Two and a Half Men marked its end in early 2015, and people often wonder why it ended. Some blame Charlie Sheen.
Every good show eventually comes to an end. Well, every show ends at one point, but if it wasn’t good, then who cares about it? However, there are some shows, which break millions of hearts when they reach their finale. Fans find it hard to settle with the fact that it’s over. The case is similar to Two and a Half Men. The show ended back in 2015, and yet fans find it hard to accept the fact. However, few believe that the show ended because of Charlie Sheen. Let’s find out how much of that is a fact.
Highlights —
- Did Two and a Half Men end because of Charlie Sheen?
- What marked the fall of Sheen and Two and a Half Men?
- Two and a Half Men returned with Ashton Kutcher.
Did Two and a Half Men end because of Charlie Sheen?
Two and a Half Men is one of the most loved American sitcoms. The show ran for 12 seasons, debuting on September 23, 2003, and concluding on February 19, 2015, with 262 episodes. However, like every other immensely loved show out there, Two and a Half Men was also attacked by many controversies during it’s run.
Though most controversies were external forces that had no effects on the show, one was that lead actor Charlie Sheen almost put an end to Two and a Half Men after it ran seven seasons.
Sheen, who’s known for creating controversies as he is known for his acting, played a lead in the show alongside Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones.
In the show, he played the hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper. Two and a Half Men grew in popularity with each season, soon Sheen became the highest-paid US actor. But everything fell apart soon for Sheen, WB, CBS, and eventually for the show.
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What marked the fall of Sheen and Two and a Half Men?
While Two and a Half Men was in production for season 8, things began to sour between Charlie Sheen and creators. The show had to be halted several times in 2010 and 2011 because of Sheen’s back and forth into drug rehab, domestic issues, etcetera.
The obstruction in the production was only one of the many stunts. Soon, there were controversies surrounding Sheen’s high pay demand. Sheen was being paid around $1 million per episode earlier, and with a contract stretching till 2012, the pay was later increased to $2 million.
It was reported that Sheen was demanding a pay of $3 million per episode with threats that he would quit.
Sheen also went on ranting about the show’s creator Chuck Lorre in open interviews by calling him a “maggot” and a “loser”, for starters. After numerous tries to tune things right, CBS and WB had to cancel the show. It cost the studio, the creators, and the team a combined sum of $10 million, as per The Things.
Warner Bros. with a statement announced, “After careful consideration, Warner Bros Television has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services on Two and a Half Men effective immediately.’
This whole controversy sort of ended Two and a Half Men, and it all indeed because of Charlie Sheen. However, the show was then soon confirmed to return with a new lead. Charlie Sheen’s character was written out of the show as ‘dead’.
Two and a Half Men returned with Ashton Kutcher.
For a fact, Two and a Half Men did end because of Charlie Sheen. But it found new life with Ashton Kutcher in the lead.
As in an interview with Vulture back in 2015, Chuck Lorre mentioned that for him it is now two shows with two endings. He said:
“It really was two shows. It was a series that, oddly, ended twice for me. I watched it implode, and I was certain it was over. And then we just wrapped it once again, Friday night. So, it’s a very strange experience for me because in a way it’s become two shows, not one.”
Ashton Kutcher debuted as Walden Schmidt, a billionaire who buys Charlie’s house after his death on season 9, which aired on September 19, 2011. Kutcher led the show for the next four seasons and became its highest-paid actor.
Two and a Half Men eventually ended in 2015. With its season 12 concluding the story, and the final episode even making a spoof of Sheen’s incident, the show left fans on a memorable note.
Thus, it’s indeed true that Two and a Half Men suffered a hitch because of Charlie Sheen, but kudos to Ashton Kutcher for bringing it back from the dead.
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