Two and a Half Men 

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, Ashton Kutcher, Angus T. Jones

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 29 wins & 70 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jon Cryer	...	Alan Harper / ... 262 episodes, 2003-2015
Angus T. Jones	...	Jake Harper / ... 226 episodes, 2003-2015
Conchata Ferrell	...	Berta 211 episodes, 2003-2015
Charlie Sheen	...	Charlie Harper 178 episodes, 2003-2011

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 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 lady ...

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Plot Keywords:

male objectification | 21th century | jingle | chiropractor | beach house | 

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Taglines:

Charlie Lives! (syndication)

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

CBS [United States] Official Facebook

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, The Tannenbaum Company, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

April Bowlby made ten appearances as a guest star in season three. However, when she got bumped up to regular cast member status in season four, she only appeared five times.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Charlie: What the hell are you doing?

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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

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #6.178 (2012)

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Soundtracks

Two and a Half Men Theme
Music and Lyrics by Grant Geissman, Lee Aronsohn and Chuck Lorre

User Reviews

After Charlie, it all went wrong

Charlie should have gone after Rose to marry her. Ryan Stiles divorces Alan's ex and moves in with Alan and the kid, more believable. 2 exes from the same wife living together with the kid. Ryan is a great comedian and should have gotten the part. Don't like the new show at all,Ashton Kutcher totally makes this an entirely different show from the first one. Bad transition, Ryan is a WAAY better comedian than Ashton will ever be and he already had a position in the show. Should continue along the same storyline rather than write a new show. This to me is an obvious move, why could no one else see this? It's not that I'm Canadian like Ryan, it's just that I have seen Ryan and followed him since I first saw him on the Beachcombers show 100 years ago.I think he has been overlooked too many times.