Charlie Sheen's Rehab Might Cost CBS, WB Millions

Lord Beautiful

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Trying to put Charlie through rehab is like trying to fight gangrene with soap. If the producers didn't know what they were getting into, tough luck. Goodbye money.
 

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NaramSuen said:
I have never seen the show but I wish the guy well. I have had friends struggle with drug addiction and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy. However, how the hell does someone get paid two million dollars per episode? If they make a full season of 26 shows, then he gets 52 million dollars a year! 52 million for a twenty minute sitcom. Clearly, all is not right in the universe.
What would you rather, he got it, a man who has caused laughs in most people, or some footballer with a name you can pronounce?
 

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I find it shocking that Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory are written by the same person, especially since I think they're one of the worst and one of the best American sitcoms of recent years (since How I Met Your Mother went downhill).
 

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SaintWaldo said:
The most brilliant idea I've read on the internet in relation to these events is that CBS should just replace Charlie with Emilio and act like nothing happened.

You KNOW it would work.
Or, Jason Bateman. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000867/]

Maybe it's just me, but he looks a lot like Charlie Sheen. Similar voice, too. I actually thought he was Charlie Sheen for a long time.
 

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AwesomeFerret said:
NaramSuen said:
I have never seen the show but I wish the guy well. I have had friends struggle with drug addiction and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy. However, how the hell does someone get paid two million dollars per episode? If they make a full season of 26 shows, then he gets 52 million dollars a year! 52 million for a twenty minute sitcom. Clearly, all is not right in the universe.
What would you rather, he got it, a man who has caused laughs in most people, or some footballer with a name you can pronounce?
Can I choose "c" none of the above?
 

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NaramSuen said:
AwesomeFerret said:
NaramSuen said:
I have never seen the show but I wish the guy well. I have had friends struggle with drug addiction and I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy. However, how the hell does someone get paid two million dollars per episode? If they make a full season of 26 shows, then he gets 52 million dollars a year! 52 million for a twenty minute sitcom. Clearly, all is not right in the universe.
What would you rather, he got it, a man who has caused laughs in most people, or some footballer with a name you can pronounce?
Yep. That or D, which is send it to a charity. I'd send it to the charity, but forced between A & B I'd have to give it to Charlie. At least thats what he would earn from an entire season, not a matter of weeks.

Can I choose "c" none of the above?
 

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RebellionXXI said:
Well, that's what you get for casting CHARLIE FUCKING SHEEN!

Seriously, anyone who keeps up with entertainment news, even occasionally, has known for a long time that Charlie Sheen is a danger to himself and others, not to mention a tremendous douche. You'd think they would have seen this coming.
All the more reason to be in awe of his agent. All the stiff competition out there and he can still sell this guy to Hollywood?



Just....wow.
 

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I'm always a bit bemused when someone refers to anticipated income that fails to materialize as a "loss".

I don't watch Two and a Half Men; in fact, I tend to turn it off on the rare occasions when I'm watching television and it happens to be on because the small amount I've seen seems like very standard lackluster warmed-over sitcom humor. So, yeah, no particular loss to me.

Good luck with sobriety, Charlie.
 

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JediMB said:
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Are you fucking kidding me? That show is TERRIBLE
I used to love the it, but the most recent season just made me stop watching 5 minutes into a new episode. Haven't touched the show since, and I don't plan to ever give it another chance. I just realized that there wasn't any point in watching it anymore.
My opinion is that there was a time when it was adequate, nothing more, nothing less.

Now it's terrible
 

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They lost money canceling funny, popular and good shows left and right...

You lost nothing, no money. Make scripts putting him on vacation....problem solved.
 

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JeanLuc761 said:
danpascooch said:
Are you fucking kidding me? That show is TERRIBLE
To each their own. I think it's easily one of the funniest shows on TV, next to Futurama.
I'm not sure if I should hate you because you compared Two and a Half Men to Futurama, or if I should like you because you like Futurama.
 

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danpascooch said:
JeanLuc761 said:
danpascooch said:
Are you fucking kidding me? That show is TERRIBLE
To each their own. I think it's easily one of the funniest shows on TV, next to Futurama.
I'm not sure if I should hate you because you compared Two and a Half Men to Futurama, or if I should like you because you like Futurama.
I wasn't comparing the two, I was simply saying that I find Two and a Half Men as funny as I find Futurama :p

They're two entirely different kinds of humor, and I like them both a lot. Two and a Half Men is a very stereotypical/archetypical show, and each character fits their role so perfectly that I can't help but be amused. Conversely, Futurama is full of more intelligent/creative humor, plus I love sci-fi.

Really, there's no reason someone can't like both :p I like George Carlin and I like Dane Cook, for example.
 

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JeanLuc761 said:
danpascooch said:
JeanLuc761 said:
danpascooch said:
Are you fucking kidding me? That show is TERRIBLE
To each their own. I think it's easily one of the funniest shows on TV, next to Futurama.
I'm not sure if I should hate you because you compared Two and a Half Men to Futurama, or if I should like you because you like Futurama.
I wasn't comparing the two, I was simply saying that I find Two and a Half Men as funny as I find Futurama :p

They're two entirely different kinds of humor, and I like them both a lot. Two and a Half Men is a very stereotypical/archetypical show, and each character fits their role so perfectly that I can't help but be amused. Conversely, Futurama is full of more intelligent/creative humor, plus I love sci-fi.

Really, there's no reason someone can't like both :p I like George Carlin and I like Dane Cook, for example.
I'm just saying as someone who thinks Futurama is the light of god, and thinks Two and a Half Men is the epitome of catering to stupid stereotypes that aren't even funny, I wouldn't personally find the two equally funny.

That's just me.