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Show name | Two and a Half Men |
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Caption | Two and a Half Men title from short open |
Alt | The show title card with the words TWO and MEN in yellow block letters and the words "and a half" squeezed in between them in white cursive letters. |
Format | Comedy |
Runtime | 18-22 minutes |
Camera | Film; Multi-camera |
Picture format | 480i ( SDTV) Season 11080i ( HDTV) Season 2 onwards |
Creator | Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn |
Director | James Widdoes |
Executive producer | Chuck LorreLee AronsohnEric TannenbaumKim TannenbaumMark BurgOren KoulesDon FosterSusan Beavers(seasons 6–present)Eddie Gorodetsky(seasons 6–present)Mark Roberts (season 7–present) |
Company | Chuck Lorre ProductionsThe Tannenbaum CompanyWarner Bros. Television |
Starring | Charlie SheenJon CryerAngus T. JonesConchata FerrellHolland TaylorMarin HinkleJennifer Bini Taylor (season 4) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Network | CBS |
Location | Malibu, California, United States (setting)Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California (filming location) |
Theme music composer | Chuck LorreLee Aronsohn |
First aired | |
Last aired | present |
Num seasons | 8 |
Num episodes | 174 |
List episodes | List of Two and a Half Men episodes |
Website | http://www.cbs.com/primetime/two_and_a_half_men/ |
Status | returning series |
Two and a Half Men is an American television comedy series which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show is about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake. Charlie's free-wheeling life is complicated and altered when his brother gets divorced and moves, along with his son, into Charlie's beach-front house.
There have been seven seasons of Two and a Half Men, with an additional two seasons to come. The show has ranked among the Top 20 programs every season since its first. In 2010, CBS and Warner Bros. Television reached a multi-year broadcast agreement for the series, renewing it through at least the 2011–12 season.
as Rose, Conchata Ferrell as Berta, Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper, Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper, Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper, Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, and Marin Hinkle as Judith Melnick]]
Season 7 premiered on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. ET. CBS initially ordered 24 episodes for the season, but due to Charlie Sheen's personal life in recent months the episode order was cut down to only 22 episodes.
Season 8 premiered on Monday, September 20, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. ET.
According to one source Sheen quit the show after filming the final episode of Season 7, purportedly due to his rejection of CBS' offer of $1 million per episode as too low. Sheen has since stated that he will be back for two more seasons.
On May 18, 2010 New Zealand website "Stuff" reported that a press release issued by Charlie Sheen's publicist confirmed that Sheen had signed a new contract for a further two years at $1.78 million per episode. "To put a fitting end on the two and one-half months of whirlwind speculation, I'm looking forward to returning to my CBS home on Monday nights," Sheen was quoted as saying.
As part of a crossover from the writers and executive producer of , George Eads made a brief cameo appearance on the May 5, 2008 episode.
Charlie Sheen's real-life brother Emilio Estevez has guest-starred as an old friend of Charlie's; his father Martin Sheen has appeared as Rose's father. Sam Sheen, the real-life daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, has appeared as Lisa's daughter on November 22, 2004.
The 'New York Daily News' has described the sitcom as "solid, well-acted and occasionally funny." Graeme Blundell, writing for The Australian, described it as a "sometimes creepy, misogynistic comedy".
The show also airs on the Nine Network, Go! (Australian TV channel), and Arena (TV network); the equivalent to Bravo (US TV channel) in Australia.
Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.
For the week ending December 21, 2008 (which episode featured a cameo by Emilio Estevez), the series was first in households (10.7), with viewers (17.92M), with adults 25–54 (7.3) and with adults 18–49 (5.7). It was the series' best delivery in households and adults 18–49 since February 5, 2007 (the night after the 2007 Super Bowl), with adults 25–54 since February 27, 2006, and viewers since May 16, 2005 (the night of the Everybody Loves Raymond series finale). This is the largest audience for the series in the 9:00 pm time slot..
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Also, in 2010, Lorre acquired the original art of the MAD parody of another one of his shows, The Big Bang Theory and also sent a signed copy of the artwork to Tom Richmond.
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Name | Charlie Sheen |
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Caption | Sheen in March 2009 |
Birth name | Carlos Irwin Estevez |
Birth date | September 03, 1965 |
Birth place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1974–present |
Spouse | Donna Peele (1995–1996)Denise Richards (2002–2006)Brooke Mueller (2008–December 2009, Separated) |
His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon, Jake Kesey in the 1986 film The Wraith, and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street.
His career also included more comedic films, such as Major League, the Hot Shots! films, and Scary Movie 3 and 4. On television, Sheen is known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City, and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men.
In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in the unreleased , the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie Grizzly. In 1988, he starred in the baseball film Eight Men Out as outfielder Happy Felsch. Also in 1988, he appeared opposite his brother Emilio Estevez in Young Guns and again in 1990 in Men at Work. Also in 1990, he starred alongside his father Martin Sheen in Cadence as a rebellious inmate in a military stockade and Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop action film The Rookie.
Sheen appeared in several comedy roles, including the Major League films, Money Talks, and the spoof Hot Shots! films. In 1999, Sheen appeared in a pilot for A&E; Network, called Sugar Hill, which wasn't picked up. In 1999, Sheen played himself in Being John Malkovich. He also appeared in the spoof series Scary Movie 3 and follow up Scary Movie 4. In 2000, he was cast to replace Michael J. Fox on the sitcom Spin City; the series ended in 2002. In 2003, Sheen was cast as Charlie Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, which followed the popular Monday night time slot of Everybody Loves Raymond. Sheen's role on Two and a Half Men was loosely based on Sheen's bad boy image. Sheen appears as Dex Dogtective in the unreleased Lionsgate animated comedy Foodfight. In addition to his financial support, he has volunteered to act as a celebrity judge for several years for their annual fundraiser, Best In Drag Show, which raises around one-quarter of a million dollars He has brought other celebrities to support the event, including his father, actor Martin Sheen. Sheen's interest in AIDS was first reported in 1987 with his support of Ryan White—an Indiana teenager who became a national spokesperson for AIDS awareness after being infected with AIDS through a blood transfusion for his hemophilia.
Sheen also launched a clothing line for kids, called Sheen Kidz, in 2006.
Charlie Sheen has since become a prominent advocate of the 9/11 Truth movement. On September 8, 2009, Sheen appealed to US President Barack Obama to set up a new investigation into the attacks. Presenting his views as a transcript of a fictional encounter with Obama, he was characterized by the press as believing the 9/11 commission was a whitewash and that the administration of former US President George W. Bush may have been responsible for the attacks.
On June 15, 2002, he married actress Denise Richards, two years after meeting her on the set of Good Advice. They have two daughters, Sam J. Sheen (born March 9, 2004) and Lola Rose Sheen (born June 1, 2005). In March 2005, while she was still pregnant with their daughter Lola, Richards filed for divorce from Sheen, accusing Sheen of abusing drugs and alcohol and threatening Richards with violence. Sheen and Richards' divorce was made official on November 30, 2006. Sheen and Richards were engaged in an acrimonious custody dispute over their two daughters, but have since made peace with each other, with Sheen stating in April 2009 that "we had to do what's best for the girls."
On May 30, 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller, a real estate investor. This was the third marriage for Sheen and the first for Mueller. The couple's twins, Bob and Max, were born on March 14, 2009.
Sheen was arrested on charges of domestic violence, including second-degree assault and menacing, against Mueller on December 25, 2009 and the couple has not been seen together in public since this altercation. He was released from jail after posting an $8,500 bond. In a court appearance on February 8, 2010, Sheen was formally charged with felony menacing, and third-degree assault and criminal mischief, both misdemeanors. On August 2, 2010, Charlie Sheen plead guilty to misdemeanor assault as part of a plea bargain where the other charges against him were dismissed, and according to a story written by Associated Press reporter Solomon Banda he was "sentenced to 30 days in a rehabilitation center, 30 days of probation, and 36 hours of anger management." As this conviction stemmed from a domestic violence charge made by his wife, Brooke Mueller, Sheen will fall under the Lautenberg Amendment, which means that he will be barred from possessing guns for the rest of his life.
In February 2010, Sheen announced that he would take a break from Two and a Half Men to voluntarily enter a rehab facility. CBS expressed support. The decision to check himself into the facility for treatment followed his wife's treatment in a different rehab facility. Sheen's rehabilitation was considered "preventive." In March, Sheen's press representatives announced that he was preparing to leave rehab and return to work on the popular sitcom. On May 18, 2010, Sheen signed an agreement to return to the sitcom for another two years for a reported $1.88 million per episode.
During the early morning of October 26, 2010, Sheen was removed from his hotel room at the Plaza Hotel after Sheen caused damaged to the room and admitted to having been drinking and taking cocaine. According to NYPD sources he caused more than $7,000 in damages to his room. There was also a woman locked in the bathroom of the room. He was taken to a hospital for observation and released.
On November 1, 2010, Sheen filed for divorce from his third wife, Brooke.
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Name | Marin Hinkle |
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Birthname | Marin Elizabeth Hinkle |
Birthdate | March 23, 1966 |
Birthplace | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse | Randall Sommer (1998 - present) |
Yearsactive | 1994-present |
Marin Elizabeth Hinkle (born March 23, 1966) is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing the role of Judith Melnick, Alan Harper's ex-wife on the hit series Two and a Half Men and her role as Judy Brooks on Once and Again.
She started her career on the soap Another World. She also portrayed Judy Brooks on ABC's cancelled show Once and Again from 1999-2002.
She has made several guest appearances on different shows such as Spin City, , Without a Trace, ER, House, and twice as different characters on Law & Order.
Hinkle currently costars on the CBS hit show Two and a Half Men with Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer as Alan's neurotic ex-wife, Judith.
She has had several small roles in films such as I'm Not Rappaport, Frequency, The Next Big Thing, I Am Sam and Dark Blue. She has also performed on the stage, for example in 2005 as Miss Julie, opposite Reg Rogers, in the 1888 play of that name by August Strindberg (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, New York) (see New Yorker, 30 May 2005). Hinkle has also appeared in the thriller genre, starring in the 2008 thrillers Quarantine and The Haunting of Molly Hartley.
Hinkle has been married to Randall Sommer since 1998, and has one child.
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