Two and a Half Men to end 12-year run

Toronto Star ^ | Wed May 14 2014 | Christopher Palmeri Edmund Lee Bloomberg

[MinorityRepublican]

Two and a Half Men, once the highest-rated TV comedy in the U.S., is ending its run with a 12th and final season as broadcaster CBS revamps its lineup to win back younger viewers.

The show, which starred Charlie Sheen until he was replaced by Ashton Kutcher in 2011, will retain its slot on Thursdays at 9 p.m. EDT, the network said in a statement. Series creator Chuck Lorre “will be creating a season-long event to send it off,” said Nina Tassler, the network’s head of entertainment.

“It’s important to keep your fans engaged,” she said Wednesday at a CBS news conference in New York. CBS is seeking to regain ground it lost last season to NBC and Fox. While CBS is still the most-watched network, it had the largest ratings decline for younger audiences among the big four broadcast networks in the past season, with average nightly viewers falling 18 per cent to about three million in the 18-to-49-year-old demographic, according to Nielsen data.

Though Two and a Half Men continued to appear regularly among the top 25 programs in the ratings after the transition to Kutcher, it had been surpassed by CBS hits like The Big Bang Theory. Sheen was fired from the show after making disparaging comments about Lorre.

[BitWielder1]

Twelve and a half years too late.

[napscoordinator]

It is tied for the longest comedy in history. The problem is I wish it was a better comedy. I guess we could give credit for surviving so long. Most shows don’t. Married with Children lasted a year less....only 11 years.

[Joe 6-pack]

Never watched an episode. Hard to believe this show outlasted Cheers and MASH, which both ran for 11 seasons...

[ken5050]

The next to last paragraph in the story:

"The network's sole new fall comedy, The McCarthys stars Tryler Ritter as a gay man at odds with his traditional Boston family..

It never stops..

[ConservativeStatement]

Or WKRP in Cincinnati. "As god as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." Still, one of the best lines in any sitcom. :-)

[tahoeblue]

Interesting list. Some decent shows in there. I always forget that Hollywooders worked a lot harder years ago then they do now:

Some of the Longest Running Television Comedies

By number of seasons

25+ The Simpsons (Spring 2014)
17+ South Park (Spring 2014)
14 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie And Harriet
13 King Of The Hill
12 My Three Sons, Family Guy (Spring 2014)
11 M*A*S*H, Cheers, The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy, Happy Days, The Jeffersons, Married ... With Children, Frasier, Two And A Half Men (Spring 2014)
10 Murphy Brown, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Friends, Family Guy
9 The Beverly Hillbillies, The Love Boat, Alice, Roseanne, Family Matters, Coach, All In The Family, One Day At A Time, Night Court, The Drew Carey Show, Everybody Loves Raymond, The King Of Queens, The Office

By number of episodes
541+ The Simpsons (Spring 2014)
435 (The Adventures Of) Ozzie & Harriet
380 My Three Sons
336 The Danny Thomas Show / Make Room For Daddy
275 The Donna Reed Show, Cheers
274 The Beverly Hillbillies
264 Frasier
259 Married ... With Children
257 King Of The Hill
256 M*A*S*H
255 Happy Days
253 The Jeffersons
252 Bewitched
249 The Andy Griffith Show
247 Murphy Brown, South Park (Spring 2014)
245 The Love Boat
239+ Two And A Half Men (Spring 2014)
238 Friends
234 Leave It To Beaver
233 The Drew Carey Show
222 Roseanne
221+ Family Guy (Spring 2014)
214 Family Matters
210 All In The Family
209 One Day At A Time, The Facts Of Life, Everybody Loves Raymond
207 The King Of Queens
204 Home Improvement
202 Alice
201 The Cosby Show
200 Coach
199 The Office
193 Night Court, Will & Grace

[yarddog]

I have never watched it either. A couple of times I almost did just to see what it was.

Never did because it just seemed so boring.

[ColdOne]

lol

[ealgeone]

A show that took some writing talent to do.

Not the locker room crap on tv today.

[South40]

"The network's sole new fall comedy, The McCarthys stars Tryler Ritter as a gay man at odds with his traditional Boston family..

It never stops..

One of the worst parts of the revamped Two and a Half Men show was the network's apparent need to insert a vile lesbian freak.

The homo agenda on parade.

[ican'tbelieveit]

Man, Married with Children. Remember how offensive that was, but that, Simpsons made the Fox Network.

[MasterGunner01]

I never watched one episode. Is that great or what?

[ConservativeStatement]

I read that the DVDs of the show had to be altered because of music licensing issues.

[yarddog]

I can remember around 20 years ago in the mountains of Western North Carolina. I had a tiny battery powered TV and walked outside to a particular spot which was the only place it would pick up “The Simpsons”.

Now I can get it perfectly clear from a station in Panama City, FL. but no longer even bother. It just seems to have gotten a lot worse. I guess every now and then I still will watch it if I happen upon it while channel surfing. Will not go out of my way to watch it tho.

[Viennacon]

I’ll drink to that

[PistolPaknMama]

Never watched an episode.

Me either. I'd have to be in a coma to watch Charlie Sheen.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Me either. I'd have to be in a coma to watch Charlie Sheen."

And Charlie would probably be right there with you, lol.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

I can proudly say that the time it took to enter this post is the most of my precious time that I have ever wasted on this swill.

[usconservative]

Or WKRP in Cincinnati. "As god as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." Still, one of the best lines in any sitcom. :-)

SNORT!! Him and Herb Tarlik (sp?) covered in feathers ... ROFL!!! Yeah that was classic.