Two And A Half Men series chop leaves Nine with scheduling headache
Nine’s slow start to the 2011 ratings got tougher today, with CBS and Warner Bros ending production on the current season of Two And A Half Men, blaming star Charlie Sheen’s conduct.
In a statement today, the studio is reported as saying the decision was based on the “totality of Charlie Sheen’s statements, conduct and condition.” Production had already been on a break.
Nine relies heavily on Two And A Half Men for its weekday programming in the 7pm to 8pm slot with a mixture of new and repeated episodes. This week it will have aired seven episodes.
As the experience with Friends has previously demonstrated, when viewers realise there are no new episodes available, ratings for repeats drop off dramatically too.
Scheduling headache? More like a gaping chasm of the testcard for two hours every night. All we need now is to stop carnies from extorting money from grannies, the end of diet pills and Top Gear back on SBS and that’s CH9 off the air. Actually, what am I talking about? If they can make a show about RBTs, there is no stopping the depths they will plunge too. They may even buy Park Street from Arena.
Its looking less and less like ‘The Home Of Comedy’ each day for channel 9
I remember one joke in a two and a half men episode that wasnt about getting laid, that raised some eyebrows in the TV room. But seriously, what else is there to laugh about, the man is having sex, and then realtionship problems, and then some more sex. I cant think of anything funnier than sex, its sooo funny!!!