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Troubled TV star Charlie Sheen has been fired from US TV sitcom Two and a Half Men.
In a statement released on Monday, Warner Bros confirmed that after ‘careful consideration’ they had decided to ‘terminate’ the star’s services, ‘effective immediately’.
For many, Charlie’s sacking from the show was an inevitable next step in light of his recent erratic behaviour.
But it has left the future of the CBS series in doubt: a source close to the show has said no decision has been made whether to continue with a new lead or cancel all together.
The actor has reacted by calling his firing ‘very good news’, adding that he intended to sue.
His lawyer Marty Singer labelled the termination an ‘absurd and ridiculous’ retaliation against Charlie for his public criticism of the show’s co-creator Chuck Lorre.
“We feel this is nothing more than Lorre flexing his muscles” – he said. “And we intend to act accordingly.”

Two and a Half Men.

Chaplie Sheen was last night officially fired from his 1.25 million euro an episode TV show ‘Two and a Half Men’.
But the hell-raising actor said he was delighted, because he can now sue bosses for ‘bazillions’ in compensation. He was told he was being axed by Warner Bros. Television after a string of outbursts including calling the comedy show’s creator, Chuck Lorre, an ‘earthworm’ and ‘a contaminated little maggot’.
Last week filming of the hit show was suspended and in a statement yesterday the studio said – “After careful consideration, we have terminated Charlie Sheen’s services, effective immediately.”
The Platoon star (45) reacted by saying – “This is very good news. They continue to be in breach, like so many whales.
“It is a big day of gladness at the Sober Valley Lodge because now I can take all of the bazillions, never have to look at what’shisc**k again and I never have to put on those silly shirts for as long as this warlock exists in the terrestrial dimension.” He insisted last week that he had kicked his drug and alcohol addictions but has continued to act oddly.

Production of this CBS series (TV’s No. 1 sitcom) had already been shut down for the rest of the season following the erratic actor’s wild partying, repeated hospitalizations and verbal salvos against his studio bosses.
In making the announcement on Monday, Warner Bros. Television said no decision has been made about continuing the show without Sheen, who earned a reported 1.8 million dollars per episode under a contract that extended for another year.
But even with the axing of the ‘Men’ leading man, Sheen leaves behind eight seasons of hit-show episodes.
CBS has been airing ‘Men’ repeats for several weeks in its regular time slot, Mondays at 9 p.m. EST. Reruns of the show are also seen in daily syndication and on cable’s FX.
Come to think of it, Sheen’s latest round of misbehaviour feels like a rerun everyone had seen repeatedly from the actor, whose substance abuse and messy love life claimed the public’s attention long before ‘Men’ came along.
Sheen’s hard-living image was a major inspiration for the series.
Charlie Harper, its central character, is a composer of jingles and a freewheeling bachelor who was swiftly certified as the sitcom doppelganger of Charlie Sheen with the series’ premiere in September 2003.
“I make a lot of money for doing very little work” – Charlie Harper said. “I sleep with beautiful women who don’t ask about my feelings. I drive a Jag. I live at the beach.”
Charlie was boasting to his dweebish, high-strung chiropractor brother, Alan (Jon Cryer), whose wife had just thrown him out of the house. Alan and his then 10-year-old son, Jake (Angus T. Jones), were seeking refuge with the none-too-welcoming Charlie.