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Charlie Sheen's Show Is a Hit, He Can Do as He Pleases, CBS Prez Says
AP ^ | January 14, 2011

Posted on 01/14/2011 2:59:59 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Charlie Sheen (left) and his lawyer leave a court hearing.

How does Charlie Sheen do it?

After a series of wild nights with porn stars and booze, hospital stays, and well-publicized arrests, his employer still has his back.

A top exec at CBS said Friday that the network is concerned about Sheen's off-camera behavior, but it hasn't affected his work as the star of television's most popular comedy.

"We have a high level of concern," said Nina Tassler, CBS entertainment president. "How can we not?"

The actor's recent headlines have included a wild night that left a New York hotel room in shambles and sent Sheen to a hospital, and a guilty plea last summer to assaulting his wife in Aspen, Colorado.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/14/charlie-sheens-hit-pleases-cbs-prez-says/#ixzz1B3Mo7pPg

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To: MinorityRepublican

CBS is merely taking the Ayn Rand approach to profit that I often see espoused here on FR.


41 posted on 01/14/2011 5:20:25 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: wideawake

I’m with you. I’m embarrassed that my sisters and brothers-in-law love this show.


42 posted on 01/14/2011 5:25:20 PM PST by Scarpetta (e pluribus victim)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Hmmmm...I suspect there was an executive or two who said that about Chris Farley, John Belushi and Freddie Prinze.


43 posted on 01/15/2011 5:07:37 AM PST by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: MinorityRepublican

What’s the over/under on how long this idiot will live? Five hookers and a suitcase full of cocaine? FOUR hookers I can see, but FIVE?


44 posted on 01/28/2011 8:41:13 AM PST by Pharmboy (What always made the state a hell has been that man tried to make it heaven-Hoelderlin)
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To: Pharmboy
He'll survive until Two and a Half Men jumps the shark.


45 posted on 01/28/2011 4:18:44 PM PST by twister881
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To: MinorityRepublican

Don’t wager on his death date...pray for his salvation...it may yet come.


46 posted on 01/28/2011 7:08:44 PM PST by IrishPennant (Obama - as big a lie as the number 4 on a roman numeral clock face...and so few bother to notice!)
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47 posted on 01/29/2011 8:10:12 AM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: twister881

Haven’t jumped the shark yet....the show is still funny.


48 posted on 01/30/2011 4:46:06 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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