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Even FX is embarrassed by their new Charlie Sheen sitcom, Anger Management
By Maura HehirOctober 28th, 2011, 12:30 pmComments (8)
It's been seven months since Charlie Sheen's crack-up, and the man is still fighting to stay relevant. We previously reported that Sheen was picked up for Anger Management, but new details are starting to emerge. FX will start airing the show in summer 2012 because, you know, Charlie Sheen back on TV is exactly what the world is lacking right now.
The sitcom will be based on the movie, Anger Management, which, despite receiving mostly negative reviews when it came out in 2003, will probably look like a towering achievement next to Sheen's spin-off. Because here's the kicker: Charlie Sheen will play an anger management therapist who is angry! And "may need more counseling than his patients"! Ba-dum-tss. I could say "winning" somewhere in this paragraph, but I really don't want to.
Although FX has ordered ten episodes of the series, it seems the network is wise to the fact that this addition might not be the best thing for their brand. According to Vulture, the show's not receiving an "FX Original Series" banner, and the negotiations for the show happened outside of FX's normal creative development process. So not even the network that's airing it actually likes it. That's a good sign, right? Hopefully, seven months will come and go; the show will air, fail, go away, and we can once and for all stop talking about Charlie Sheen.
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You need to get your facts straight. FX is very happy to get Sheen’s new series. In fact they had to outbid several other cable networks to get it. FX has been running the original Two and a Half Men, with Sheen, for the last 14 months and has been making a bundle off of it. Sheen is actually a very bankable commodity, and not the dud that you obviously want people to believe. All of us here predict that his new show will be a big success.
Also, the series character you make fun of, a therapist that needs counseling, was originally played by Jack Nicholson in the movie version of Anger Management. And the fact that it isn’t going to be touted as a FX Original is because Sheen owns a huge hunk of the show – and he brought the show to them instead of the other way around. So, since you are reluctant to acknowledge Sheen’s accomplishment, we’ll say it for you: Winning!
"All of us here predict that his new show will be a big success"
Are you seriously someone from FX trawling the internet making sure no one speaks ill of your rip-off of a terrible Adam Sandler movie? And I don't think she's unaware the character was originally played by Jack Nicholson, she's just saying it's stupid. Which it is.
If Sheen kept assaulting anyone but women, he'd be rendered unemployable by now. To quote Bill Murray's infamous line about Chevy Chase, "Medium talent."
If FX is so embarrassed, why are they showing the original 2.5 men on their network? They don't look very embarrassed to me.
It's not getting an FX Original because it's not an original idea. Nothing to do with Chuck.
i like how you say "previously reported", like there's real journalism happening! funny stuff. and if you want charlie sheen to go away.... stop fucking mentioning him! you might be part of the problem here maura.
this reminds me of that time one time i made fun of the 'coldfusion' web programming language on twitter and a gang of coldfusion programmers basically e-jumped me to tell me how relevant coldfusion actually is.
it did totally change my opinion and it was totally a good use of their time. totally.