Everyone Rejoice, Two And A Half Men Is Finally Ending After Next Season
In other news from the CBS upfronts, How I Met Your Dad is probably not happening.
Rejoice, my friends, hug your loved ones, maybe even buy a $5 scratchie if you happen to walk past a newsagency, because today is a historic day for all that is good and holy in the world… Two And A Half Men, the absolute worst thing that’s ever been transmitted through a cathode ray tube, has officially been canned.
Blow it up!
The announcement was made at CBS’s upfronts overnight, where the network’s Entertainment President Nina Tassler explained that the show’s upcoming twelfth season would be its last. Somehow, even after Charlie Sheen was unceremoniously booted from the show and replaced by Ashton Kutcher four seasons ago, the surprisingly popular ‘comedy’ (yes, that’s what they call it) has limped on, beloved by the unfortunate deaf and blind and probably some dogs who accidentally control remotes with their paws.
In other unexpected news to come out of last night’s CBS upfronts, the much hyped HIMYM reboot How I Met Your Dad — which was due to premiere later this year, starring mumblecore icon Greta Gerwig and the voice of Meg Ryan — has been inexplicably dumped. The show was so widely expected to be picked up by CBS that, just last week, industry rags ran stories stating that it had already been ordered to series.
Quick #HIMYD update: No series order yet. @HimymCraig and I have asked CBS for a trial by combat.
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) May 12, 2014
“I’m heartsick; it didn’t work out” Tassler said, explaining that the network might’ve reconsidered if series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas re-shot the pilot (ah, they’re not interested). The show’s now expected to be shopped around town to other networks, cable stations, and some suburban kids’ backyard projector. Who knows, put in a bid via Twitter, maybe you can buy it? You’ll be the Rupert Murdoch of Petersham (or wherever you live).