# CBS pulls plug on Two and a Half Men **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 25, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534 "2011-02-25T02:45:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/1 "2011-02-25T02:45:27Z")
Can’t say you didn’t see this coming: [SFGate article](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/02/24/entertainment/e180706S58.DTL&tsp=1). > [@](#): > > _CBS and Warner Bros. Television say they are ending production on this season of “Two and a Half Men” in the wake of incendiary remarks by star Charlie Sheen. In a statement Thursday, the network and studio said they were basing their decision on the “totality of Charlie Sheen’s statements, conduct and condition.”_ What’s next for Charlie…an obituary? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/2 "2011-02-25T02:55:18Z")
Just for the rest of this season, right? I think they should cancel it permanently . ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/3 "2011-02-25T03:01:11Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think they should cancel it permanently . They might as well if they start doing this every time he needs rehab. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/4 "2011-02-25T03:06:52Z")
Given the problems Charlie has had over the last few years and how lacking in humor the show is, I’m suprised it took his nutty rant on the radio today to bring this about. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/5 "2011-02-25T03:13:48Z")
Christ, could he have tried harder to come across as a bigger dick in that interview? And not in a cool ‘I’m sticking it to da man!’ way either. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/6 "2011-02-25T03:20:41Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I think they should cancel it permanently . I think that’s probably very likely. I can’t see them forgiving Charlie for this, and without him there’s no show. Not to mention the half-man is now pretty much a full-man. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/7 "2011-02-25T03:29:39Z")
What’s he done this time? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/8 "2011-02-25T03:30:55Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Given the problems Charlie has had over the last few years and\*\* how lacking in humor the show is\*\*, I’m suprised it took his nutty rant on the radio today to bring this about. Personally, I think it’s the worst show on TV. But based on its consistently good ratings, you and I are in the minority. They’ve been weighing this success against his obvious problems with addiction, drug use and violence (and the media’s take on them). I think it was the bashing Chuck Lorre (including the anti-semiticism) that did it. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/9 "2011-02-25T03:35:13Z")
Man…looks like rehab is the least of Sheen’s needs. Several years of intensive therapy with a good head shrinker would help a lot more. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/10 "2011-02-25T03:43:30Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > Personally, I think it’s the worst show on TV. But based on its consistently good ratings, you and I are in the minority. Yeah, but who are these people? My wife and I had an episode on one time for about 10 minutes. Wow, it was terrible. I mean, it was worse than a regular sitcom. I have no idea how a shot like this succeeds today. It’s far worse than the average sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/11 "2011-02-25T03:56:29Z")
Update from the LAT: > [@](#): > > In a letter to TMZ issued after the network decision had been made, Sheen wrote of Lorre: “Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words – imagine what I would have done with my fire breathing fists.” It seems like Charlie is waging some kind of psycho-PR duel with Ms. Lohan. They seem to be worthy and well-matched adversaries. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/12 "2011-02-25T04:07:08Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Yeah, but who are these people? My wife and I had an episode on one time for about 10 minutes. Wow, it was terrible. I mean, it was worse than a regular sitcom. > > I have no idea how a shot like this succeeds today. It’s far worse than the average sitcom. I think it’s certainly better than the average sitcom, and I can understand why it’s popular. It’s not something that I would go out of my way to see at all, at all, but it’s on pretty much continually, so I’ve seen a fair bit incidentally. (Wife likes the TV on sometimes for noise. Argh.) I think _most_ sitcoms are unwatchable. _Two and Half Men_ grates on mea bit because of the laughtrack and the time spent mugging after the jokes. But I can admit that the back-and-forth on it has some appeal. It ain’t _The Big Bang Theory_, but it has a _hint_ of that greatness. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/13 "2011-02-25T04:16:29Z")
[A meltdown worthy of **Techchick**.](http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/02/24/charlie-sheen-slams-men/) ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/14 "2011-02-25T04:39:46Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > _Two and Half Men_ grates on mea bit because of the laughtrack and the time spent mugging after the jokes. But I can admit that the back-and-forth on it has some appeal. > > It ain’t _The Big Bang Theory_, but it has a _hint_ of that greatness. For me it’s\* _The Big Bang The_ory\* that I can’t watch because of the laughtrack and the time spent mugging after the jokes. I’ve never gotten through an episode yet - it’s one of the worst I’ve ever seen for it, and it seems to be every 3-4 seconds or so. I’m not a fan of \*Two and a Half Men \*either, though - I find it pretty boring. Bizarrely, I still watch re-runs of _Friends_. Dunno why, but I still find that one funny. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/15 "2011-02-25T04:58:01Z")
I don’t care for the show because it’s bathroom humor. You can tell the writers are sitting around saying, “Now how can we work bowel movements or toliets into the next three minutes.” And OK I guess that would be fine, if you like that, but what bugs me is how GOOD, the cast is. Jon Cryer, Conchata Ferrell, and Sheen himself are FUNNY. They are capable of being hysterical without resorting to every other word being toliet humour. The show would be far more respected if they took the bathroom humour out. And that’s why I think I dislike it so much, is the fact it could be just as funny without the joke and it would be far more respected. Sheen is funny and Cryer and Ferrell have long since proved they have great ability to do comedy. (Why it took Ferrell so long to have a really breakout role, I don’t know, she deserved it much earlier on.) As for cancelling the show? I doubt it. CBS doesn’t have anything strong to fill the 8pm slot. _The Big Bang Theory_ is the obvious choice, but it’s doing very well on Thursdays and CBS would be giving back the night if they moved it back. _How I Met Your Mother_ is a minor hit, so far #42 is it’s best overall ranking. It’s getting long in the tooth as well, so moving it to 9pm (8pm Central) doesn’t seem to be the answer either. I hope this is wake up call to Sheen, to get help and figure out what he needs to do to stay sober. It must be nice to have millions of dollars, but if kill yourself as a result of those dollars, you might as well be broke. As Lauren “The Love Boat” Tewes said about her addiction, “I knew having millions of dollars could buy me a lot of things, but I never though it could buy me an early death.” ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/16 "2011-02-25T05:03:00Z")
That’s a lot of drugs, right there. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/17 "2011-02-25T05:04:55Z")
Sheen was a fool to pick a fight with Lorre. Sheen needs Lorre a lot more than Lorre needs Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/18 "2011-02-25T05:20:56Z")
Well, it looks like it is over, with Alan in the last two episodes suddenly developing multiple hilarious personalities. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/19 "2011-02-25T05:32:28Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > That’s a lot of drugs, right there. This is one of those insane rants where I understand what the words mean individually, but put together, not so much. Some serious crazy going on. I think my favorite bit is “I cured it with my mind!” And what the hell is a Vatican assassin warlock? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534/20 "2011-02-25T05:36:53Z")
> [@](#): > > At one point he also refers to himself and the interviewer as “Vatican assassin warlocks.” What exactly does being a “vatican assasin warlock” entail? Do you get to kill people with a magical pope hat? 'Cause I _so_ want to do that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-pulls-plug-on-two-and-a-half-men/572534.md?page=2)