Two and a Half Men In February 2011, however, CBS and Warner Bros. decided to end production for the rest of the eighth season after Sheen entered drug rehabilitation and made "disparaging comments" about the series' creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre. Sheen's contract was terminated the following month and he was confirmed not to be returning to the series. Ashton Kutcher was hired to replace him the following season as Walden Schmidt, a billionaire who buys Charlie's house after his death. In April 2013, CBS renewed the series for an eleventh season after closing one-year deals with Kutcher and Cryer. Jones, who was attending
Two and a Half Men (season 1) into Sheen's fading career. Before their reunion on the series, Cryer and Sheen had both appeared in the comedy "Hot Shots". Other connections between the actors are that Taylor, Sheen and Cryer have each appeared in a John Hughes film (Sheen in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Cryer in "Pretty in Pink" and Taylor in "She's Having a Baby"), and that Jones, Ferrell, Taylor and Hinkle have all made guest appearances in "ER". Additionally, Sheen and Cryer each made guest appearances on the animated series "Family Guy". "Two and a Half Men" was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards but lost