Fortun favors fools, small children, and actors named Charlie Sheen...

[Data Holmes]

Looks like Sheen's first post 2.5 men project has been picked up.

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni17286426/

Charlie Sheen’s new sitcom Anger Management has landed at FX with an initial order for 10 episodes for a summer 2012 launch. If successful, that will be followed by a 90-episode order by FX as well as broadcast syndication launch by distributor Debmar-Mercury in fall 2014.

Winning indeed.


ETA: can a mod fix the thread title misspelling please?

 

[Alrik]

Re: Fortun favors fools, small children, and actors named Charlie Shee

Go figure.

Although I will admit, when he's not bat-shit crazy, he's pretty good.

 

[Data Holmes]

Re: Fortun favors fools, small children, and actors named Charlie Shee

I thought his bat shit rants were funny as hell. I always figured that they were an act to keep his name in the news after his ouster from 2.5 men. He let it run just long enough too, killing it with his roast on comedy central.

 

[Ryan]

Re: Fortun favors fools, small children, and actors named Charlie Shee

Ninety episodes? That's something like a 7 season pickup (by regular cable standards).

 

[McCoy]

Re: Fortun favors fools, small children, and actors named Charlie Shee

Yeah that doesn't sound right.

 

[Aragorn]

Re: Fortun favors fools, small children, and actors named Charlie Shee

Ninety episodes? That's something like a 7 season pickup (by regular cable standards).

That's how a lot of cable TV half-hour comedies work, basing it on how the initial run of episodes goes. TBS waited to see how "Are We There Yet?" starring Terry Crews did after 10 episodes before picking it up for 90 more. 100 episodes is the magic number for syndication, which is easy money for them. Plus there are no in-between-season contract negotiations to cut into profits.

 

[Aragorn]

Re: Fortun favors fools, small children, and actors named Charlie Shee

Ninety episodes? That's something like a 7 season pickup (by regular cable standards).

That's how a lot of cable TV half-hour comedies work, basing it on how the initial run of episodes goes. TBS waited to see how "Are We There Yet?" starring Terry Crews did after 10 episodes before picking it up for 90 more. 100 episodes is the magic number for syndication, which is easy money for them. Plus there are no in-between-season contract negotiations to cut into profits.

100 episodes, production costs are set, more money to be made once it hits syndication.

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Re: Fortun favors fools, small children, and actors named Charlie Shee

I thought his bat shit rants were funny as hell. I always figured that they were an act to keep his name in the news after his ouster from 2.5 men. He let it run just long enough too, killing it with his roast on comedy central.

Er, did everybody forget about his total disaster of a tour?