Charlie Sheen Fired From 'Two and a Half Men'

[thecrow]

Source: NY TIMES

Mon, March 07, 2011 -- 4:42 PM ET
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Charlie Sheen Fired From 'Two and a Half Men'

Warner Brothers announced Monday that it had fired Charlie
Sheen from his hit comedy "Two and a Half Men."

The terse official statement read, "After careful
consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie
Sheen's services on 'Two and a Half Men' effective
immediately."

The studio, which owns and produces the series, will decide
about the future of the show at a later date, a spokesman
said.

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[OhioChick]

1. Wonder why......?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZCDWmxxFfQ

[Gin]

4. the show was close to being syndicated...too bad for the rest

of the cast.

[Tunkamerica]

13. The show is syndicated. It has been for several years.

[Travelman]

2. Now you can follow him on Twitter

FROM MARS!!!

:rofl:

[RandomThoughts]

6. I just had a thought.

What if this is really all a dream!

:rofl:





Side note I am due beer and travel money, and will allow those with more then they need to send that to me.

[Left coast liberal]

3. No real surprise. What a train wreck!

[damntexdem]

5. Will it now be "One and a Half Men"? Or ...

more realistically, "Two Men"?

;-)

[Kennah]

7. Years ago, Richard Pryor joked about the sick and twisted jokes told about him

From "Live On Sunset Strip"

"Y'all motherfuckers told some nasty shit about me. Here, look at this. What's that? Richard Pryor running down the street."

Somehow I don't foresee Charlie Sheen taking a similar view of all the shit he's going to endure for his insane behavior.

[On the Road]

48. Yes, He Did,

but it done him good. He inspired him to go out and found the Ignited Negro College Fund.

[okieinpain]

8. hey I'll take his job. n/t.

[hlthe2b]

9. I think Berta, the housekeeper, and the "mother" are the best

reasons to watch, anyway. Otherwise, with the actor that played Charlie's nephew having grown up, the show had largely run its course.

I think they could revamp the show, though... Hell, it is just a comedy/sitcom. Dramas are harder to recast, IMO.

[emulatorloo]

14. Herb is good too. I'd just have "Charlie" go missing and move Herb in.

[hlthe2b]

20. Not a bad idea.... Herb with Alan & the rest of the ensemble cast

That would be good. Tootle Loo, Charlie... I hope you get help, but time for the world to stop enabling you.

[hamsterjill]

52. Don't forget Rose!

I love Rose!!!

[hlthe2b]

63. Oh yes... Rose, Berta, the Mom....

Funny how the women get little attention, when they really are the comedic strength of the show.

[emulatorloo]

65. sadly they would have to write Rose out when they "disappear" Charlie.

Last episode they were heading out for a Romantic Weekend.

But they could bring her back alone -- I LOVE ROSE TOO!

[hamsterjill]

67. Sex Addiction Treatment

I think Charlie Harper needs to go into sex addiction treatment because of his growing love for Rose and his desire to be with her. The show probably won't survive more than one more season regardless of what is done. A treatment facility (and let's face it, sex addiction is THE fashionable thing these days!!! LOL) would explain his absence and allow the other characters (the talented women cast members, including Rose!!!) to shine!

I like Gordon, too!!!

I, myself, just cannot see anyone else assume the role of Charlie with any success.

[emulatorloo]

68. Some article pointed out that Sheen's "comeback" was replacing Michael J Fox on Spin City.

Nobody thought that show would survive without M.J. Fox! I certainly didn't.

[Mad_Dem_X]

54. Berta and the mom are the best!

Holland Taylor is a terrifc comedienne.

[Thunderstruck]

71. Two and a Half Men can go on without Charlie. They have a superb cast and I

think Jon Cryer can anchor the show well enough. The question is, how do they explain Charlie's absence? Do they kill him off and leave Alan the house, which Alan would then have to figure out how to pay the $50,000 annual tax on it? Or will they disappear Charlie, leaving open the possibility of a future return should Sheen ever get his shit back together? Either way, it could be hard to write wisecracking into a script with the death of the main character hanging over the rest of the family.

It's too bad this happened. Two and A Half Men is a guilty pleasure of mine, though Charlie's real-life meltdown has been evident in the most recent episodes.

[rooboy]

10. I don't know what all the fuss is about.

He's acting out in real life the behaviour of his tv character. Obviously it's not as glamorous and clean as in tv land, but at least he's getting wasted and nailing women. Isn't that the glory of the character anyway?

[14thColony]

23. I agree with you, but...

I always thought it was the other way around: Charlie Sheen was just playing himself in Two-and-a-Half Men.

[Lorien]

51. "Nailing women". Right. He's also assualted more than a few and shot one

he's an abusive prick at best, and another hardcore misogynist.

[Grassy Knoll]

11. Who give 2 and a half shits.

[crim son]

29. Hear, hear! n/t

[Skittles]

50. fucking awful show

[Dulcinea]

57. It's sad...

...that more people care about the train wreck known as Charlie Sheen than the protests in the midwestern states.

[wtbymark]

12. my prediction

It's done. It will be syndicated, the money potential is too great. It's already in limited syndication, but now it will be fully distributed, like Seinfeld.

[rucky]

15. Who is Charlie Sheen?

:rofl:

[underpants]

16. Sorry Duckie, the gravy train just ended

Duckie sad

[joshcryer]

32. Poor Duckie. :(

He got the girl in the book, too. Stupid movie.

[boppers]

47. The book?

I thought the movie was written by Hughes, not adapted from a book?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_in_Pink

[Zax2me]

17. but, he's winning -

now please, story, die!

[edbermac]

18. What took them so long?

If I was doing a mound of blow like Pacino in Scarface and banging a bunch of hookers I'd be out on my ass in a heartbeat.

[northzax]

58. do you star in the highest rated show on television?

one that can score in the top ten against new competition using a rerun? or maybe a star of a show that just syndicated (again) for $4m/episode? seven years, 22 episodes a year. you do the math. (in case you don't want to, try $600 million in syndication fees over the next seven years)

how much did you make your boss last month?

[wtmusic]

19. Michael Richards is still less hireable

Charlie's even a loser at being a loser.

[Jansen]

21. Now he has more time for strafing runs in his underwear.

[Guilded Lilly]

55. laughing...can't help it (n/t)

[cosmicone]

22. Someone will now produce a show titled "Charlie"

and he will play pretty much the same role with a different ambiance. Copyright laws cannot apply as long as it is a show in a different locale, with a different cast and a different plot.

The show will be a hit, because Charlie Sheen is inherently talented.

[flvegan]

24. #winning

[FSogol]

25. Winning!

:shrug:

[Corruption Winz]

26. So... is this bi-losing? n/t

[sandyj999]

27. A lot of the show is the writing and the rest of the cast.

If they keep it on I'll watch. I could no longer watch the "man pig"

[EvilMonsanto]

28. Too Bad

I've had many laughs with that show
Hopefully he will have another show real soon

And for those saying he's a train wreck
Who Cares?

I'd change lives with him anyday, crazy or not he's had quite alot of fun in life i'm sure

[Imagevision]

45. Sheen can only be successful if he manages to keep the Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) character what

else is he going to do? Play a cop? a cowboy? Rockstar? yeah! that's it, Beverly Hills Rockstar, gambler, ladies man. Just couldn't picure Sheen playing a serious character, he doesn't have it in his makeup.

[24601]

30. Good - it will give him time to prepare to play Qaddafi in the made

for TV movie. It's a perfect fit.

[L0oniX]

31. WOW ...such important news. It's almost a matter of national security.

[Vinee]

42. Paying attention to Charlie Sheen doesn't drive the price of oil up to $5/gallon

[abqmufc]

33. Next up the millions he'll make from reality TV....

Be honest most of you watched at least one of his interviews....and you'll be suckered into watching his life via a reality TV show....and he'll make millions off of the masses.

[InvisibleTouch]

34. And it's about time. n/t

[The Nexus]

35. All eyes are on John Stamos now. nt

[Guilded Lilly]

56. in a totally shallow moment...

I am thinking to myself that having eyes on John Stamos is not a bad thing. Not a bad thing at all!!!

shame on my feminine eyes.

[Nossida]

36. Huh?

Charlie Who?

Besides a select few, who cares?

[kwassa]

37. Will the series now be called "Two Men"? He was such a half.

[muntrv]

38. Charlie wants more time with the goddesses.

[Javaman]

39. How many good union people did this train wreck put out of work..

oddly, halfwit sheen is also union, but unlike the hardworking crew, this fool was making a million a show.

now that he's out of work that million a show should last him a few weeks (with the way he lives), then maybe (I'm not holding my breath) he will feel the pain of unemployment.

if not, he has certainly alienated himself from hollywood.

Perhaps he will do the porn circuit now.

[Tunkamerica]

43. Warner brothers cancelled the contract. Why blame one without blaming the other?

I guess it's easier to blame one person than a corporation, but hasn't that always been the problem?

[Javaman]

53. Not entirely correct.

while Warner canceled the contract, it was sheen that acted like a jackass. He ripped into warner and demanded them triple his salary.

While warner is far from being a saint, they couldn't keep asshole sheen on the payroll when he was bad mouthing them in public on top of all his other problems.

it was sheen that started this not warner.

And believe me, I'm no defender of the studios. I'm an IATSE 600 member.

[northzax]

59. to be fair

he said he would need his salary tripled for the 8th season, following the incredible success of the show's sale in syndication last fall. which is, frankly, a perfectly reasonable position for the star of a show to take. two and a half men, for instance, gets as much in syndication as Friends did at the end of it's run (about $4m/episode) each of the starts of that show was making just over a million/episode at the time. is it unreasonable to think that the star of the current show, not even adjusted for inflation, should make 3/5ths of that total? oh, and the two and a half men syndication only covers about half the country, and nothing internationally. seems reasonable for sheen to believe he is making his studio and producers a whole heck of a lot of cash.

[Javaman]

61. If that is the case then sheen should take the money and pass it on to the crew...

$3 million for anyone doing anything per what ever act is way to much.

I forgot to put in to the last past. Sheen's antics also put the shows shooting schedule into jeopardy. Each lost day of production is a fortune for the studio.

They finally had to cut their losses.

[LanternWaste]

70. If I get fired from my job for acting like a jackass

If I get fired from my job for acting like a jackass and in a manner which costs the company time and money, sure... one could blame the company for firing me, but let's be honest-- I'd have only myself to blame, regardless of whether than would or would not be "easier" than blaming the company, and regardless of whether it validatse or weakens someone's belief that The Man is always to blame or keeping me down.

I don't know if that's always been the problem or not... :shrug:

[unkachuck]

40. "Warner Brothers announced Monday that it had fired Charlie Sheen..."

....has Charlie Sheen, lost his sheen?

....sorry....

[Exultant Democracy]

41. My guess, he gets his 3 mill and ep for a reality tv show.

[Imagevision]

44. John Stamos r u kiddin - the easiest way for warner Bros. to shit can 21/2 men

[Frank Booth]

46. This is a travesty.

It's horrible news like this that eats away all the hope I have for humanity. America has lost one of its greatest artists.

[Matilda]

49. It's always sad to see somebody do that to themselves.

Nobody can help him; he'll either see the light or he won't.

Particularly sad for his dad, a fine actor, whose politics are true blue, and who's been there and got himself out. He must be hurting.

[brooklynite]

60. Forgive me for being dense, but...

...why is this article here? I don't recall any of Lilo's antics being published in a political blog, and rightly so.

[TygrBright]

62. So, they gonna call it "Two Men" now? :rimshot: n/t

[Rex]

64. So the laugh tracks run 24/7 on the show about his supposed fake

'life', but when he does these things in real life...no laugh track? I guess it is only funny, if it is not real. Not so funny when it is true to life...like so many other actors and the characters they portray.

[emulatorloo]

66. His character on the show doesn't do cocaine, assault women, or have pornstars babysit

[Rex]

69. No but his character does do a recreational drug (booze) and sleeps with

hookers and another women every other show, how is that so different than his real life?