Posted on 05/13/2011 3:46:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Television's most popular comedy "Two and Half Men" will return to air this fall with actor Ashton Kutcher filling the void left by Charlie Sheen, the companies behind the show said on Friday.
CBS Corp., which airs the show, and Warner Bros., the Time Warner Inc. unit that makes it, said production of the ninth season would begin this summer, with Mr. Kutcher taking a new starring role in the show.
The announcement, confirming reports from Thursday night, removes a big question mark that has hovered over the hit show since Mr. Sheen was fired in early March. Both companies have been working since then to save the profitable program.
Mr. Kutcher won't directly replace Mr. Sheen. Instead, Chuck Lorre, the show's co-creator, has been working on plans that would add a new character to the show, rather than recasting the role that has been played by Mr. Sheen, people familiar with the matter said earlier this week.
"I can't replace Charlie Sheen but I'm going to work my ass off to entertain the hell out of people," Mr. Kutcher said in a statement accompanying the companies' announcement.
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If they got Red Foreman to go on the show, then I'd watch.
Yeah I was gonna say the same thing, he’s pretty much a one note guy.
Butterfly Effect was pretty stupid. I like Amy Smart though. And it was funny when he was in prison.
“Can PROUDLY state I NEVER could watch, let alone TOLERATE, 30 SECONDS OF THAT CRAP SITCOM.”
uh - so why are you on this thread? It seems that the people most upset about Crazy Charlie claim to have never watched the show.
The show was # 1 because Charlie is crazy. What I really miss is “Tool Time” which was funny, clean family entertainment, which is apparently so “last century”.
I just wish the military channel did not have so many repeats. I guess this is why Netflix is a hit.
Kelso needs to stick to Kelso - one trick pony.
But, hey, if they offered me $900k/week to play a human Ken doll, damn right I'd do it!
I haven't watch cBS since they took Hogan's Heroes off the air.
Hell for 900K a week I’d play a prancing swish on “Glee”.
Me too! :)
thanks MinorityRepublican.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2719262/posts
from the FRchives:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2167692/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2167698/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2166771/posts
“We’re at War”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2680470/posts
I must admit that I would have liked to see where the Charlie / Rose thing would have ended up.
I’ve liked her since that first Julia Roberts movie.
What’s everone got against Kutcher? He’s very cute and I know nothing against him.
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