Charlie Sheen signs for more Two and a Half Men

By Patrick McLennan
( What's on TV )
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Charlie Sheen signs for more Two and a Half Men
Charlie Sheen signs for more Two and a Half Men (Image credit: PA Archive/Press Association Ima)

Charlie Sheen has signed up for two more seasons of hit US sitcom Two and a Half Men, despite earlier saying the most recent series might be the last. The 44-year-old actor said in a statement: "I'm looking forward to returning to my CBS home on Monday nights." Sheen had threatened to leave the series, which screens in the UK on Comedy Central, amid reports that he was demanding up to $1m (£690,000) per episode. The actor is also facing trial in July over domestic violence charges. He pleaded not guilty to menacing, criminal mischief and assault in a pre-trial hearing in March. The charges stem from an alleged altercation with his wife, Brooke Mueller Sheen, on Christmas Day 2009. At the time, she told police Sheen had put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her. She has since said she wants the charges dropped.

Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.