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Two and a Half Men
Season 8
DVD cover art
Starring
No. of episodes16
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 20, 2010 (2010-09-20) –
February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The eighth season of Two and a Half Men premiered on September 20, 2010, and finished on February 14, 2011, with only 16 episodes aired, making season eight the shortest season (though season 12 would have the same number of half-hours), and was the last season with Charlie Sheen as its main star. Although advertised with a gag reel, the Season 8 DVD did not include one, making it and Season 5 the only DVD releases not to have them. As of December 22, 2010, Two and a Half Men is ranked at number 10 on the 10 most watched TV programs of 2010.[1]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Production

Many reports of Sheen partying in Las Vegas, drinking heavily, and associating with pornstars had been over the Internet from the beginning of January 2011 and CBS had expressed its concern. Early in the morning of January 27, Sheen was rushed to hospital suffering from severe abdominal pains after holding a party at his house in which he allegedly smoked crack cocaine. After being released from the hospital, Sheen checked himself into rehab. The show was already on hiatus,[2] with production scheduled to resume on February 28.[3] On February 24, 2011, it was announced that the show would shut down production for the rest of the season[4] due to Sheen making offensive comments about Chuck Lorre, the creator and lead writer of Two and a Half Men, on the February 24 edition of a radio broadcast hosted by Alex Jones.[5] On March 7, 2011, Sheen was fired from the show, which led to the cancellation of the remaining eight episodes.[6] After much speculation over whether Sheen would return to the series after all, Lorre announced in April 2011 that he had new plans to reboot Two and a Half Men with Jon Cryer in a lead role alongside a new character. Ashton Kutcher was later hired to portray the new character, Walden Schmidt.

Episodes

Main article: List of Two and a Half Men episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
1621"Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn
Teleplay by : Don Foster & Jim Patterson & Eddie Gorodetsky		September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20)14.65[7]
1632"A Bottle of Wine and a Jackhammer"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn & Susan Beavers
Teleplay by : Don Foster & Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson		September 27, 2010 (2010-09-27)13.92[8]
1643"A Pudding-Filled Cactus"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn & David Richardson
Teleplay by : Don Foster & Eddie Gorodetsky & Susan Beavers		October 4, 2010 (2010-10-04)14.37[9]
1654"Hookers, Hookers, Hookers"James WiddoesStory by : Don Foster & Eddie Gorodetsky & Susan Beavers
Teleplay by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn & Jim Patterson		October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)13.47[10]
1665"The Immortal Mr. Billy Joel"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn & Don Foster
Teleplay by : Eddie Gorodetsky & Susan Beavers & Jim Patterson		October 18, 2010 (2010-10-18)13.54[11]
1676"Twanging Your Magic Clanger"James WiddoesStory by : Lee Aronsohn & Don Foster
Teleplay by : Chuck Lorre & Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson		October 25, 2010 (2010-10-25)13.77[12]
1687"The Crazy Bitch Gazette"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn
Teleplay by : Don Foster & Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson		November 1, 2010 (2010-11-01)13.64[13]
1698"Springtime on a Stick"James WiddoesEddie Gorodetsky & Jim PattersonNovember 8, 2010 (2010-11-08)13.63[14]
1709"A Good Time in Central Africa"James WiddoesStory by : Don Reo
Teleplay by : Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson		November 15, 2010 (2010-11-15)14.25[15]
17110"Ow, Ow, Don't Stop"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn
Teleplay by : Susan Beavers & Don Reo & David Richardson		November 22, 2010 (2010-11-22)14.39[16]
17211"Dead from the Waist Down"James WiddoesStory by : Susan Beavers & David Richardson & Don Reo
Teleplay by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn		December 6, 2010 (2010-12-06)13.41[17]
17312"Chocolate Diddlers or My Puppy's Dead"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre
Teleplay by : Eddie Gorodetsky & Jim Patterson		December 13, 2010 (2010-12-13)13.95[18]
17413"Skunk, Dog Crap and Ketchup"[19]James WiddoesStory by : Alissa Neubauer
Teleplay by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn & Don Reo & David Richardson		January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03)15.36[20]
17514"Lookin' for Japanese Subs"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn
Teleplay by : Eddie Gorodetsky & Susan Beavers & Jim Patterson		January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)15.56[21]
17615"Three Hookers and a Philly Cheesesteak"James WiddoesEddie Gorodetsky & Jim PattersonFebruary 7, 2011 (2011-02-07)15.15[22]
17716"That Darn Priest"James WiddoesStory by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn
Teleplay by : Susan Beavers & David Richardson & Don Reo		February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14)14.51[23]

Reception

Critical reception to season 8 was mostly negative. On the review aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds an approval rating of 43%.[24]

Ratings

US Nielsen ratings

Order Episode Rating Share Rating/Share
(18–49) 		Viewers
(millions) 		Rank
(Timeslot) 		Rank
(Night)
1 "Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud" 8.9 13 4.9/12 14.63 #1 #1
2 "A Bottle of Wine and a Jackhammer" 8.5 13 4.8/12 13.92 #1 #1
3 "A Pudding-Filled Cactus" 8.6 13 4.5/11 14.37 #2 #2
4 "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers" 8.2 12 4.5/11 13.47 #2 #2
5 "The Immortal Mr. Billy Joel" 8.2 12 4.4/11 13.54 #2 #2
6 "Twanging Your Magic Clanger" 8.3 12 4.4/11 13.77 #2 #2
7 "The Crazy Bitch Gazette" 8.2 12 4.7/11 13.62 #2 #2
8 "Springtime on a Stick" 8.3 12 4.3/11 13.63 #2 #2
9 "A Good Time in Central Africa" 8.6 13 4.5/11 14.25 #1 #1
10 "Ow, Ow, Don't Stop" 8.6 13 4.5/12 14.39 #1 #1
11 "Dead from the Waist Down" 8.1 12 4.2/10 13.41 #1 #1
12 "Chocolate Diddlers or My Puppy's Dead" 8.5 13 4.2/11 13.95 #1 #1
13 "Skunk, Dog, Crap and Ketchup" 9.2 14 4.7/12 15.36 #1 #1
14 "Lookin' for Japanese Subs" 9.3 14 4.6/11 15.56 #1 #1
15 "Three Hookers and a Philly Cheesesteak" 9.1 14 4.4/11 15.15 #1 #1
16 "That Darn Priest" 8.7 14 4.2/12 14.51 #1 #1

Canadian ratings

Order Episode Viewers (millions) Rank (week)
1 "Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud" 1.326[25] 27[25]
2 "A Bottle of Wine and a Jackhammer" 1.065[26] —
3 "A Pudding-Filled Cactus" — —
4 "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers" 1.376[27] 25[27]
5 "The Immortal Mr. Billy Joel" 1.185[28] 30[28]
6 "Twanging Your Magic Clanger" 1.267[29] 26[29]
7 "The Crazy Bitch Gazette" 1.153[30] —
8 "Springtime on a Stick" — —
9 "A Good Time in Central Africa" — —
10 "Ow, Ow, Don't Stop" 1.234[31] 26[31]
11 "Dead from the Waist Down" 1.837[32] 11[32]
12 "Chocolate Diddlers or My Puppy's Dead" 2.237[33] 3[33]
13 "Skunk, Dog Crap and Ketchup" 1.664[34] 14[34]
14 "Looking for Japanese Subs" 2.266[35] 6[35]
15 "Three Hookers and a Philly Cheesesteak" 2.285[36] 6[36]
16 "That Darn Priest" 2.405[37] 9[37]

Australian ratings

Order Episode Original airdate Timeslot Viewers
(millions) 		Nightly
rank 		Weekly
rank
1 "Three Girls and a Guy Named Bud" 18 October 2010 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.471[38] 1[39] 2[38]
2 "A Bottle of Wine and a Jackhammer" 25 October 2010 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.409[40] 1[41] 4[40]
3 "A Pudding-Filled Cactus" 1 November 2010 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.330[42] 3[43] 12[42]
4 "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers" 8 November 2010 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.374[44] 2[45] 5[44]
5 "The Immortal Mr. Billy Joel" 31 January 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.243[46] 4[47] 12[46]
6 "Twanging Your Magic Clanger" 7 February 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.220[48] 6[49] 11[48]
7 "The Crazy Bitch Gazette" 14 February 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 0.998[50] 9[51] 24[50]
8 "Springtime on a Stick" 21 February 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.060[52] 7[53] 15[52]
9 "A Good Time in Central Africa" 28 February 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 0.982[54] 9[55] 25[54]
10 "Ow, Ow, Don't Stop" 7 March 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 0.903[56] 10[57] 36[56]
11 "Dead from the Waist Down" 14 March 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.005[58] 10[59] 20[58]
12 "Chocolate Diddlers or My Puppy's Dead" 21 March 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 1.126[60] 7[61] 15[60]
13 "Skunk, Dog Crap and Ketchup" 21 March 2011 Monday 8:00 pm–8:30 pm 1.171[60] 6[61] 12[60]
14 "Lookin' for Japanese Subs" 28 March 2011 Monday 7:30 pm–8:00 pm 0.972[62] 8[63] 26[62]
15 "Three Hookers and a Philly Cheesesteak" 28 March 2011 Monday 8:00 pm–8:30 pm 0.719[62] 17[63] 59[62]

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General references
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