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OK, so if not Hugh Grant, how about Ashton Kutcher?Kutcher is the latest star to come up as a possible Charlie Sheen replacement on "Two and a Half Men." Broadcasting & Cable reports that he's "under consideration" to join the CBS sitcom for its ninth season.
On Wednesday it was reported that Grant came very close to signing a deal to replace Sheen before backing out. Kutcher is a markedly different actor than Grant, but they both presumably have enough star power to bring viewers back to the show next season (at least initially).
Finding someone to replace Sheen is a big-money issue for both CBS, which wants to keep its highest-rated comedy going, and producer Warner Bros., which stands to make (or lose) piles of money in syndication if the show continues on strong footing. The way the show's syndication deal is structured gives stations the right not to buy any episodes of "Two and a Half Men" that don't feature Sheen. If stations do opt out, it would shorten the current contract's term (which is set to expire in 2021) by one year.
But if Kutcher, Grant or whoever CBS and Warner Bros. hire for the show were to help keep its ratings strong, stations would presumably want to keep airing it, Sheen or no Sheen.
Kutcher has produced several TV shows in recent years, but he hasn't really done much on-camera work since "That '70s Show" ended in 2006. His last TV acting gig was a guest spot on ABC's short-lived comedy "Miss Guided" (on which he was an exec producer) in 2008.
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GOSH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Miss Guided was awesome
I love Two and a Half Men but I can't stand Ashton Kutcher. Chuck, PLEASE FIND SOMEONE ELSE!
It would be a mistake for him personally.
He could do better.
I still think they don't need someone to replace Charlie. Just give the existing characters more to do. Make fun of Charlie as an off camera character. Big Bang has Howard's mom off camera but she is still a comical force. These are creative people. Come up with a creative way of having Charlie gone but "present" in the story. Two and a Half Men is not the Charlie Harper Show.
OMG YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS PLZZZZZZZZZZ. I never watched an episode of T&HM but I'll start if he gets on!
They should have guest stars imitating Charlie Sheen every week. So the character is still the character but one week it's Christopher Walken, and then Bill Hader, and William Shatner, and then Rihanna. All just pretending they're Charlie Sheen and playing Charlie Harper.
Ashton is a likeable hard working man who has alot of screen presence. He sounds like he would be great on 2 and a half men. Charlie Sheen sat around throwing his lines away and never looking at his costars alway seemed disinterested in what he was doing. Anyone could do that. I think Ashton will take it up several notches. The only issue I could see is that who is gonna play the straight man and whos the second banana? Both Jon and Ashton do their best work as the second banana. Maybe the kid will be the straight man?
I'm a longtime fan of the show, but if it's Kutcher, I'll never watch it again. I don't like him, at all, and don't find him the least bit funny.
Ashton should do the show because his movies bomb at the box office.