Charlie Sheen’s exit from Two and a Half Men and the actor’s very public meltdown — the crazed online rantings about warlocks, trolls and tigers, the $100 million suit against Warner Bros. and Men producer Chuck Lorre — has broadcasters all over the world cringing.
Two and a Half Men is that rarest of beasts: a U.S. sitcom that works internationally. So every new twist in the Sheen story, every surreal tweet, sends a nervous shiver around the globe.
Now, as international buyers prepare to head to Cannes for the annual global MIPTV confab (April 4-7), the question facing wary programmers is whether Men can work sans Sheen.
