Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men title from short open
Format	Comedy
Created by	Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn
Starring	Charlie Sheen Jon Cryer Angus T. Jones Conchata Ferrell Holland Taylor Marin Hinkle Jennifer Bini Taylor[note 1]
Theme music composer	Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	162 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Chuck Lorre Lee Aronsohn Eric Tannenbaum Kim Tannenbaum Mark Burg Oren Koules Don Foster Susan Beavers (seasons 6–present) Eddie Gorodetsky (seasons 6–present) Mark Roberts (season 7–present)
Location(s)	Malibu, California, United States (setting) Warner Bros. Studios, Hollywood, California (filming location)
Camera setup	Film; Multi-camera
Running time	18-22 minutes
Production company(s)	Chuck Lorre Productions The Tannenbaum Company Warner Bros. Television
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Picture format	480i (4:3 SDTV) 1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Original run	September 22, 2003 (2003-09-22) – present
Status	Returning series
External links
Official website

Two and a Half Men is an American television comedy series which premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. The sitcom stars Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones. The show is about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake. Charlie's free-wheeling life is complicated and altered when his brother gets divorced and moves, along with his son, into Charlie's beach-front house. There have been seven seasons of Two and a Half Men. CBS renewed the show for an additional two seasons.^[1] The show has ranked among the Top 20 programs every season since its first. In 2010, CBS Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television reached a multi-year broadcast agreement for Two and a Half Men, renewing the series through at least the 2011–12 season.^[2][3]

Cast and characters

Current

• Charlie Sheen as Charles Francis "Charlie" Harper, a hedonistic bachelor, jingle/children's song writer who tends to pick on his younger brother Alan, whom he loves, although he will never ever admit it. He is the opposite of Alan: relaxed, carefree, and, when not bankrupt, affluent. He gives his nephew Jake advice (much of which is not age-appropriate), but the two increasingly trade barbs as well.^[4]
• Jon Cryer as Alan Jerome Harper, Charlie's twice-divorced chiropractor brother, who is conscientious but continually stricken with bad luck and teased by Charlie, Berta and Judith. After losing his house to his first wife Judith in the divorce process, he resides with Charlie. He is generally a nice and polite man, but seems to have a weakness for women who treat him poorly, which may stem from the non-nurturing relationship he had with his and Charlie's mother. In the Season 4 episode, "Repeated Blows to his Unformed Head," it is revealed that Alan has a pregnancy fetish. Also, in the Season 6 episode, "She'll Still Be Dead at Halftime", he confesses that he likes feet (see foot fetish). Alan is two years younger than Charlie, while in real life, Jon Cryer is 5 months older than Charlie Sheen. Prior to Two and a Half Men, Cryer and Sheen appeared together in the 1991 comedy Hot Shots! Cryer also won the 2009 Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
• Angus T. Jones as Jacob David "Jake" Harper, the underachieving son of Alan and Judith. He spends most of his free time playing video games, eating, watching television, playing guitar and sleeping. He is also an excellent poker player and a fairly good cook, but is a bit dim (although he is sometimes quite observant), which, coupled with his excessive flatulence, is a frequent theme of jokes about him. He clearly loves his father and uncle but is often surly toward them. Jake's style, personality and attitude change as the series progresses. In newer episodes, once Jake is finished singing along to the intro music, it will show him grow taller and more adolescent, showing his changes since older episodes. He is lip syncing to the voice of singer and voice-over artist Elizabeth Daily.
• Conchata Ferrell as the sharp-tongued housekeeper Berta. Although Berta's manner may be viewed as sarcastic, Alan and Charlie still treat her with a great deal of respect, partly out of fear, and it is clear that the household cannot function properly without her. Berta has tried her best not to allow the overwhelming stress of her job to get to her head: when Alan (a generally tidy person) moved in, she quit and Charlie was so upset that Alan had to personally beg her to return and promised that he would do his own cleaning. However, the fact that Jake's bedroom could be confused with a dump (at various times including dead fish in the closet, food left-overs in his toy box, and nasal mucus under the bed), that his toilet seat is frequently sprayed with urine, and that his underwear is filthy often leads to anger on her part. She has a sister named Daisy, played by Camryn Manheim, with whom she does not get along. She also has three daughters and a number of granddaughters, whom she admits are "sleazy and easy" and whom she sometimes brings along to work. A notable example was when she brought her teenage granddaughter Prudence, played by Megan Fox. She has served time in prison. She uses, and makes references to, drugs (legal and otherwise); it is hinted that she has enjoyed many a joint during work hours, and can produce a perfect one given the opportunity. She takes anxiolytics (Valium especially) in her coffee to reduce her violent tendencies. She was a groupie with the Grateful Dead, and implied that she has had a lesbian experience whilst there.
• Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper, Charlie and Alan's conceited mother and Jake's grandmother. She expresses a superficial fondness for her sons and grandson, but she rarely lives up to her self-perceived notion of being a devoted and misunderstood matriarch. Her sons and grandson generally return the favor and go out of their way to avoid interacting with her on most occasions. Her wide-ranging sex life is a recurring gag throughout the series. The family frequently refers to her as "the devil" (or, as Charlie put it, "unholy mother of us"), and Charlie has her number on his cell phone under the name "666." Wealthy with a luxurious house, she has been married numerous times and sells real estate.
• Marin Hinkle as Judith Melnick, Alan's vindictive, self-absorbed, and humorless ex-wife. She seems to despise Alan and takes any chance to humiliate him. She was the first woman Alan ever slept with, but their marriage was cold: according to her, the only time she was ever happy being sexual was when she was pregnant with Jake. She made no secret of living luxuriously with Alan's alimony. She has since remarried to Dr. Herb Melnick (Ryan Stiles), Jake's pediatrician, a union that brought joy to Alan because it meant he no longer had to pay alimony. In Season 6, she threw Herb out of the house and briefly reunited with Alan before reconciling with Herb, and it was later revealed she was pregnant with a daughter, whom she eventually named Millie. Alan hoped he was the father, but Judith said she would kill him if he revealed that he slept with her, and after she gave birth in the sixth season finale, the child's parentage remained uncertain. Jake and Berta believe that Millie looks more like Alan than Judith or Herb.

The main cast of Two and a Half Men (seasons 1-4), 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

Former

• April Bowlby (recurring seasons 3-4) as Kandi, initially Charlie's gorgeous but dim-witted girlfriend who subsequently became involved with Alan after Charlie broke it off with her for Mia. When Judith (who later became Kandi's confidante) initially tried to end Kandi's relationship with Alan, Kandi's mother Mandi (Gail O'Grady), who also had a brief fling with Charlie during that time, made sure the couple were dating again. During this time Judith briefly dated Kandi's father Andy leading an interesting joke Jake told his father about the possibility Kandi could be his stepmother, stepsister and stepcousin all at once. Kandi and Alan had a superficial relationship based mostly on sex, but they eventually wed in Las Vegas, where they also won half a million dollars. After only four months of marriage, and spending nearly all of their winnings, Kandi left Alan after being offered a role (as a sexy forensics expert) on a CSI-like television series, Stiffs. Kandi finally signed the divorce papers, to ensure that Alan would not have any claim on her newfound television lucre, and disappeared from Alan's life. Bowlby had also appeared as another character named Kimber earlier on in the series prior to playing Kandi. Kandi was not seen or mentioned in Seasons 5, 6 or 7, although Alan, Charlie and Jake have all mentioned that Alan "has been married twice."

Recurring

• Melanie Lynskey (starring seasons 1–2; recurring seasons 3–current) as the Harpers' wealthy neighbor and Charlie's stalker, Rose, one of Charlie's one-night stands, who won't allow him to forget about her as he does all his other sexual conquests. Rose acknowledges that she is "boundary challenged", while Charlie and Alan refer to her as Charlie's stalker. In the pilot, she told Alan that she sneaks into Charlie's room while he's asleep and tries on his underwear. Usually uninvited, she enters and exits Charlie's house by climbing onto the backyard deck, rather than using the front door. She has been caught by Charlie and Alan as she watched them sleeping on several occasions. After season 4, she left the country and appeared on the show only rarely. She later returns to Malibu, though no longer living next door to Charlie, hence her less frequent appearances. In Season 6, she became friends with Charlie's fiancee Chelsea and went on a blind date with Alan; the two began dating before Rose evinced the same jealousy and possessiveness towards Alan that she had applied towards Charlie, right down to gluing things to his nether regions. Rose was seen to be stalking Alan, but it is possible that she is stalking both Alan and Charlie. Although she is somewhat mentally unhinged and obsessed with Charlie, Rose expressed that she "has an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a master's degree in behavioral psychology from Stanford University." Throughout the series, Rose has applied her knowledge of interpersonal communication towards the various situations that arise. Her family is involved in banking and oil, making them, and implicitly her, extremely wealthy. Martin Sheen, who is Charlie Sheen's real-life father, made a guest-appearance on the show as Rose's equally-disturbed father. She also has five ferrets, all named "Charlie", as was revealed in Season 2's "The Salmon Under My Sweater". Her only appearance in Season 7 was in 'Gumby with a Pokey' when Charlie begins to hallucinate (after taking medicinal marijuana) the women in his past who interrogate why he mistreated them, he then goes out to the deck to discover Rose; unlike the other women, Rose is really there.
• Jennifer Bini Taylor (recurring season 6–current^[5]) as Chelsea^{[note 1]} Charlie's girlfriend for most of season six, who has moved into his house by the season's end. Formerly a one-night stand, Chelsea seems to be one of the few women out of Charlie's countless relationships that has caused him to try to make positive changes in his debaucherous lifestyle. She has become close friends with Alan, something Charlie enjoys because Alan can go to museums and foreign films (activities that Charlie cannot stand). In the seventh season premiere, Charlie finally decides to let go of Mia and commit to Chelsea. As the season progresses they plan to be married but, after Chelsea becomes attracted to Alan's lawyer and Charlie vomits on a baby, Chelsea postpones the wedding. In Season 7 Charlie and Chelsea make several attempts at reconciliation, most recently following her break up with Brad (the man Chelsea left Charlie for), Chelsea tried to reunite with Charlie, but was thwarted due to her best friend Gail, (Tricia Helfer) sleeping with Charlie. Jake later gives Chelsea a necklace that Charlie got her for her birthday and she goes outside to see him but when she got there, Charlie was in trouble with the police for backing into a police car, with a suspended license. Jake was driving at the beginning of this episode, but when the police came after them in a cop car, Jake and Charlie switched seats, causing Charlie to lose his license. While credited among the main cast during the seventh season, CBS press releases bill her as a recurring character.
• Ryan Stiles (recurring season 2–current) as pediatrician Dr. Herbert "Herb" Melnick, Judith's goofy, train-hobbyist husband and Jake's stepfather. He first appeared as Judith's date in Season 2's episode 2 ("Enjoy Those Garlic Balls"), but due to an inconsistency in the storyline, he was referred to as "Greg Melnick". Not particularly happily married to uptight Judith, he is laid-back and gets along with the Harper brothers, whose lifestyles he appears to envy at times, such as Charlie's partying and the fact that Alan was married to Kandi. He has stated that he likes spending time with them, and called Charlie "a little loosie-goosie with the liquor and the ladies, but all-in-all a good fella" (which did not impress Judith).
• Jane Lynch (recurring season 1, 3–current) as Dr. Linda Freeman, initially as Jake's, then as Charlie's and Alan's adept, incisive but money-hungry psychiatrist. Often when Charlie or Alan are just getting to the root of their problem, Dr. Freeman notes that the area is interesting, "but, unfortunately, we're out of time". She prides herself as a guesser and is quite sarcastic, especially with Charlie. A recurring gag is her frequent over-billing, once charging Charlie a full hour's fee ($350) for 5 minutes of consultation, and on another occasion while treating Alan for insomnia she billed him for an entire hour after he slept for 40 minutes of the session pointing out that she "was awake". In one episode, she tells Charlie to open up and not hold anything back as her hourly fee comes to "$7 a minute". During her sessions with Jake, Dr. Freeman displays a rather quirky demeanor and is noted for her use of a cow hand puppet.
• J. D. Walsh as Gordon, a pizza delivery guy who appeared in seasons 1-3 and season six onwards. During the third season he had a brief relationship with Rose, who forced him to dress like Charlie and yell his name during sex. After their break-up he disappeared from the show, but returned in season six, again as a pizza delivery guy. He revealed how he became a millionaire on the stock market, got married and subsequently divorced and then lost all his money to his ex-wife, forcing him to return to pizza delivery. He looks up to Charlie, often calling him a genius.

Episodes

As of 2010, seven seasons have been broadcast and the show has been renewed for three more seasons.^[1] Each episode is titled with a quotation from it. 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.^[6] 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."^[6] 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.

Season 7 premiered on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. ET.^[7] CBS initially ordered 24 episodes for the season, but due to Charlie Sheen's personal life in recent months the episode order was cut down to only 22 episodes.^[8]

Season 8 will premier on Monday, September 20, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. ET.

Crossover with CSI

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.^[9] 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.^[9] " "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.^[9] " "Fish in a Drawer" was the first part of the crossover to air, on May 5, 2008, and was written by Sarah Goldfinger, Evan Dunsky, Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar.^[10] George Eads is the only CSI: Crime Scene Investigation main cast member to make a cameo on Two and a Half Men. Three days later (May 8, 2008) the second part of the crossover, "Two and a Half Deaths" aired, following Gil Grissom (William Petersen) as he investigates the murder of a sitcom diva named Annabelle (Katey Sagal), who was found murdered while she was filming her show in Las Vegas, Nevada;^[10] Sheen, Cryer, and Jones all made uncredited cameos in this episode as themselves.

Production

The series has been renewed by CBS through at least 2012. However, continued production was uncertain due to Sheen's possible departure. There were possibilites of the series being cancelled, but the return of Sheen has since silenced those rumors.

International broadcasting

In South Africa, all of the seasons of Two and a Half Men so far have aired on M-net. SABC 3 shows older seasons.

In The Netherlands, the show is aired on Veronica.

In the United Kingdom Two and a Half Men is broadcast on MTV Shows, Viva and on Comedy Central.

In Germany, the show is aired on kabel eins and on ProSieben.

The show is aired every day on the public station ORF in Austria. The title of the show is "Mein cooler Onkel Charlie", which means "My cool uncle Charlie".

In Canada, the show airs on CTV, in English,^[11] and the show is aired on V, dubbed in French,^[12] where the title of the show is Oncle Charlie (Uncle Charlie)

In France, the show is broadcast on Jimmy, Canal+ and Comédie!; in French speaking Switzerland, on TRS1, under the title Mon Oncle Charlie (My Uncle Charlie).

In Poland Two and a Half Men is broadcast on TVN7, and on Comedy Central.

In Estonia, the show is broadcast on Kanal 2.

In Slovakia, the show is broadcast on Markíza.

In Sweden, the show is broadcast on TV3 and TV6.

In Finland, the show is broadcast on SubTV, a subsidiary of MTV3, the oldest commercial channel.

In Norway, the show is broadcast on the Viasat channel TV3.

In India, the show is broadcast on Star World.

In South and Central America, Mexico, Brazil and some caribbean countries, the show is aired on The Warner Channel, a cable network. It keeps its original title. In Brazil it is also aired daily in dubbed version on terrestrial network SBT, under the literally translated title Dois homens e meio.

Speculation of Charlie Sheen's departure

Following a February 2010 announcement that Charlie Sheen was entering rehab, filming of the show was temporarily stopped.^[13] Filming of the show resumed on March 16, 2010.^[14] On April 1, 2010, People.com reported that after 7 seasons Charlie Sheen announced he was considering leaving the show.^[15]

According to one source Sheen quit the show after filming the final episode of Season 7, purportedly due to his rejection of CBS' offer of $1 million per episode as too low.^[16] Sheen has since stated that he will be back for two more seasons.^[17]

On May 18, 2010 New Zealand website "Stuff" reported that a press release issued by Charlie Sheen's publicist confirmed that Sheen had signed a new contract for a further two years at $1.78M 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.^[18]

Notable guest stars

Guest stars have included:

• John Amos as Ed, Tom's (Chelsea's father) boyfriend (season 7)
• Diora Baird as Wanda, a girl that wants to have Charlie when he was engaged to Chelsea. (season 6)
• Orson Bean as Norman, an old man who is married to a woman that Charlie had sex with (season 2)
• Susan Blakely as Angie, an author Charlie met at a bookstore (season 5)
• Paget Brewster as Charlie & Alan's high school classmate Jamie Eckleberry (season 2)
• Julia Campbell as Francine, Jake's teacher (season 3)
• Josie Davis as Sandy, a girlfriend of Alan's (season 3)
• Michael Clarke Duncan as neighbor Jerome (season 6)
• Jenna Elfman as Frankie (season 1)
• Steven Eckholdt as Brad, (Alan's lawyer and Chelsea's replacement for Charlie) (season 7)
• Emilio Estevez as Charlie's friend Andy (season 6)
• Morgan Fairchild as Donna (Charlie's ego) (season 4)
• Meagen Fay as Martha (Chelsea's mother) (seasons 6 and 7)
• Frances Fisher as Priscilla Honeycutt (Alan's patient) (season 7)
• Megan Fox as Berta's granddaughter Prudence (season 1)
• Judy Greer as Dr. Herb Melnick's sister Myra (season 4)
• Teri Hatcher as Judith's sister Liz (season 1)
• Tricia Helfer as Chelsea's friend Gail (season 7)
• Amy Hill as Mrs. Wiggins (Alan's receptionist) (season 7)
• Enrique Iglesias as carpenter/handyman Fernando (season 4)
• Allison Janney as Alan's online dating partner (season 4)
• Tinashe Kachingwe as Celeste, Jake's ex-girlfriend (seasons 6 and 7)
• Carol Kane as Melissa's mother Shelly (season 6)
• Stacy Keach as Tom, Chelsea's father (season 7)
• Richard Kind as Artie (Charlie's manager) (season 5)
• Katherine LaNasa as Lydia (season 4)
• Cloris Leachman as neighbor Norma (season 3)
• Richard Lewis as Charlie's accountant Stan (season 1)
• Heather Locklear as Alan's divorce attorney Laura Lang (season 1)
• Camryn Manheim as Berta's sister Daisy (season 2)
• Graham Patrick Martin as Eldridge (Jake's friend) (season 7)
• Jenny McCarthy as Teddy's "daughter," "Courtney Leopold" (season 5)
• Katy Mixon as Betsy (a woman Charlie married after his break-up with Chelsea) (season 7)
• Christina Moore as Cynthia Sullivan, Judith's best friend (season 5)
• Martin Mull as Russell the pharmacist (seasons 6 and 7)
• Ming-Na as Judge Linda Harris (Charlie's girlfriend in season 5)
• Christopher Neiman as Joel (Kandi's lawyer, who Alan dislikes and nicknamed him "The Jackal") (season 4)
• Chris O'Donnell as Jill/Bill (Charlie's ex-girlfriend who became a man) (season 1)
• Gail O'Grady as Kandi's mother Mandi (season 3)
• Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Gail and then as Isabella (seasons 2 and 3)
• Sean Penn as one of Charlie's poker playing buddies (season 2)
• Annie Potts as Judith's mother, Lenore (season 7)
• Missi Pyle as Delores Pasternak, Jake's teacher (season 2 and 7)
• Kimberly Quinn as Donna (Alan's girlfriend in season 5)
• Carl Reiner as Marty Pepper (season 7)
• Denise Richards as Lisa (season 1 and 2)
• Emily Rose as Janine (season 6)
• Sara Rue as Berta's daughter Naomi (season 4)
• Jeri Ryan as Sherri (season 2)
• Martin Sheen as Rose's father Harvey (season 3)
• Brooke Shields as neighbor Danielle (season 4)
• Rena Sofer as Chrissy, the "mother" of Charlie's "son" (seasons 6 and 7)
• Kevin Sorbo as Kandi's father Andy (season 3)
• Kelly Stables as Alan's receptionist Melissa (seasons 6 and 7)
• Courtney Thorne Smith as Lyndsey, (Alan's love interest in season 7)
• Tony Tripoli as Evelyn's hairdresser, Phillip
• Emmanuelle Vaugier as Charlie's ex-fiance Mia (seasons 3, 5, 6, and 7)
• Robert Wagner as "Teddy Leopold" (Evelyn's husband, who died in late season 5) (seasons 4 and 5)
• Wayne Wilderson as Evelyn's co-worker, Roger
• Alicia Witt (season 6) as Delores Pasternak, Jake's teacher who became a stripper
• Elvis Costello, James Earl Jones, Justin T. Milner, Sean Penn, Harry Dean Stanton, Eddie Van Halen, Steven Tyler, and ZZ Top have all appeared 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.^[19]

Charlie Sheen's real-life brother Emilio Estevez has guest-starred as an old friend of Charlie's;^[20] 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.

Awards and nominations

The show has received multiple award nominations. It was nominated for 30 Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning four technical awards), and two Golden Globe nominations. The show won the "Favorite TV Comedy" award at the 35th People's Choice Awards.

Primetime Emmy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Critical reception

Two and a Half Men has received positive reviews but has been criticized for "relentlessly sexually objectifying, devaluing, undermining, dehumanising or demonising" women.^[21] Graeme Blundell, writing for The Australian, described it as a "sometimes creepy, misogynistic comedy".^[22] The New York Daily News, however, described the sitcom as "solid, well-acted and occasionally funny."^[23]

Syndication

Two and a Half Men entered local United States syndication in 2008, with the first six seasons currently available to local stations (largely CW affiliates in the major U.S. TV markets). Beginning on September 6, 2010, FX will begin airing the series daily on cable television nationwide.

The show also airs on the Nine Network and Go! (Australian TV channel), in Australia.

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.

For the week ending December 21, 2008 (which episode featured a cameo by Emilio Estevez), the series was first in households (10.7), with viewers (17.92M), with adults 25–54 (7.3) and with adults 18–49 (5.7). It was the series' best delivery in households and adults 18–49 since February 5, 2007 (the night after the 2007 Super Bowl), with adults 25–54 since February 27, 2006, and viewers since May 16, 2005 (the night of the Everybody Loves Raymond series finale). This is the largest audience for the series in the 9:00 pm time slot..

DVD releases

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.
• Gag reel.

Season 2 extras

• Four disc set
• 2½ Days in the Life of 2½ – 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.
• Gag reel.

Season 3 extras

• Four disc set
• 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.
• Gag reel.

Season 5 extras^[36]

• 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."

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
• Gag reel

Season 7 extras^[37]

• Three disc set
• Ghosts of Charlie's Girlfriends Past Featurette
• Gag Reel

Two and a Half Wits

A caricatured version of the characters from Two and a Half Men, called Two and a Half Wits, was placed in MAD Magazine issue #450. The artwork was done by artist Tom Richmond, who, himself, found the show very amusing.^[38] The show's creator, Chuck Lorre, was very excited about Two and a Half Men being in MAD Magazine. Before the issue was published, he contacted MAD Magazine for the original artwork and sent a copy of the art signed by the main cast.^[38]

Also, in 2010, Lorre acquired the original art of the MAD parody of another one of his shows, The Big Bang Theory and also sent a signed copy of the artwork to Tom Richmond.

Notes

References

External links

• Two and a Half Men at the Internet Movie Database
• Two and a Half Men at TV.com
• Official website
• Two and a Half Men Warner Bros.
• List of Two and a Half Men Episodes TVGuide
• Two and a Half Men on Comedy Central UK