Charlie Sheen thinks Being Sober is boring.....

[Accidental Martyr]

To quote Bill Hicks:
'Hey Mr Surgeon General, if drugs are so bad for you, how come Keith Richards is still walking'.

That was pretty funny when he made that joke in 1992.
Its 2011 and Keith Richards is still walking.

Keith cannot be killed by conventional weapons.

 

[Marcus]

The show makes money hand over fist, I don't believe CBS will give up on him unless they have to, even just one more season means many more millions in revenue. They're probably trying behind the scenes to find a way to fix him before next season.

 

[Segnosaur]

The show makes money hand over fist, I don't believe CBS will give up on him unless they have to, even just one more season means many more millions in revenue. They're probably trying behind the scenes to find a way to fix him before next season.

The problem is, Sheen's current "problems" might give ratings an initial boost, but after the season debut, many of the people turning in to see the Sheen train wreck might start tuning out.

I good comparison might be the series Ellen. After the initial "coming out" episode (which ended up being highly rated) ratings started to decline (if I remember correctly) and the series ended the season after that episode.

If they did bring Two and a Half Men back, it might be best to bring it back for only a 13 episode season; enough to profit from the return of Sheen, but short enough that they won't loose much if casual viewers start tuning out.

 

[TragicMonkey]

The problem is, Sheen's current "problems" might give ratings an initial boost, but after the season debut, many of the people turning in to see the Sheen train wreck might start tuning out.

I good comparison might be the series Ellen. After the initial "coming out" episode (which ended up being highly rated) ratings started to decline (if I remember correctly) and the series ended the season after that episode.

If they did bring Two and a Half Men back, it might be best to bring it back for only a 13 episode season; enough to profit from the return of Sheen, but short enough that they won't loose much if casual viewers start tuning out.

I think one problem might be that the viewing audience might develop a personal dislike for Sheen and thus stop watching the show. Some people do things like that. My grandmother switched off "Lawrence Welk" whenever that woman was on, the one who was, you know, divorced. My mother would never watch "M.A.S.H" because she heard somewhere that Colonel Potter beat his wife in real life. People are funny, and sometimes will find a given entertainment less amusing than before if they know something (or think they do) they dislike about the actors.

 

[calebprime]

I think one problem might be that the viewing audience might develop a personal dislike for Sheen and thus stop watching the show. Some people do things like that. My grandmother switched off "Lawrence Welk" whenever that woman was on, the one who was, you know, divorced. My mother would never watch "M.A.S.H" because she heard somewhere that Colonel Potter beat his wife in real life. People are funny, and sometimes will find a given entertainment less amusing than before if they know something (or think they do) they dislike about the actors.

Woody Allen, another example

 

[wasapi]

I think one problem might be that the viewing audience might develop a personal dislike for Sheen and thus stop watching the show. Some people do things like that. My grandmother switched off "Lawrence Welk" whenever that woman was on, the one who was, you know, divorced. My mother would never watch "M.A.S.H" because she heard somewhere that Colonel Potter beat his wife in real life. People are funny, and sometimes will find a given entertainment less amusing than before if they know something (or think they do) they dislike about the actors.

I agree. And, I also had a grandmother who would turn off "Lawrence Welk" when he had on someone she didn't like. Or, "heaven-forbid", if he had one of those "colored folks" on.

It will be interesting to see if anyone ever watchs Mel Gibson again. Interesting also that Gibson called Sheen to share "his love". Retch.

Julia

 

[sadhatter]

One of the new shows i watched manage to endear itself further to me ( no ordinary family. ) , during an episode in which a super powered person was manipulating peoples actions through pheromones , the victim of one of these attacks was refereed to as " Pulling a charlie sheen. ".

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

The show makes money hand over fist, I don't believe CBS will give up on him unless they have to, even just one more season means many more millions in revenue. They're probably trying behind the scenes to find a way to fix him before next season.

If the advertisers bail, it will no longer make money hand over fist. It won't make money at all.

 

[dudalb]

I think one problem might be that the viewing audience might develop a personal dislike for Sheen and thus stop watching the show. Some people do things like that. My grandmother switched off "Lawrence Welk" whenever that woman was on, the one who was, you know, divorced. My mother would never watch "M.A.S.H" because she heard somewhere that Colonel Potter beat his wife in real life. People are funny, and sometimes will find a given entertainment less amusing than before if they know something (or think they do) they dislike about the actors.

There is also the very real danger that Sheen will have another collapse in the middle of filming the next season, with huge costs because of delay to CBS. This is why I am betting that Sheen will not be offered many movie roles, he is too much of a risk,and the completion insurance on any film starring him will be sky high.
I think CBS has decided that this will not end well, and have decided to cut their losses before the bottom falls out, and be satisfied with the big profits that syndication of the show bring in.

 

[joobie]

I good comparison might be the series Ellen. After the initial "coming out" episode (which ended up being highly rated) ratings started to decline (if I remember correctly) and the series ended the season after that episode.

my somewhat hazy memory tells me that the show was supposed to end after that season, and that it's ratings were inflated at the time by the whole 'will she come out or not' plot line.

 

[joobie]

(subsequent googling says i am wrong about it being the last season)

 

[TragicMonkey]

(subsequent googling says i am wrong about it being the last season)

I dimly recall there were a lot of cast changes the season after the "big deal" and the new characters weren't as funny as the old ones.

 

[commandlinegamer]

Here's the thing though. If Charlie has been getting $2 million an episode, and he hasn't been blowing all of it on the old marching powder, he could probably finance a TV series himself to showcase his talents.

 

[dudalb]

Here's the thing though. If Charlie has been getting $2 million an episode, and he hasn't been blowing all of it on the old marching powder, he could probably finance a TV series himself to showcase his talents.

That goes against the first Comandment of The Film and Television Industry:Never put your own money into a show;get a investor to do it instead.

In fact, self finianced projects tend to be written off as "Vanity" projects.

 

[angrysoba]

Here's another "soundboard".

Don't know if this has been posted yet:

http://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/03/04/fun-stuff-the-charlie-sheen-soundboard-by-complex-com/

At least he sounds happy. In a smug way.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

That goes against the first Comandment of The Film and Television Industry:Never put your own money into a show;get a investor to do it instead.

In fact, self finianced projects tend to be written off as "Vanity" projects.

OPM.

 

[John Jones]

Originally Posted by The Central Scrutinizer
As I recall, they didn't go on every TV show in existance to tell everyone how sober they were.

Orly? It never happened?

 

[tyr_13]

There is also the very real danger that Sheen will have another collapse in the middle of filming the next season, with huge costs because of delay to CBS. This is why I am betting that Sheen will not be offered many movie roles, he is too much of a risk,and the completion insurance on any film starring him will be sky high.
I think CBS has decided that this will not end well, and have decided to cut their losses before the bottom falls out, and be satisfied with the big profits that syndication of the show bring in.

It's actually very impressive the way CBS has been handling this entire thing. You'd think they would be more shaken up having picked a fight with a man who's a F-16 with Tiger blood, Adonis DNA, and a warlock.

 

[jhunter1163]

I agree. And, I also had a grandmother who would turn off "Lawrence Welk" when he had on someone she didn't like. Or, "heaven-forbid", if he had one of those "colored folks" on.

It will be interesting to see if anyone ever watchs Mel Gibson again. Interesting also that Gibson called Sheen to share "his love". Retch.

Julia

Your grandma would have had a conniption if she had seen this...

 

[Marcus]

The problem is, Sheen's current "problems" might give ratings an initial boost, but after the season debut, many of the people turning in to see the Sheen train wreck might start tuning out.

I good comparison might be the series Ellen. After the initial "coming out" episode (which ended up being highly rated) ratings started to decline (if I remember correctly) and the series ended the season after that episode.

If they did bring Two and a Half Men back, it might be best to bring it back for only a 13 episode season; enough to profit from the return of Sheen, but short enough that they won't loose much if casual viewers start tuning out.

I kind of liked "Ellen" she's pretty funny, but the show garnered tiny ratings, insignificant next to a blockbuster like 2 1/2 men. I don't know if Sheen's problems helped or hurt the ratings, but it hardly matters, they are so high a blip either way won't make any difference. For that matter, even if no more episodes are made, hundreds of millions more will be generated, the reruns are in syndication, in most areas you can watch several episodes a day if you wish.

If the advertisers bail, it will no longer make money hand over fist. It won't make money at all.

I don't see this happening unless Sheen does something worse than he has done so far. After all, his character on the show is a reprobate who loves booze and broads. The advertisers won't desert the show unless the viewers desert the show, and they are watching the reruns in droves, so they will probably snap up a new season.