“Two And A Half Men” Season Gets Canceled - What Happens To The Crew?

[Omaha Steve]

http://broadcastunionnews.blogspot.com/2011/02/two-and-half-men-season-gets-canceled.html

Saturday, February 26, 2011

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Broadcast Union News: Corporate executives who run their companies into bankruptcy get bailed out with taxes paid by the same working people whose livelihoods have been destroyed by those same executive's greed. Highly compensated movie and TV stars can reek the same sort of havoc on the hard working people whose incomes are seriously effected by the behavior of those key actors.

Last Thursday, CBS pulled the plug on the remainder of the current season of “Two and a Half Men” following the latest in series of outrageous radio rants by actor Charlie Sheen.

Following the cancellation announcement, Charlie vowed to fight any attempt by CBS/Warner Bros. to withhold his $ 1.2 Million per episode salary for each of the canceled “Two and a Half Men” episodes.

As for his co-stars and crew, now facing unemployment as a result of Sheen's erratic behavior, Charlie said to “be patient.”

How much if anything the show's cast will receive is also uncertain at the moment. The regulars on the show have a 13-episode guarantee that has already been met, so, by invoking the force majeure clause in their contracts, the studio is not obligated to pay them for the canceled episodes.

“Be focused,” Charlie advised. “We are at war and there are ways to deal with these clowns and take all their money.” Easy for him to say, Sheen's “Two and a Half Men” contract nets him $27 million dollars annually.


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[bluestateguy]

1. So Charlie Sheen's adolescent behavior has cost the working class crewmembers their jobs?

What an asshole.

His playboy lifestyle may have been cute and funny when he was in his 20's, but now it's just sad and pathetic, especially when it costs other people their jobs.

[Me.]

2. They Are SOL

Maybe can get unemployment until their next gig. But getting a new job will be hard. As they've been on one show for a number of years no one calls/or thinks about them for work anymore and getting back into the 'system'/getting word out you're available can take up to a year or more, of you're lucky.

[jdlh8894]

3. Not a thing

They are under contract to the studio, not the show!

[emilyg]

5. Good to know.

[grasswire]

4. geez, that writer needs an editor!

"movie and TV stars can reek the same sort of havoc"

!

[customerserviceguy]

6. There may be an attempt to revive the show

For starters, you write Charlie Harper out of the script, have him run away with a cocktail waitress or some such plot device. Since Jake is as tall as Charlie and Alan, he's hardly a "half" man any more, you add some kid showing up at the door from a liason Charlie had several years ago where the condom failed.

That's how you get back to the original premise of the show, and the strength of the other characters carry it on for a couple more seasons. Maybe Sheen pulls his head out of his butt after a year in the slammer, and comes back, the ratings would be huge if that happened.

Better to try that, than simply let the show jump the shark. They replaced Bub with Uncle Charlie on "My Three Sons", didn't they?