CBS Sued Over Two and a Half Men

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Saw this on Yahoo:

YAHOO:
Warner Bros. Television sued CBS in Los Angeles on Wednesday, claiming it is owed nearly $70 million for producing and licensing the hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. [MORE]

 

[Aragorn]

So what will they do? Pull it from CBS and move it over to CW, where they retool it with hip, young 20-something guys (who still have a teenage son in the house) walking around shirtless?

 

[Trekker4747]

At least it isn't over Alicia Witt's striptease....

 

[sidious618]

Of course they're getting sued. It's a terrible show.

Oh, wait, it's about something else.

 

[LutherSloan]

Of course they're getting sued. It's a terrible show.

 

[Dorian Thompson]

I just discovered this show in reruns. I think it's hilarious. I had no idea Charlie Sheen was actually funny.

 

[John Picard]

So what will they do? Pull it from CBS and move it over to CW, where they retool it with hip, young 20-something guys (who still have a teenage son in the house) walking around shirtless?

Actually, if it's on CW, then it would be from Judith's perspective. We'd rarely see Charlie and Alan.

I just discovered this show in reruns. I think it's hilarious. I had no idea Charlie Sheen was actually funny.

Hot Shots
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The Wraith (Sci-Fi/Horror)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off

 

[Dorian Thompson]

Never seen the first three. Damn, I forgot all about Sheen in Ferris Bueller. That was him in the police station, wasn't it?

Actually, if it's on CW, then it would be from Judith's perspective. We'd rarely see Charlie and Alan.

No, it'd be the POV of two hot teenaged bikini clad chicks from next door. Charlie and Alan are way too old to attract the desired CW demo.

 

[Sheep]

I had no idea Charlie Sheen was actually funny.

He's basically playing himself from what I've read. Must be easy when you have a lifetime of experience to draw from.

I enjoy the show, although I'm only up to the second season. I also discovered it in reruns and am now going through it on Netflix.

 

[JonathonWally]

Never seen the first three. Damn, I forgot all about Sheen in Ferris Bueller. That was him in the police station, wasn't it?

 

[John Picard]

Charlie Sheen and John Cryer became really good friends while filming the movie Hot Shots which pretty much explains why 2½-Men works so well.

 

[bigdaddy]

Of course they're getting sued. It's a terrible show.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees that. The show could repeat the same episodes for 10 years and people would think it's funny, because that's all they do! it's the same exact story every episode!

The show is almost as bad as Everyone (But Me) Loves Rayman! God CBS produces some bad TV shows, and the good ones they cancel.

 

[INACTIVESamusAranX]

Of course they're getting sued. It's a terrible show.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees that. The show could repeat the same episodes for 10 years and people would think it's funny, because that's all they do! it's the same exact story every episode!

The show is almost as bad as Everyone (But Me) Loves Rayman! God CBS produces some bad TV shows, and the good ones they cancel.

At least they haven't cancelled Cold Case yet.

 

[Pingfah]

I just discovered this show in reruns. I think it's hilarious. I had no idea Charlie Sheen was actually funny.

He is funny, but not in this.

 

[JonathonWally]

I just discovered this show in reruns. I think it's hilarious. I had no idea Charlie Sheen was actually funny.

He is funny, but not in this.

He was pretty damn funny during his E! True Hollywood Story special a few years back.

Especially when he did the impression of his father.

One of the best lines, in Charlie Sheen voice

"I had a choice, I could go to school, or drive around all day and smoke a lot of pot.........school lost..."

 

[Pingfah]

^ Yes i've always found him very funny in interviews.

For some reason he absolutely cracked me up in Terminal Velocity. It was a crappy movie but he had so many well timed one liners.

 

[JonathonWally]

The guy has always had great timing, and he's hilarious without words. i still laugh my ass of at Ferris Bueller during the police station scene. Seen the movie at least hundred times, but everytime I see him put that dumbass look on his face and stick his thumb I can't hold back.

 

[CaptMurdock]

I have a hard time believing that the same guys who created this slop also came up with something as smart as The Big Bang Theory.

 

[TGTheodore]

Of course they're getting sued. It's a terrible show.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees that. The show could repeat the same episodes for 10 years and people would think it's funny, because that's all they do! it's the same exact story every episode!

Yeah, well, we "sheep" see something different because we give it more than a cursory glance.

Also, you're talking about the basic premise of a series. The same premise elements will appear in every episode. It's HOW they're done that distinguishes one series from another.

The same elements appear every week in The Big Bang Theory or M*A*S*H, or Battlestar Galactica. You can just as easily say they're always "the same show" every week.

--Ted

 

[bigdaddy]

I have watched 7-10 shows, EVERY one is the same, their mommie fucked them up by being a cold distant bitch, I don't need to watch 10 years of the show.