"Two and a Half Men" (2003)TV series 2003-????

Creators:

Lee Aronsohn
Chuck Lorre
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | unknown

Release Date:

22 September 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Two adults. One kid. No grown-ups.

Plot:

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

Plot Keywords:

Fraction In Title | Divorcee | Womanizer | Mother Son Relationship | Stalker

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 15 wins & 36 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 26	7:00 PM	CW	Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Burro	#3.20
Sat. July 26	7:30 PM	CW	Apologies for the Frivolity	#4.6

Cast

Charlie Sheen	...	Charlie Harper (118 episodes, 2003-2008)
Jon Cryer	...	Alan Harper (118 episodes, 2003-2008)
Angus T. Jones	...	Jake Harper / ... (118 episodes, 2003-2008)
Conchata Ferrell	...	Berta (83 episodes, 2003-2008)
Holland Taylor	...	Evelyn Harper / ... (60 episodes, 2003-2008)
Marin Hinkle	...	Judith Harper / ... (54 episodes, 2003-2008)
Melanie Lynskey	...	Rose / ... (48 episodes, 2003-2008)

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Series Directed by
Gary Halvorson		(34 episodes, 2004-2007)
Pamela Fryman		(20 episodes, 2004-2005)
James Widdoes		(12 episodes, 2006-2008)
Rob Schiller		(8 episodes, 2004-2006)
Andy Ackerman		(7 episodes, 2003)
Ted Wass		(7 episodes, 2007)
Andrew D. Weyman		(5 episodes, 2004-2007)
Robert Berlinger		(3 episodes, 2003-2004)
Jerry Zaks		(3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Gail Mancuso		(2 episodes, 2004)
Asaad Kelada		(2 episodes, 2005)
Lee Aronsohn		(2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Jon Cryer		(2 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jeffrey Melman		(2 episodes, 2008)

Series Writing credits
Lee Aronsohn		(114 episodes, 2003-2008)
Chuck Lorre		(114 episodes, 2003-2008)
Don Foster		(48 episodes, 2003-2008)
Mark Roberts		(47 episodes, 2003-2008)
Eddie Gorodetsky		(46 episodes, 2003-2008)
Susan Beavers		(42 episodes, 2003-2008)
Jim Patterson		(18 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jeff Abugov		(15 episodes, 2003-2006)

Series Produced by
Lee Aronsohn	....	executive producer (108 episodes, 2003-2008)
Mark Burg	....	executive producer (106 episodes, 2003-2008)
Oren Koules	....	executive producer (106 episodes, 2003-2008)
Eric Tannenbaum	....	executive producer (106 episodes, 2003-2008)
Kim Tannenbaum	....	executive producer (106 episodes, 2003-2008)
Susan Beavers	....	co-executive producer / supervising producer / ... (105 episodes, 2003-2008)
Eddie Gorodetsky	....	co-executive producer / consulting producer / ... (105 episodes, 2003-2008)
Chuck Lorre	....	executive producer (105 episodes, 2003-2008)
Mark Roberts	....	co-executive producer / producer / ... (105 episodes, 2003-2008)
Don Foster	....	co-executive producer (104 episodes, 2003-2008)
Michael Collier	....	producer / coordinating producer (93 episodes, 2003-2008)
Joe Bella	....	co-producer (74 episodes, 2004-2008)
Toti Levine	....	associate producer (73 episodes, 2004-2008)
Jim Patterson	....	producer / co-producer / ... (63 episodes, 2005-2008)
Jeff Abugov	....	co-executive producer (58 episodes, 2003-2006)
Mary T. Quigley	....	co-producer (32 episodes, 2006-2008)
Eric Lapidus	....	supervising producer (24 episodes, 2003-2004)
Tracey Ormandy	....	producer (23 episodes, 2003-2004)
Sid Youngers	....	supervising producer / consulting producer (22 episodes, 2004-2005)
Tatiana Nell	....	coordinating producer (22 episodes, 2005-2006)
Frank Merwald	....	associate producer (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Andy Ackerman	....	executive producer (8 episodes, 2003)
Steve Leff	....	consulting producer (8 episodes, 2005)

Series Original Music by
Dennis C. Brown		(65 episodes, 2003-2007)
Grant Geissman		(65 episodes, 2003-2007)

Series Cinematography by
Steven V. Silver		(95 episodes, 2003-2008)

Series Film Editing by
Joe Bella		(96 episodes, 2003-2008)

Series Casting by
Ken Miller		(64 episodes, 2003-2007)
Nikki Valko		(63 episodes, 2003-2007)

Series Production Design by
John Shaffner		(54 episodes, 2005-2008)

Series Art Direction by
John Shaffner		(23 episodes, 2003-2005)

Series Set Decoration by
Ann Shea		(93 episodes, 2003-2008)

Series Costume Design by
Mary T. Quigley		(61 episodes, 2003-2007)

Series Makeup Department
Gabriel Solana	....	makeup artist: Mr. Sheen (92 episodes, 2003-2007)
Janice Berridge	....	makeup artist (64 episodes, 2004-2007)
Pixie Schwartz	....	hair stylist (27 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ralph M. Abalos	....	hair stylist (19 episodes, 2005-2006)
Robert Hallowell II	....	hair stylist (16 episodes, 2003-2005)
Gabriella Pollino	....	key hair stylist (10 episodes, 2006)
Gloria Ponce	....	hair stylist (6 episodes, 2004-2005)
Ann Masterson	....	makeup artist (4 episodes, 2003-2004)
Heba Thorisdottir	....	personal makeup artist: Jenna Elfman (2 episodes, 2004)
Corey Jeen	....	assistant makeup artist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Carol Anne Miller	....	unit production manager (74 episodes, 2004-2008)
Dennis R. McElroy	....	post-production supervisor (72 episodes, 2004-2007)
Adam L. Taylor	....	post-production supervisor (22 episodes, 2003-2004)
Laura Lynn	....	unit production manager (20 episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark K. Samuels	....	first assistant director (94 episodes, 2003-2008)
Joseph Stafford	....	second assistant director (52 episodes, 2005-2007)
Jean Sagal	....	associate director (42 episodes, 2004-2008)
Carol Anne Miller	....	second assistant director (20 episodes, 2003-2004)
Rick Beren	....	associate director (18 episodes, 2003-2004)
Lorri Fischer	....	second assistant director (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Christian Jensen	....	second assistant director (12 episodes, 2007-2008)
Ellen Rosentreter	....	day player second assistant director (3 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ron Moseley	....	first assistant director (3 episodes, 2006)

Series Art Department
Francoise Cherry-Cohen	....	set designer (110 episodes, 2003-2008)
Lee Lee Baird	....	property master (59 episodes, 2003-2007)
G. Roger Abell	....	leadman (48 episodes, 2004-2006)
Justin Hetzel	....	art department production assistant (9 episodes, 2008)
David Saltzman	....	property master (3 episodes, 2006)
Joel Ruiz	....	set dresser (2 episodes, 2003-2005)
Skip Crank	....	assistant property master (unknown episodes)
T.J. Girard	....	art department production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Ron Arnold	....	sound recordist (99 episodes, 2003-2007)
Bob La Masney	....	re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (94 episodes, 2003-2008)
Bruce Peters	....	production sound mixer / sound mixer (93 episodes, 2003-2008)
Kathy Oldham	....	re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (92 episodes, 2003-2007)
Charlie McDaniel	....	re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (39 episodes, 2006-2008)
Michael Kreple	....	foley mixer (11 episodes, 2007-2008)
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (5 episodes, 2005-2006)
Dan Berlin	....	sound utility (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Greg C. Jensen	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Daniel Carrington	....	flame artist / Flame artist (31 episodes, 2005-2008)
Rick Cortes	....	digital compositor: green-screen driving composites (unknown episodes)
Paul Hill	....	visual effects compositor (unknown episodes)
Scott Milne	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Bryan Whitaker	....	Flame artist: MFX (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Eddie Braun	....	lead stunt double (6 episodes, 2004-2006)
Diana R. Lupo	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Bobby Burton	....	gaffer (18 episodes, 2004-2007)
Bo Miller	....	key grip (18 episodes, 2004-2007)
Kevin McGill	....	first assistant camera (2 episodes, 2006)
Justin M. Lubin	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Bob Myers	....	rigging grip (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Peter Pappas	....	casting associate (58 episodes, 2004-2007)
Adam Hochfeld	....	extras casting (24 episodes, 2006-2007)
Tara Treacy	....	casting associate (6 episodes, 2006-2007)
Sandi Lyn Roberts	....	extras casting (4 episodes, 2006)
Jeni Thornell	....	extras casting (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura Flett	....	costumer (42 episodes, 2005-2007)
Aimee McCue	....	key costumer / additional costumer (16 episodes, 2005-2006)
Anne Woodard	....	key costumer (12 episodes, 2005-2006)
Katherine Huang	....	set costumer (7 episodes, 2005)
Brian Cotton	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes, 2003-2004)

Series Editorial Department
Tony D'Amore	....	final colorist (72 episodes, 2004-2007)
Jerry O'Sullivan	....	post-production coordinator (2 episodes, 2007)
Ahmadu Garba	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes)
Rhiannon O'Harra	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Lee Aronsohn	....	composer: theme music (65 episodes, 2003-2007)
Grant Geissman	....	composer: theme music (65 episodes, 2003-2007)
Chuck Lorre	....	composer: theme music (65 episodes, 2003-2007)
Kaz Kim	....	music coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Marilyn Bagley	....	script supervisor (72 episodes, 2003-2008)
Eric Lapidus	....	executive consultant / creative consultant (72 episodes, 2004-2008)
Jean Sagal	....	associate director / technical coordinator / ... (45 episodes, 2004-2007)
Mona Garcea	....	executive assistant (32 episodes, 2006-2007)
Ahmadu Garba	....	assistant to writer (21 episodes, 2006)
Kathy Nawabi	....	production coordinator (20 episodes, 2005-2008)
Rick Beren	....	technical coordinator / associate director (19 episodes, 2003-2004)
Adam Waring	....	story editor (12 episodes, 2006-2007)
Susan Vercelli	....	production coordinator (9 episodes, 2003-2004)
Allison Staak-Dettore	....	production coordinator (8 episodes, 2004-2005)
Nicole Contreras Burla	....	assistant to director / assistant: director (8 episodes, 2007-2008)
Traci Weintraub	....	assistant: director / assistant to director (6 episodes, 2003)
Tom Moore	....	executive consultant (6 episodes, 2006)
Susan Kesser	....	publicist (2 episodes, 2007)
Rhiannon O'Harra	....	production assistant (unknown episodes, 2004)
Gary Mednick	....	publicist (unknown episodes, 2005)
Tyrone Allen	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Chad Cole	....	assistant: Mark Burg and Oren Koules (unknown episodes)
Nicole Eberhardt	....	assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Fred Fein	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Phil Gonzales	....	publicist (unknown episodes)
Tiffany Moore	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Alissa Neubauer	....	script coordinator (unknown episodes)
Ben Sachs	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Josh Stuart	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Chuck Lorre Productions
• Tannenbaum Company, The
• Wolf Films
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2003-) (UK) (all media)
• Paramount Comedy Channel (2004-) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• Five (2005-) (UK) (TV) (repeats)
• Veronica (2005-) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Viasat3 (2008-) (Hungary) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (seasons 1 and 2)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 3)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  trailers
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• ShowBiz Enterprises  draperies
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Technicolor Creative Services  sound post-production
• Technicolor Creative Services  sound services
• Warner Brothers Post-Production Services  post-production facilities

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min | USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Ireland:15 | USA:TV-14 | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Australia:M (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Chuck Lorre Productions

Trivia:

Blythe Danner was the original choice for Charlie and Alan's mother, and even started rehearsing with the cast. But she reluctantly had to drop out due to other conflicts.

Quotes:

Charlie: [after Jake spends a night at Evelyn's house] Do you realize that he
[Jake]
Charlie: did in one night, what we could never do in our lifetime.
Alan: He broke her.
Charlie: He chewed her up and spit her out.
Alan: It was a beautiful thing.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Funeral for a Fiend (#19.8)" (2007)

THE ONLY DECENT NEW COMEDY SERIES ON TV

I love this show. It's funny, bright, irreverent, and like nothing else

on the tube these days. Charlie Sheen was an excellent save in

SPIN CITY, but he's perfectly cast as the lazy, womanizing single

guy who writes ad jingles for a living, and whose space is invaded

by his nerdy brother, Jonathan Cryer, and his ten-year-old son,

Angus T. Jones. While Sheen does warm up to his nephew, he's

doesn't turn all saccharine and start acting like an uncle should.

Instead, he's a wonderfully corrupting influence and the two of

them often collude against the father. I've only seen one posting

about Melanie Lynskey's brilliant turn as the female stalker who is

always looking through Charlie's deck door. It's about as funny a

regular gag as Carlton the doorman on the old Rhoda show and

Candace Bergin's endless line of incompetent secretaries. She's

adorable and makes the character both hilarious and creepy. Well

done.

Holland Taylor is perfect as the insufferable mother both sons love

to resent. Her self-involvement is hilarious. The name of the

splendid comic actress playing Sheen's housekeeper is Conchata

Ferrell, a veteran of TV sitcoms (Hotl Baltimore). It's wonderful to

see her back in action.

Favorite episode was the return of an ex-flame of Charlie's. Only

she is now a he, having had a sex-change operation. When it's

discovered that "he" has spent the night with Charlie's mom, I

could barely contain myself. I was hysterical with laughter. Then

Conchata Ferrell's bit as the housekeeper who begs Charlie,

offering him free housekeeping for a month, if she can be there to

witness his telling his mother that the he was formerly a she!

Priceless.

Wonderful cast. Wonderful, crisp writing and well-observed

situations. This one has all the hallmarks of a sitcom classic and

I hope it runs for years. I was never much of a Charlie Sheen

admirer, but he's evolved into a first-rate comic actor and he leads

this first-rate ensemble with low-key charm and expert delivery.