2 1/2 Men Season Debut

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The season premier of Two and a Half men aired a few hours ago. This is the one where Ashton Kutcher replaces Charlie Sheen.

I saw the show and guess what I saw?

  NOTHING SPECIAL!

Kutcher is a handsome guy, but in the show he looked like a reject from that Caveman show... you know the Geico Insurance commercial spin off that became a sitcom and lasted for two or three episodes. Who is it, in Hollywood, who decides to take a good looking kid and tells him to grow an ugly beard and to not get a haircut for two months?  Kutcher looked creepy...or maybe I'm getting old...but I think I know "creepy" when I see it...

The show had a few funny lines.  Trying to get laughs at a funeral service is a bit odd, I thought.  The remaining crew members did well, but something was missing.  Call it a spark of some kind. We knew that without Charlie Sheen, that the show would be different.  Judging from tonight, I'd say that it didn't get better.   I think they "Jumped The Shark" on this one.

The picture, below was taken backstage at the Emmys, on Sunday. To my knowledge, this is an actual picture which has not been Photoshopped. What do you think the conversation sounded like?

Kutcher Replaces Sheen On "Men"

It was made official, today, that Ashton Kutcher will replace Charlie Sheen on TV's Two And A Half Men. You may remember that Sheen was fired from the show when he went on a series of lengthy rants criticizing the show's producer.  This is a big deal because after 8 seasons, "Men" is still the most watched sitcom on network TV.

There's a lot of money at stake!

Enough money to pay Kutcher $1 Million per episode! Will it work? It depends. It depends how Kutcher is written into the storyline. If we can believe it....the excellent writing that "Men" has always had, will take over.

My point is that, historically, even the best sitcoms of any era have a life of roughly 9 years. Years ago, it would be common to produce more than two dozen episodes for a season. Now, half that amount are made and aired over and over and over and over.

It's all about the money.