To another season of “Two and a Half Men” or not to another season of “Two and a Half Men?” Actually that is NOT the question. Now it’s more like, will Charlie Sheen return to another season of “Two and a Half Men” or will he say “LOSING! DUH!” to CBS and say “WINNING! DUH!” as he signs a contract for a new show at Fox?
A variety of reports are now suggesting that apart from raking in millions on his one-man show in various cities, Sheen is headed back to TV because American television just loves people who dominate the news and show they can pull in great numbers of viewers due to interest…or notoriety. And so it goes. Reuters:
Charlie Sheen may be out of a job, for now. But according to reports swirling on Monday the actor may be back on television sooner rather than later.
NBC News quoted sources close to Sheen as saying that CBS had offered the actor back his job on the hit comedy “Two and A Half Men”, but no deal had been struck and discussions were ongoing.
Elsewhere, The Hollywood Reporter said Sheen met with senior executives at rival network Fox last week for talks. The actor sent a cryptic Tweet over the weekend reading “perhaps a new lair…? A Fox and a Warlock? epic” accompanied by a picture of a Fox television logo.
…..Celebrity website Radaronline.com on Monday also reported unnamed sources as saying that CBS chief executive Les Moonves wanted to get Sheen and “Two and A Half Men” back on the air, and had spoken with the producer and co-creator Lorre — the target of much of Sheen’s ire.
Sheen’s spokesman said he had no comment on the various reports. CBS and Warner Bros. Television declined to comment.
In the end, it is indeed all about big bucks. And if CBS does offer Sheen his old job back, then given the context of what was said before, it means Charlie Sheen has gotten a second, fifth, ANOTHER chance.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.