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Fox News Spin Attack Ends With Red-Faced Anchors 9/11
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Paul Joseph Watson/Prison Planet.com | July 11 2006 Fox News' tactic of mapping out a spin and attack policy for guests whose stance they disagree with was spotlighted and deflated recently by 9/11 truth scholar Jim Fetzer - who left Alan Colmes and Oliver North red-faced after he exposed them and Fox producers for not having done their homework. Fetzer called the appearance, "perhaps the most interesting four and a half minutes of my life." Fetzer described how in a pre-interview a Fox producer has insistently asked him if he taught alternative theories behind 9/11 as a college course. Fetzer was keen to stress that he taught a course on critical thinking but not a course specific to 9/11. From this exchange Fetzer began to understand the spin that Fox were preparing to put on the interview. Fetzer was then told that Sean Hannity had been replaced by Colonel Oliver North for the show. "Because I'm a former Marine Corps officer I thought this was probably a good thing - that the Colonel and I would have a very cordial Marine to Marine conversation," said Fetzer. "When I said this to my wife she said 'don't kid yourself, they're going to be out to kill you'." Fetzer was picked up by a Fox limo and only arrived at the studio after the program had started. He insisted that a TV be turned on in the make-up room to gage how they were going to pitch his interview. "Five minutes before I go on I catch their drift which is they're going to talk about a professor who is using his classroom to teach conspiracy theories about 9/11 to our children." "During that five minutes it occurred to me that I was going to be able to explode this one way or another - that I would talk about how they had 'Foxed their facts'," Fetzer told a packed house at the L.A. 9/11 Symposium. "What they were doing was saying I was teaching our children - I was offering a course on 9/11 - and the way they were defining it in terms of children and kids - this had to be a freshman level or equivalent course." Fetzer was able to prepare to bite back at the attack dogs by exposing the fact that Fox had not done its homework and were simply preparing to savage Fetzer on an aspect of the topic that they had completely dreamt up. "They were attacking me for a non-existent course, said Fetzer." "There was no course that satisfied the description they were trying to nail me for having taught." Fetzer was able to embarrass Colmes and North who cut the interview short because their attack strategy had clearly been ripped out from underneath them. "The first question out of Colmes mouth was 'is this a required course?' - and I had to explain to him that he had his facts Foxed," said Fetzer. "The fact is they had defined the parameters - I knew they knew they had made a mistake but I wasn't there to argue their case." North and Colmes quickly changed their tone after they realized the 'evil professor teaching our children horrible liberal lies' approach had failed. "When they tried to put me on the spot after they realized they had committed a mistake - when they tried to put me on the spot about the society - I began to explain some of the findings - how the towers had come down by controlled demolition - how the FBI was asserting that they had no hard evidence tying Osama bin Laden to 9/11," said Fetzer. After Colmes asked if there was any hard evidence tying any Bush administration members to 9/11, Fetzer related the story of Norman Mineta who testified that Cheney's orders were to do nothing as Flight 77 hurtled towards the Pentagon. "This was when Ollie started getting a little nervous and he asks how many there are in your organization - when he heard there were 300 and 200 with research credentials - 85 actually having academic affiliations - it took so much wind out of their sails that they tried to cut it off as quickly as they could," said Fetzer. Fetzer said it was interesting how the anchors were more concerned about whether he was teaching the information to his students than inquiring about the evidence behind 9/11 being an inside job. The interview was quickly canned and - as with the much vaunted Pentagon tape that was heralded to 'shut up 9/11 conspiracy theorists for good' - an expected propaganda coup for Fox turned into a red-faced debacle and a moral victory for the 9/11 truth movement. Watch Jim Fetzer discuss his Fox appearance and present a high-quality 78 minute illustrated discussion on the collapse of the twin towers and the Pentagon controversy at Prison Planet.tv. Click here to subscribe and enjoy a multitude of exclusive membership benefits.
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President Bush recently signed an executive order to freeze
the US financial assets of corporations doing business with Osama bin Laden. He
described the order as a "strike on the financial foundation of the global
terror network.” "If you do business with terrorists, if you support or succor them, you
will not do business with the United States," said President Bush. He didn’t say anything about doing business with a terrorist’s brother - or
his wealthy financier. When President George W. Bush froze assets connected to Osama bin Laden, he didn’t tell the American people that the terrorist mastermind’s late brother was an investor in the president’s former oil business in Texas. He also hasn’t leveled with the American public about his financial connections to a host of shady Saudi characters involved in drug cartels, gun smuggling, and terrorist networks. Doing business with the enemy is nothing new to the Bush family. Much of the Bush family wealth came from supplying needed raw materials and credit to Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. Several business operations managed by Prescott Bush - the president’s grandfather - were seized by the US government during World War II under the Trading with the Enemy Act. On October 20, 1942, the federal government seized the Union Banking Corporation in New York City as a front operation for the Nazis. Prescott Bush was a director. Bush, E. Roland Harriman, two Bush associates, and three Nazi executives owned the bank’s shares. Eight days later, the Roosevelt administration seized two other corporations managed by Prescott Bush. The Holland-American Trading Corporation and the Seamless Steel Equipment Corporation, both managed by the Bush-Harriman bank, were accused by the US federal government of being front organizations for Hitler’s Third Reich. Again, on November 8, 1942, the federal government seized Nazi-controlled assets of Silesian-American Corporation, another Bush-Harriman company doing business with Hitler. Doing business with the bin Laden empire, therefore, is only the latest extension of the Bush family’s financial ties to unsavory individuals and organizations. Now that thousands of American citizens have died in terrorist attacks and the nation is going to war, the American people should know about George W. Bush’s relationship with the family of Osama bin Laden. Salem bin Laden, Osama’s older brother, was an investor in Arbusto Energy. - the Texas oil company started by George W. Bush. Arbusto means “Bush” in Spanish. Salem bin Laden died in an airplane crash in Texas in 1988. Sheik Mohammed bin Laden, the family patriarch and founder of its construction empire, also died in a plane crash. Upon his death in 1968, he left behind 57 sons and daughters - the offspring he sired with 12 wives in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. About a dozen brothers manage Bin Laden Brothers Construction - one of the largest construction firms in the Middle East. Fresh out of Harvard Business School, young George W. Bush returned to Midland, TX, in the late 1970s to follow his father’s footsteps in the oil business. Beginning in 1978, he set up a series of limited partnerships - Arbusto ’78, Arbusto ’79, and so on - to drill for oil. One of President Bush’s earliest financial backers was James Bath, a Houston aircraft broker. Bath served with President Bush in the Texas Air National Guard. Bath has a mysterious connection to the Central Intelligence Agency. According to a 1976 trust agreement, Salem bin Laden appointed James Bath as his business representative in Houston. Revelation about Bath’s relationship with the bin Laden financial empire and the CIA was made public in 1992 by Bill White, a former real estate business partner with Bath. White informed federal investigators in 1992 that Bath told him that he had assisted the CIA in a liaison role since 1976 - the same year former President George Herbert Walker Bush served as director of the CIA. During a bitter legal fight between White and Bath, the real estate partner disclosed that Bath managed a portfolio worth millions of dollars for Sheik Khalid bin Mahfouz and other wealthy Saudis. Among the investments made by Bath with Mahfouz’s money was the Houston Gulf Airport. A powerful banker in Saudi Arabia, Mahfouz was one of the largest stockholders in the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. BCCI was a corrupt global banking empire operating in 73 nations and was a major financial and political force in Washington, Paris, Geneva, London, and Hong Kong. Despite the appearance of a normal banking operation, BCCI was actually an international crime syndicate providing “banking services” to the Medellin drug cartel, Pamama dictator Manuel Noriega, Saddam Hussein, terrorist mastermind Abu Nidal, and Khun Sa, the heroin kingpin in Asia’s Golden Triangle. The BCCI scandal implicated some of the biggest political names in Washington - both Democrats and Republicans - during the first Bush White House. The bank was accused of laundering money for drug cartels, smuggling weapons to terrorists, and using Middle Eastern oil money to influence American politicians. The chief of the Justice Department’s criminal division under former President Bush was Robert Mueller. Because the major players came out of the scandal with slaps on the wrists, many critics accused Mueller of botching the investigation. Mr. Mueller was recently appointed by President George W. Bush as the new Director of the FBI, replacing Louis Freeh who did nothing while William Jefferson Clinton allowed the Red Chinese to loot our national security secrets. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the Justice Department, reviewed allegations by Bill White in 1992 that James Bath funneled money from wealthy Middle Eastern businessmen to American companies to influence the policies of the Reagan and Bush administrations. Robert Mueller, the new FBI chief, was in a senior position at the Justice Department at the time of the review. White told a Texas court in 1992 that Bath and the Justice Department had “blackballed” him professionally and financially because he refused to keep quiet about his knowledge of an Arabic conspiracy to launder Middle Eastern money into the bank accounts of American businesses and politicians. In sworn depositions, Bath admitted he represented four wealthy Saudi Arabian businessmen as a trustee. He also admitted he used his name on their investments and received, in return, a five- percent stake in their business deals. Indeed, Texas tax documents revealed that Bath owned five percent of Arbusto ’79 Ltd., and Arbusto ’80 Ltd. Bush Exploration Company controlled the limited partnerships, the general partnership firm owned by young George W. Bush. Although George W. Bush’s Texas oil ventures were financial failures, his financial backers recovered their investments through a series of mergers and stock swaps. He changed Arbusto’s name to Bush Exploration, then merged the new firm into Spectrum 7 Energy Corporation in 1984. The Bush-controlled oil business eventually ended up being folded into Harken Energy Corp., a Dallas-based corporation. Mr. Bush joined Harken as a director in 1986 and was given 212,000 shares of Harken stock. Bush used his White House connections to land a lucrative contract for the obscure Harken Energy Corp. with the Middle Eastern government of Bahrain. On June 20, 1990, George W. Bush sold his Harken stock for $848,000 and paid off the loan he took out to buy his small share in the Texas Rangers. The Bahrain deal was brokered by David Edwards, a close pal to Bill Clinton and a former employee of Stephens Inc. Shortly after Bush sold his stock, Harken’s fortunes nose-dived when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Some critics claim young George was tipped off in advance by his father about the soon-coming Gulf War. George W. Bush, however, worked wonders for Harken Energy Corp. before the stock collapsed. Using the Bush family name, he managed to bring much-needed capital investment to the struggling firm. George W. Bush traveled to Little Rock, AR, to attend a meeting with Jackson Stephens - a powerful Arkansas tycoon who helped bankroll the state campaigns of young Bill Clinton. He first gained political prominence as a fund-raiser for President Jimmy Carter. Stephens was also deeply involved in the BCCI scandal by helping the corrupt bank take control of First American Bank in Washington, DC. Jack Stephens didn’t need an introduction to young George W. Bush. Mary Anne Stephens, his wife, managed Vice President George Bush’s 1988 presidential campaign in Arkansas. Stephens Inc., the well connected brokerage firm owned by Jack Stephens, donated $100,000 to a Bush campaign fundraising dinner in 1991. When George W. Bush won the contested Florida election in 2000, Jack Stephens made a substantial contribution to the Bush inauguration. Recently, former President Bush played golf on April 11, 2001, with Jack Stephens at the Jack Stephens Youth Golf Academy in Little Rock. The former president told Stephens, “Jack, we love you and we are very, very grateful for what you have done.” Perhaps the former president was thanking him for the money Stephens provided young George W. Bush. Stephens arranged for a $25 million investment from the Union des Banques Suisses. The Swiss Bank held the minority interest in the Banque de Commerce et de Placements, a Geneva-based subsidiary of BCCI. Both Stephens and Abdullah Taha Bakhsh, a wealthy and well-connected Saudi real estate investor, signed the financial transaction. The Geneva transaction was paid through a joint venture between the Union Bank of Switzerland and its Geneva branch of BCCI. The BCCI connection, therefore, linked George W. Bush with Saudi banker Khaled bin Mahfouz. Known in Arab circles as the “king’s treasurer,” Mahfouz held a 20 percent take in BCCI between 1986 and 1990. Mahfouz is no stranger to the Bush family. He was a big investor in the Carlyle Group, a defense-industry investment group with deep connections to the Republican Party establishment. Former President Bush is a former member of the company’s board of directors. George W. Bush also held shares in Caterair, a Carlyle subsidiary. Sami Baarma, a powerful player in the Mahfouz-owned Prime Commercial Bank of Pakistan, is a member of the Carlyle Group’s international advisory board. President Bush certainly is aware of that his former Saudi sugar daddy is still financing Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network. USA Today newspaper reported in 1999 that a year after bin Laden’s attacks on US embassies in Africa, Khaled bin Mahfouz and other wealthy Saudis were funneling tens of millions of dollars each year into bin Laden’s bank accounts. Five top Saudi businessmen ordered the National Commercial Bank to transfer personal funds and $3 million pilfered from a Saudi pension fund to the Capitol Trust Bank in New York City. The money was deposited into the Islamic Relief and Blessed Relief - Islamic charities operating in the US and Great Britain as fronts for Osama bin Laden. The Capitol Trust Bank is run by Mohammad Hussein al-Amoudi. His lawyer is Democratic Party bigwig Vernon Jordan, close friend of former President Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Abdullah Taha Bakhsh, the Arab who cosigned the $25 million cash infusion into George W. Bush’s Harken Energy Corporation, appointed Talat Othman to manage his 17.6 percent share in Harken Energy Corp. Othman, a native Palestinian, is president and CEO of Dearborn Financial Inc. - an investment firm in Arlington Heights, IL. Bakhsh also bought a 9.6 percent stake in Worthen Banking Corporation, the Arkansas bank controlled by Jack Stephens. Abdullah Bakhsh’s share was the identical percentage as the amount of shares sold by Mochtar Riady, the godfather of the wealthy Indonesian family with close ties to the Chinese communists, Bill Clinton and evangelist Pat Robertson. Bakhsh is represented by Rogers & Wells, a well-connected Republican law firm in New York whose partners include former Secretary of State William P. Rogers. Independent investigator reporter David Twersky reported in the early 1990s that Othman had a seat on Harken’s board of directors and met three times in the White House with President George Herbert Walker Bush. Organized by Chief of Staff John Sununu, Othman’s first meeting with President Bush at the White House was in August 1990, just days after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. There exist to this day an Arab-Texas connection. Khalid bin Mahfouz, financier of both George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden, still maintains a palatial estate in Houston, TX. Former President George Bush also lives in Houston. James Bath, Texas political confidant of George W. Bush, managed to obtain a $1.4 million loan from Mahfouz in 1990. Bath and Mahfouz, along with former Secretary of Treasury John Connally, were also co-investors in Houston’s Main Bank. Bath was also president of Skyway Aircraft Leasing Ltd, a Texas air charter company registered in the Cayman Islands. According to published reports in the early 1990s, the real owner was bin Mahfouz. When Salem bin Laden, Osama’ brother, died in 1988, his interest in the Houston Gulf Airport was transferred to bin Mahfouz. Since Osama bin Laden’s bloody attack on America on September 11, the federal government has moved quickly to freeze bank accounts connected to Osama bin Laden, Khalid bin Mahfouz, and a host of Islamic charities. Perhaps federal agents should freeze the financial assets of the Bush family too. It would not be the first time Bush-family assets were seized by the US government for trading with the enemy. Hold on to your hats people. We've probably all seen the "nazi" part before. Now it's time to focus on bin Mahfouz. bin Mahfouz was the owner of the Saudi National Commerce Bank. He still is! The Saudis just happened to close his account this past August, 2003. By all reports, nearly 80% of all "terrorists funds" (please stop saying Al Qaeda) are funneled through this bank and still are. This bank currently owns the Houston Gulf Airport. (See "Gateway to Terror?") Bush family’s dirty little secret: President’s oil companies funded by Bin Laden family and wealthy Saudis who financed Osama bin Laden By Rick Wiles Copyright: American Freedom News September 2001 Original Link: http://www.americanfreedomnews.com/afn_articles/bushsecrets.htm |
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A great deal of
controversy has arisen about what was known about the movements and
location of Osama bin Laden in the wake of his killing by US Special
Forces on May 2 in Abbottabad,
Pakistan. Questions about what intelligence agencies knew or didn't
know about al-Qaeda activities go back some years, most prominently
in the controversy over the existence of a joint US Special Forces
Command and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
data mining effort known as "Able Danger [3]." What hasn't been
discussed is a September 2008 Department of Defense (DoD)
inspector general (IG)
report [4], summarizing an investigation made in response to an
accusation by a Joint Forces Intelligence Command (JFIC)
whistleblower, which indicated that a senior
JFIC
commander had halted actions tracking Osama bin Laden prior to 9/11.
JFIC
is tasked with an intelligence mission in support of United States
Joint Force Command (USJFCOM).
The report, titled "Review of Joint Forces Intelligence Command Response to 9/11 Commission," was declassified last year, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Steven Aftergood at the Federation of American Scientists. The whistleblower, who the IG report identified as a former JFIC employee represented only by his codename "IRON MAN," claimed in letters written to both the DoD inspector general in May 2006 and, lacking any apparent action by the IG, to the Office of the National Director of Intelligence (ODNI) in October 2007, that JFIC had withheld operational information about al-Qaeda when queried in March 2002 about its activities by the DIA and higher command officials on behalf of the 9/11 Commission. The ODNI passed the complaint back to the IG, who then opened an investigation under the auspices of the deputy inspector general for intelligence. [5] In a November 27, 2007, letter [6] from Edward Maguire at the ODNI to Gen. Claude Kicklighter at the DoD's IG office, Maquire identifies the whistleblower as "a DIA employee in the Defense HUMINT Management Office, Policy and Plans Division," who was "personally involved in JFIC intelligence activities related to al-Qa'ida and the 9/11 attacks and had first hand knowledge of circumstances surrounding that alleged false reporting to the Secretary of Defense and Congress." Maguire also offered to send classified material to the DoD IG that was in possession of the Director of National Intelligence's (DNI) inspector general. He also told Kicklighter that the DNI had not performed even a preliminary inquiry on the allegations. The IG report, which does not explain the 18-month delay in opening an investigation, cleared JFIC of any wrongdoing and declared that the intelligence agency had "provided a timely and accurate reply in response to the 9/11 Commission." In evident response, IRON MAN indicated to the IG investigating staff that "he had never seen the 9/11 Commission questions or JFIC's response, but that Congress should have asked for files concerning the tracking of Osama bin Laden." According to the IG report, the 9/11 Commission "had not requested the direct submission of any files or requested information regarding the tracking of Osama bin Laden." The report said the commission questions "were very specific," and asked what the JFIC knew about "imminent attack" or "hijackers involved" in the 9/11 terrorist attack. Tracking Bin Laden had been undertaken by a secret unit within the JFIC, the Asymmetric Threats Division, formed in 1999 "to take a non-traditional approach to analysis." Known by its DoD acronym, DO5, it was tasked with providing "current intelligence briefings and produced the Worldwide Terrorist Threat Summary in support of the USJFCOM Intelligence staff [J2]." Almost no public source material exists on DO5 activities, except what is in the IG report. The IG report does not deny the tracking of Bin Laden, but notes that the JFIC was to provide general and direct intelligence support to USJFCOM and subordinate joint forces commands and that it did not have a mission to track Osama bin Laden or predict imminent targets of terrorism on US soil. Nevertheless, DO5 was involved in intelligence concerns domestically. It provided assistance to the Joint Task Force - Civil Support (JTF-CS), which, like DO5, was formed in 1999 and based out of Fort Monroe, Virginia. The JTF-CS was tasked with assisting the DoD response to domestic terror incidents, including [7] "managing the consequences of a domestic chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive (CBRNE) situation." At one point, DO5 assisted the JTF-CS by "establishing fictional terrorist organizations that would mimic real world terrorist groups" that were utilized as part of JTF-CS "exercises." The obscurity of DO5's mission was summed up by a former JFIC deputy director of intelligence, who told investigators that DO5 had "no theater specific mission." According to the answers the JFIC provided to the 9/11 Commission, the JFIC received over 2,200 messages daily "from other agencies, JFCOM components, or services." It did "not conduct any unilateral collection" of any intelligence domestically. According to the narrative in the IG report, a previous JFIC deputy director of intelligence said that the JFIC commander, identified elsewhere in the report as Capt. Janice Dundas, US Navy, "directed him to stop tracking Osama bin Laden. The Commanding Officer stated that the tracking of Osama bin Laden did not fall within JFIC's mission." At the same time, JFIC analysis of purported Afghanistan "terrorist training camps" was also curtailed, with an explanation that such activities were outside the agency's Area of Operations and "that the issues where [sic] not in JFIC's swim lane." According to the report, the Asymmetric Threats Division was "realigned" in summer 2001 under the "Intelligence Watch Center." The Intelligence Watch Center may be the Combined Intelligence Watch Center associated [8] with NORAD, which is an "indications and warning center for worldwide threats from space, missile and strategic air activity, as well as geopolitical unrest that could affect North America and US forces/interests abroad." This would be consistent with the work DO5 did with the JTF-CS. The order to stop tracking Bin Laden, therefore, came sometime between the origin of DO5 in 1999 and its realignment just prior to, or right after 9/11. In 2005, the JFIC itself was renamed the Joint Transformation Command-Intelligence, still subordinate to and serving USJFCOM. Other Allegations According to the IG report, IRON MAN claimed that the JFIC had "original material created by DO5 relevant to al-Qa'ida," and that the JFIC had constructed "numerous original reports." But the IG investigators found that interviews with other JFIC personnel and a review of historical DO5 briefings did not support these allegations. They claimed that DO5, which "recruited JFIC personnel from the command based upon their counterintelligence and counterterrorism expertise," merely "monitored and compiled intelligence reporting" from other agencies. IRON MAN told IG investigators that he believed that his agency, JFIC, would deny the existence of the Asymmetric Threat Division and its analyses. But the IG report authors claimed, "JFIC correctly identified the DO5 in its response to question 8" from the 9/11 Commission and explained, in addition, that the JFIC noted that "D05's emphasis was on force protection for the USJFCOM components." But in the reply to question 8 reproduced in the IG report, there is no mention of either DO5 or the Asymmetric Threat Division. The answer states, "JFIC's Counter-terrorism focus has changed over the years," and that from fall 1999 until September 11, 2001, the JFIC's counterterrorism focus switched to "Asymmetric Threats OCONUS [outside the continental US] to include terrorism and CBRN [Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear] issues," with the aforementioned emphasis on USJFCOM force protection. Nowhere does it indicate the existence of DO5 and there is no reason to believe that 9/11 Commission members were ever aware of its existence. The JFIC was never mentioned in the subsequent 9/11 Commission report. In addition, IRON MAN's allegations also included charges that the JFIC and specifically DO5, had developed information that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were the most likely domestic targets of an al-Qaeda attack. The IG report disputes this and claims, with less than definitive assurance, "Evidence indicated that the JFIC did not have knowledge regarding imminent domestic targets prior to 9/11 or specific 9/11 hijacker operations." The IG report indicated that IG investigators spoke with a number of key ranking JFIC personnel, as well as the previous USJFCOM director of intelligence, the JFIC Commanding Officer and personnel from the Asymmetric Threat Division. Earlier this year, a blogger, Susie Dow, who has been following [9] the story of Kirk von Ackermann , a US Army contractor in Iraq who disappeared on the road between Tikrit and Kirkuk in October 2003, asserted that von Ackermann had earlier belonged to JFIC's Asymmetric Threat Division. Von Ackermann's vehicle was found by the side of the road with a computer and a briefcase containing $40,000 in cash. An Army Criminal Investigative Division investigation later concluded that he was the victim of a probable kidnapping, while rumors persisted that he was possibly going to blow the whistle on DoD corruption. An associate of von Ackermann, Ryan Manelick, a former Air Force Intelligence officer, was shot and killed outside a US military base near Baghdad two months later. Manelick had earlier told various people that he was in fear for his life. Both von Ackermann and Manelick worked for the contractor Ultra Services, based in Turkey. No particular link between von Ackermann or Manelick and the IRON MAN allegations has ever been proposed. Dow has written [10] on the two contractors for the website e Pluribus Media. In a May 6 posting at her own web site, "The Missing Man," Dow noted the IG report's conclusion: "The analysis completed by the Joint Forces Intelligence Command, specifically the Asymmetric Threat Division, was not applicable to the questions asked by the 9/11 Commission." "Which leads me to believe the 9/11 Commission did not ask the correct questions," Dow said.
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Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965),
better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film
and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen.
His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986
Vietnam War drama Platoon, Jake Kesey in the 1986 film The Wraith,
and Bud Fox in the 1987 film Wall Street. His career has also
included more comedic films such as Major League, the Hot Shots!
films, and Scary Movie 3 and Scary Movie 4. On television, Sheen is
known for his roles on two sitcoms: as Charlie Crawford on Spin City
and as Charlie Harper on Two and a Half Men. In 2010, Sheen was the
highest paid actor on television, earning US$1.8 million per episode
of Two and a Half Men.[2] Sheen's personal life has also made
headlines, including reports about alcohol and drug abuse and
marital problems as well as allegations of domestic violence. He was
fired from his role on Two and a Half Men by CBS and Warner Bros. on
March 7, 2011. Sheen subsequently announced a nationwide tour.[3]
Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Acting career 2.1 Film 2.2 Television
2.2.1 Warner Bros. dismissal 3 Other ventures 4 Personal life 4.1
Family and relationships 4.2 Substance abuse and legal issues 5
Political views and activities 5.1 Charitable activities 5.2
September 11 attacks 6 Filmography 6.1 Films 6.2 Short films 6.3
Television 7 References 8 External links Early life
Sheen was born Carlos Irwin Estévez in New York City, the youngest son and third of four children of actor Martin Sheen and artist Janet Templeton.[4] His paternal grandparents were immigrants from Galicia (Spain) and Ireland.[5] Sheen has two older brothers, Emilio Estévez and Ramon Estévez, and a younger sister, Renée Estévez, all actors. His parents moved to Malibu, California, after Martin's Broadway turn in The Subject Was Roses. His first movie appearance was at age nine in his father’s 1974 film The Execution of Private Slovik. Sheen attended Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, California, where he was a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team.[4][6] During his days at Santa Monica High School he showed an early interest in acting, making amateur Super-8 films with his brother Emilio and school friends Rob Lowe and Sean Penn, at the time still using his birth name. A few weeks before graduation, Sheen was expelled from school for poor grades and attendance. Deciding to become an actor, he took the stage name Charlie Sheen. His father had adopted it in honor of the Catholic archbishop and theologian Fulton J. Sheen.[7][8] Acting career Film Sheen's film career began in 1984 with a role in the Cold War teen drama Red Dawn with Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson, and Jennifer Grey. Sheen and Grey reunited in a small scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). He also appeared in an episode of the anthology series Amazing Stories. Sheen had his first major role in the Vietnam War drama Platoon (1986). In 1987, he starred with his father in Wall Street. Both Wall Street and Platoon were directed by Oliver Stone. In 1988, Stone asked Sheen to star in his new film Born on the Fourth of July (1989), but later cast Tom Cruise instead. Sheen was never notified by Stone, and only found out when he heard the news from his brother Emilio. Sheen did not take a lead role in Stone's subsequent films,[9] although he did have a cameo role in Money Never Sleeps. In 1987, Sheen was cast to portray Ron in the unreleased Grizzly II: The Predator, the sequel to the 1976 low budget horror movie Grizzly. In 1988, he starred in the baseball film Eight Men Out as outfielder Happy Felsch. Also in 1988, he appeared opposite his brother Emilio in Young Guns and again in 1990 in Men at Work. In 1989, Sheen, John Fusco, Christopher Cain, Lou Diamond Phillips, Emilio Estévez and Kiefer Sutherland were honored with a Bronze Wrangler for their work on the film Young Guns.[10] In 1990, he starred alongside his father in Cadence as a rebellious inmate in a military stockade and with Clint Eastwood in the buddy cop action film The Rookie.[4] The films were directed by Martin Sheen and Eastwood, respectively. In 1992, he starred in Beyond the Law with Linda Fiorentino and Michael Madsen. In 1994, Sheen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[10] In 1997, Sheen wrote his first movie, Discovery Mars, a direct-to-video documentary revolving around the question, "Is There Life on Mars?". The next year, Sheen wrote, produced and starred in the action movie No Code of Conduct.[11] Sheen appeared in several comedy roles, including the Major League films, Money Talks, and the spoof Hot Shots! films. In 1999, Sheen appeared in a pilot for A&E Network, called Sugar Hill, which was not picked up. In 1999, Sheen played himself in Being John Malkovich. He also appeared in the spoof series Scary Movie 3 and follow up Scary Movie 4. Sheen appears as Dex Dogtective in the unreleased Lionsgate animated comedy Foodfight.[11] Sheen has been cast to star alongside Jason Schwartzman in Roman Coppola's upcoming film A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charlie Swan III.[12] Television In 2000, Sheen jumped to the small screen when he replaced Michael J. Fox for the last two seasons of the sitcom Spin City. For his work on Spin City, Sheen was nominated for two ALMA Awards and won his first Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series – Musical Or Comedy.[13][14] The series ended in 2002. In 2003, Sheen was cast as Charlie Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, which followed the popular Monday night time slot of Everybody Loves Raymond. Sheen's role on Two and a Half Men was loosely based on Sheen's bad boy image.[15] The role garnered him an ALMA Award and he gained three Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe award nominations.[13] Warner Bros. dismissal An editor has expressed a concern that this section lends undue weight to certain ideas, incidents, controversies or matters relative to the article subject as a whole. Please help to create a more balanced presentation. Discuss and resolve this issue before removing this message. (March 2011) In February 2010, Sheen announced he would take a break from Two and a Half Men to enter a rehab facility voluntarily.[16] In March, Sheen's press representatives announced that he was preparing to leave rehab and return to work on the popular sitcom.[17] On May 18, Sheen signed an agreement to return to the sitcom for another two years for a reported $1.8 million per episode.[2] On October 26, 2010, the police removed Sheen from his suite at the Plaza Hotel after he reportedly caused $7,000 in damage.[18] According to the NYPD, Sheen admitted to drinking and using cocaine the night of the incident.[18] He was taken to a hospital for observation and released.[19] On January 27, 2011, Sheen was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center by paramedics. Sheen's representative said the actor was suffering from "severe abdominal pains."[20] On January 28, Sheen began undergoing a substance rehabilitation program in his home[21] and CBS announced that Two and a Half Men would go on hiatus.[22] The network subsequently announced that the current season, already under way and due to shoot its last four episodes, had been canceled after Sheen made derogatory comments about series creator Chuck Lorre on the February 24 edition of a radio broadcast hosted by Alex Jones.[23] On February 28 it was reported that Warner Bros. officially banned Sheen from entering the Warner Bros. production lot.[24] Sheen was accused of anti-Semitism for referring to Lorre by his Hebrew name. In an interview with TMZ, Sheen denied being anti-Semitic, saying, "I wanted to address the man, not the bullshit TV persona. So you're telling me, anytime someone calls me Carlos Estévez, I can claim they are anti-Latino?"[25] Later in March, Sheen went on Access Hollywood Live and said that because his mother is Jewish, he is also Jewish and therefore not anti-Semitic (in a 2010 interview, Sheen's brother, Emilio Estevez, stated that their mother was a Southern Baptist).[26][27] On February 28, 2011, during a national television interview in his home, Sheen publicly demanded a 50% raise for the show Two and a Half Men.[28] Already the highest-paid actor on television, Sheen demanded $3 million per episode, claiming that in comparison to the amount that the series is making, he is "underpaid."[28] He later retracted that demand. A March 3, 2011, telephone survey of 1,000 people found that 71% of them had an unfavorable impression of Sheen and 16% had a positive opinion of him.[29] On March 7, 2011, CBS and Warner Bros. fired Sheen from Two and a Half Men.[30] The official statement read: “After careful consideration, Warner Bros. Television has terminated Charlie Sheen's services on Two and a Half Men effective immediately.”[31] In the aftermath of his dismissal, Sheen remained vocally critical of the show's creator, Chuck Lorre, and repeatedly attacked him in an eight minute Ustream video.[32] On May 13, 2011, it was announced that Ashton Kutcher would replace Sheen on Two and a Half Men.[33][34] Other ventures In 2006, Sheen launched a clothing line for kids, called Sheen Kidz.[35] In 2011, Sheen set a new Guinness World Record for Twitter as the "Fastest Time to Reach 1 Million Followers" (adding an average of 129,000 new followers per day[36]) as well as the Guinness record for "Highest Paid TV Actor Per Episode – Current" at $1.25 million while he was a part of the cast of Two and a Half Men sitcom.[37] On March 3, 2011, Charlie Sheen signed with Ad.ly marketing agency specializing in Twitter and Facebook promotions.[38][39] The theater where "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option" took place. On March 10, 2011, Sheen announced a nationwide tour, "My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option", which began in Detroit on April 2.[40] The tour sold out in 18 minutes, a Ticketmaster record.[41] However, on April 1, 2011 the Detroit Free Press featured an article that stated as of March 30 that there were over 1000 tickets available from a third-party reseller, some at 15% less than the cheapest seats sold at the Fox Theater.[42] The Huffington Post reports Sheen will earn $1 million this year from Twitter endorsements and $7 million from the North American tour.[43] Many of those attending the April 2 performance in Detroit found it disappointing;[44] the subsequent performance in Chicago, which featured some adjustments, received a more positive reception.[45] Sheen has taken up a new business venture as a partner in a line of electronic cigarettes. The "NicoSheen" product will feature the actor's signature smirk on packages of disposable E-cigarettes and related products.[46] On August 13, 2011, Sheen appeared as a host at the 12th annual Gathering of the Juggalos. He received a mixed reaction from the audience. Some cheered him, and some booed and threw things at him.[47] Personal life Family and relationships Sheen has been married three times and has five children. His first daughter, Cassandra Jade Estevez (b. December 12, 1984) was born to his former high school girlfriend, Paula Profit.[48][49] In 1990, Sheen accidentally shot his fiancee, Kelly Preston, in the arm.[50] Preston broke off the engagement soon after.[51] In the 1990s, Sheen dated a number of adult film actresses, including Ginger Lynn[50][52][53] and Heather Hunter.[50] On September 3, 1995,[54] Sheen married Donna Peele.[55] That same year, Sheen was named as one of the clients of an escort agency operated by Heidi Fleiss.[56] Sheen and Peele divorced in 1996.[4] On June 15, 2002, two years after they met on the set of the movie Good Advice, Sheen married actress Denise Richards. They have two daughters, Sam [57] and Lola Sheen.[58] In March 2005, Richards filed for divorce, accusing Sheen of alcohol and drug abuse and threats of violence.[59] The divorce was finalized in November 2006 and preceded a custody dispute over their two daughters.[60][61][62] On May 30, 2008, Sheen married Brooke Mueller, who later gave birth to their twin sons, Bob and Max.[63][64][65] In November 2010, Sheen filed for divorce. On March 1, 2011, police removed Bob and Max from Sheen's home. Sheen told NBC's Today, "I stayed very calm and focused."[66] According to People, social services took the children after Mueller obtained a restraining order against Sheen. The document said, "I am very concerned that [Sheen] is currently insane."[67] Asked if he would fight for the children, Sheen texted People, "Born ready. Winning."[67] Sheen and Mueller's divorce became final on May 2, 2011.[1][68][69] On March 1, 2011, Sheen was concurrently living with pornographic actress Rachel Oberlin and model and graphic designer Natalie Kenly, whom he collectively nicknamed his "goddesses".[70][71][72][73][74] Oberlin left Sheen in April 2011, and Kenly left in June 2011.[75][76] Substance abuse and legal issues On May 20, 1998, Sheen overdosed while using cocaine and was hospitalized. On August 11, 1998, Sheen, already on probation for a previous drug offense, had his probation extended for an extra year and entered a rehab clinic.[77][78] In a 2004 interview, Sheen admitted that the overdose was caused by his experimentation with injecting cocaine.[79] On December 25, 2009, Sheen was arrested for assaulting then wife, Brooke Mueller. He was released the same day from jail after posting an $8,500 bond.[80][81] Sheen was charged with felony menacing, as well as third-degree assault and criminal mischief.[82] On August 2, 2010, Sheen pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault as part of a plea bargain that included dismissal of the other charges against him. Sheen was sentenced to 30 days in a drug rehab center, 30 days of probation, and 36 hours of anger management.[83] Political views and activities Charitable activities Sheen was the 2004 spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day breast cancer fundraiser that raised millions of dollars for research and education regarding the disease. Sheen stated that a friend of his died from breast cancer, and he wanted to try to help find a cure for the disease. A major donor and supporter of Aid For AIDS since 2006, Sheen was honored with an AFA Angel Award, one of only a few ever given, at the nonprofit's 25th Silver Anniversary Reception in 2009.[84] In addition to his financial support, he has volunteered to act as a celebrity judge for several years for their annual fundraiser, Best In Drag Show,[85] which raises around a quarter of a million dollars[84] each year in Los Angeles for AIDS assistance.[86][87] He has brought other celebrities to support the event, including his father, actor Martin Sheen.[88] Sheen's interest in AIDS was first reported in 1987 with his support of Ryan White, an Indiana teenager who became a national spokesperson for AIDS awareness after being infected with AIDS through a blood transfusion for his hemophilia.[89][90] Sheen is donating one dollar from each ticket sold from his “My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not An Option Show” 2011 tour to the Red Cross Japanese Earthquake Relief Fund.[41] In 2011, Sheen took on a Twitter challenge by a grieving mother to help critically ill babies born with Congenital diaphragmatic hernia by supporting CHERUBS – The Association of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Research, Awareness and Support.[91] September 11 attacks On March 20, 2006, Sheen stated that he questions the U.S. Government's account of the September 11 attacks.[92] He said during the interview that the collapse of the World Trade Center towers looked like a controlled demolition.[93][94] Sheen has since become a prominent advocate of the 9/11 Truth movement.[95] On September 8, 2009, he appealed to President Barack Obama to set up a new investigation into the attacks. Presenting his views as a transcript of a fictional encounter with Obama, he was characterized by the press as believing the 9/11 commission was a whitewash and that the administration of former President George W. Bush may have been responsible for the attacks.[96][97][98] Filmography Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Charlie Sheen Films Year Film Role Notes 1974 The Execution of Private Slovik Kid at Wedding NBC TV-movie; uncredited part. 1979 Apocalypse Now Extra[99] 1984 Red Dawn Matt Eckert Silence of the Heart Ken Cruze CBS TV-movie 1985 The Fourth Wise Man Captain (Herod's Soldiers) TV-movie Out of the Darkness Man Shaving CBS TV-movie The Boys Next Door Bo Richards 1986 Lucas Cappie Ferris Bueller's Day Off Garth Volbeck-Boy in Police Station Cameo Platoon Private Chris Taylor The Wraith Jake Kesey Wisdom Hamburger Restaurant Manager Cameo 1987 Wall Street Bud Fox No Man's Land Ted Varrick Three for the Road Paul Grizzly II: The Predator Concert Ron Unreleased filmed in 1983 1988 Never on Tuesday Thief Uncredited Cameo Eight Men Out Oscar 'Happy' Felsch Young Guns Richard "Dick" Brewer Bronze Wrangler Award 1989 Tale of Two Sisters Narrator Also writer (poems) Major League Ricky 'Wild Thing' Vaughn Catchfire Bob Cameo 1990 Cadence Pfc. Franklin Fairchild Bean Courage Mountain Peter Men at Work Carl Taylor Navy SEALs Lt. (j.g.) Dale Hawkins The Rookie David Ackerman 1991 Hot Shots! Lt. Sean Topper Harley 1992 Beyond the Law William Patrick Steaner/Daniel "Dan" Saxon/Sid Oliver Stone: Inside Out Himself Documentary 1993 National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 Gern, Parking Valet Deadfall Morgan "Fats" Gripp Hot Shots! Part Deux Lt. Sean Topper Harley The Three Musketeers Aramis 1994 Charlie Sheen's Stunt Spectacular Himself TV-movie Terminal Velocity Richard 'Ditch' Brodie The Chase Jackson Davis "Jack" Hammond Also executive producer Major League II Ricky 'Wild Thing' Vaughn 1996 Loose Women Barbie Loving Bartender Cameo appearance Frame by Frame All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 Charles B. "Charlie" Barkin Voice only The Arrival Zane Zaminsky 1997 Money Talks James Russell Shadow Conspiracy Bobby Bishop Bad Day on the Block Lyle Wilder Also known as Under Pressure 1998 Postmortem James McGregor A Letter from Death Row Cop #1 Cameo No Code of Conduct Jacob "Jake" Peterson Also executive producer and writer Free Money Bud Dyerson Junket Whore Himself Documentary 1999 Lisa Picard is Famous Himself Five Aces Chris Martin Being John Malkovich Himself Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast 2000 Rated X Artie Jay "Art" Mitchell Showtime TV-movie 2001 Good Advice Ryan Edward Turner Last Party 2000 Himself Documentary, uncredited 2002 The Making of Bret Michaels Himself Documentary 2003 Scary Movie 3 Tom Logan 2004 The Big Bounce Bob Rogers Jr. Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself Cameo 2005 Guilty Hearts Charlie Sheen Segment "Spelling Bee" 2006 Scary Movie 4 Tom Logan Uncredited Cameo 2010 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Bud Fox Uncredited Cameo Due Date Himself/Charlie Harper Cameo Short films Year Film Role Notes 1986 A Life in the Day 1989 Comicits Himself Also producer 2003 Deeper Than Deep Charles "Chuck" E. Traynor 2004 Spelling Bee Himself From Guilty Hearts Television Year Title Role Notes 1986 Amazing Stories: Book Three Casey Episode: "No Day at the Beach" 1996 Friends Ryan Episode: "The One with the Chicken Pox" 1999 Sugar Hill Matt Unsold pilot 2000–2002 Spin City Charlie Crawford Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2002) Nominated – ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series (2001) Nominated – ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series (2002) 2003–2011 Two and a Half Men Charlie Harper ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Television Series (2008) Nominated – Kids Choice Awards for Favorite Television Actor (2002) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2005) Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2005) Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2006) Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2006) Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Comedy (2008) Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (2008) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series (2009) 2006 Overhaulin' Himself Episode: "LeMama's Boy" 2008 The Big Bang Theory Himself Episode: "The Griffin Equivalency", cameo appearance 2009 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Himself 2009 Lopez Tonight Himself 2010 Family Guy Himself Episode: "Brian Griffin's House of Payne" 2011 Drew Carey's Improv-A-Ganza Himself Episode 2 (in improv game "Fairy Tale") 2011 Comedy Central Roast Himself (Roastee) Airs on September 19, 2011[100
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Wikipedia Two and a Half Men |
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
housemate, 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.[1][2] However, on
February 24, 2011, 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.[3] Sheen was officially
fired from the show on March 7.[4] The ninth season premiere, "Nice
to Meet You, Walden Schmidt", killed off Sheen's character and
introduced Ashton Kutcher
as Walden Schmidt, his replacement.[5] In 2011, a blog hosted by The
New York Times referred to Two and a Half Men as the "biggest hit
comedy of the last decade".[6] Contents [hide] 1 Plot 2 Production
2.1 Sheen's firing and replacement 3 Cast and characters 3.1 Main
3.2 Recurring 3.3 Guest stars 4 Broadcast 4.1 Episodes 4.2
Syndication 4.3 International broadcasting 5 Crossovers and other
appearances 5.1 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 5.2 Due Date 5.3
Other appearances 6 Reception 6.1 Ratings 6.1.1 American television
ratings 6.2 Awards 6.2.1 Primetime Emmy Awards 6.2.2 Golden Globe
Awards 6.2.3 Screen Actors Guild Awards 6.3 Teen Choice Awards 7
Home media 8 Notes 9 References 10 External links [edit]Plot
The series revolved initially around the life of the Harper brothers: Charlie (Charlie Sheen) and Alan (Jon Cryer) and Alan's son, Jake (Angus T. Jones). Charlie is a bachelor who writes commercial jingles for a living while leading a hedonistic lifestyle. When Alan's wife Judith (Marin Hinkle) decides to divorce him, he moves into Charlie's Malibu beach house, with Jake periodically coming to stay. Charlie's housekeeper is Berta (Conchata Ferrell), a sharp-tongued woman who initially resists the change to the household but comes to grudgingly accept it. The first five seasons find Charlie in casual sexual relationships with numerous women until the sixth season, when he becomes engaged to Chelsea (Jennifer Bini Taylor). However, the relationship does not last when Charlie flies to Paris in the eighth season finale in pursuit of Rose (Melanie Lynskey), who was introduced as his stalker in the pilot episode. In the ninth season premiere, it is revealed that Charlie died when he fell in front of a subway train in Paris (it is strongly hinted that Rose actually pushed Charlie in front of the train, having learned he had cheated on her). Alan's experiences are somewhat different from Charlie's. Throughout the series, Alan continues to deal with the results of his divorce from Judith, Jake growing up, and his generally little 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 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 cheats on her, but the relationship eventually resumes. In the ninth season premiere (after Charlie's death) the beach house is sold to Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher), an Internet billionaire in the process of being divorced from his wife Bridget (Judy Greer). Alan leaves to live with his conceited mother Evelyn (Holland Taylor) when the house is sold, but Walden invites him back to live in the beach house, needing a friend to help him deal with his marriage breakdown. [edit]Production This section requires expansion with: general production information as per MOS:TV#Background/production. (November 2011) [edit]Sheen's firing and replacement Following a February 2010 announcement that Sheen was entering drug rehabilitation, filming of the show was put on hiatus,[7] but resumed the following month.[8] On April 1, 2010, People.com reported that after seven seasons, Sheen announced he was considering leaving the show.[9] 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.[10] Sheen eventually stated that he would be back for two more seasons.[11] 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.[12] 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.[13] 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,[14] affecting an estimated 200 employees,[15] and causing Warner Bros., Lorre, Sheen, and other profit participants not to receive about $10 million from the lost eight remaining episodes.[16] 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.[17] 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.[5] 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.[18] 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,[19] although he later issued a "half-apology" to Cryer for the remarks.[20] 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.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23] 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!"[24] On August 2, 2011 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 the 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.[25][26][27][28] 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."[29][30] Sheen's response to the season 9 premiere was very positive.[31] He reportedly felt Charlie Harper's funeral was "eerie but fun". Sheen also felt that the reveal of Kutcher's character in a cloud of his own character's ashes was particularly enjoyable.[32] The attention Two and a Half Men received from Kutcher's arrival benefited the show's popularity. Average total viewers during the 2011–2012 season rose 13% to 15 million, and the 5.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic rose by 27%.[33] Kutcher replaced Sheen for the highest US paid actor in 2012 after receiving $700 000 per episode, Sheen earned much more (1 million per episode) but since being fired Kutcher became the highest paid actor. [edit]Cast and characters Main article: List of Two and a Half Men characters The main cast of Two and a Half Men (season 2), 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 [edit]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. Near the end of the season 9, the character appears in a single episode portrayed by Kathy Bates as a ghost forced to spend eternity in Hell as a woman with a pair of testicles. Jon Cryer as Alan Harper, Charlie's chiropractor brother, Jake's divorced father, and Walden's best friend, who is conscientious but continually stricken with bad judgement. Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper, the underachieving and lazy son of Alan and Judith. He joins the Army at the end of the 9th season, though he is uncertain if he made the right decision. Conchata Ferrell (recurring season 1; starring seasons 2-present) as Berta, Charlie and Alan's (later Walden's) sharp-tongued housekeeper. Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper, 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 and Millie's mother. Jennifer Bini Taylor (recurring season 6; starring season 7) as Chelsea,[note 1] 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.) April Bowlby (recurring season 3; starring season 4) as Kandi,[note 2] Charlie's girlfriend, then girlfriend and wife of Alan, then Alan's second ex-wife, Judith's best friend (for one episode). Melanie Lynskey (starring seasons 1-4; recurring seasons 5-6, 8-present) as Rose, the Harpers' strange neighbor and Charlie's stalker and friend. Initially, Charlie despised Rose and wanted nothing to do with her but eventually they became friends and he later fell in love with her. In the ninth season premiere, it is revealed that Rose was the one responsible for Charlie's death as she murdered him by pushing him in front of a Paris Métro train after catching him cheating on her, though she claims that he "slipped". Rose's whereabouts are currently unknown. She was last seen taking Bridget Schmidt under her wing as an apprentice stalker. Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt (season 9–present), Alan's best friend and housemate. A hopeless romantic, kind, and naive internet tycoon, who purchases the Harper beach house after Charlie's death. He also has formed close relationships with Jake, Evelyn, Judith, Herb, and Berta who initially had a crush on him.[34] [edit]Recurring Ryan Stiles (seasons 2, 4–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, 6, 7, 9) as Mia, ballet teacher, Charlie's ex-fiance. 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 1-4; 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. 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 now dating his friend and business partner, Billy.[35] Greer previously appeared in season 4 as Myra, Herb's sister. Macey Cruthird (seasons 8–present) as Megan, Jake's chemistry tutor and recurring 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. Talyan Wright (season 9-present) as Ava Pierce, Zoey's young daughter from her marriage to Nigel. Well mannered and intelligent, Ava adores Walden, and is 108th in line to the throne.[36] 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. [edit]Guest stars Guest stars have included: Jason Alexander as Dr. Goodman, Alan's doctor (season 9, episode 23) 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) Michael Bolton as himself, a friend of Walden's (season 10) 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) Miley Cyrus as Missi, an old family friend of Walden's, who becomes Jakes new girlfriend(season 10) 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) Georgia Engel as Jean, Lyndsey's mother (season 9, episodes 19, 20) Sara Erikson as Jennifer, Jake's one-time, older girlfriend (season 9, episode 17) Emilio Estevez as Andy, Charlie's long-time friend who dies before him (season 6, episode 11) [real-life brother of Charlie Sheen.] 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) Erinn Hayes as Gretchen, a one night stand of Alan's (season 8, episode 5) 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) Kris Iyer as Dr. Prajneep (season 1, episode 17; season 4, episode 16; season 5, episode 1)[37] 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) Jon Lovitz as Archie Baldwin, Charlie's arch nemesis to win the advertising award (season 3, episode 17) 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) Brit Morgan as a girl Walden picks up at a bar (season 10 episode 1) 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) Patton Oswalt as Billy Stanhope, Walden's former business partner 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, season 9, episode 1) 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.[38] Charlie Sheen's real-life brother Emilio Estevez has guest-starred as an old friend of Charlie's;[39] 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.[40] [edit]Broadcast [edit]Episodes Main article: List of Two and a Half Men episodes Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 1 24 September 22, 2003 May 24, 2004 September 11, 2007[41] September 12, 2005 February 16, 2006 February 1, 2006 2 24 September 20, 2004 May 23, 2005 January 8, 2008[42] August 28, 2006 September 6, 2006 September 13, 2006 3 24 September 19, 2005 May 22, 2006 May 13, 2008[43] 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[44] August 8, 2011[45] N/A August 23, 2011[46] 9 24 September 19, 2011 May 14, 2012 August 28, 2012[47] October 1, 2012[48] N/A September 5, 2012[49] 10 N/A September 27, 2012[50] 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.[51] 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."[51] 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.[52] 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. On May 12, 2012, CBS renewed Two and a Half Men for a tenth season, moving it to Thursday nights at 8:30pm, following The Big Bang Theory.[53][54] [edit]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[55]). 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.[16] [edit]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) Subtitled in Arabic [56] Argentina Warner Channel Two and a Half Men Subtitled in Spanish [57] Australia Nine Network GO! 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[78] Finland MTV3 Sub Miehen puolikkaat (Halves of man) Subtitled in Finnish [79][80] France Comedie+ Canal+ Canal+Family Canal+Décalé Comédie! Mon oncle Charlie (My uncle Charlie) Dubbed in French and subtilted in French [81][82][83][84][85] Hungary Viasat 3 Két pasi - meg egy kicsi (Two guys - and a small one) Dubbed in Hungarian [86] 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 [87] TNT Serie 2010–present [88] Kabel eins 2009–present [89] Greece Alpha [[STAR TV[[ Δύο και κάτι … Άντρες (Two and a half men) Subtitled in Greek [90] Guatemala Warner Channel Two and a Half Men Dubbed in Spanish [57] Iceland Stöð 2 Two and a Half Men Subtitled in Icelandic [91] India CBS 2004–present Two and a Half Men Aired in English [92] WB TV [93] Ireland Comedy Central (UK and Ireland) Comedy Central Extra Comedy Central HD 2009–present Two and a Half Men (2011 Only - All reruns up to Season 8 [S8 Ran in order], Not airing S9) [94] RTÉ Two 2011–present Aired in English. Not aired in order. [95] Israel Yes Comedy 2004–present שני גברים וחצי (Two and a Half Men) Aired in English with Hebrew subtitles [96] Italy Joi Rai 2 Rai 3 Rai 4 Due uomini e mezzo (Two and a Half Men) Dubbed in Italian [97][98][99][100] 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 [101] Latin America: Warner Channel Two and a Half Men Dubbed in Spanish [57] 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. [102][103] Macedonia A1 Два и пол мажи (Two and a Half Men) Aired in English with Macedonian subtitles [104] Mexico Warner Channel Televisa Two and a Half Men Subtitled in Spanish [57] Malaysia Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka WB TV STAR World Aired in English [93][105] Netherlands Veronica Subtitled in Dutch [106] Norway TV3 Viasat 4 TV Norge Subtitled in Norwegian [107][108][109] New Zealand TVNZ TV 2 [110] Pakistan Bangladesh STAR World Filmax [111] Paraguay Warner Channel Dubbed in Spanish [57] Peru Warner Channel Red Global Dubbed in Spanish on Red Global, and Subtitled on Warner Channel [57] Philippines Studio 23 Subtitled in Filipino [112] Portugal RTP 1 RTP 2 SET Portugal Dois Homens e Meio (Two and a Half Men) Subtitled in Portuguese [113][114][115] Poland Comedy Central TVN7 TVN Dwóch i pół (Two and a Half) Dubbed in Polish [116][117][118] Puerto Rico WAPA 2011–present Dos Hombres y Medio (Two and a Half Men) Dubbed in Spanish [119] Romania PRO TV Two And A Half Men Subtitled in Romanian [120] Russia MTV Russia 2009–present Два с половиной человека (Two and a Half Men) Dubbed in Russian [121] 2x2 2012 [122] SET Russia 2011–present [123] Serbia B 92 Dva i po čoveka (muškarca) / Два и по човека (мушкарца) (Two and a Half Men) Aired in English with Serbian subtitles [124] Slovenia Kanal A, POP Fani Dva moža in pol (Two and a Half Men) Aired in English [125] South Africa SABC3 M-net Two and a Half Men Aired in English [126][127] Slovakia Markiza Dva a pol chlapa (Two and a Half Men) Dubbled in Slovak [128] Spain Antena 3 TNT Spain Neox Dos Hombres y Medio (Two and a Half Men) Dubbed in Spanish [129][130][131] Sweden TV3 TV6 TV4 2004–present 2 1/2 män (2 1/2 men) Aired in English with Swedish subtitles [132][133] Switzerland SF zwei (German part) Mein cooler Onkel Charlie (My Cool Uncle Charlie) Zweikanalton: Sound 1: Dubbed in German; Sound 2: Aired in English [134] 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 [135] Ukraine k1 2010–present Два з половиною чоловіки (Two and a Half Men) Dubbed in Ukrainian [136] Uruguay Warner Channel Two and a Half Men Dubbed in Spanish [57] United Kingdom Comedy Central (UK and Ireland) Comedy Central Extra Comedy Central HD 2009–present Season 9 recently finished airing, currently airing reruns of old episodes [94] Viva UK [137] United States CBS and syndication 2003–present Original run [138] Venezuela Warner Channel 2003–present Subtitled in Spanish [57] [edit]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[139] [edit]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.[139] 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."[139] "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."[139] 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.[140] 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.[140] 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". [edit]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 appear as their characters, while Ethan Chase (played by Zach Galifianakis in the movie) plays Stu, Jake's tutor.[141] [edit]Other appearances Two and a Half Men has also appeared in The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy and American Dad, "South Park".[citation needed] [edit]Reception The New York Daily News has described the sitcom as "solid, well-acted and occasionally funny."[142] Conversely Graeme Blundell, writing for The Australian, described it as a "sometimes creepy, misogynistic comedy".[143] 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. [edit]Ratings [edit]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[144] 15.31[144] 2nd September 20, 2004 May 23, 2005 2004–05 #11[145] 16.45[145] 3rd Mondays 9:00 pm/8:00 pm September 19, 2005 May 22, 2006 2005–06 #17[146] 15.14[146] 4th September 18, 2006 May 14, 2007 2006–07 #21[147] 14.43[147] 5th September 24, 2007 May 19, 2008 2007–08 #17[148] 13.68[148] 6th September 22, 2008 May 18, 2009 2008–09 #10[149] 15.06[149] 7th September 21, 2009 May 24, 2010 2009–10 #11[150] 14.95[150] 8th September 20, 2010 February 14, 2011 2010–11 #17[151] 12.73[151] 9th September 19, 2011 May 14, 2012 2011–12 #11[152] 14.64[152] 10th Thursdays 8:30 pm/7:30 pm[153] September 27, 2012[50] TBA 2012–13 TBA TBA [edit]Awards [edit]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 Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-camera Series Steven V. Silver for "Hookers, Hookers, Hookers" Won 2012 Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series Jon Cryer as "Alan Harper" Pending Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-camera Series Steven V. Silver for "Sips, Sonnets, And Sodomy" Pending Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing For A Comedy Series Joseph Bella for "Why We Gave Up Women" Pending Outstanding Guest Actress In A Comedy Series Kathy Bates as "Charlie Harper" Pending [edit]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 [edit]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 [edit]Teen Choice Awards Year Category Nominee Result 2012 Teen Choice Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series Ashton Kutcher as "Walden Schmidt" Nominated [edit]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[154] The Complete Sixth Season 24 September 1, 2009 October 19, 2009[155] March 3, 2010[156] The Complete Seventh Season 22[157] September 21, 2010 October 11, 2010 October 13, 2010[158] The Complete Eighth Season 16[159] September 6, 2011 August 8, 2011 August 24, 2011 The Complete Ninth Season 24[160] August 28, 2012 October 8, 2012 TBA 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. Dolby Stereo 2.0 sound format 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. Dolby Stereo 2.0 sound format Gag reel. Season 3 extras Four disc set Dolby Stereo 2.0 sound format 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. Dolby Stereo 2.0 sound format Gag reel. Season 5 extras[161] 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." Dolby Stereo 2.0 sound format 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 Dolby Stereo 2.0 sound format Gag reel Season 7 extras[162] Three disc set Ghosts of Charlie's Girlfriends Past Featurette Dolby Stereo 2.0 sound format Gag Reel Season 8 extras Two disc set Dolby Surround 5.1 sound format Season 9 Extras[163] Three disc set 2.5 Men, Version 2.0: Experience the excitement of the first night Ashton Kutcher took the stage, through backstage footage, crew, audience and talent interviews. The Billionaire Upgrade - Walden Schmidt’s Malibu House Redesign: The Harper House is due for a makeover when Walden Schmidt snaps it up, and it’s up to the crack production design team at “Two and a Half Men” to express Walden’s personality in a big overhaul of the show’s signature set. Dolby Surround 5.1 sound format Gag reel [edit]Notes ^ a b Prior to appearing as the main character Chelsea from season 6 onwards, Taylor had appeared briefly in four previous episodes as three different minor characters: as Suzanne in the series' pilot (season 1), as Tina in "Last Chance to See Those Tattoos" (season 2), and as Nina in "Our Leather Gear Is in the Guest Room" (season 5). ^ a b Prior to appearing as the main character Kandi in season 4, April Bowlby had appeared briefly as Kimber in the season 3 episode "Madame and Her Special Friend". [edit]References ^ Ryder, James; Edwards, Luke (May 19, 2010). "CBS: Renewed and Cancelled". ATV Network News. 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Wikipedia Ashton Kutcher |
Christopher Ashton Kutcher (/ˈkʊtʃər/; born
February 7, 1978),[1] best known as Ashton Kutcher, is an American
actor, producer, former fashion model, and comedian, known for his
portrayal of Michael Kelso in the Fox sitcom That '70s Show. He also
created, produced and hosted Punk'd, and played lead roles in the
Hollywood films Dude, Where's My Car?, Just Married, The Butterfly
Effect, The Guardian, and What Happens in Vegas. He is also the
producer and co-creator of the supernatural TV show Room 401 and the
reality TV show Beauty and the Geek. Kutcher currently co-stars in
the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men as the character Walden
Schmidt. Contents [hide] 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Modeling career
2.2 Television and film career 2.3 Other work 3 Personal life 3.1
Twitter presence 3.2 Controversy 4 Filmography 5 Television 5.1 As a
producer 6 Awards 7 References 8 External links [edit]Early life
Kutcher was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He is the son of Diane (née Finnegan), a Procter & Gamble employee, and Larry M. Kutcher, a factory worker.[2][3] His father is of Bohemian descent and his mother is of Irish, German, and Bohemian ancestry.[4][5] Kutcher was raised in a conservative Roman Catholic family,[6] with an older sister, Tausha, and a fraternal twin, Michael, who had a heart transplant when the brothers were young children. Kutcher's twin brother also has cerebral palsy and is a spokesperson for the advocacy organization Reaching for the Stars.[7] Kutcher's brother's cardiomyopathy caused his home life to become increasingly stressful. He stated that "I didn't want to come home and find more bad news about my brother" and "kept myself so busy that I didn't allow myself to feel".[8] Kutcher stated that during adolescence, he contemplated committing suicide. At thirteen, he attempted to jump from a Cedar Rapids hospital balcony, with his father intervening in the incident.[9] Kutcher attended Washington High School in Cedar Rapids for his freshman year, before his family moved to Homestead, Iowa, where he attended Clear Creek Amana High School. During high school, he developed a passion for acting and appeared in school plays.[10] However, Kutcher's home life worsened as his parents divorced when he was sixteen. During his senior year, he broke into his high school at midnight with his cousin in an attempt to steal money; he was arrested leaving the scene. Kutcher was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to three years' probation and 180 hours of community service. Kutcher stated that although the experience "straightened him out", he lost his girlfriend and anticipated college scholarships, and he was ostracized at school and in his community.[10] Kutcher enrolled at the University of Iowa in August 1996, where his planned major was biochemical engineering, motivated by the desire to find a cure for his brother's heart ailment.[3] At college, Kutcher was kicked out of his apartment for being too "noisy" and "wild".[11] Kutcher stated, "I thought I knew everything but I didn't have a clue. I was partying, and I woke up many mornings not knowing what I had done the night before. I played way too hard. I am amazed I am not dead."[12] To earn money for his tuition, Kutcher worked as a college summer hire in the cereal department for the General Mills plant in Cedar Rapids, and sometimes donated blood for money.[13] During his time at UI he was approached by a scout at a bar called "The Airliner" in Iowa City and was recruited to enter the "Fresh Faces of Iowa" modeling competition. After placing first, he dropped out of college and won a trip to New York City to the International Modeling and Talent Association (IMTA) Convention. Following his stay in New York City, Kutcher returned to Cedar Rapids before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.[11] [edit]Career [edit]Modeling career After participating as a modeling contestant in an IMTA competition (losing to Josh Duhamel) in 1998, Kutcher signed with the Next modeling agency in New York, appeared in ads for Calvin Klein, and modeled in Paris and Milan.[citation needed] [edit]Television and film career Kutcher with Two and a Half Men co-star Jon Cryer in September 2011 After some success in modeling, Kutcher moved to Los Angeles and, after his first audition,[citation needed] was cast as Michael Kelso in the television series That '70s Show, which debuted in 1998 and ended in 2006. Kutcher was cast in a series of film roles; although he auditioned but was not cast for the role of Danny Walker in Pearl Harbor (2001) (the role went to Josh Hartnett), he starred in several comedy films, including Dude, Where's My Car? (2000), Just Married (2003), and Guess Who (2005). He appeared in the 2003 family film, Cheaper By The Dozen, playing a self-obsessed actor. His 2004 film The Butterfly Effect was a dramatic role for Kutcher, playing a conflicted young man who time travels; the film received mixed to negative reviews, but was a box office success.[10] In 2003, Kutcher produced and starred in his own series, MTV's Punk'd, as the host. The series involved hidden camera tricks performed on celebrities. Kutcher is also an executive producer of the reality television shows Beauty and the Geek, Adventures in Hollyhood (based around the rap group Three 6 Mafia), The Real Wedding Crashers, and the game show Opportunity Knocks. Many of his production credits, including Punk'd, come through Katalyst Films, a production company he runs with partner Jason Goldberg.[14] In 2006, People magazine ranked him third in its annual list of "The Sexiest Men Alive".[15] Because of scheduling conflicts with the filming of The Guardian, Kutcher was forced not to renew his contract for the eighth and final season of That '70s Show, although he did appear in the first four episodes of it (credited as a special guest star) and returned for the series finale.[10] Kutcher produced and starred in the 2010 action comedy, Killers, in which he played a hitman.[16] In May 2011, Kutcher was announced as Charlie Sheen's replacement on the series Two and a Half Men.[17] Kutcher's contract was for one year and was believed to be worth nearly $20 million.[18] His debut as the character Walden Schmidt, entitled "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt", was seen by 28.7 million people on September 19, 2011. The Nielsen ratings company reported that figure was more than any episode in the show's first eight seasons, when Sheen starred in it.[19][20]
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Wikipedia Anger Management |
Anger Management is an American comedy series that premiered on
FX on June 28, 2012.[1] The series is based on the 2003 film of the
same name and stars Charlie Sheen in a role similar to the one
originated by Jack Nicholson in the movie.[2][3] Anger Management
broke a ratings record with 5.74 million viewers in its series debut
and ranks as the most-watched sitcom premiere in cable
history.[4][5] Contents [hide] 1 Cast 1.1 Main 1.2 Recurring 2
Production 2.1 Casting 3 Critical reception 4 Series overview 4.1
Episodes 5 International broadcasting 6 References 7 External links
[edit]Cast
[edit]Main Charlie Sheen as Dr. Charlie Goodson[6] Selma Blair as Dr. Kate Wales Shawnee Smith as Jennifer Goodson Daniela Bobadilla as Sam Goodson Noureen DeWulf as Lacey Michael Arden as Patrick Derek Richardson as Nolan Barry Corbin as Ed[7] [edit]Recurring Brett Butler as Brett, the bartender at a bar Charlie frequents. Katlin Mastandrea as Olivia, Sam's best friend. Aldo Gonzalez as Ernesto, a therapy patient in Charlie's prison group. Michael Boatman as Michael, Charlie's neighbor friend.[8] [edit]Production On July 18, 2011, it was announced that the 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 will be Sheen's first acting role since he was officially fired from the hit CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men on March 7, 2011.[2] On October 27, 2011, it was announced that FX had picked up the series with an initial ten episode order. If the series is successful, FX would then order an additional 90 episodes under a syndication model crafted by Debmar-Mercury and on August 29, 2012 it was announced that the show would be picked up for a further 90 episodes.[9] [edit]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.[10][11] Several actresses tested for the two female lead roles, including Julie Benz, Jenica Bergere, Elaine Hendrix, Kate Reinders and Nicole Hiltz.[12] 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 when he cheated on her.[13] Michael Arden and Daniela Bobadilla were cast as, respectively, Patrick, one of the members of the therapy group, and Sam, Charlie's 13-year-old daughter.[14] Derek Richardson was the last actor cast in the series, in the role of Nolan, a member of the therapy group whose anger issue is that he has no anger.[15] Denise Richards, Kerri Kenney-Silver,[16] and Brian Austin Green are confirmed to make guest appearances. [edit]Critical reception Anger Management received mixed reviews on Metacritic with a score of 44 out of 100 based on 33 critics' reviews.[17] 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."[18] 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."[19] 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."[20] 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."[21] [edit]Series overview Season Episodes Originally aired DVD release date Season premiere Season finale Region 1 Region 2 Region 4 1 10 June 28, 2012 August 23, 2012 TBA TBA TBA [edit]Episodes No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers (million) 1 "Charlie Goes Back to Therapy" Andy Cadiff Teleplay and Television Story by: Bruce Helford June 28, 2012 5.47[22] When Charlie almost beats his ex-wife's boyfriend (Brian Austin Green) with a lamp after an anger relapse, he decides he needs to go back to therapy. Unfortunately, he is currently having sex with the only therapist he trusts: his best friend Kate. Since the number-one rule of therapy is not to have sexual relations with patients, Charlie must choose between his love of sex and his need for help. 2 "Charlie and the Slumpbuster" Gerry Cohen Kristy Grant June 28, 2012 5.74[22] Charlie is visited by a troubled woman (Kerri Kenney-Silver) he had a one-night stand with while playing in the minor leagues. Wracked with the guilt of using her as his "slumpbuster", he pretends to date her and realizes she acts like less of a girlfriend and more of an obsessed stalker. 3 "Charlie Tries Sleep Deprivation" Bob Koherr Dave Kaplan July 5, 2012 3.37[23] Charlie attempts a new way to help his patients, which involves putting them through 36 hours of sleep deprivation with the hope of releasing their inhibitions 4 "Charlie and Kate Battle Over a Patient" Andy Cadiff Bob Kushell July 12, 2012 2.42[24] A long-standing rivalry over who's a better therapist leads to war when Kate steals Patrick, one of Charlie's group patients. 5 "Charlie Tries to Prove Therapy is Legit" Rob Schiller Daley Haggar July 19, 2012 2.65[25] Charlie falls for Jen's hot new business partner, Lori (Denise Richards) only to find she thinks therapy is a scam. In the therapy group, Patrick asks Charlie to counsel the angry ghost of his mother, who he believes is haunting his apartment. 6 "Charlie Dates Kate's Patient" Sam Simon Shauna McGarry July 26, 2012 2.41[26] Inflamed by Kate's comment that he's only "nouveau smart", Charlie starts covertly dating a brilliant coffee-shop barista (Kristen Renton). The only problem is that the woman is turned on by sex where there's a chance of getting caught -- and she's Kate's patient. 7 "Charlie's Patient Gets Out of Jail" Gerry Cohen Michael Loftus August 2, 2012 1.58[27] Charlie and his ex, Jennifer, are having an issue with how Charlie still tries to manage her life when Cleo - one of Charlie's patients from his prison anger therapy group - shows up on his doorstep, fresh out on parole. Jennifer decides to get back at Charlie by dating the ex-con. 8 "Charlie Outs a Patient" Rob Schiller Brian Posehn August 9, 2012 2.10[28] Charlie has to evaluate the depth of his involvement in his patient's lives when he accidentally helps his patient who vicariously enjoys other people's anger hook up with a crazy woman. 9 "Charlie's Dad Visits" Bob Koherr Story by: Daley Haggar Teleplay by: Brian Posehn & Kristy Grant August 16, 2012 2.05[29] Charlie gets an unexpected visit from his hyper-critical, bullying father (Martin Sheen), who tells him he is moving to town to be closer to him; in the therapy group, Charlie attempts to help Lacey with road rage. 10 "Charlie Gets Romantic" Bob Koherr Janae Bakken August 23, 2012 1.98[30] After Charlie and Kate have sex, he innocently asks her if she wants to go to a movie. Kate interprets this as a romantic gesture, rushes to fix him up on a date the next day with someone else and the two are forced to examine the nature of their odd relationship. At home, Sam kisses a girl at school and a picture of it ends up on Facebook. Charlie and Jennifer have worries that their daughter is a lesbian. [edit]International broadcasting Country Network Premiere Source(s) Canada CTV August 12, 2012 [31][32] New Zealand TV2 August 15, 2012 [33] United Kingdom Comedy Central September 12, 2012 [34][35] United States FX June 28, 2012 [1] [edit]References ^ a b "Breaking News - FX Locks Summer Launch Date for Comedy Series". thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved July 6, 2011. ^ a b "Charlie Sheen eyes TV return in 'Anger Management'". Yahoo!. Retrieved July 6, 2011. ^ "'Anger Management' scores biggest comedy debut in cable history". ^ O'Connell, Michael (June 29, 2012). "'Anger Management' Sets Cable Comedy Record With 5.74 Million Viewers". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ "Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' Breaks Ratings Record". rollingstone.com. June 29, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Robert Kirchgassner. "Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards reunite on 'Anger Management'". TheCelebrityCafe.com. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Harris, Will. "Barry Corbin talks roles from Anger Management to No Country For Old Men | TV | Random Roles". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Moore, Frazier. "In 'Anger Management,' old Charlie Sheen back with new tweaks". Washington Times. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ FX Picks Up Charlie Sheen’s ANGER MANAGEMENT for 90 More Episodes ^ "FX's Anger Management Casts Shawnee Smith As A Female Lead". Cinemablend.com. January 26, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Gelman, Vlada (February 3, 2012). "Selma Blair Cast in Charlie Sheen's FX Series Anger Management". TVLine. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "'Anger Management' Casting Female Leads Opposite Charlie Sheen: See Who's Testing". Deadline.com. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Jessica Lucas Set As Lead of CW Pilot 'Cult', Noureen DeWulf Joins 'Anger Management'". Deadline.com. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ "Breaking News - Development Update: Tuesday, February 14". TheFutonCritic.com. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Andreeva, Nellie. "Ivana Milicevic To Star In 'Banshee', Derek Richardson Joins 'Anger Management'". Deadline.com. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Adams, Erik. "Is Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management as awful as we’ve feared? | TV | Crosstalk". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ "Anger Management - Season 1 Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More". Metacritic. June 28, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012. ^ Stasi, Linda (June 18, 2012). "Familiar Sheen". New York Post. Retrieved June 30, 2012. ^ DeWolf Smith, Nancy (June 28, 2012). "Second Acts in Several Men's Lives: Anger Management". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 30, 2012. ^ Sepinwall, Alan (June 26, 2012). "Review: FX's 'Anger Management' lets Charlie Sheen be Charlie Sheen". HitFix. Retrieved June 30, 2012. ^ Ryan, Maureen (June 27, 2012). "'Anger Management' Review: Charlie Sheen Up To The Same Old Tricks". The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2012. ^ a b Bibel, Sara (June 29, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Anger Management' Wins Night, 'Suits', 'Burn Notice', 'Wilfred', 'Awkward', 'Men at Work' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 29, 2012. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 6, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Swamp People' Leads, 'Anger Management' Falls + 'Mountain Men', 'Louie,' 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Wilfred' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 7, 2012. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 13, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Swamp People' Leads, 'Anger Management' Falls + 'Mountain Men', 'Louie,' 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Wilfred' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 13, 2012. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 20, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Burn Notice' Wins Night, + 'Mountain Men', 'Suits', 'Anger Management', 'Sullivan & Son' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 21, 2012. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (July 27, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Burn Notice' Wins Night + 'Suits', 'Anger Management', 'Sullivan & Son', 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Awkward' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved July 28, 2012. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 3, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Burn Notice' Tops 'Suits', + 'Sullivan & Son', 'Snooki & JWOWW', 'Awkward', 'Project Runway', 'Anger Management' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 3, 2012. ^ Bibel, Sara (August 10, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings:NFL Pre-Season Football wins Night, 'Burn Notice', 'Suits', 'Awkward', 'Anger Management','Project Runway' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 10, 2012. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (August 17, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Suits' Wins Night + 'Burn Notice', 'Great White Highway', 'Sullivan & Son', 'Anger Management' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 17, 2012. ^ Bibel, Sara (August 24, 2012). "Thursday Cable Ratings: 'Suits' Finale Wins Night, 'Burn Notice', 'Awkward', 'Project Runway', 'Anger Management', 'Louie' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved August 24, 2012. ^ London Launchpad: ANGER MANAGEMENT to Debut Following CTV’s Coverage of the London 2012 Olympic Games ^ CTV AND CTV TWO 2012/13 NIGHT-BY-NIGHT SCHEDULES AND PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS ^ "Coming up on brand new Anger Management". TV2 (New Zealand). Retrieved August 27, 2012. ^ LoganWalker, LoganWalker (August 17, 2012). "VIDEO: The Rise & Fall Of Charlie Sheen (Anger Management Promo)". YouTube /Comedy Central. Retrieved August 17, 2012. ^ Munn, Patrick (July 5, 2012). "Comedy Central Acquires UK Rights To ‘Anger Management’". TVWise. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
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