Two and a Half Men (2003– )

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

Creators:

Lee Aronsohn, Chuck Lorre

Stars:

Jon Cryer, Angus T. Jones, Charlie Sheen

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 25 wins & 60 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jon Cryer	...	Alan Harper (225 episodes, 2003-2013)
Angus T. Jones	...	Jake Harper (224 episodes, 2003-2013)
Charlie Sheen	...	Charlie Harper (178 episodes, 2003-2011)
Conchata Ferrell	...	Berta (173 episodes, 2003-2013)
Holland Taylor	...	Evelyn Harper (93 episodes, 2003-2012)

Storyline

The Harper brothers Charlie and Alan are almost opposites but form a great team. They have little in common except their dislike for their mundane, maternally cold and domineering mother, Evelyn. Alan, a compulsively neat chiropractor and control-freak, is thrown out by his manipulative wife Judith who nevertheless gets him to pay for everything and do most jobs in the house. Charlie is a freelance jingle composer and irresistible Cassanova who lives in a luxurious beach-house and rarely gets up before noon. Charlie "temporarily" allows Alan and his son Jake, a food-obsessed, lazy school kid who shuttles between his parents, to move in with them after Alan's separation/divorce. The sitcom revolves around their conflicting lifestyles, raising Jake (who has the efficient, caring dad while having a ball with his fun-loving sugar uncle who teaches him boyish things), and bantering with Evelyn and various other friends and family. Other fairly regular characters include Charlie's cleaning ...

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Plot Keywords:

jingle | sitcom | beach house | chiropractor | stalker | 

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Taglines:

Charlie Lives! (syndication)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

CBS [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 September 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dois Homens e Meio

Filming Locations:

Malibu Colony Road, Malibu, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Tannenbaum Company, The, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the making of Dharma & Greg, another Chuck Lorre production, he had a film editor named Charles Harper Yates. This is the reference to selecting Charlie Harper as the name of Charlie Sheen's character.

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Quotes

Charlie: Recurring
[also said by other characters]
Charlie: That ship has sailed.

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Crazy Credits

The Chuck Lorre Productions vanity card at the end of each episode consists of the words "Chuck Lorre Productions", the vanity card number, and a short essay or mini screenplay that changes with each episode. Topics have included a riff on slang words that Lorre wants to coin, the reason a certain scene containing the line of dialog that was used as the episode's title was edited out, and a screenplay about Lorre's assistant entering his office and finding him curled up in the fetal position.

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Connections

Featured in 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmys (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Men men men men, manly men men men!"
(uncredited)
Written by Grant Geissman, Lee Aronsohn, and Chuck Lorre
Performed by Elizabeth Daily and Other Studio Musicians

User Reviews

Fun, well-crafted show.. uncertain future.

This show is really fun to watch. I can't tell who's better - the writers or the actors. The writing is great - tight and witty with plenty of sarcasm. The actors are very talented and work incredibly well with each other. You can tell they have a lot of fun together and it's fun to watch.

On some shows, if the writers have an "off" day, the whole episode is subpar. The same with any of the actors. But in the case of this show, I think if anyone has an "off" day, the rest of the ensemble could carry the show brilliantly.

If the chemistry and writing stay at current levels (or continue to get better) I can see this show winning a lot of critical acclaim. The only thing I wonder - just how much comedy can be milked out of the characters' current lives before the

writers have to start inventing bizarre plots just to get laughs?