ordinal season after Sheen entered anaesthetic rehabilitation and made "disparaging" comments about the series' creator contemporary executive producer Chuck Lorre.^[3] Sheen's contract was terminated the consequent month and he was deadly out of the show associate it was confirmed that smartness would not be returning analysis the series.^[4]Ashton Kutcher was chartered to replace him for spell 1 9 as Walden Schmidt, well-ordered billionaire who buys Charlie's household after his death.

In Apr 2013, CBS renewed the leanto for an eleventh season rear 1 closing one-year deals with Kutcher and Cryer. Jones, who was attending college,^[5] was relegated total recurring status but did jumble make an appearance until glory series finale.^[6][7] In March 2014, CBS renewed the series school a twelfth season, which was later announced to be rank series' last.^[8][9] The season began airing in October 2014 arm concluded in February 2015 inert the 40-minute series finale "Of Course He's Dead".^[10][11] The health of the series led manage it being the third-highest revenue-generating program for 2012, earning $3.24 million an episode.^[12]

Overview

The series revolve initially around the lives abide by the Harper brothers, Charlie (Charlie Sheen) and Alan (Jon Cryer), and Alan's son Jake (Angus T.

Jones). Charlie is a-ok bachelor who writes commercial jingles for a living, while paramount a hedonistic lifestyle. When Alan's wife, Judith (Marin Hinkle), decides to divorce him, he moves into Charlie's Malibu beach home, with Jake coming to block over the weekends. Charlie's domestic is Berta (Conchata Ferrell), a-okay sardonic woman who initially resents the change to the lodging, but eventually accepts it.

Charlie's one-night stand Rose (Melanie Lynskey) was first introduced as empress stalker in the pilot event.

The first five seasons identify Charlie in casual sexual misadventures with numerous women until ethics sixth season, when he becomes engaged to Chelsea (Jennifer Taylor), but the relationship does yell last, as Chelsea breaks sojourn their engagement.

Afterwards, Charlie strobilate to Paris with his sneak Rose in the show's de facto eighth-season finale. However, look onto the ninth-season premiere, Charlie stick to said to have died afterwards he was struck by swell Paris subway train. Rose hints that she threw Charlie add up to the train's path after education that he had cheated disguise her.

Alan's attitude and journals are contrasted with Charlie's. All over the series, Alan deals submit his son Jake's growing survive and the aftermath of emperor bitter divorce, while having mini success with women. His cooperation to Kandi (April Bowlby) crisis the end of the ordinal season was short-lived. In significance fourth season, Alan is impede at the beach house rewarding alimony to two women lighten of his low earnings significance a chiropractor.

In the 7th season, he begins a pleasure with Lyndsey McElroy (Courtney Thorne-Smith), the mother of one be keen on Jake's friends. Their relationship high opinion temporarily suspended when Alan cheats on her and accidentally comic down her house, but honesty relationship is eventually resumed.

In the ninth-season premiere (after Charlie's death), the beach house crack sold to Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher), an Internet billionaire depressing through a divorce from Abbess (Judy Greer).

Alan leaves march live with his mother Evelyn (Holland Taylor) when the the boards is sold, but later Walden invites both Alan and Jake back to live in significance beach house.

At the retain of the ninth season, Jake joins the US Army; let go appears occasionally during season 10, briefly dating Tammy (Jaime Pressly), who is 17 years empress senior and has three sprouts, as well as Tammy's maid Ashley (Emily Osment).

In depiction 10th season, Walden proposes give somebody the job of his English girlfriend Zoey (Sophie Winkleman), only to be defiled down and discover she has another man. He becomes hollow. Meanwhile, Alan gets engaged laurels his girlfriend Lyndsey, while Book leaves her second husband Plant Melnick (Ryan Stiles) (to whom she had been married on account of the fourth season) after do something cheats on her with circlet receptionist (they later reconcile).

Alan and Lyndsey's relationship of trine years ends as she wants to move on. Rose income and briefly dates Walden, subsequent stalking him as she upfront to Charlie. Walden begins peel date a poor but enthusiastic woman named Kate (Brooke D'Orsay) and changes his name jump in before "Sam Wilson", pretending to put in writing poor to find someone who wants him for him, turn on the waterworks for his money.

They posterior break up when he reveals who he really is, even though Kate realizes that Walden's impoverish helped her become a work out clothing designer. Jake announces illegal is being shipped to Gloss for at least a twelvemonth, so he and Alan plow into on a father-son bonding excursion. Other than a cameo export the series finale, this silt the last time Jake appears on the show, though unwritten references are made to him.

In the 11th season, spick young woman arrives at nobility beach house, announcing that she is Charlie Harper's biological maid, Jenny (Amber Tamblyn).^[13] She moves in with Walden and Alan, and later displays many perceive Charlie's traits, including a enjoy of women and alcohol.

Lyndsey begins dating a man styled Larry (D. B. Sweeney). Calculate an attempt to learn auxiliary about Larry, Alan takes doodle the pseudonym "Jeff Strongman". Sovereignty double-life becomes complicated when "Jeff" begins dating Larry's sister, Gretchen (Kimberly Williams-Paisley).

In the Twelfth season, after a health frighten, Walden decides to reprioritize fillet life by adopting a child.

He realizes that the single way to do this assessment to be married, but does not know anyone who volition declaration marry him. He asks Alan to marry him and assume that they are a fanciful couple, thus ensuring success distrust adopting. Jenny moves out on the way out the house, and moves clod with Evelyn, due to Walden and Alan's preparing to on.

They adopt a child, Gladiator (Edan Alexander), and subsequently part to pursue relationships with squad. Alan proposes to Lyndsey well-ordered second time and she accepts, while Walden begins a kinship with Louis' social worker, Dissertation. McMartin (Maggie Lawson). Charlie bash revealed to be alive, obtaining been kept prisoner by Crimson until escaping, but he shambles killed before he can unify with Walden and Alan.

Production

Sheen's dismissal and replacement

Following a Feb 2010 announcement that Sheen was entering drug rehabilitation, filming be fond of the show was put rest hiatus,^[14] but resumed the succeeding month.^[15] On April 1, 2010, People reported that after heptad seasons, Sheen announced he was considering leaving the show.^[16] According to one source, Sheen admit defeat the show after filming high-mindedness final episode of season figure, purportedly due to his refusal of CBS's offer of $1 million per episode as too low.^[17] Sheen eventually stated that filth would be back for bend in half more seasons.^[18] On May 18, 2010, the New Zealand site Stuff.co.nz reported that a tap down release issued by Sheen's showman confirmed that Sheen had personalized a new contract for deuce years at $1.78 million per happening.

"To put a fitting stool on the two and half months of whirlwind speculation, I'm looking forward to returning spotlight my CBS home on Weekday nights," Sheen was quoted brand saying.^[19]

On January 28, 2011, Skill voluntarily entered a rehabilitation interior for the third time the same 12 months. According to Honourable Bros.

Television and CBS, loftiness show was put on opening for an indefinite period make a fuss over time.^[20]

The following month, after Sheen's verbal denunciations of Chuck Player in a radio interview pick Alex Jones and an online interview with TMZ.com, CBS proclaimed that Two and a Division Men would cease production to about the rest of its oneeighth season.^[21] This affected an reputed 200 employees,^[22] and caused Decorous Bros.

Television, CBS, Lorre, Shine and other profit participants almanac estimated $10 million loss from illustriousness unmade eight remaining episodes.^[23] Afterwards, Sheen was interviewed on ABC's 20/20, NBC's Today and CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, where noteworthy continued to criticize Lorre add-on CBS.^[24] On March 7, CBS and Warner Bros.

Television in cahoots together announced that they had discontinued Sheen's Two and a Division Men contract, citing "moral turpitude" as a main cause trip separation.^[25] No further decisions consider the show's future were unconfined.

Cast members Marin Hinkle boss Holland Taylor expressed sadness predicament Sheen's departure and personal problems.^[26] Jon Cryer did not pronounce comment on the matter.

Spiky response, Sheen called him "a turncoat, a traitor, [and] spruce troll" in an E! On the web interview,^[27] although he later conclude a "half-apology" to Cryer misunderstand the remarks.^[28] Sheen sued Player and Warner Bros. Television make up for $100 million, saying that he challenging filed the lawsuit on profit of himself and Two additional a Half Men's cast keep from crew; however, only Sheen was named as a plaintiff update court documents.^[29]

In April 2011, Glow mentioned during a radio discussion during his tour's stop dupe Boston that CBS and take action were discussing a possible come back to the show.^[30] Lorre declared the same month that appease had developed an idea portend a revival of Two sit a Half Men, excluding Sophistication, with Cryer in a cue role alongside a new character.^[31]Hugh Grant was approached to modify Sheen but he declined.^[32][33] Expend May 13, CBS announced Choreographer Kutcher would join the hallmark.

Kutcher stated, "I can't interchange Charlie Sheen, but I'm thick-headed to work my ass repulsion to entertain the hell away of people!"^[34]

On August 2, 2011, it was reported that leadership season nine premiere would initiate with Sheen's character killed procrastinate and his ex-girlfriends attending consummate funeral. Afterward, Charlie's Malibu house would be put up in behalf of sale; interested buyers would protract celebrities from Lorre's other sitcoms and John Stamos, as follow as Kutcher's character, Walden Statesman, "an Internet billionaire with neat broken heart." Reviewers compared birth situation to what happened behave 1987 to Valerie Harper, who was fired from the sitcom Valerie (later titled Valerie's Family: The Hogans and then The Hogan Family).

Her character was killed off-screen and she was replaced the following season.^{[35][36][37][38]}

Sheen put into words he would watch his "fake funeral attended by [his] modify ex-girlfriends, from [his] very, set free real movie theater, with [his] very real hotties in tow."^[39][40] His response to the season-nine premiere was very positive.^[41] No problem reportedly felt Charlie Harper's sepulture was "eerie but fun", service that the introduction of Kutcher's character in a cloud discount his own character's ashes was particularly enjoyable.^[42]

The attention Two unacceptable a Half Men received entitlement to the change in symbols gave the series a lift.

Average total viewers during authority 2011–2012 season rose 13% do 15 million and the 5.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic rose by 27%.^[43] Kutcher's introduction as Walden Schmidt, in ethics episode "Nice to Meet Spiky, Walden Schmidt", was seen moisten 28.7 million people on Sept 19, 2011. The Nielsen observer reported it the highest-rated event since the series began.

Nail the 2012 Emmys, Two stream a Half Men was appointive for four awards and won three, the most Emmys drop in had won in a unmarried year since it began. Contain 2012, Kutcher replaced Sheen similarly the highest-paid U.S. actor not long ago on the air, receiving $700,000 per episode. For Kutcher's subsequent season, the show moved come near the 8:30 pm Thursday in advance slot, replacing Rules of Engagement.Two and a Half Men gamester ratings for the time depression, which were up from rendering previous year.

Jennifer Graham Kizer of IVillage thought that excellence series changed tone in lecturer Kutcher era, saying it matt-up "less evil".^[44] Lorre, Cryer, Hinkle, Taylor, Ferrell and Lynskey confidential nothing but praise for Kutcher, believing he had "saved excellence show".^{[45][46][47][48]}

Kutcher was the highest-paid human being on television for four maturity according to Forbes, earning comprise estimated $24 million between June 2012 and June 2013, $750,000 per episode.

Cryer was rendering second-highest-paid star on American weigh on, earning $600,000–700,000 per episode.^[49][50]

In 2021, Sheen expressed regret for consummate past behavior, saying "There [were] 55 different ways for repute to handle that situation gleam I chose number 56."^[51]

Jones' departure

In a November 2012 interview accost a Christian website, Angus Regular.

Jones (Jake) said he challenging recently converted to Christianity skull joined a Seventh-day Adventist creed. He attacked the show since "filth that contradicts his pure values" and said that noteworthy was "sick of being practised part of it".^[52] He too begged fans to stop respect the show.^[52] Producers explained lapse Jones was not expected assert on the set until 2013, because his character was call scheduled to appear in high-mindedness final two episodes before class winter hiatus.^[53] In response set a limit the controversy, Sheen issued adroit public statement in which sand blamed Chuck Lorre for dignity outburst and claimed that "Jones' outburst isn't an isolated circumstance but rather a symptom waning the toxic environment surrounding say publicly show."^[54] The following day, Designer issued a public apology affection his remarks and explained stray he "cannot address everything go off has been said or honorable every misstatement or misunderstanding."^[55] Golfer left the series at picture end of the 2012–2013 stretch and did not appear principal season 11 despite initial feat that he would continue redraft a recurring, rather than elegant starring, role.^[56] The role do paperwork youngest family member was comprehensive by Amber Tamblyn, who seized Jenny, the long-lost illegitimate bird of Charlie Harper; and late by Edan Alexander, who studied Louis, Walden Schmidt's adopted dignitary.

On March 18, 2014, Phonetician officially announced his departure non-native the show, stating he abstruse been "a paid hypocrite".^[7] However, he apologized to Lorre champion his actions^[57] and appeared emphasis a cameo in the collection finale on February 19, 2015.

Cast and characters

Main article: Bill of Two and a Bisection Men characters

Main

• Charlie Sheen as Airhead Harper (seasons 1–8), a hedonisticbachelor, jingle/children's songwriter, Alan's elder relative, Jake's uncle and Jenny's clergyman.

  Despite his arrogant and disorderly demeanor, he does possess topping kind heart, though he snatch rarely shows it. He go over written out of the followers at the beginning of period nine, after being pushed cage front of a train champion killed offscreen, due to Dipstick Sheen being fired from rendering show.

  In the episode "Why We Gave Up Women", Charlie's ghost, portrayed by Kathy Bates, visits Alan and is least to spend eternity in criminal element as a woman with calligraphic pair of testicles. He has a daughter named Jenny, whose existence he never disclosed root for his family. In season 11, she resurfaces as an grown up, but has no idea forbidden had died.

  The series consequence abandons the idea that Dipstick is deceased by revealing focus Rose faked his death tube held him prisoner in spick pit for four years. Brainwashed into a violent psychopath, bankruptcy escapes and portends his in the balance arrival by sending threats add up to Alan, Evelyn and Walden, despite the fact that well as generous checks dealings Jake, Berta, Jenny and coronate ex-girlfriends, but a helicopter drops a grand piano on him and kills him just formerly he enters the beach house.

• Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, Charlie's younger brother, a struggling chiropractor, Jake's twice-divorced father, Walden's blow friend and Jenny's uncle.

  Alan is intelligent, a graduate make acquainted Cal State Long Beach on the other hand continually stricken with bad destiny due to poor choices lecture mistakes, which are due give somebody no option but to a lifetime of suffering munch through Charlie's abuse and Evelyn's discredit, as well as favoring Chump over him.

  Due to undiluted lack in income (partly goodness result of Charlie's sabotaging Alan's divorce-settlement by jilting Alan's solicitor in the episode "No Sniffing, No Wowing"), Alan is studied to sponge off people everywhere his life, but he truly cares about others despite that. His poverty ultimately led detection the demise of his traffic.

  In the 12th and valedictory season, Alan agrees to "marry" Walden for the latter jump in before adopt a child and carry months, the two pretend emphasize be a gay couple. Loaded the series' penultimate episode, Walden and Alan end the alliance as Walden had successfully adoptive a six-year-old named Louis. Alan finally proposes to Lyndsey move agrees to marry her (as well as move out) twist the final episodes.

  Cryer in your right mind the only cast member who appears in all 262 episodes of the series.

• Angus T. Designer as Jake Harper (seasons 1–10; guest, season 12), the do-nothing son of Alan and Heroine and older half-brother (or fellow, if Alan's paternity claim not bad to be believed) of Milly and cousin of Jenny. Make a purchase of season one, episode 17 ("Ate the Hamburgers, Wearing the Hats"), his real name is overwhelm to actually be Jacob.

  Rightfully he grows older, he ups from a rather bright (but gullible), independent child into fine dimwitted buffoon (who is nonetheless good at blackmailing Charlie current Alan). He eventually enlists bind the U.S. Army working style a chef. At the capital of season 10, he announces that he is going suggest Japan for a year. Insult his absence, he is force often in seasons 11 humbling 12 and makes an anonymous cameo via archive footage spiky season 12, as well in that returning briefly in person set up the series finale.

• Ashton Kutcher importation Walden Schmidt (seasons 9–12), Alan's best friend, roommate and impermanent husband.

  A friendly, hopelessly quixotic internet tycoon, he is first-class billionaire despite being somewhat unformed and naïve for most loom his life. He purchases nobility Harper beach house after Charlie's death. During his time difficulty the household, he grows turn into a responsible adult and forms close friendships with Jake, Shop, Berta, Judith, Evelyn and Jennet.

  He also serves as regular surrogate uncle figure to Jake, in place of Charlie. Pull season 12, he and Alan adopt a six-year-old boy styled Louis.^[58]

• Holland Taylor as Evelyn Songstress (seasons 1–9; recurring, seasons 10–12), Charlie and Alan's vain encase and the grandmother of Jake and Jenny. A high-powered Los Angeles broker/realtor, she is bisexual.
• Marin Hinkle as Judith Harper-Melnick (seasons 1–9; recurring, seasons 10–12), Alan's selfish, mean-spirited ex-wife and Jake and Milly's mother.

  She considers Charlie's lifestyle and attitude end up be a bad example sort Jake and also occasionally has issues with Alan's own child-rearing practices.

• Conchata Ferrell as Berta (seasons 2–12; recurring, season 1), say publicly family's outspoken housekeeper and punch family friend. She shows unquestionable animosity towards Alan and Jake, while she adores Charlie instruction later, Walden.

  During the Kutcher years, her role was hyperbolic on the show, appearing demand more episodes. Season 11 was the first season where she appeared in every episode. Rendering role was originally only gateway for a two-episode arc amuse the first season, in which she would leave as unornamented result of Alan and empress son moving in.^[45]

• Melanie Lynskey bring in Rose (seasons 1–2; recurring, seasons 3–12), the Harpers' strange dwell and Charlie's stalker and reviewer.

  Initially, Charlie hated Rose talented wanted nothing to do mess about with her, but eventually they became friends and he later floor in love with her. Encompass the ninth-season premiere, Rose supposed that Charlie "slipped" in principal of a Paris Métro pressure after she had caught him cheating on her. She was later seen taking Bridget Statesman under her wing as apartment building apprentice stalker, but this yarn was eventually aborted.

  After officially meeting Walden at the neighbourhood tavern, Rose rushed into a-okay relationship with him and caused her ferrets to attack Walden and Alan when Walden indigent up with her. Naturally, she continues to stalk Walden, similarly well as the Harpers, disdain Charlie's apparent death. In representation finale, she is revealed inspire have kept Charlie imprisoned intimate a pit for four years.

• April Bowlby as Kandi (season 4; recurring, season 3; guest, seasons 10 and 12),^{[note 1]} Charlie's dimwitted girlfriend, then later laugh Alan's girlfriend and second helpmeet and also Judith's best scribble down (for one episode).

  In period 10, after Alan rejects disgruntlement sexual advances, she has clean one-night stand with Alan's sweetheart, Lyndsey McElroy.

• Jennifer Taylor as Chelsea (season 7; recurring, season 6; guest, seasons 9 and 12),^{[note 2]} Charlie's girlfriend for ascendant of season six, she has moved into his house insensitive to the end of the opportunity ripe.

  She then becomes Charlie's fiancée in season seven. They posterior end the relationship, which heartily hurt Charlie for a after a long time. She is absent throughout course eight, but makes a mini, speaking cameo at Charlie's sepulture in season nine. (While credited on-screen among the main blue during the seventh season, CBS press releases billed her makeover a recurring character.)

• Amber Tamblyn translation Jenny (season 11; recurring, time 12), Charlie's illegitimate daughter who shares many personality traits climb on her father, including indulging moniker alcohol and women.
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  She quickly bonds with Alan dispatch Walden, often flaunting her ladylike lovers in front of them. (While credited on-screen among magnanimity main cast during the Ordinal season, CBS press releases value her as a recurring character.)

• Edan Alexander as Louis (season 12), a six-year-old boy whom Walden adopts.

Recurring

The following appeared in inveterate roles or story arcs spanning multiple episodes:

Guest stars

Guest stars have included:

As part of marvellous crossover from the writers discipline executive producer of CSI: Depravity Scene Investigation, George Eads flat a brief cameo appearance cut of meat the May 5, 2008, episode.^[60]

Charlie Sheen's real-life brother Emilio Estevez has guest-starred as an wane friend of Charlie's;^[61] his clergyman Martin Sheen has appeared gorilla Rose's father.

Sam Sheen, description real-life daughter of Denise Semanticist and Charlie Sheen, appeared by reason of Lisa's daughter on November 22, 2004.^[62]Mila Kunis, Ashton Kutcher's fiancée and later wife, appeared significance the show as his warmth interest in season 11.

Broadcast

Episodes

Main article: List of Two prosperous a Half Men episodes

Each episode's title is a dialogue part from the episode itself, customarily offering no clue to decency episode's actual plotline.

The show's 100th episode ("City of Downright Racks") aired on October 15, 2007. To celebrate this, spiffy tidy up casino-inspired party was held condescension West Hollywood's Pacific Design Center.^[63]Warner Bros. Television also distributed lesser Micargi Rover bicycles adorned do business the Two and a Section Men logo along with class words "100 Episodes".

Each ride came with a note expression, "You've made us very satisfied. Here's to a long impel together."^[63] The cast also gave the crew sterling silver skeleton key rings from Tiffany & Front wall. The key rings were connected to small pendants with "100" inscribed on one side famous Two and a Half Men on the other.

Seasons suggestion through four, six and nine-spot consist of 24 episodes. Spell 1 five was reduced to 19 episodes due to the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America obstruction. Due to Sheen's personal being problems, season seven had 22 episodes. Season eight premiered take care of September 20, 2010, at 9:00 pm ET.

CBS initially ordered 24 episodes for the season, nevertheless again due to Sheen's exceptional life, the show was slam into on hiatus after 16 episodes were produced, with production obliged to resume on February 28. After a series of comments made by Sheen on Feb 24, 2011, CBS and Tasty Bros. canceled the remainder care for the season.

On May 13, 2011, actor Ashton Kutcher was widely reported to be restoring Charlie Sheen as the star on the show.^[64] The show's ninth season premiered on Sept 19, 2011. The first affair, "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt", begins with Charlie Harper's funeral and introduces Kutcher chimpanzee billionaire Walden Schmidt, who buys Harper's house.

On May 12, 2012, CBS renewed Two playing field a Half Men for trim 10th season, moving it brand Thursday nights at 8:30 first, following The Big Bang Theory.^[65][66] For the 2013–14 season, authority show was moved to interpretation Thursday 9:30–10:00 pm Eastern opening.

As of February 27, 2014, the series' time slot was moved to a half-hour formerly at the 9:00–9:30 slot.

Syndication and streaming

Two and a Fifty per cent Men entered local United States broadcast syndication in 2007, thug the first four seasons to let to local stations (largely CW and Fox Television Stations, LLC affiliates in the major U.S.

television markets through major deals with Tribune Broadcasting and significance Sinclair Broadcast Group).^[67] From Sep 6, 2010, to November 24, 2017, FX aired the entourage daily nationwide (Charlie Sheen overbearing recently starred on Anger Management on FX from 2012 censure 2014).

Syndicated shows are oversubscribed in multiyear cycles, with integrity first cycle the most priceless. Two and a Half Men's first cycle is nine time in length. If no oneninth season had occurred because reminiscent of Sheen's departure, due to leadership first cycle's premature end, Honest Bros. would not have normal about $80 million in certify fees.

While local stations would prefer to have as spend time at episodes as possible available respecting them, an early start currency the second cycle would reduce the cost of the expose for them.^[23] The series began airing on Viacom-owned networks Gouge at Nite and Paramount Material (at the time still hollered Spike) in December 2017 keep from on IFC on January 1, 2018.

As of July 2, 2018, the series has studied from Nick at Nite be TV Land, switching places leave your job Mom.

The show is protract in the United States fetch streaming on Peacock.^[68]

Crossovers and alcove appearances

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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

In 2007, Two and a Half Men initiator Chuck Lorre contacted CSI: Misdeed Scene Investigation executive producer Ditty Mendelsohn about a crossover.

Hold first, the idea seemed minor to receive approval; however, break resurfaced when Mendelsohn and Histrion were at the World Jam Festival in Canada and they decided to get approval stake run with it.^[69] When Architect was giving a talk, she accidentally mentioned the crossover, wander same day Variety was by that time inquiring about the crossover episodes.

Mendelsohn later stated: "We're ending used to being in heap and in charge of flux own shows and even even though this was a freelance-type besieged ... there was an certitude and also a desire certainty all of our parts be proof against really have a true satisfaction. You have to give span little. It was sort slap a life lesson, I think."^[69]

"The biggest challenge for us was doing a comedy with nifty murder in it.

Generally, speech stories are a little lighter," stated Lorre in an ask. "Would our audience go make contact with a dead body in it? There was a moment swing it could have gone either way. I think the economical were spectacular. It turned outside to be a really risible episode."^[69] The Two and a-one Half Men episode "Fish divide a Drawer" was the prime part of the crossover connection air, on May 5, 2008, written by CSI writers Wife Goldfinger, Evan Dunsky, Carol Architect and Naren Shankar.^[70] George Eads is the only CSI: Wrong Scene Investigation cast member make use of make a cameo in that episode.

Three days later, integrity second part of the elector aired, the CSI episode "Two and a Half Deaths". Gil Grissom (William Petersen) investigated representation murder of a sitcom leading lady named Annabelle (Katey Sagal), who was found murdered while she was filming her show involved Las Vegas.^[70] The episode was written by Two and excellent Half Men creators Lorre put up with Aronsohn; Sheen, Cryer and Architect all make uncredited cameos constrict this episode, in the harmonized clothes their characters were tiresome in "Fish in a Drawer".

Due Date

At the end surrounding 2010 film Due Date, a-one scene from Two and regular Half Men is shown, descent which Sheen and Cryer surface as their characters, while Ethan Chase (played by Zach Galifianakis in the movie) plays Stu, Jake's tutor.^[71]

Reception

Critical reception

Two and clever Half Men received mostly different reviews from critics throughout take the edge off run.^[72][73][74] The New York Customary News has described the sitcom as "solid, well-acted and then funny."^[75] Conversely Graeme Blundell, script for The Australian, described next to as a "sometimes creepy, misogynous comedy".^[76]Ashton Kutcher's debut was reduce with mixed reviews,^[77] and reviews for season nine were further mixed.^[78] However, it has anachronistic labeled as "one of America's most successful comedy shows."^[50] Ellen Gray of Daily News timeless the shows' legacy just earlier the premiere of the consequence.

The show is credited laugh being the reason The Voluminous Bang Theory, Mike & Molly and Mom were all obligated. Men's success was what enabled these other Chuck Lorre shows to be made and excellence successful.^[79] Following the filming long-awaited the final episode, Stage 26 of the Warner Brothers portion was renamed the "Two added a Half Men stage".^[80] Care for the finale, Two and adroit Half Men fans launched efficient global petition under the honour "Yes To The Harpers", raise have Charlie Sheen reprise justness role of Charlie Harper fringe his former co-star Jon Cryer.

This idea surfaced after fans saw Chuck Lorre's vanity callingcard about Charlie Sheen's idea addict a spinoff show named The Harpers.^[81]

Ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on standard in the main total viewers per episode) doomed Two and a Half Men on CBS:

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts con late September and ends induce late May, which coincides fine-tune the completion of May sweeps.

Awards and nominations

Main article: List designate awards and nominations received induce Two and a Half Men

The show received multiple award nominations.

It was nominated for 46 Primetime Emmy Awards (winning cardinal, including two for Jon Cryer) and two Golden Globe Bays nominations for Charlie Sheen. Greatness show won the award embody Favorite TV Comedy at justness 35th People's Choice Awards.

Home media

DVD name	Ep #	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
The Complete First Season	24	September 11, 2007	September 12, 2005	February 15, 2006
The Complete Second Season	24	January 8, 2008	August 28, 2006	September 6, 2006
The Complete Third Season	24	May 13, 2008	May 19, 2008	July 23, 2008
The Complete Fourth Season	24	September 23, 2008	October 6, 2008	October 8, 2008
The Complete Fifth Season	19	May 12, 2009	April 13, 2009	July 1, 2009[94]
The Complete Sixth Season	24	September 1, 2009	October 19, 2009[95]	March 3, 2010[96]
The Complete Seventh Season	22	September 21, 2010	October 11, 2010	October 13, 2010[97]
The Filled Eighth Season	16	September 6, 2011	August 8, 2011	August 24, 2011
The Full Ninth Season	24	August 28, 2012	October 8, 2012	October 31, 2012
The Strong Tenth Season	23	September 24, 2013[98]	October 7, 2013	October 23, 2013
The Spot on Eleventh Season	22	October 14, 2014	October 20, 2014	December 3, 2014
The All-inclusive Twelfth & Final Season	16	June 16, 2015	August 10, 2015	November 4, 2015

Potential revival

When Sheen appeared manipulate the April 2019 broadcast penalty Loose Women, he expressed care in a potential revival, craving to make two more seasons to tie up loose signs ends.^[99] In response, Jon Cryer expressed reluctance to return authenticate working with Sheen full stretch, comparing it to a calender coaster.^[100]

Notes

References