Thread: Anger management (with Charlie Sheen) finds a cable home---FX

Charlie Sheen's new sitcom airing on FX in 2012 - Yahoo! News

An initial order of 10 episodes with an option for an additional 90. Premire in 2012.

Originally Posted by Geronimo

Charlie Sheen's new sitcom airing on FX in 2012 - Yahoo! News

An initial order of 10 episodes with an option for an additional 90. Premire in 2012.

Heck, by then, the hype will be dead...it almost is now.... I think it will be too late.

FX Picks Up New Charlie Sheen Show
By BILL CARTER
Charlie Sheen will return to television next summer in an adaptation of the 2003 movie “Anger Management,” the FX cable channel announced Thursday.

The project has been the subject of extensive speculation in the television business since Mr. Sheen signed on to star in it, after being fired from the CBS hit comedy “Two and a Half Men.” Adding to the interest was that the studio developing the comedy show, Revolution, hired the veteran comedy producer Bruce Helford (“The Drew Carey Show”) to run it.

FX said Thursday that it had acquired the series and would commit to a 10-episode run starting in the summer of 2012. But the deal also calls for FX to order an additional 90 episodes should the initial 10 reach a predetermined ratings level. A commitment to such a large number of episodes is highly unusual for television.

Mr. Sheen will also have an ownership interest in the series, which will be produced by Lionsgate Television, the home of such series as “Mad Men.”

For the past several months, Mr. Sheen has been attempting to find a home for the new comedy, after he lost his previous job as the star of “Two and a Half Men.” He lost his role on that show after a long series of incidents involving drugs and women and ultimately a nasty public feud with that show’s creator, Chuck Lorre.

But Mr. Sheen received a flood of attention surrounding that firing, and his appearance in a celebrity roast on the Comedy Central channel last month was the highest rated in that network’s history. And FX has received strong ratings for repeats of “Two and a Half Men” starring Mr. Sheen since it began carrying them last year.

In “Anger Management” Mr. Sheen will take on the role played by Jack Nicholson in the movie, an anger management therapist with anger issues of his own.

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Does Charlie Sheen's New TV Show Stand a Chance?

Does Charlie Sheen's New TV Show Stand a Chance? - Dave Thier - Entertainment - The Atlantic

This show needs to find a home on Fox and not FX.

The Clicker - Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' hit by M lawsuit

http://www.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/AngerManagement.pdf

Originally Posted by dfergie

The Clicker - Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' hit by M lawsuit

http://www.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/AngerManagement.pdf

Dang

Originally Posted by dfergie

The Clicker - Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' hit by M lawsuit

http://www.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/AngerManagement.pdf

I just wanted to point out this had nothing to do with Sheen...it has to do with the show's producers and production company. Plus, how someone can sue for 50M when the show has yet to make a dime is beyond me - just throw-out numbers and see which one sticks, I suppose.

Anyway, I saw Sheen in an Anger Management commercial the other day, which just happened to be broadcast during syndicated episodes on Fox and FX. While Anger Management won't have 11M viewers turning in each week as with 2.5 Men, I get the feeling they'll be in the 4-5M range...just as long as the show doesn't suck. We shall see.

Charlie Sheen's new FX comedy "
Anger Management

" doesn't debut until June 28, but we've got an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the show's set for you right here, courtesy of the bad-boy actor himself.
Check it out: