CBS 'Two and a Half Men' Episode Cast News 2014: Charlie Sheen Eyes Return to Show
Sitting down to an interview with "Extra" on Thursday, Oct. 30, controversial film and TV star Charlie Sheen admitted that if invited back to on "Two and a Half Men," the show that honored him with three Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe award nominations, he would love to go back, Newsday reports.
In 2010, Sheen was the highest paid actor on television, earning $1.8 million per episode for his work on the show. Since taking over the role, Ashton Kutcher now ranks as the highest paid actor on TV with a $24 million salary in 2012.
"I owe it some measure of closure. I owe it to the fans. ... I just think it makes sense. [For the finale, which is when he'd likely return] I have a brilliant idea, but don't want to give it away. It's the type of moment I think people would talk about for a long time and it wouldn't get in anybody's way. Think it would be a nice tip of the hat. ... They know I want to do it, and I know they're open to it, so, guess we're just a meeting away from making it happen," Sheen said to entertainment correspondent Terri Seymour.
Scheduled the same day "Two and a Half Men" returned to CBS for its 12th and final season, Sheen had a chat about the FX sitcom "Anger Management, a spinoff of the 2003 movie of the same name with Sheen in a role similar to that of Jack Nicholson's character. Moving into its third season, "Anger Management" broke a ratings record with 5.74 million viewers on the night of its series debut and hails as the most-watched sitcom premiere in cable history, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Warner Bros. and CBS fired Sheen after his highly publicized "meltdown" fueled by drugs, booze and prostitutes. After eight seasons, his hedonistic bachelor character Charlie Harper -- a children's jingle writer -- was struck and killed by a moving train. If allowed to return for the show for its season finale, some inventive storytelling would have to be in the cards. Especially considering that Sheen's character was later portrayed by Oscar winner Kathy Bates as a spirit forced to spend eternity in Hell as a woman with a pair of testicles. It also doesn't help that Sheen has made unkind comments about Kutcher, his replacement.
However, if CBS chief Les Moonves, a friend of Sheen, is a part of the decision making, the viewership for the finale could possibly exceed 25 million.
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