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Anger Management
Created byBruce Helford
Starring
Country of originTemplate:TVUS
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes45 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFX
Fox (episodes 31 & 33 only)
ReleaseJune 28, 2012 (2012-06-28) –
present (present)

Anger Management is an American comedy series that premiered on FX on June 28, 2012.[1] The series is based in-name only on the 2003 film of the same name and stars Charlie Sheen in a role very loosely similar to the one originated by Jack Nicholson from the film.[2][3] Anger Management broke a ratings record with 5.74 million viewers on its series debut night and ranks as the most-watched sitcom premiere in cable history, but is struggling to keep an audience, as the show currently averages less than 1 million viewers per week.[4][5]

Cast and characters

Main

  • Charlie Sheen as Charles (a.k.a Charlie) Goodson, a former professional baseball player whose career ended when he broke a bat over his knee in anger, inspiring him to become an anger management therapist.[6]
  • Selma Blair as Dr. Kate Wales, Charlie's ex therapist-colleague and friend with benefits.
  • Shawnee Smith as Jennifer Goodson, Charlie's ex-wife.
  • Daniela Bobadilla as Sam Goodson, Charlie and Jennifer's teenage daughter.
  • Noureen DeWulf as Lacey, Charlie's anger management patient.
  • Michael Arden as Patrick, Charlie's anger management patient.
  • Derek Richardson as Nolan, Charlie's anger management patient.
  • Barry Corbin as Ed, Charlie's anger management patient.[7]
  • Brian Austin Green as Sean, Charlie's nemesis who has also dated Jennifer.(Episodes 45 - present; recurring previously)

Recurring

  • Brett Butler as Brett, the bartender at a tavern Charlie frequents.
  • Michael Boatman as Michael, Charlie's neighbor and friend.[8]
  • James Black as Cleo/Derek, a "gay" member of Charlie's prison anger therapy group. In "Charlie's Patient Gets Out of Jail", Cleo is released on parole and reveals to Charlie that his real name is Derek and that he had a wife before going to prison, claiming he's only "prison gay".
  • Darius McCrary as Donovan, a gay member of Charlie's prison anger therapy group and Cleo/Derek's domestic partner.
  • Stephen Taylor as Wayne, a member of Charlie's prison anger therapy group.
  • Aldo Gonzalez as Ernesto, a member of Charlie's prison anger therapy group.
  • Katlin Mastandrea as Olivia, Sam's best friend.
  • Martin Sheen as Martin Goodson, Charlie's hyper-critical father.
  • Laura Bell Bundy as Dr. Jordan Denby (Season 2-), a new psychiatrist in Charlie's life.[9]

Production

On July 18, 2011, it was announced that a show based on the 2003 film of the same name was in development with Charlie Sheen starring in the role originally played by Jack Nicholson from the film. The series is Sheen's first acting role since he was officially fired from the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.[2] On October 27, 2011, it was announced that FX had picked up the series with an initial ten episode order which, if successful, FX would then order an additional 90 episodes under a syndication model crafted by Debmar-Mercury. On August 29, 2012 it was announced that the show would be picked up for a further 90 episodes.[10] On January 9, 2013, FX president John Landgraf said that there will essentially be "45 new episodes per year". Landgraf also announced that Martin Sheen, who guest-starred in Season 1 as Charlie's on-screen father, will become a Season 2 regular cast member.[11] While he did continue appearing on the show, it was only in selected episodes and he was not promoted to Season 2 regular.

FX is paying a $600,000-per-episode license fee for the series.[12] In an effort to boost its sagging Season 2 ratings, FX announced that four episodes (two of them first-run) will air on FX's parent network Fox on Monday nights in June, starting June 3.[13]

Casting

Casting announcements began in January 2012, with Shawnee Smith and Selma Blair first cast as the two female leads. Smith was cast as Charlie's ex-wife and Blair was cast as Charlie's therapist and possible love interest.[14][15] Several actresses tested for the two female lead roles, including Julie Benz, Jenica Bergere, Elaine Hendrix, Kate Reinders and Nichole Hiltz.[16]

Next to be cast was Noureen DeWulf, in the role of Lacey, a spoiled rich girl who is sentenced to join the therapy group after shooting her boyfriend in the testicles when he cheated on her.[17] Michael Arden and Daniela Bobadilla were cast as, respectively, Patrick (an openly gay member of Charlie's therapy group) and Sam (Charlie's 13-year-old daughter who has obsessive-compulsive disorder).[18] Barry Corbin was cast as Ed, a cranky Vietnam veteran and member of the therapy group who is angry at everyone. Derek Richardson was the last actor cast in the series, in the role of Nolan, a frequently stoned member of the therapy group whose anger issue is that he has no anger.[19]

Denise Richards, Lindsay Lohan, Cee Lo Green, Kerri Kenney-Silver,[20] and Brian Austin Green have made guest appearances.

Charlie Sheen's father, Martin Sheen, who appeared as a guest in season one, has an expanded role in the second season. FX president John Landgraf said, "I thought it would be a better series if it was also a multi-generational series".[11]

Selma Blair's dismissal

On June 17, 2013, TMZ reported that Sheen had told producers that he would refuse to work should Blair turn up to work that day as a result of her being the most vocal among the cast and crew[21] regarding complaints about him being a "menace" to work with – specifically his punctuality and work ethic.[22] The following day, TMZ reported that Sheen had told the producers that if they refused to fire Blair, then he would quit.[23] Later that day, Lionsgate issued a statement confirming that Blair would not be returning to the show[24] and that a new female lead role would be created to fill the void.[21]

The new female lead role was described as a “by-the-book psychiatrist” who joins Charlie to co-author the sex study research he and Kate had been working on before she left and moved to India.[25] On August 5, 2013, FX announced that Laura Bell Bundy would be replacing Blair as Charlie's new therapist, Dr. Jordan Denby, with production on the first episode featuring new character beginning that same day.[26] It was also announced that Brian Austin Green would have an expanded role following Blair's firing.

Ironically Blair's final line in the series was that Sheen's character, also named Charlie, was "going to be very excited he and I continue working together".

Potential lawsuit

On September 13, 2013, TMZ reported that Blair was threatening both Sheen and Lionsgate Entertainment for the $1.2 million she would have earned had she not been dismissed from the show, but also noted that both sides were talking and attempting to reach a settlement. It was also reported that a decision had already been made prior to her dismissal to write her off the show as "America didn't want to see Charlie with just one girlfriend" - however the plan was to phase the character out over eight episodes and that once Sheen heard of Blair's comments, "that process was accelerated" and the character abruptly moved to India.[27]

Episodes

Main article: List of Anger Management episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
110June 28, 2012 (2012-06-28)August 23, 2012 (2012-08-23)
290January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17)December 22, 2014 (2014-12-22)

International broadcasting

Country Network Premiere Source(s)
 Israel Comedy Central Israel Auq 19, 2013 [28]  Argentina TBS July 19, 2012 [29]
 Australia Nine Network August 14, 2012 [30]
 Bangladesh Star World January 26, 2013 [31]
 Brazil TBS September 20, 2012 [32]
 Canada CTV August 12, 2012 [33][34]
 Denmark TV3+ July 30, 2012 [35]
 Germany Watchever
(Video on demand) 		April 12, 2013 [36]
 Germany VOX TBA [37]
 India Comedy Central February 18, 2013 [38]
 Ireland
 United Kingdom 		Comedy Central September 12, 2012 [39][40]
 Netherlands Comedy Central October 7, 2012 [41]
 New Zealand TV2 August 15, 2012 [42]
 Norway Viasat 4 August 13, 2012 [43]
 Poland Comedy Central October 21, 2012 [44]
 South Africa Comedy Central September 24, 2012 [45]
 Spain Paramount Comedy October 5, 2012 [46]
 Sweden TV6 August 27, 2012 [47]
 United States FX
Fox 		June 28, 2012
June 3, 2013 		[1]

Critical reception

Anger Management received mixed reviews on Metacritic with a score of 44 out of 100 based on 33 critics' reviews.[48] Linda Stasi of the New York Post called the series "not so bad", adding "Anger Management is pretty conventional up to and including an idiot laugh track—and a character named Charlie—again. But maybe the familiar is what will keep crazy Charlie [Sheen] from killing himself and others in a blind, drunken, psycho haze on set. Or maybe not."[49] The Wall Street Journal's Nancy DeWolf Smith thought the series was "usually funny, often clever" and added "The accomplishment here is that tight writing and editing, a solid cast with good timing and Mr. Sheen's chops as the ne plus ultra of sitcom performers, make the whole thing feel, if not entirely fresh—then crisp."[50] Alan Sepinwall of HitFix stated: "Anger Management is Charlie Sheen doing what Charlie Sheen does—on-screen. It's not artful, it's not elegant ... It will likely give his fans what they want. And if there are enough of them to trigger the order for the extra 90 episodes, then FX, Helford and everyone else will feel justified in taking another chance on the guy, despite what happened in the past."[51] The Huffington Post's Maureen Ryan stated: "Despite the careful attention to image enhancement possibilities, the core ugliness and toxic narcissism of Anger Management are impossible to ignore ... Whoever Anger Management benefits—and it certainly won't be viewers used to FX's usual scripted fare—whole enterprise is really just image management. Nice work if you can get it." Anger Management was renewed for 90 more episodes, and production started on September 24, 2012.[52]

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