Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn
Starring	Charlie Sheen Jon Cryer Angus T. Jones Conchata Ferrell Holland Taylor Marin Hinkle Jennifer Bini Taylor Melanie Lynskey April Bowlby Ashton Kutcher
Theme music composer	Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn Grant Geissman
Composer(s)	Dennis C. Brown Grant Geissman
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	194 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn Eric Tannenbaum Kim Tannenbaum Eddie Gorodetsky Susan Beavers Jim Patterson Don Reo Co-executive producers: David Richardson Michael Collier
Cinematography	Steven V. Silver Alan K. Walker (first pilot) Tony Askins (second pilot)
Camera setup	Film; Multi-camera
Running time	21 minutes
Production company(s)	Chuck Lorre Productions The Tannenbaum Company Warner Bros. Television
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Picture format	1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Original run	September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22) – present
External links
Website

Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake. Charlie's free-wheeling life is complicated when his brother gets divorced and moves, along with his son, into Charlie's beach-front Malibu house. The series' premise was revamped in the ninth season, focusing on Alan moving on with his life after the death of Charlie with help from his new best friend and roommate, Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher), who is also dealing with his own troubles following a bad divorce. Alan, Walden, and Jake eventually bond, becoming close friends, forming a surrogate family unit.

In 2010, CBS and Warner Bros. Television reached a multi-year broadcast agreement for the series, renewing it through at least the 2011–12 season. However, CBS and Warner Bros. decided to end production for the rest of the eighth season due to Sheen entering drug rehabilitation and making "disparaging comments" about the show's creator and executive producer, Chuck Lorre. Sheen was officially fired from the show on March 7, 2011. The ninth season premiere, "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt", killed off Sheen's character and introduced Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt, his replacement.

In 2011, a news article in The New York Times called it "the biggest hit comedy of the past decade."

Plot

The series revolves around the life of two Harper brothers: Charlie and Alan (Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer), and Alan's growing son, Jake (Angus T. Jones). Charlie is a bachelor who makes his money writing jingles for a living and leads a hedonistic lifestyle. When Alan's wife Judith (Marin Hinkle) decides to divorce him, Alan moves into Charlie's beach house, with Jake periodically coming to stay with Alan and Charlie. Charlie's house is cleaned by Berta (Conchata Ferrell), a sharp-tongued woman who initially resists the change to the household but comes to grudgingly accept it.

The first eight seasons of the series finds Charlie in primarily sexual relationships with numerous women until the sixth season, he becomes engaged to Chelsea (Jennifer Bini Taylor). However, the relationship does not last until Charlie eventually flies to Paris in the eighth season finale in pursuit of Rose (Melanie Lynskey), who was introduced as his stalker from the show's pilot episode. In the ninth season premiere, it is revealed that Charlie died when he fell in front of a subway train in Paris after cheating on Rose; it is strongly hinted that Rose was responsible.

Alan's experiences are somewhat different from Charlie's. Throughout the series, Alan continues to deal with the results of his divorce from Judith, his son Jake growing up, and generally he has little to no success with women. Even his marriage to Kandi (April Bowlby) at the end of the third season was short-lived. In the fourth season, Alan is back at the beach house paying alimony to two women out of his meager earnings from his job as a chiropractor. In the seventh season, he begins a relationship with Lyndsey McElroy (Courtney Thorne-Smith), the mother of one of Jake's friends. Their relationship is temporarily suspended when Alan accidentally burns down her house and cheated on her, but the relationship eventually resumes.

In the ninth season premiere, the beach house is sold after Charlie's death to Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher), an Internet billionaire in the process of being divorced by his wife Bridget (Judy Greer). Although Alan leaves to live with his mother Evelyn (Holland Taylor) after the house is sold, he is invited back to live in the beach house by Walden as he needs a friend to help guide him in the world.

Production

Charlie Sheen's firing and replacement

Following a February 2010 announcement that Charlie Sheen was entering drug rehabilitation, filming of the show was put on hiatus, but resumed the following month. On April 1, 2010, People.com reported that after seven seasons, Sheen announced he was considering leaving the show. According to one source, Sheen quit the show after filming the final episode of season 7, purportedly due to his rejection of CBS's offer of $1 million per episode as too low. Sheen eventually stated that he would be back for two more seasons. On May 18, 2010, the New Zealand website stuff.co.nz reported that a press release issued by Sheen's publicist confirmed that Sheen had signed a new contract for a further two years at $1.78 million per episode. "To put a fitting end on the two and one-half months of whirlwind speculation, I'm looking forward to returning to my CBS home on Monday nights," Sheen was quoted as saying.

On January 28, 2011, Sheen entered a rehabilitation center voluntarily for the third time in 12 months. According to Warner Bros. Television and CBS, the show was put on hiatus for an unknown amount of time. The following month, after Sheen's verbal attacks against Chuck Lorre during a radio interview with Alex Jones and an online interview with TMZ.com, CBS announced that Two and a Half Men would cease production for the rest of its eighth season, affecting an estimated 200 employees, and causing Warner Bros., Lorre, Sheen, and other profit participants not to receive about $10 million from the lost eight remaining episodes. Afterwards, Sheen was interviewed on ABC's 20/20, NBC's Today, and CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight, continuing to make hostile comments about Lorre, as well as CBS. On March 7, CBS and Warner Bros. Television jointly announced that Sheen had been fired from Two and a Half Men, citing "moral turpitude" as a main cause of separation. No decision about the future of the show was announced at that time.

Cast members Marin Hinkle and Holland Taylor expressed sadness at Sheen's departure and personal problems. Jon Cryer did not publicly comment on the matter and in response, Sheen called him "a turncoat, a traitor, [and] a troll" in an E! Online interview, although he later issued a "half-apology" to Cryer for the remarks. Sheen sued Lorre and Warner Bros. Television for $100 million, claiming that he had filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself and Two and a Half Men's cast and crew; however, only Sheen was named as a plaintiff in court documents.

In April 2011, Sheen mentioned during a radio interview after his tour's stop in Boston that he and CBS were talking about a possible return to the show. Regardless, Lorre announced that same month that he had developed an idea for a Two and a Half Men reboot that will exclude Sheen and have Cryer in a key role alongside a new character.

On May 13, CBS announced that Ashton Kutcher would join the cast. Kutcher was quoted as saying, "I can't replace Charlie Sheen but I'm going to work my ass off to entertain the hell out of people!"

On August 2, it was reported that the season nine premiere would begin with Sheen's character having been killed off and his ex-girlfriends attending his funeral. Afterwards, Charlie's Malibu home would be put up for sale and interested buyers would include celebrities from Lorre's other sitcoms, and John Stamos as well as Kutcher's character, Walden Schmidt, "an Internet billionaire with a broken heart." Critics compared this situation to what happened in 1987 to Valerie Harper, who was also fired from a sitcom, Valerie (later titled "Valerie's Family: The Hogans" and then "The Hogan Family"), also had her character killed off-screen, and was also replaced by someone else, Sandy Duncan, the following season. Rather than grieving over the death of his character, Sheen said he would watch his "fake funeral attended by [his] fake ex-girlfriends, from [his] very, very real movie theater, with [his] very real hotties in tow."

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Two and a Half Men characters

The main cast of Two and a Half Men (seasons 1–4), from left to right: Melanie Lynskey as Rose, Conchata Ferrell as Berta, Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper, Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper, Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper, Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, and Marin Hinkle as Judith Melnick

Main

• Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper (season 1–8), a hedonistic bachelor, alcoholic, jingle/children's songwriter and Jake's uncle. Despite his selfish and mean demeanor, he does possess a kind heart though he very rarely shows it. He is written out of the series at the beginning of season 9, after being struck and killed offscreen by a moving train, due to Charlie Sheen being fired from the show.
• Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt (season 9–present), a childish, recently divorced internet tycoon, who purchases the Harper beach house after Charlie's death.
• Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, Charlie's chiropractor brother and Jake's divorced father, who is conscientious but continually stricken with bad judgment.
• Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper, the underachieving son of Alan and Judith.
• Conchata Ferrell as Berta, Alan and Walden's (formerly Charlie's) sharp-tongued housekeeper.
• Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper (season 1-8 main, season 9 reccuring), Charlie and Alan's conceited mother and Jake's grandmother. A high powered Los Angeles broker/realtor.
• Marin Hinkle as Judith Harper-Melnick, Alan's vindictive, self-absorbed ex-wife and Jake's mother.
• Melanie Lynskey as Rose, the Harpers' strange former neighbor and Charlie's stalker. Before Sheen's firing, his character ran off with Rose to resume a romantic relationship. In the ninth season premiere, it is implied Rose murdered Charlie by pushing him in front of a Paris Métro train after catching him cheating on her.

Recurring

• Ryan Stiles (season 2–present) as pediatrician Dr. Herbert "Herb" Melnick, Judith's goofy, train-hobbyist second husband, father to Judith's daughter, and Jake's stepfather. (In season 2, the character was named "Greg Melnick.")
• Emmanuelle Vaugier (seasons 3, 5–7, 9) as Mia, ballet teacher, Charlie's ex-fiance.
• April Bowlby (seasons 3–4) as Kandi, Charlie's girlfriend, then girlfriend and wife of Alan, then Alan's ex-wife, Judith's best friend (for one episode).
• Jane Lynch (seasons 1, 3–present) as Dr. Linda Freeman, initially Jake's and then Charlie's and Alan's adept, and later Walden's incisive, sarcastic, but money-hungry psychiatrist.
• J. D. Walsh as Gordon (seasons 1-3; 6-present), a pizza delivery guy who frequently delivered to Charlie, whom he somewhat idolized. At one time, he is Rose's boyfriend, or more correctly her substitute for Charlie.
• Kelly Stables (seasons 6–8) as Melissa, Alan's receptionist who briefly dated Charlie before starting an intermittent relationship with Alan.
• Jennifer Bini Taylor (seasons 6–7, 9) as Chelsea, Charlie's girlfriend for most of season six, who has moved into his house by the end of the season. She then becomes Charlie's fiancée in season seven. (While credited on-screen among the main cast during the seventh season, CBS press releases billed her as a recurring character.)
• Courtney Thorne-Smith (season 7–present) as Lyndsey MacElroy, Alan's on-again/off-again girlfriend and the mother of Jake's best friend, Eldridge.
• Graham Patrick Martin (season 7–present) as Eldridge MacElroy, Jake's best friend whose mother Lyndsey is dating Alan.
• Judy Greer (season 9–present) as Bridget Schmidt, Walden's ex-wife who is in the process of divorcing him. Greer previously appeared in season 4 as Myra, Herb's sister.
• Macey Cruthird (seasons 8–present) as Megan, Jake's chemistry tutor and girlfriend; she first appeared in the season 8 episode "Springtime on a Stick".
• Sophie Winkleman (season 9–present) as Zoey, a British woman with whom Walden falls in love.
• Mimi Rogers (season 9–present) as Robin Schmidt, Walden's mother, a primatologist who raised Walden with a baby gorilla as his "brother" for the first four years of his life and is a director of Walden's company along with Walden, Bridget and Alan.

Notable guest stars

Guest stars have included:

• John Amos as Ed, boyfriend of Chelsea's father Tom (season 7)
• Diora Baird as Wanda, a girl who chases after Charlie when he is engaged to Chelsea (season 6, episode 16)
• Orson Bean as Norman, an old man who is married to a woman with whom Charlie had sex (season 2)
• Susan Blakely as Angie, an author Charlie met at a bookstore (season 5, episodes 18 and 19)
• Paget Brewster as Jamie Eckleberry, Charlie and Alan's high school classmate (season 2, episode 12)
• Gary Busey as himself, Alan's roommate in a sanitarium (season 9)
• Julia Campbell as Francine, Jake's teacher (season 3)
• Jessica Collins as Gloria, one of Charlie's one night stands, who may be his and Alan's sister (season 4, episode 11)
• Elvis Costello as himself, Charlie's poker and cigar buddy (season 2, episode 1)
• Josie Davis as Sandy, a girlfriend of Alan's (season 3)
• Michael Clarke Duncan as Jerome Burnette, Charlie and Alan's neighbor, and the father of Celeste Burnette (season 6)
• Steven Eckholdt as Brad, Alan's lawyer, and Chelsea's replacement for Charlie (season 7)
• Jenna Elfman as Frankie (season 1, episode 15 and 16) and as Dharma (season 9, episode 1)
• Emilio Estevez as Andy, Charlie's long-time friend who dies before him (season 6, episode 11)
• Morgan Fairchild as Donna (Charlie's ego) (season 4, episode 16)
• Meagen Fay as Martha Melini, Chelsea's mother (seasons 6 and 7)
• Frances Fisher as Priscilla Honeycutt, Alan's patient (season 7, episode 19)
• Megan Fox as Prudence, Berta's granddaughter (season 1, episode 12)
• Thomas Gibson as Greg (season 9, episode 1)
• Judy Greer as Myra Melnick, Herb Melnick's sister, Jake's step-aunt, and Charlie's one-night fling (season 4)
• Teri Hatcher as Liz, Judith's sister (season 1, episode 19)
• Tricia Helfer as Gail, Chelsea's friend (season 7 and 9)
• Amy Hill as Mrs. Wiggins, Alan's receptionist after Melissa leaves him (season 7)
• Enrique Iglesias as Fernando, Charlie's carpenter/handyman (season 4, episode 23)
• Allison Janney as Alan's online dating partner (season 4)
• James Earl Jones as himself (season 6, episode 11)
• Tinashe Kachingwe as Celeste Burnette, Jake's ex-girlfriend (seasons 6 and 7)
• Carol Kane as Shelly, Melissa's mother (season 6)
• Stacy Keach as Tom Melini, Chelsea's father (season 7)
• Richard Kind as Artie, Charlie's manager (season 5, episode 8)
• Eric Allan Kramer as Bill (season 1)
• Katherine LaNasa as Lydia, Charlie's Oedipal girlfriend and Evelyn's doppelgänger (season 4, episodes 6 and 10)
• Cloris Leachman as Norma, Charlie and Alan's neighbor, Alan's "sugar momma", and Charlie's former "sugar momma" (season 3)
• Richard Lewis as Stan, Charlie's accountant (season 1, episode 14)
• Heather Locklear as Laura Lang, Esq., Alan's divorce attorney (season 1, episode 21)
• Camryn Manheim as Daisy, Berta's sister (season 2)
• Jenny McCarthy as Courtney Leopold/Sylvia Fishman, daughter of Nathan Krunk (alias "Teddy Leopold")(Season 5, episode 9,16,17 and season 9, episode 4)
• Katy Mixon as Betsy, a married woman whom Charlie purports to marry after his break-up with Chelsea (season 7, episodes 7 and 16)
• Christina Moore as Cynthia Sullivan, Judith's best friend (season 5)
• Martin Mull as Russell, Charlie's drug-addicted, unethical pharmacist (seasons 6, 7, 8, and 9)
• Ming-Na as the Hon. Linda Harris, Superior Court judge, adjunct law professor, and Charlie's girlfriend (season 5, episodes 3, 4, 5, and 6)
• Judd Nelson (season 8) as Chris McElroy, ex-husband of Alan's love interest, Lyndsey and Eldridge's father.
• Chris O'Donnell as Jill/Bill, Charlie's ex-girlfriend who since became a man (season 1, episode 18)
• Gail O'Grady as Mandi, mother of Kandi, ex-wife of Andy, and brief love interest of Charlie (season 3)
• Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Isabella (season 3, episode 6)
• Sean Penn as himself, Charlie's poker and cigar buddy (season 2, episode 1)
• Jack Plotnick as Mike (season 5)
• Annie Potts as Lenore, mother of Judith & Liz (season 7)
• Missi Pyle as Delores Pasternak, Jake's teacher (season 2, 7, and 9)
• Carl Reiner as Marty Pepper (season 7)
• Denise Richards as Lisa, Charlie's former girlfriend (season 1, episode 10, and season 2, episode 9)
• Emily Rose as Janine (season 6, episode 12)
• Sara Rue as Naomi, Berta's daughter (season 4)
• Jeri Ryan as Sherri, Charlie's girlfriend (season 2, episodes 5 and 19)
• Martin Sheen as Harvey, father of Rose, and Evelyn's fling (season 3)
• Brooke Shields as Danielle, Charlie and Alan's neighbor (season 4)
• Rena Sofer as Chrissy, the "mother" of Charlie's "son" (season 6, episode 1)
• Kevin Sorbo as Andy, father of Kandi, ex-husband of Mandi, and brief love interest of Judith (season 3)
• John Stamos as himself (season 9, episode 1)
• Harry Dean Stanton as himself, Charlie's poker and cigar buddy (season 2, episode 1)
• Tony Tripoli as Phillip, Evelyn's hairdresser (season 4)
• Steven Tyler as himself, Charlie and Alan's neighbor and Berta's one-time employer (season 1, episode 4, and season 4, episode 2)
• Eddie Van Halen as himself (season 7, episode 1)
• Emmanuelle Vaugier as Mia, Charlie's ex-fiancée (seasons 3, 5, 6, 7, and 9)
• Robert Wagner as Nathan Krunk (alias "Teddy Leopold"), Evelyn's fifth husband (later revealed to be a con artist), who died late in season 5 (seasons 4 and 5)
• Wayne Wilderson as Roger, Evelyn's co-worker (season 4)
• Alicia Witt (season 6) as Delores Pasternak, Jake's teacher who became a stripper
• ZZ Top as themselves

As part of a crossover from the writers and executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, George Eads made a brief cameo appearance on the May 5, 2008 episode.

Charlie Sheen's real-life brother Emilio Estevez has guest-starred as an old friend of Charlie's; his father Martin Sheen has appeared as Rose's father. Sam Sheen, the real-life daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, has appeared as Lisa's daughter on November 22, 2004.

Broadcast

Episodes

Main article: List of Two and a Half Men episodes

Season		Episodes	Premiere	Finale	DVD release
					Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4
	1	24	September 22, 2003	May 24, 2004	September 11, 2007	September 12, 2005	February 16, 2006	February 1, 2006
	2	24	September 20, 2004	May 23, 2005	January 8, 2008	August 28, 2006	September 6, 2006	September 13, 2006
	3	24	September 19, 2005	May 22, 2006	May 13, 2008	May 19, 2008	July 23, 2008	July 23, 2008
	4	24	September 18, 2006	May 14, 2007	September 23, 2008	October 6, 2008	October 1, 2008	October 1, 2008
	5	19	September 24, 2007	May 19, 2008	May 12, 2009	April 13, 2009	July 1, 2009	July 1, 2009
	6	24	September 22, 2008	May 18, 2009	September 1, 2009	October 5, 2009	March 3, 2010	March 3, 2010
	7	22	September 21, 2009	May 24, 2010	September 21, 2010	September 21, 2010	May 23, 2011	October 13, 2010
	8	16	September 20, 2010	February 14, 2011	September 6, 2011	August 8, 2011	N/A	August 23, 2011
	9	24	September 19, 2011	TBA	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Each episode's title is a dialogue fragment from the episode itself, usually offering no clue to the episode's actual plotline. The show's 100th episode ("City of Great Racks") aired on October 15, 2007. To celebrate this, a casino-inspired party was held at West Hollywood's Pacific Design Center. Warner Brothers Television also distributed blue Micargi Rover bicycles adorned with the Two and a Half Men logo along with the words "100 Episodes." Each bicycle came with a note saying, "You've made us very proud. Here's to a long ride together." The cast also gifted the crew with sterling silver key rings from Tiffany & Co. The key rings were attached to small pendants with "100" inscribed on one side and Two and a Half Men on the other.

All seasons except 5, 7 and 8 consist of 24 episodes. Season 5 was narrowed down to 19 episodes due to 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. Due to Sheen's personal life problems, Season 7 was narrowed down to 22 episodes. Season 8 premiered on September 20, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. ET. CBS initially ordered 24 episodes for the season, but due to Sheen's personal life, the show was put on hiatus after 16 episodes were produced, with production scheduled to resume on February 28. After a series of comments made by Sheen on February 24, 2011, CBS and Warner Bros. cancelled the remainder of the season (episodes 17–24).

On May 13, 2011, it was widely reported that actor Ashton Kutcher would be replacing Charlie Sheen as the lead on the show. The show's ninth season premiered on September 19, 2011. The first episode, "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt", begins with Charlie Harper's funeral, and introduces Kutcher as billionaire Walden Schmidt, who buys Harper's house.

Syndication

Two and a Half Men entered local United States broadcast syndication in 2007, with the first eight seasons available to local stations (largely CW affiliates in the major U.S. TV markets through major deals with Tribune Broadcasting and the Sinclair Broadcast Group). On September 6, 2010, FX began airing the series daily on cable television nationwide.

Syndicated shows are sold in multi-year cycles, with the first cycle the most expensive. Two and a Half Men's first cycle is nine years in length. If there had been no ninth season because of Sheen's departure, due to the first cycle's premature end Warner Bros. would not have received about $80 million in license fees. While local stations would prefer to have as many episodes as possible available to them, an early start to the second cycle would lower the cost of the show for them.

International broadcasting

Country / Region	Network(s)	Series aired	Aired as	Notes	Sources
Arab world	MBC4 OSN Comedy		تو أند آه هاف مين (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Arabic
Argentina	Warner Channel		Two and a Half Men	Subtitled in Spanish
Australia	Nine Network GO! Fox8
Austria	ATV ORF eins	2005–present	Mein cooler Onkel Charlie	Dubbed in German
Belgium	VT4 2BE Veronica		Two and a Half Men	Subtitled in Dutch
Brazil	Warner Channel SBT	present	Warner Channel: Two and a Half Men SBT: Dois Homens e Meio	Dubbed in Portuguese
Bulgaria	Fox Life bTV		Двама мъже и половина (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Bulgarian
Bolivia	Red ATB Warner Channel		Dos hombres y medio (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Spanish
Canada	CTV CTV Two Citytv		Two and a Half Men	Aired in English
	V		Mon oncle Charlie (My uncle Charlie)	Dubbed in French
Chile	Warner Channel		Two and a Half Men	Dubbed in Spanish
Costa Rica	Repretel		Dos hombres y medio (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Spanish
Croatia	RTL 2		Dva i pol muškarca (Two and a Half Men)	Subtitled in Croatian
Czech Republic	Nova Cinema		Dva a půl chlapa (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Czech
Denmark	TV3 TV3+		Two and a Half Men	Subtitled in Danish
Estonia	Kanal 2 SET Baltic	2011–present	Kaks ja pool meest (Two and a Half Men)	Subtitled in Estonian.
Finland	MTV3 Sub		Miehen puolikkaat (Two and a Half Men)	Subtitled in Finnish
France	Comedie+ Canal+ Canal+Family Canal+Décalé Comédie!		Mon oncle Charlie (My uncle Charlie)	Dubbed in French
Hungary	Viasat 3		Két pasi - meg egy kicsi (Two guys - and a small)	Dubbed in Hungarian
Germany	ProSieben	2005–present	Season 1: "Mein cooler Onkel Charlie" (My cool uncle Charlie") Since season 2: Two and a Half Men	Dubbed in German
	TNT Serie	2010–present
	Kabel eins	2009–present
Greece	Alpha TV		Δύο και κάτι … Άντρες (Two and a half men)	Subtitled in Greek
Guatemala	Warner Channel		Two and a Half Men	Dubbed in Spanish
Italy	Joi Rai 2 Rai 3 Rai 4		Due uomini e mezzo (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Italian
India	Star World India	2004–present	Two and a Half Men	Aired in English
	WB TV
Israel	Yes Comedy	2004–present	שני גברים וחצי (Two and a Half Men)	Aired in English with Hebrew subtitles
Iceland	Stöð 2		Two and a Half Men	Subtitled in Icelandic
Japan	Super! drama TV		チャーリー・シーンのハーパー★ボーイズ (Charlie Sheen and Harper Boys)	Dubbed in Japanese
Latin America:	Warner Channel		Two and a Half Men	Dubbed in Spanish
Latvia	LNT Channel 2 SET Baltic	2006–present 2011–present 2011–present	Divarpus vīru (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Latvian, on SET Baltic subtitled in Latvian.
Macedonia	A1		Два и пол мажи (Two and a Half Men)	Aired in English with Macedonian subtitles
Mexico	Warner Channel Televisa		Two and a Half Men	Subtitled in Spanish
Malaysia Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka	WB TV STAR World			Aired in English
Netherlands	Veronica			Subtitled in Dutch
Norway	TV3 Viasat 4			Subtitled in Norwegian
New Zealand	TVNZ TV 2
Pakistan	STAR World
Paraguay	Warner Channel			Dubbed in Spanish
Peru	Warner Channel Red Global			Dubbed in Spanish
Philippines	Studio 23			Subtitled in Filipino
Portugal	RTP 1 RTP 2 SET Portugal		Dois Homens e Meio (Two and a Half Men)	Subtitled in Portuguese
Poland	Comedy Central TVN7 TVN		Dwóch i pół (Two and a Half)	Dubbed in Polish
Puerto Rico	WAPA	2011–present	Dos Hombres y Medio (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Spanish
Romania	PRO TV		Two And A Half Men	Subtitled in Romanian
Russia	MTV Russia	2009–present	Два с половиной человека (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Russian
	2x2	2012
	SET Russia	2011–present
Serbia	B 92		Dva i po čoveka (muškarca) / Два и по човека (мушкарца) (Two and a Half Men)	Aired in English with Serbian subtitles
Slovenia	POP NON STOP		Dva moža in pol (Two men and a half)	Aired in English
South Africa	SABC3 M-net		Two and a Half Men
Slovakia	Markiza		Dva a pol chlapa (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbled in Slovak
Spain	Antena 3 TNT Spain		Dos Hombres y Medio (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Spanish
Sweden	TV3 TV6	2004–present	2 1/2 män (2 1/2 men)	Aired in English with Swedish subtitles
Switzerland	SF zwei (German part)		Mein cooler Onkel Charlie (My Cool Uncle Charlie)	Dubbed in German
	RSI La 1 (Italian part)		Due uomini e mezzo (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Italian
Turkey	CNBC-e	2004–present	Two and a Half Men	Aired in English with Turkish subtitles
Ukraine	k1	2010–present	Два з половиною чоловіки (Two and a Half Men)	Dubbed in Ukrainian
Uruguay	Warner Channel		Two and a Half Men	Dubbed in Spanish
United Kingdom Ireland	Comedy Central (UK and Ireland) Comedy Central Extra Comedy Central HD	2009–present		(2011 Only - All reruns up to Season 8 [S8 Ran in order], Not airing S9)
	Viva UK
	RTÉ Two	2011–present		Ireland only
United States	CBS and syndication	2003–present		Original run
Venezuela	Warner Channel			Subtitled in Spanish

Crossovers and other appearances

Further information: Two and a Half Deaths and Fish in a Drawer

"When Chuck pitched the idea to me ... I thought it was an intriguing idea and walked into Naren's office and he said, 'What a nut.'"

– Carol Mendelsohn

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

In 2007, Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre contacted CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer Carol Mendelsohn about a crossover. At first, the idea seemed unlikely to receive approval; however, it resurfaced when Mendelsohn and Lorre were at the World Television Festival in Canada and they decided to get approval and run with it. When Mendelsohn was giving a talk, she accidentally mentioned the crossover, that same day Variety Magazine was already inquiring about the crossover episodes. Mendelsohn later stated: "We're all used to being in control and in charge of our own shows and even though this was a freelance-type situation ... there was an expectation and also a desire on all of our parts to really have a true collaboration. You have to give a little. It was sort of a life lesson, I think."

"The biggest challenge for us was doing a comedy with a murder in it. Generally our stories are a little lighter," stated Lorre in an interview. "Would our audience go with a dead body in it? There was a moment where it could have gone either way. I think the results were spectacular. It turned out to be a really funny episode."

The Two and a Half Men episode "Fish in a Drawer" was the first part of the crossover to air, on May 5, 2008, written by CSI writers Sarah Goldfinger, Evan Dunsky, Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar. George Eads is the only CSI: Crime Scene Investigation cast member to make a cameo in this episode.

Three days later the second part of the crossover aired, the CSI episode "Two and a Half Deaths". Gil Grissom (William Petersen) investigated the murder of a sitcom diva named Annabelle (Katey Sagal), who was found murdered while she was filming her show in Las Vegas. The episode was written by Two and a Half Men creators Lorre and Aronsohn; Sheen, Cryer, and Jones all make uncredited cameos in this episode as themselves, in the same clothes their characters were wearing in "Fish in a Drawer".

Due Date

At the end of 2010 film Due Date, a scene from Two and a Half Men is shown, in which Sheen, Cryer, and Jones (deleted scene only) appear as their characters, while Ethan Chase (played by Zach Galifianakis in the movie) plays Stu, Jake's tutor.

Other appearances

Two and a Half Men has also appeared in The Simpsons, King of the Hill and Family Guy, with Sheen providing his voice for all three.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

The New York Daily News has described the sitcom as "solid, well-acted and occasionally funny." Conversely Graeme Blundell, writing for The Australian, described it as a "sometimes creepy, misogynistic comedy".

The show has received multiple award nominations. It was nominated for 30 Primetime Emmy Awards (winning four technical awards and one for Jon Cryer as Alan Harper), and has also received two Golden Globe nominations. The show won the "Favorite TV Comedy" award at the 35th People's Choice Awards.

Season 9 has been met with largely mixed reviews from both critics and fans Charlie Sheen said, in an interview with TMZ, that he was 'extremely disappointed' by the ninth season of the show, and felt they should have handled it better. ' Reviews for Ashton Kutcher's performance also had critics divided, with the New York Daily News criticizing his character, Walden Schmidt, and felt he "just needs to work on being funny."

American television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Two and a Half Men on CBS.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Season	Timeslot (ET/CT)	Season premiere	Season finale	TV season	Ranking	Viewers (in millions)
1st	Mondays 9:30 pm/8:30 pm	September 22, 2003	May 24, 2004	2003–04	#15	15.31
2nd		September 20, 2004	May 23, 2005	2004–05	#11	16.45
3rd	Mondays 9:00 pm/8:00 pm	September 19, 2005	May 22, 2006	2005–06	#17	15.14
4th		September 18, 2006	May 14, 2007	2006–07	#21	14.43
5th		September 24, 2007	May 19, 2008	2007–08	#17	13.68
6th		September 22, 2008	May 18, 2009	2008–09	#10	15.06
7th		September 21, 2009	May 24, 2010	2009–10	#11	14.95
8th		September 20, 2010	February 14, 2011	2010–11	#17	12.73
9th		September 19, 2011		2011–12	#7	16.93

The premiere of the 9th season earned the show its highest rating yet of 28.74 million viewers.

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2004	Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	Lee Aronsohn, Grant Geissman, Chuck Lorre	Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series	Steven V. Silver for "Camel Filters and Pheremones"	Nominated
	Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series	John Shaffner, Ann Shea for "Alan Harper, Frontier Chiropractor"	Nominated
2005	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Holland Taylor as "Evelyn Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Conchata Ferrell as "Berta"	Nominated
	Outstanding Multi-camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special	Robert LaMasney, Charlie McDaniel, Kathy Oldham, Bruce Peters for "Can You Eat Human Flesh with Wooden Teeth?"	Won
	Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing for a Series	Joe Bella for "It Was Mame, Mom"	Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-camera Series	Steven Silver for "Back Off, Mary Poppins"	Nominated
	Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-camera Series	John Shaffner, Ann Shea for "It Was 'Mame', Mom"/"A Low, Guttural Tongue Flapping Noise"	Nominated
2006	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Jon Cryer as "Alan Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Multi-camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special	Bob La Masney, Charlie McDaniel, Kathy Oldham, Bruce Peters for "The Unfortunate Little Schnauzer"	Nominated
	Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing for a Series	Joe Bella for "That Special Tug"	Won
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Charlie Sheen as "Charlie Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Martin Sheen as "Harvey"	Nominated
	Outstanding Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-camera Series	Steven V. Silver for "Carpet Burns and a Bite Mark"	Nominated
2007	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Holland Taylor as "Evelyn Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Conchata Ferrell as "Berta"	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Jon Cryer as "Alan Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing for a Series	Joe Bella for "Release the Dogs"	Won
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Charlie Sheen as "Charlie Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Comedy Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi-camera Series	Steven Silver for "Release the Dogs"	Won
2008	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Holland Taylor as "Evelyn Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Jon Cryer as "Alan Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (half-hour) and Animation	Bruce Peters, Kathy Oldham, Charlie McDaniel, Bob La Masney for "Is There a Mrs. Waffles?"	Nominated
	Outstanding Makeup for a Multi-camera Series or a Special (non-prosthetic)	Janice Berridge, Peggy Nichols, Shelly Woodhouse-Collins, Gabriel Solana for "City of Great Racks"	Nominated
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Charlie Sheen as "Charlie Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-camera Series or a Special	Pixie Schwartz, Krista Borrelli, Ralph M. Abalos, Janice Zoladz for "City of Great Racks"	Nominated
	Outstanding Comedy Series		Nominated
2009	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Jon Cryer as "Alan Harper"	Won
	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Charlie Sheen as "Charlie Harper"	Nominated
2010	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Jon Cryer as "Alan Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Holland Taylor as "Evelyn Harper"	Nominated
	Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Jane Lynch as Dr. Linda Freeman, for "818-jklpuzo"	Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series	Steven V. Silver for "Crude and Uncalled For"	Nominated
	Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special	Pixie Schwartz, Krista Borrelli, Ralph Abalos, Janice Allison for "That's Why They Call It Ballroom"	Nominated
	Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation	Bruce Peters, Bob LaMasney, Kathy Oldham for "Fart Jokes, Pie and Celeste"	Nominated
2011	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Jon Cryer as "Alan Harper"	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2004	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy	Charlie Sheen as "Charlie Harper"	Nominated
2005	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy	Charlie Sheen as "Charlie Harper"	Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominee	Result
2005	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Charlie Sheen as "Charlie Harper"	Nominated
2010	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Charlie Sheen as "Charlie Harper"	Nominated
2012	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Jon Cryer as "Alan Harper"	Nominated

Home media

DVD name	Ep #	Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
The Complete First Season	24	September 11, 2007	September 12, 2005	February 15, 2006
The Complete Second Season	24	January 8, 2008	August 28, 2006	September 6, 2006
The Complete Third Season	24	May 13, 2008	May 19, 2008	July 23, 2008
The Complete Fourth Season	24	September 23, 2008	October 6, 2008	October 8, 2008
The Complete Fifth Season	19	May 12, 2009	April 13, 2009	July 1, 2009
The Complete Sixth Season	24	September 1, 2009	October 19, 2009	March 3, 2010
The Complete Seventh Season	22	September 21, 2010	October 11, 2010	October 13, 2010
The Complete Eighth Season	16	September 6, 2011	August 8, 2011

Season 1 extras

• Four disc set
• Two Adults, One Kid, No Grown-Ups – behind the scenes with the cast and crew.
• Backstage tour with Angus T. Jones.
• Gag reel.

Season 2 extras

• Four disc set
• 2¹⁄₂ Days in the Life of 2¹⁄₂ – viewers are invited for a behind-the-scenes look at a typical day in the life of cast members Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones.
• The Serious Business of Writing Comedy – a hilarious look at what it really takes to write a comedy show.
• Gag reel.

Season 3 extras

• Four disc set
• Gag reel.

Season 4 extras

• Four disc set
• Two men talking about Two and a Half Men – Creators Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn talk about the show.
• "Tucked, Taped and Gorgeous" commentary with Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn.
• "Mr. McGlue's Feedbag" commentary with Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones.
• Gag reel.

Season 5 extras

• Three disc set
• Two and a Half Men at 100 – featurette on the show's 100th episode.
• The Lore of Chuck Lorre: Must Pause TV – the genesis and evolution of his vanity cards at the end of each episode.
• Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard – chronicling the crossover episodes between writing teams of Two and a Half Men and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
• Bonus episode: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – "Two and a Half Deaths."

Season 6 extras

• Four disc set
• Growing Up Harper – The evolution of Jake Harper and the actor who portrays him, Angus T. Jones
• The Women of "Two and a Half Men" – Interviews with the women
• Gag reel

Season 7 extras

• Three disc set
• Ghosts of Charlie's Girlfriends Past Featurette
• Gag Reel

Season 8 extras

• Two disc set

External links

• Two and a Half Men at the Internet Movie Database
• Two and a Half Men at Warner TV
• Two and a Half Men at TV.com
• Two and a Half Men at TNT Serie (German)
• Official website
• Two and a Half Men Warner Bros.
• List of Two and a Half Men Episodes TVGuide
• Two and a Half Men on Comedy Central UK
• Vanity cards archive for Two and a Half Men