Merry Christmas in jail for Charlie Sheen

I think Minka Kelly is starring.

 

Don't quit your day job.

 

Well, fuck you and your 21 posts... We're trying to extend an already shitty show, not write the next Taxi or Cheers.

The thing is, they won't be making a good show. I don't even think they'll try to. I don't think they've been trying for the last three. They're coasting. They're in syndication. This is when they're making the big money. Now that they don't have to pay Sheen $2 mil an episode, they'll make even more money.

Sheen was only on board for one more year after this one, a reboot will probably give them 2-3 years.

This is kind of unprecedented. I know 8 Simple Rules got another two seasons out of it after John Ritter died thanks to David Spade and James Garner, but this might be trickier to pull off.

 

It's hard to do without an ensemble cast (and it's hard to do with, as we saw when Jon Lovitz replaced Phil Hartman on NewsRadio). M*A*S*H did it successfully. I guess so did A Different World, but it was only around one season when Lisa Bonet left and the show became much better for it.

If they replace Sheen, it needs to be someone enough like his character to make the show flow properly, but not enough to make you think you're watching his understudy. A hard wire to walk. I kinda think Sheen did this pretty well when he replaced Michael J. Fox on Spin City; you'd never confuse the two, but he seemed to fit the set.

No killing the character, though. A) It never hurts to keep the door open for a reunion, and B) It's not really in keeping with the show's attitude. Yeah, NewsRadio did it with Hartman's character, but they didn't really have much choice; it would have been weird bordering on crass to have McNeal take a job in Chicago or get a syndicated talker when the guy playing him was murdered.

 

I wonder if they film anything for this season.

I want them to try to replace Sheen, even if it's a trainwreck of epic proportions. I don't think they'll walk away from the No. 1 comedy in the country unless they really have to.

I still think the best option would be for Alan Harper to move in with his other brother "Emilio"

 

Pretty sure this season's donezo. They'll have to make a decision in the next month or so about next season. Networks release their fall schedules around May, right?

 

I think they should come back and do Las Vegas episode where Charlie Harper is kidnapped.

"Dad, where's Uncle Charlie?"

"Jake, he's in Vegas."

"He's winning."

 

Remember, MASH replaced a number of characters, but never Alan Alda. Sheen's role was just as dominant in his program as Alda's was, and there's a smaller cast, too. And, of course, they have to replace him with somebody who it is possible to see as a magnet for hot women half his age. I don't think Jon Cryer can step up there. That person must also be a skilled comic actor. Not so easy to fill that double bill.
I think CBS would be well-served by putting Two and a Half Men in the bullpen to use as a midseason replacement. It has a lot of work to do on the program, and it will also let the Sheen brouhaha die down a bit. Or to more time to let Sheen just die.

 

Cops are reportedly raiding Sheen's house right now.

 

I bet Sheen is handling the raid well. He'll probably end up in some sort of psych unit by the end of the night.

 

Whoever tweets for Sheen reports all is well and the report of a raid is false.

Damn.

 

Don't worry, Sonner! The LAPD has confirmed they are at the house. Sheen probably has a warlock in the basement tweeting for him. Warlock might not be aware.

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