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Charlie Sheen fired from Two and a Half Men

"After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services on Two and a Half Men effective immediately."

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Charlie Sheen has been fired from Two and a Half Men.

Reports from the US indicate Warner Bros Television has issued a statement saying, “After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen’s services on Two and a Half Men effective immediately.”

No decision has been made on the future of the show.

Sheen has responded by telling TMZ, “This is very good news. They continue to be in breach, like so many whales. It is a big day of gladness at the Sober Valley Lodge because now I can take all of the bazillions, never have to look at whatshisc*ck again and I never have to put on those silly shirts for as long as this warlock exists in the terrestrial dimension.”

The firing follows a round of headline-grabbing statements from Sheen about creator Chuck Lorre and his continued, reckless escapades with porn stars, cocaine and domestic abuse.

Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that if Two and a Half Men was forced to shut down permanently, it could jeopardise as much as $250 million in domestic syndication revenue for producer Warner Bros. Television and millions more in lost ad revenue for CBS.

In Australia the Nine Network continues to air reruns at 7pm except in Brisbane where it began reruns of The Big Bang Theory, another Chuck Lorre comedy, last Monday. New episodes of the show, of which it has a handful remaining, are still slated at 7:30pm Mondays.

Charlie Sheen’s attorney is already responding to his client’s termination:“We will sue,” Sheen lawyer Marty Singer said.

“It’s a matter of when. It could be this week, it could be in a little while. We’re in no rush. But we will sue.”

Source: Hollywood Reporter, TMZ

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  2. I can’t imagine they would jump up and fire him without carefully considering the terms of his contract. Every contract with a star would surely contain the right to cancel it if the star is not or is unable to fulfill his/her duties.

  3. It is interesting that people in the US media are sticking up for Chuck Lorre and WB. However it is Chuck Lorre himself that was the problem.
    It was reported on Entertainment Tonight that Lorre wrote a vanity card that ended with “If Charlie Sheen out lives me I’ll be pi**ed”.
    That’s what set him off on his uncensored views of Mr Lorre. If Chuck Lorre had kept quite and kept his opinion to himself instead of trying to air it in public, then no doubt the show would have gone back into production weeks ago.

  5. This was a horrible show,but that aside Charlie is a great actor.If you want reality television this is it as you watch a star now fall apart in front of everyone’s eyes.Saw him on Piers Morgan tonight he was all over the place

  7. The plot thickens. I dont think that Charlie Sheen will win this case. CBS and Warner Bros have a lot of money to finance this case and my guess is that they will win, if it reaches trial and it might considering how determined Charlie is to make them pay.

  8. Finally! I actually thought CBS and Warners wouldn’t get rid of him but they proved me wrong. Well done you have done the right thing.

    Also today there have been rumours going around that the cast and crew are going to sue Charlie Sheen for loss of income and possibly loss of the show. If this is the case i say suck him dry and make him pay. He is in for one rude shock. I feel so sorry for the rest of the cast and crew even though i hate the show.

    Question remains now is will they replace him or cancel the show.

  10. @franz chong: the reason is purely economic, how many times do we need to say it?? 2 and a half men costs less than a locally produced show in the same timeslot and rates just as well, or better. For a TV exec concerned with the bottom line (they probably get bonuses, lets be frank), it really is a no brainer of a decision.

    As for the 7pm Project…you’re kidding, right??

  11. Well, his sacking was just a formality after he publicly eviscerated Chuck Lorre with that Chaim Levine rant about a week and a half ago and his publicly stated refusal to go back on set if the current producers remained on the show. He asked for this and he got it.

    As for the show surviving without him, I don’t think it can in its present format, the loss of Charlie Harper would kill any attempt to keep the current show going. Yes, they could write in a long-lost degenerate cousin but I think it would be smarter to spin off Jon Cryer and Angus T Jones into their own show. They could write off Charlie in a fatal car crash, or have him run off to Acapulco with a pole-dancer or something, leaving Alan’s character free to cut loose. It can be done, but it will take a very good new plot set-up and very smart writing. All I know is that for the short term, Channel Nine are screwed. They are probably all wearing black armbands at the moment.

  12. @ Franz Chong and watching the 7pm project to gain some real intelligence. Is this some sort of joke? The way they do those stories and talk down to the audience it’s as if they are aimed at primary school kids. And the hosts, now they are a bunch of real bogans lined up in a row if ever I saw them.

  13. “This is very good news. They continue to be in breach, like so many whales. It is a big day of gladness at the Sober Valley Lodge because now I can take all of the bazillions, never have to look at whatshisc*ck again and I never have to put on those silly shirts for as long as this warlock exists in the terrestrial dimension.”

    Never bite the hand that feeds you.

    Someone’s gonna be back on the junk tonight.

  14. @Jezza – I assume that was a joke?

    I’ve lost interest with the show, Mondays are just too busy and since it’s return and the Sheen meltdown I’ve watched about 5 minutes of the show between ad breaks for other thing.

    But what is Nine going to do now? The show had gone off the boil in recent week, maybe people are just tired of Charlie and seeing him on the news, I know I am. Next year we’ll probably be saying Charlie who? if he’s not dead.

  15. Just let this show die already.

    Nine did very well with game shows at 7pm throughout the year leaving the US Sitcoms for non ratings seasons Why don’t they go back to the formula that worked rather successfully from 1980 to 2001 and again from 2005 to 2009.

    Do what most of us do and go watch the talent that is the 7pm project over at 10 at the same time of night.I sometimes do that If I happen to be home on a rostered day off from work and gain some real intelligence.

  17. OMG I am devasted by this tragic news. My world is falling apart…this feels like ‘the end of days’. How can they have the show, when he was the show with his mesmerising performances. I no longer know what to do with my life….

  19. I can’t see the show surviving with out him. It wasn’t called the Charlie Sheen show, but it may as well have been, even though I love every one in the supporting cast. Bewitched went on with out Darrin no.1, but it would never have gone on without Samantha.

  20. I think we’ve all suspected that there was more than a little Charlie Sheen in Charlie Harper and it was a case of art imitating life. Now the line between fiction and reality is blurred even more (like Charlie’s vision) and it’s a case of life imitating art.

    Whoever is coming up with those lines (“… for as long as this warlock exists in the terrestrial dimension”) needs to be given a show to write for. Jeff Stilson should get a camera crew into the “Sober Valley Lodge” right now and start filming a new fly-on-the-wall documentary. I reckon it could be more entertaining than “The Osbournes”.

  22. Jaye
    there’s no sister and brother-in-law.I guess you’re thinking of Judith [Alan’s ex-wife] and Herb.
    Just replace Charlie Sheen with Emilio Estevez.

  24. Charlie is replaceable because he is the least talented and unfunniest character on the show by a country mile. The only reason the show ever worked was because Charlie Sheen was surrounded by quirky characters that were performed by actors who could actually act.

    I can imagine the show without him…but no kid, no Berta, no Rose, no sister and brother in law, no mother or no Alan? No show.

    I think it will survive, much like Bewitched did, for a few seasons yet. Remember, the original Darren was far more loved than Charlie Harper ever was.

  25. @neon kitten
    if i had charlie sheens money i wouldnt be working with a d**khead boss for years, so charlies got a few issues who hasnt,
    i wish charlie all the best and although i love the show theres no way in hell john stamos will be good enough on the show, there is only one charlie harper

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