IMHO he fucked up big. Unless he can come up with a sitcom as good as 3 & 1/2 men he's never going to get a paycheck like had with CBS...

RIP Charlie Sheen's Paycheck

that guy is nuts

You have a lack of understanding of what the clause is meant for.

See the actual TV show is playing to an audience that is suspending reality.
The TV character may do drugs have sex and commit murder.

That is acceptable because it's all fake and the audience knows it.

Giving other people drugs in real life is not fake and could lead to his arrest and
jail and then he can't do the show anyway from his jail cell.
So firing someone headed that way is not hypocritical, it's good business.

Keep you personal life out of the studio and keep your studio character out
of your personal life.

If you don't think that makes sense, then hey, I'll see you down the same road
when you hit the lime light.

The way he looks now, he could be zombie number 12 in the background.

ha ha seriously, they made him wear some silly clothes on that show. The mans equivalent to mom pants.

You also have to understand the economics of a TV show. No show lasts forever and most popular shows are canceled not because the ratings drop significantly, but because after years of success, the actors/writers/producers make so much money that even a slight drop in ratings make the show unprofitable because the costs of producing the show.

Two and a half men only had a few seasons left anyway before it collapsed under it's own weight. So CBS swaps out Sheen with another actor and keeps going. Sure, people will say they won't watch but every TV show that changes a character keeps on going and the fans still tune in. So the show can very possibly be MORE profitable now that Sheen is out. Trust me, I am sure they did the calculations and came to the same conclusion.

Good points. Who do you think would be a suitable replacement?

The rumor mills are a flow with names but the one that seems to keep sticking is . . . Rob Lowe.

good times :)

Will be fin to see the network loos a couple million trying to replace him. He was the show

Great chop.

:thumbsup

He's still winning.

He'll be collecting money from Two and a half men for decades to come. He makes money, and doesn't have to work. It's win win from my point of view.

He was winning much bigger a month ago.

If you are winning big, then why do something to make yourself win less?

He's winning less now than before.

He doesn't have to work: For most people that translates to
"now they have nothing to do except fuck up harder".

Favourite show ... won't be the same without him and will plunge in popularity. Big mistake