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 8) show was already 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 Chuck Lorre, the creator and lead writer of "Two and a Half Men", 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 over whether Sheen would return to the series after all, Lorre