The screen demise of Sheen - whose role on the TV
comedy made him the highest-paid actor in Hollywood - follows his firing from
the show after a vicious public spat earlier this year with "Two and A
Half Men" co-creator and producer Chuck Lorre. Now Lorre appears set to
wreak revenge when the comedy returns with new star Ashton Kutcher in what
Deadline Hollywood said is a secrecy-shrouded two-part season premiere that
will be filmed later this week. Broadcaster CBS and program makers Warner Bros.
Television declined to comment on the report. But CBS is scheduled to answer
questions from reporters at the bi-annual Television Critics Association
meeting in Los Angeles on Wednesday where "Two and A Half Men" and
Sheen will surely be a big topic. Sheen's womanizing bachelor character Charlie
Harper - said to be a close version of himself - helped to make "Two and A
Half Men" the most watched comedy on US television.
