All Topics  
Two and a Half Men

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Two and a Half Men
 
 
  Topics Two and a Half Men Topic Home

Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
- and Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
-nominated American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
, which premiered on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 on Monday, September 22, 2003 at 9:30 p.m., ET
North American Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America. Its time offset is -5 hrs GMT or UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time....
/PT
Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory....
. The sitcom stars Jon Cryer
Jon Cryer

Jonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer is an United States actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is the son of actress/singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut by starring in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame by starring as "Duckie" in the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink....
, Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Est?vez , better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street ....
 and Angus T. Jones
Angus T. Jones

Angus Turner Jones is an American child actor. He is best known for his role as Jake Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men . Jones won the 2006-2007 Silver Icon Award from Travolta Family Entertainment for his role on Two and a Half Men....
.

series centers around a freewheeling bachelor, Charlie, whose carefree lifestyle is interrupted when his newly separated brother Alan moves in along with his son, Jake. The show was co-created by executive producers Chuck Lorre
Chuck Lorre

Chuck Lorre is a writer, director, producer and composer who has worked on many American sitcoms, including Dharma & Greg, Two and a Half Men, and The Big Bang Theory ....
 and Lee Aronsohn
Lee Aronsohn

Lee Aronsohn is a television program screenwriter and television producer.He has written for some very successful situation comedys, such as The Love Boat, Who's the Boss?, Murphy Brown, Grace Under Fire, The Big Bang Theory, and Cybill....
.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Two and a Half Men'
Start a new discussion about 'Two and a Half Men'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Recent Posts

Why does charlie have much mony?








Encyclopedia


Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award
Emmy Award

The Emmy Award, also known as the 'Emmy', is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards....
- and Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
-nominated American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television sitcom
Situation comedy

A situation comedy, usually referred to as a sitcom, is a genre of comedy programs which originated in radio. Today, sitcoms are found almost exclusively on television as one of its dominant narrative forms....
, which premiered on CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 on Monday, September 22, 2003 at 9:30 p.m., ET
North American Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America. Its time offset is -5 hrs GMT or UTC-5 during standard time and UTC-4 during daylight saving time....
/PT
Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time . The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 120th meridian west of the Greenwich Observatory....
. The sitcom stars Jon Cryer
Jon Cryer

Jonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer is an United States actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is the son of actress/singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut by starring in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame by starring as "Duckie" in the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink....
, Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen

Carlos Irwin Est?vez , better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street ....
 and Angus T. Jones
Angus T. Jones

Angus Turner Jones is an American child actor. He is best known for his role as Jake Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men . Jones won the 2006-2007 Silver Icon Award from Travolta Family Entertainment for his role on Two and a Half Men....
.

Premise

The series centers around a freewheeling bachelor, Charlie, whose carefree lifestyle is interrupted when his newly separated brother Alan moves in along with his son, Jake. The show was co-created by executive producers Chuck Lorre
Chuck Lorre

Chuck Lorre is a writer, director, producer and composer who has worked on many American sitcoms, including Dharma & Greg, Two and a Half Men, and The Big Bang Theory ....
 and Lee Aronsohn
Lee Aronsohn

Lee Aronsohn is a television program screenwriter and television producer.He has written for some very successful situation comedys, such as The Love Boat, Who's the Boss?, Murphy Brown, Grace Under Fire, The Big Bang Theory, and Cybill....
. In its third season, starting September 2005, it moved to Mondays at 9:00 p.m. (taking Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond is an Emmy Award-winning Television in the United States television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996 to May 16, 2005....
s time slot). Two and a Half Men debuted in local syndication
Television syndication

In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows to multiple individual stations, without going through a broadcast network....
 in September 2007, also soon to be syndicated on the FX cable network in 2010. Production on the show was halted on November 6, 2007 due to the 2007 WGA strike
2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike

The 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, or more commonly known as the Writers' Strike was a Strike action by the Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West ....
. The show returned March 17, 2008 with nine episodes to conclude the fifth season. CBS also renewed the show for a sixth season, which premiered on September 22, 2008, five years after the first episode of the series initially aired.

Main characters

  • Charlie Sheen
    Charlie Sheen

    Carlos Irwin Est?vez , better known as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. His character roles in films have included Chris Taylor in the 1986 Vietnam War drama Platoon and Bud Fox in 1987 film Wall Street ....
     as     Charles Francis "Charlie" Harper
    Charlie Harper (Two and a Half Men)

    Charles Francis "Charlie" Harper is a fictional character from the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. Played by actor Charlie Sheen, the character has garnered three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor and two Golden Globe nominations for Best Performance by an Actor in a Comedy Series....
    , a hedonistic
    Hedonism

    Hedonism is a school of philosophy which argues that pleasure has an intrinsic value and is the most important pursuit of humanity....
     ladies' man, never married (although he once was about to get married to Mia (Emmanuelle Vaugier
    Emmanuelle Vaugier

    Emmanuelle Vaugier is a Canada film and television actress. Her biggest roles to date have perhaps been as Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville , as Mia on Two and a Half Men and as Jessica Angell on CSI: New York....
    )), jingle
    Jingle

    A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly Broadcasting on radio and sometimes on television commercials.History ...
    /children's song writer who tends to pick on his younger brother Alan but ultimately loves him. He is the exact opposite of his little brother: relaxed and affluent. He loves his nephew Jake and gives him advice (much of which is not age-appropriate), but the two often trade barbs as well.
  • Jon Cryer
    Jon Cryer

    Jonathan Niven "Jon" Cryer is an United States actor, screenwriter and film producer. He is the son of actress/singer Gretchen Cryer. He made his motion picture debut by starring in the 1984 romantic comedy No Small Affair, but gained greater fame by starring as "Duckie" in the John Hughes film Pretty in Pink....
     as     Alan Jerome Harper
    Alan Harper (Two and a Half Men)

    Alan Jerome Harper is a fictional character from the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men. Portrayed by Jon Cryer, Alan is the hapless father of Jake Harper and the brother of Charlie Harper ....
    , Charlie's divorced chiropractor
    Chiropractic

    Chiropractic is a health care approach and profession that emphasizes diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially the vertebral column, under the hypothesis that these disorders affect general health via the nervous system....
     brother, who is more conscientious than his brother but continually stricken with bad luck and teased by Charlie. After losing his house to his wife, Judith, during the divorce, he permanently resides with Charlie. He is generally a nice and polite person, but seems to have a weakness for women who treat him poorly, which may stem from the non-nurturing relationship he had with his and Charlie's mother. The most practical character on the show, Alan's scruples and frugality are frequent joke-fodder. Jon Cryer plays the part of the younger brother, by two years, yet in real life he is a few months older than Charlie Sheen.
  • Angus T. Jones
    Angus T. Jones

    Angus Turner Jones is an American child actor. He is best known for his role as Jake Harper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men . Jones won the 2006-2007 Silver Icon Award from Travolta Family Entertainment for his role on Two and a Half Men....
     as     Jacob David "Jake" Harper
    Jake Harper

    Jacob David "Jake" Harper is a fictional character portrayed by Angus T. Jones in the American sitcom Two and a Half Men.Jake is ten years old at the start of the series....
    , the underachieving son of Alan and Judith. He spends most of his free time playing video games, eating, watching television and sleeping. He loves his father and uncle but is often surly toward them. Despite popular belief, Sheen, Cryer, and Jones do not sing the show's catchy theme song; the voice Jones is lip-syncing is actually that of female singer and voice-over artist Elizabeth Daily
    Elizabeth Daily

    Elizabeth Ann Guttman , better known by her stage names of Elizabeth Daily and E.G. Daily, is an United States voice acting, actor, singing, songwriter, and musician....
    .
  • Conchata Ferrell
    Conchata Ferrell

    Conchata Galen Ferrell is an United States actress, most recently known for her role as Berta the middle-aged housekeeper in the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men, for which she received a 2005 and a 2007 Emmy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series....
     (season 2 onward; recurring in season 1), as their sarcastic housekeeper     Berta. Although Berta's manner may be viewed as rude, Alan and Charlie still treat her with a great deal of respect. She has a sister named Daisy, played by Camryn Manheim
    Camryn Manheim

    Camryn Manheim is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning actress known primarily for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on American Broadcasting Company's The Practice and Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer....
    , with whom she does not get along. She also has a number of daughters and granddaughters, who she herself states are "sleazy and easy" and sometimes brings along to work, with the example of Prudence, who is played by Megan Fox
    Megan Fox

    Megan Denise Fox is an American actress and Model . She is known for her roles on the television series Hope & Faith and in the 2007 in film live action Transformers ....
     She has flirted with Teddy Leopold and several other men who enter the house. She has been known to attend many of the Harper family functions.
  • Marin Hinkle
    Marin Hinkle

    Marin Hinkle is an American actress, perhaps best known for playing the role of Judith on the hit series Two and a Half Men....
     as     Judith Harper, Alan's vindictive first ex-wife. She seems to despise Alan and takes any chance to humiliate him. She was the first woman Alan ever slept with, but their marriage was cold and she said that the only time she was ever happy being sexual was when she was pregnant with Jake. Alan often calls out her hypocritical behavior (mostly directed at her disapproval of him having girlfriends around Jake, when she has had relationships with another woman and various men herself) but also seems to still have feelings for her, going as far as having visions of her and her new husband when he began dating a mutual friend of theirs. She made no secret of living luxuriously with Alan's alimony
    Alimony

    Alimony, maintenance or spousal support is an obligation established by law in many countries that is based on the premise that both spouses have an absolute obligation to support each other during the marriage unless they are legally separated....
    , going as far as to get breast implants. She has since remarried to Dr. Herb Melnick (Ryan Stiles
    Ryan Stiles

    Ryan Lee Stiles is an Emmy Award-nominated United States-Canada actor, comedian, Television director, and voice actor whose work is often associated with improvisational comedy....
    ), Jake's pediatrician, a union that brought joy to Alan because it meant he no longer had to pay alimony. She still makes Alan pay child support for activities she doesn't want to trouble Herb with. In Season 6, she threw Herb out of the house and briefly reunited with Alan before throwing HIM out and reconciling with Herb, and it was later revealed she was pregnant. She has angrily declared the baby is Herb's and threatened to kill Alan if he reveals their affair, leaving Alan stuck as to how to deal with the situation.
  • Holland Taylor
    Holland Taylor

    Holland Taylor is an Emmy-Award winning United States actor, known for her film, television and theatre work. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, as Judge Roberta Kittleson in The Practice and as Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men....
     as     Evelyn Harper, Charlie and Alan's conceited and self-centered mother and Jake's grandmother. She expresses a superficial fondness for her sons and grandson, but rarely lives up to her outsized image of herself as a devoted and misunderstood matriarch. Her sons and grandson generally return the favor and go out of their way to avoid interacting with her on most occasions. Her wide-ranging sex life is a recurring gag throughout the series. The family frequently refers to her as "the devil", and Charlie has her number on his cell phone under the name "666
    Number of the Beast

    The Number of the Beast is a concept from the Book of Revelation of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The number is 666 in most manuscripts of the New Testament, and in modern translations and Textual criticism....
    ". Her latest romance ended disastrously when her new husband (Teddy) had a heart attack while sleeping with his alleged stepdaughter, only for the police to reveal that Teddy was a con artist, who had planned to steal all of Evelyn's money and share it with the young woman, his much younger partner and lover. This can be seen as alluding to the theme of karma
    Karma

    Karma is the concept of "action" or "deed" in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of causality originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhism philosophies....
    , even though she was lucky and avoided the scam. In the episode
    Episode

    An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a Serial television program or Radio programming program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book....
         The Sea is a Harsh Mistress, Charlie was in the ocean, where he had a vision and saw his dead father's head floating beside him. His father told him to take care of Evelyn, which puzzled him, because he didn't see how anyone could demand of him to take care of her. In the end of the episode, Charlie watched TV with his mother, when he picked up a message from a film noir
    Film noir

    Film noir is a film term used primarily to describe stylish cinema of the United States Crime film, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation....
    . Suddenly, he realized what his father had meant by "taking care" of her.


Recurring characters

  • Melanie Lynskey
    Melanie Lynskey

    Melanie Jayne Lynskey is an actress best known for starring in Heavenly Creatures and for playing Rose on Two and a Half Men....
     (starring seasons 1-2; recurring season 3 onward) as their neighbor     Rose, a former girlfriend and stalker of Charlie's. She enters and exits Charlie's house by climbing onto the patio and has five ferrets, all named Charlie. Rose earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University
    Princeton University

    Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
     in two years and has a Masters Degree in behavioral psychology from Stanford University
    Stanford University

    Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private university research university located in Stanford, California, California, United States....
    . Her family is involved in banking and oil, making them - and implicitly her - wealthy. Rose eventually left for London, England but has since returned to the U.S. and found new ways to woo and stalk Charlie. Rose's father is played by Charlie Sheen's real-life father Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen

    Martin Sheen is an American actor who earned recognition for his performances as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and President of the United States Josiah Bartlet on the NBC political drama series The West Wing....
    . She is shown hanging out with Alan occasionally and they get along very well. They discussed going further in their relationship, but decided to remain friends. Lynskey's character has surprising depths that belie her absurdity. She once created a website devoted to hating Charlie, which turned out to be a social experiment provoking Charlie to understand the emotional damage he tends to leave behind in his relationships. A running gag throughout the series is when Charlie suspects that some random coincidences where she is behind them all, no one believes him but it is later revealed to the viewers that he was correct. Rose celebrated her birthday in the episode "Sleep Tight, Puddin' Pop" November 7, 2005.


  • Ryan Stiles
    Ryan Stiles

    Ryan Lee Stiles is an Emmy Award-nominated United States-Canada actor, comedian, Television director, and voice actor whose work is often associated with improvisational comedy....
     (recurring season 2 onward) as     Dr. Herb Melnick, Judith's new husband and Jake's new stepfather. Though he is married to Judith, he is a laid-back guy and he and Alan seem to get along, and he seems to envy aspects of the Harper brothers' lives (Charlie's partying, the fact that Alan was married to Kandi). Alan is just happy that he no longer has to pay Judith alimony, as she used it for selfish purposes. An inconsistency in the story line is the first time he appears, he is named as Greg.


  • April Bowlby (season 4; recurring season 3) as Kandi, Alan's young, dimwitted ex-girlfriend. After an impromptu wedding in Las Vegas
    Las Vegas, Nevada

    Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
    , Kandi divorced him and kept their condominium, but they continued to have a semi-regular sexual relationship. When she got a role on a CSI
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
    -spoof drama, she signed divorce papers so that Alan wouldn't be able to claim her new-found fortune. She has appeared once more in an episode where the guys, Judith, Herb, Berta, Rose, Evelyn and Kandi go to Charlie's house for Christmas. It has been claimed that she has a new fiancé. Interestingly, she first appeared as one of Charlie's girlfriends in the episode "Madame and Her Special Friend" in November 2005 but was listed as "Kimber" in the closing credits.


Notable guest stars

Guest stars so far have included Emmanuelle Vaugier
Emmanuelle Vaugier

Emmanuelle Vaugier is a Canada film and television actress. Her biggest roles to date have perhaps been as Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville , as Mia on Two and a Half Men and as Jessica Angell on CSI: New York....
 as Mia, Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch

Jane Lynch is an American writer, actress, comedian, and singer best known for her roles in Christopher Guest comedies such as Best in Show ....
 as the therapist Dr. Freeman, Jeri Ryan
Jeri Ryan

Jeri Lynn Ryan is an United States actress, best known for her role as the ex-Borg Seven of Nine on Star Trek: Voyager....
 as Sherri, Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen is an American actor who earned recognition for his performances as Captain Willard in the film Apocalypse Now and President of the United States Josiah Bartlet on the NBC political drama series The West Wing....
 as Rose's father, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe is an American actress and model, who at age 17 portrayed Cassidy Bridges on Nash Bridges. Also known for her role on Prison Break as Gretchen Morgan a.k.a....
 twice (once as Gail and once as Isabella), Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman

Cloris Leachman is an United States actor of stage , film and television. She has won eight primetime Emmy Awards—more than any other female performer—and one Daytime Emmy Award....
 as Norma, Denise Richards
Denise Richards

Denise Lee Richards is an United States Actor and former fashion model. She became famous in the late 1990s, after a string of films that highlighted her sex appeal, including Starship Troopers , Wild Things, and The World Is Not Enough....
 as Lisa, Richard Lewis
Richard Lewis (comedian)

Richard Philip Lewis is an American comedian and actor....
 as Stan, Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher

Teri Lynn Hatcher is an United States actress. She portrayed Lois Lane in the television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman....
 as Judith's sister Liz, Judy Greer
Judy Greer

Judy Evans Greer is an United States actor....
 as Myra, Heather Locklear
Heather Locklear

'Heather Deen Locklear' is an American actor. She is primarily known for her television work, her most notable roles being "Sammy Jo Carrington" on the 1980s soap opera Dynasty , "Officer Stacy Sheridan" on the 1980s cop drama T.J....
 as Laura Lang, Megan Fox
Megan Fox

Megan Denise Fox is an American actress and Model . She is known for her roles on the television series Hope & Faith and in the 2007 in film live action Transformers ....
 as Berta's granddaughter Prudence, Gail O'Grady
Gail O'Grady

Gail O'Grady is an United States television actress....
 as Kandi's mother Mandi, Kevin Sorbo
Kevin Sorbo

Kevin David Sorbo is an United States actor best known for the roles of Hercules on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Captain Dylan Hunt in Andromeda ....
 as Kandi's father Andy, Josie Davis
Josie Davis

Josie Davis is an Young Artist Award-winning American actress and producer, best known for her role as Sarah Powell in the television sitcom Charles in Charge from 1987 to 1990....
 as Sandy, Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner

Robert John Wagner is a Golden Globe- nominated prolific United States film and television actor of theatre and screen, who starred in movies, soap operas and television....
 as Teddy, Jenny McCarthy
Jenny McCarthy

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy is an American model , comedian, actor, author, and activism. She began her career as a Playboy magazine model in 1993, before launching a television and film acting career ....
 as Teddy's daughter, Courtney, Ming-Na
Ming-Na

Ming-Na Wen is an China-United States actress. She has been credited with and without her family name, but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it....
 as Judge Linda Harris, Jenna Elfman
Jenna Elfman

Jenna Elfman is an United States television and film actress....
 as Frankie, Camryn Manheim
Camryn Manheim

Camryn Manheim is an United States Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning actress known primarily for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on American Broadcasting Company's The Practice and Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer....
 as Daisy, Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields

Brooke Christa Camille Shields is an American actor and supermodel. Some of her better-known movies include Pretty Baby and The Blue Lagoon as well as tv shows such as Suddenly Susan and Lipstick Jungle ....
 as Danielle, Michael Clark Duncan as neighbor Jerome, Katherine LaNasa as Lydia, Chris O'Donnell
Chris O'Donnell

Christopher Eugene O'Donnell is a Golden Globe-nominated United States actor, perhaps best known for playing Robin in the Batman films, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin , Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Finn Dandridge in Grey's Anatomy, and more recently, Jack McAuliffe in The Company ....
 as Jill/Bill (ex-girlfriend who became a man), Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias

Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler , better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spain singer-songwriter, model, and actor.Iglesias started his musical career with Mexico indie label Fonovisa, which helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Hispanic and Latino Americans market in the United States, sell...
 as Fernando, and Sara Rue
Sara Rue

Sara Rue is an United States actress. She played the roles of "Carmen Ferrara" on the drama Popular and "Claudia Casey" on the sitcom Less Than Perfect....
 as Berta's daughter Naomi. Sean Penn
Sean Penn

Sean Justin Penn is an United States film actor. He is also a filmmaker and political activist. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama for his role in Mystic River and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role and Academy Awa...
, Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello is an England musician and singer-songwriter. Costello came to prominence as an early participant in London's Pub rock scene in the mid-1970s, and later became associated with the punk rock and New Wave musical genres, before establishing his own unique voice in the 1980s....
, Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton is an United States actor of film and television....
, Steven Tyler
Steven Tyler

Steven Victor Tallarico , better known as Steven Tyler, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead singer and primary lyricist of Boston, Massachusetts-based rock band Aerosmith....
, James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones is an United Statesn actor of theater and screen, well known for his deep bass voice....
 have all appeared as themselves, among other guests

As part of a crossover from the writers and executive producer of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
, George Eads
George Eads

George Coleman Eads III is an United Statesn actor, best known for his role as Nick Stokes on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
 made a brief cameo appearance
Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television....
 on the May 5, 2008 episode.

Sheen’s real-life brother Emilio Estevez
Emilio Estevez

'Emilio Est?vez' is an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He started his career as an actor and is famous for being a member of the acting Brat Pack , appearing in The Breakfast Club and St....
 guest-starred as an old friend of Charlie’s.

Episodes

To date, five seasons have been broadcast, with a sixth season in production. The show's 100th episode ("City of Great Racks") aired on October 15, 2007. To celebrate this, a casino
Casino

A casino is, in the modern sense of the word, a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other tourist attractions....
-inspired party was held at West Hollywood's Pacific Design Center
Pacific Design Center

The Pacific Design Center, or PDC, is a multi-use facility for the design community located in West Hollywood, California. One of the buildings is often described as the Blue Whale because of its outsize nature relative to surrounding buildings and its brilliant blue glass cladding....
. Warner Brothers Television also distributed blue Micargi Rover bicycles adorned with the Two and a Half Men logo along with the words "100 Episodes." Each bicycle came with a note saying "You've made us very proud. Here's to a long ride together." The cast also gifted the crew with sterling silver key rings from Tiffany & Co. The key rings were attached to small pendants with "100" inscribed on one side and Two and a Half Men on the other.

Crossover with CSI


In 2007, Two and a Half Men creator Chuck Lorre contacted CSI: Crime Scene Investigation executive producer Carol Mendelsohn
Carol Mendelsohn

Carol Mendelsohn is an United States Jewish TV writer, notable for her work on the police procedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.Mendelsohn grew up in Chicago....
, about a crossover. At first, the idea seemed unlikely to receive approval; however, it resurfaced when Mendelsohn and Lorre were at the World Television Festival in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 and they decided to get approval and run with it. Even though the casts' eyebrows raised when they heard about the crossover, they all jumped on board. When Mendelsohn was giving a talk, she accidentally mentioned the crossover, that same day Variety Magazine was already inquiring about the crossover episodes. Mendelsohn later stated: "We're all used to being in control and in charge of our own shows and even though this was a freelance-type situation … there was an expectation and also a desire on all of our parts to really have a true collaboration. You have to give a little. It was sort of a life lesson, I think." "The biggest challenge for us was doing a comedy with a murder in it. Generally our stories are a little lighter," stated Lorre in an interview. "Would our audience go with a dead body in it? There was a moment where it could have gone either way. I think the results were spectacular. It turned out to be a really funny episode." "Fish in a Drawer
Fish in a Drawer

Fish in a Drawer is the seventeenth episode of the Two and a Half Men of Two and a Half Men and the 113th episode overall. The episode was written by Evan Dunsky, Sarah Goldfinger, Carol Mendelsohn and Naren Shankar, the writers of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, who swapped shows with the writing staff of Two and a Half Men....
" was the first part of the crossover to air, on May 5, 2008, and was written by Sarah Goldfinger
Sarah Goldfinger

Sarah Goldfinger is a television writer/television producer for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
, Evan Dunsky, Carol Mendelsohn
Carol Mendelsohn

Carol Mendelsohn is an United States Jewish TV writer, notable for her work on the police procedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.Mendelsohn grew up in Chicago....
 and Naren Shankar. George Eads is the only CSI: Crime Scene Investigation main cast member to make a cameo on Two and a Half Men. Three days later (May 8, 2008) the second part of the crossover, "Two And a Half Deaths
Two And a Half Deaths

Two and a Half Deaths is the sixteenth episode in the eighth season of the popular American crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation which is set in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nevada, USA....
" aired, following Gil Grissom
Gil Grissom

Gilbert "Gil" Grissom, Doctor of Philosophy is a fictional character portrayed by William Petersen on the American TV crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
 (William Petersen
William Petersen

William Louis Petersen is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominated American actor and producer, best known for playing Gil Grissom on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
) as he investigates the murder of a sitcom diva
Diva

A diva is a celebrated female singer. The Italian language term is used to describe a woman of rare, outstanding talent in the world of opera and by extension in theatre and popular music ....
 named Annabelle (Katey Sagal
Katey Sagal

'Katey Sagal' is a Golden Globe-nominated United Statesn actor and singer-songwriter, best known for her roles in Futurama, 8 Simple Rules, Married......
), who was found murdered while she was filming her show in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
, Sheen, Cryer and Jones all made cameos in this episode.

Awards and nominations

The show has received multiple award nominations. It was nominated for 30 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award

The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in United States primetime television programming....
 nominations (winning four technical awards), and two Golden Globe nominations. The show won the "Favorite TV Comedy" award at the 35th People's Choice Awards
35th People's Choice Awards

The 35th People's Choice Awards, honoring the best in popular culture for 2008, was held on January 7 2009 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles....
.

Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award

The Primetime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in United States primetime television programming....
s

Year Category Nominee Result
2004
56th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held Sunday, September 19, 2004. The awards show was hosted by Garry Shandling and was broadcast on American Broadcasting Company....
Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

This is a list of the winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music....
Lee Aronsohn, Grant Geissman, Chuck Lorre Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-Camera Series Nominated
Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-Camera Series Nominated
2005
57th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on September 18, 2005, hosted by Ellen DeGeneres. The 2005 Primetime Emmy Awards show was broadcast on CBS....
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress - Comedy Series

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series...
 Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Multi-camera Sound Mixing For A Series Or Special Won
Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing For A Series Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-camera Series Nominated
Outstanding Art Direction For A Multi-camera Series Nominated
2006
58th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on Sunday, August 27, 2006 on NBC at 8:00pm ET with Conan O'Brien hosting the show....
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Comedy Series

This is a list of the winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series....
 Nominated
Outstanding Multi-camera Sound Mixing For A Series Or Special Nominated
Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing For A Series Won
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Comedy Series

This is a list of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series winners1990s2000s...
 Nominated
Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor - Comedy Series

This is a list of winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series....
 Nominated
Outstanding Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

Award winners and nomineesThis is a list of winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series....
  Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-camera Series Nominated
2007
59th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California on September 16, 2007 and were televised live on Fox Broadcasting Company at 8:00 p.m....
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Multi-camera Picture Editing For A Series Won
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Comedy Series  Nominated
Outstanding Cinematography For A Multi-camera Series Won
2008
60th Primetime Emmy Awards

The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 21, 2008, at the newly opened L.A. Live#Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California....
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (half-hour) And Animation Nominated
Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-camera Series Or A Special (non-prosthetic) Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series Nominated
Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-camera Series Or A Special Nominated
Outstanding Comedy Series  Nominated


Golden Globe Award
Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in film and television program....
s

Year Category Nominee Result
2005
62nd Golden Globe Awards

The 62nd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2004, were held on January 16, 2005.The Aviator received the most nominations and won the most awards, with 3 ....
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy Nominated
2006
63rd Golden Globe Awards

The 63rd Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best in film and television for 2005 in film, were presented on January 16, 2006 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Los Angeles, California....
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy Nominated


U.S. television ratings

Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of Two and a Half Men on CBS.

Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May sweeps.

Season Timeslot Season Premiere Season Finale TV Season Ranking Viewers
(in millions)
1st Mondays 9:30pm/8c September 22, 2003 May 24, 2004 2003-2004 #15 15.3
2nd Mondays 9:30pm/8c September 20, 2004 May 23, 2005 2004-2005 #11 16.5
3rd Mondays 9:00pm/8c September 19, 2005 May 22, 2006 2005-2006 #17 15.1
4th Mondays 9:00pm/8c September 18, 2006 May 14, 2007 2006-2007 #19 14.4
5th Mondays 9:00pm/8c September 24, 2007 May 19, 2008 2007-2008 #16 13.6
6th Mondays 9:00pm/8c September 22, 2008 May 2009 2008-2009 #? 15.1


For the week ending December 21, 2008, the series was first in households (10.7), with viewers (17.92m), with adults 25-54 (7.3) and with adults 18-49 (5.7). It was the series' best delivery in households and adults 18-49 since February 5, 2007 (the night after the 2007 Super Bowl
Super Bowl

In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League . The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday....
), with adults 25-54 since February 27, 2006, and viewers since May 16, 2005 (the night of Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Loves Raymond

Everybody Loves Raymond is an Emmy Award-winning Television in the United States television sitcom that originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996 to May 16, 2005....
s series finale
Series finale

A series finale is the very last installment of a television series, usually a sitcom or drama. The term is typically used to refer to a planned ending, as opposed to an unplanned one when a series is suddenly cancelled by its television network....
). This is the largest audience for the series in the 9:00 PM time slot.

DVD releases

DVD NameEp #Region 1
DVD region code

DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played. Discs without region coding are called all region or region 0 discs....
Region 2
DVD region code

DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played. Discs without region coding are called all region or region 0 discs....
Region 4
DVD region code

DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played. Discs without region coding are called all region or region 0 discs....
The Complete First Season
Two and a Half Men (Season 1)

Season one of Two and a Half Men, an American television series created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, that aired its pilot episode on September 22, 2003 at 9:30 p.m., North American Eastern Time Zone/Pacific Time Zone, on CBS, a U.S....
24September 11, 2007September 12, 2005February 15, 2006
The Complete Second Season
Two and a Half Men (Season 2)

The second season of Two and a Half Men originally aired between September 2004 and May 2005....
24January 8, 2008August 28, 2006September 6, 2006
The Complete Third Season
Two and a Half Men (Season 3)

The third season of Two and a Half Men originally aired between September 2005 and May 2006....
24May 13, 2008May 19, 2008July 23, 2008
The Complete Fourth Season
Two and a Half Men (Season 4)

The fourth season of Two and a Half Men originally aired between September 2006 and May 2007....
24September 23, 2008October 6, 2008October 8, 2008
The Complete Fifth Season
Two and a Half Men (Season 5)

The fifth season of Two and a Half Men originally aired between September 2007 and May 2008.Production on the show was halted on November 6, 2007 due to the 2007?2008 Writers Guild of America strike....
19May 12, 2009April 13, 2009TBA
The Complete Sixth Season
Two and a Half Men (Season 6)

The sixth season of Two and a Half Men began September 22, 2008 and is scheduled to conclude in May 2009....
24TBATBATBA


Season 1 Extras
  • Two Adults, One Kid, No Grown-Ups - behind the scenes with the cast and crew.
  • Backstage tour with Angus T. Jones.
  • Gag reel.


Season 2 Extras
  • 2˝ Days in the Life of 2˝ - viewers are invited for a behind-the-scenes look at a typical day in the life of cast members Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones.
  • The Serious Business of Writing Comedy - a hilarious look at what it really takes to write a comedy show.
  • Gag reel.


Season 3 Extras
  • Gag reel.


Season 4 Extras
  • Scene access.
  • Two all new Behind the Scenes featurettes.
  • Deleted scenes.
  • Gag reel.


Season 5 Extras
  • Two and a Half Men at 100 - featurette on the show's 100th episode.
  • The Lore of Chuck Lorre: Must Pause TV - the genesis and evolution of his vanity cards at the end of each episode.
  • Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard - chronicling the crossover episodes between writing teams of Two and a Half Men and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
  • Bonus episode: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - "Two and a Half Deaths."


Parodies

  • In the "North by North Quahog
    North by North Quahog

    "North by North Quahog" is the first episode of season four of Family Guy, and is the first episode to be produced following the revival of the series after its cancellation in 2002....
    " episode of     Family Guy
    Family Guy

    Family Guy is an animated cartoon Television in the United States Situation comedy created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox Broadcasting Company and regularly on other television networks in syndication....
    , the name of the show is interpreted in a more literal way. Meg and Chris are watching TV when the announcer says "Now back to Two and a Half Men." The commercial then cuts to the show of the Harper brothers standing beside the bisected upper half of a man, and all of them are screaming and the man cut in half screaming in pain.


  • In the Ocean's Three and a Half
    Ocean's Three and a Half

    "Ocean's Three and a Half" is the seventh episode of the seventh season of Family Guy. It first aired in the United States on the Fox Broadcasting Company on February 15, 2009....
     episode of Family Guy
    Family Guy

    Family Guy is an animated cartoon Television in the United States Situation comedy created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox Broadcasting Company and regularly on other television networks in syndication....
    , Peter attempted to induce labour from Bonnie by forcing her baby to watch Two and a Half Men, stating "If you're baby's not totally braindead, it'll come rushing out of there to change the channel." The screen then cut to Alan and Charlie sitting on the couch, with Alan complaining that he doesn't have a date. Charlie offers to give him a number from his little black book, only to pull out a black book the size of a phone book. The screen then cut to an ostrich sitting in the stands, giving a forced laugh.


  • A caricatured version of the characters from Two and a Half Men, called Two and a Half Wits, was placed in MAD Magazine issue #450. The artwork was done by artist Tom Richmond
    Tom Richmond (illustrator)

    File:Tom Richmond at WonderCon 2009.JPGTom Richmond is an American freelance humorous illustrator, cartoonist and caricaturist whose work has appeared in many national and international publications since 1990....
    , who, himself, found the show very amusing. The show's creator, Chuck Lorre, was very excited about     Two and a Half Men being in MAD Magazine, before the issue was published, he contacted MAD Magazine for the original artwork.


External links

  • at