Country of origin United States Original network CBS | No. of episodes 16 | |
Original release September 20, 2010 (2010-09-20) – February 14, 2011 (2011-02-14) | ||
The eighth season of Two and a Half Men premiered on September 20, 2010 in the United States & Canada; October 18, 2010 in Australia and on February 7, 2011 in the UK. The season finished on February 14, 2011 with only 16 episodes aired, making season eight the shortest season to date and the last season of the show with its main star Charlie Sheen. Although being advertised with a Gag Reel, the Season 8 DVD did not include one, making it and Season 5 the only DVDs not to have them. As of December 22, 2010, Two and a Half Men is ranked at number 10 on the 10 most watched TV programs of 2010.
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Many reports of Sheen partying in Vegas, drinking heavily, and associating with pornstars had been over the Internet from the beginning of January 2011 and CBS had expressed its concern. Early in the morning of January 27, Sheen was rushed to hospital suffering from severe abdominal pains after holding a party at his house in which he allegedly smoked crack cocaine. After being released from the hospital, Sheen checked himself in to rehab. The show was previously put on hiatus, with production scheduled to resume on February 28. On February 24, 2011, it was announced that the show would shut down production for the rest of the season due to Sheen making offensive comments about the creator and lead writer of Two and a Half Men, Chuck Lorre, on the February 24 edition of a radio broadcast hosted by Alex Jones. On March 7, 2011, Sheen was fired from the show, which led to the cancellation of the remaining eight episodes. After much speculation if Sheen would return to the series after all in April 2011, Lorre announced that he had new plans to reboot Two and a Half Men with Jon Cryer in a lead role alongside a new character. Ashton Kutcher was later hired to portray the new character, Walden Schmidt.
Reception
Critical reception to season 8 was mostly negative. On the review aggregator, Rotten Tomatoes, the season holds an approval rating of 43%.