48 Fun Facts About Two and a Half Men

Which network aired Two and a Half Men for its entire 12-season run?

It ran from September 22, 2003 to February 19, 2015, and was later credited with making The Big Bang Theory, Mike & Molly and Mom possible.

What does Charlie Harper do for a living?

He later performs children's music under the name Charlie Waffles.

What is Alan Harper's profession?

His low earnings leave him paying alimony to two women and sponging off whoever owns the beach house.

In which California community is Charlie's beach house?

Alan moves in after his wife Judith decides to divorce him, with Jake staying at weekends.

Who plays the sardonic housekeeper Berta?

The part was written as a two-episode arc; she ended up in every episode of season 11 and earned two Emmy nominations for it.

How is Rose, played by Melanie Lynskey, introduced in the pilot?

She was one of Charlie's one-night stands, and she is still stalking the household by the finale.

Who plays Charlie and Alan's vain mother Evelyn?

A high-powered Los Angeles realtor, Evelyn is five-times widowed; Taylor earned four Emmy nominations for the role.

Which actor played Alan's ex-wife Judith?

Judith later marries Jake's pediatrician Herb Melnick, to Alan's delight, because it ends his alimony.

Which cast member is the only one to appear in all 262 episodes?

Cryer had auditioned for Gaius Baltar on Battlestar Galactica around the same time he was cast as Alan.

How many Primetime Emmy Awards did Jon Cryer win for playing Alan Harper?

He won Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2009 and Outstanding Lead Actor in 2012, the year the show took three Emmys.

Charlie Sheen was fired in March 2011 after publicly attacking which producer in radio and TMZ interviews?

CBS and Warner Bros. cited 'moral turpitude'; Sheen then sued for $100 million.

How much per episode was Sheen paid under the 2010 contract that made him TV's highest-paid actor?

He had reportedly walked away from a $1 million offer as too low.

Which British actor was approached to replace Sheen before Ashton Kutcher was hired?

Kutcher's first line on hearing the news: 'I can't replace Charlie Sheen, but I'm going to work my ass off to entertain the hell out of people!'

Ashton Kutcher's character Walden Schmidt is what?

He tells Alan at Pavlov's bar that he made $1.3 billion by selling his website to Microsoft.

According to Rose in the season nine premiere, how did Charlie Harper die?

She hints she pushed him after catching him cheating; the finale later reveals she had actually imprisoned him.

How many viewers watched Kutcher's 2011 debut episode 'Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt'?

Nielsen called it the highest-rated episode since the series began.

Which actor played Charlie's ghost in the episode 'Why We Gave Up Women'?

The ghost is spending eternity in hell as a woman with a pair of testicles.

Which relative of the original star played Rose's equally disturbed father, Harvey?

His brother Emilio also appeared, as an old friend of Charlie's.

Ashton Kutcher's real-life partner appeared as Walden's love interest in season 11. Who?

They were engaged at the time and married later.

What was the name of the show's 100th episode, aired October 15, 2007?

Warner Bros. marked it by handing the crew blue Micargi bicycles and Tiffany key rings.

How are the show's episode titles chosen?

They usually give no clue to what the episode is about.

Which CBS drama took part in a 2008 crossover with the show?

George Eads cameoed in 'Fish in a Drawer'; the CSI half, 'Two and a Half Deaths', was written by Lorre and Aronsohn.

Which of the show's 12 runs was cut to 19 episodes by the 2007-08 Writers Guild strike?

Seasons one to four, six and nine each ran 24 episodes.

Which church did Angus T. Jones say he had joined when he called the show 'filth' in a 2012 interview?

He apologised the next day, later called himself 'a paid hypocrite', and left after season 10.

After leaving the beach house, Jake joins which organisation?

He serves as a chef, then announces he is being posted to Japan for a year.

What alias does the billionaire adopt when he pretends to be poor while dating Kate?

He wants someone who loves him for himself; the money still ends up launching Kate's fashion career.

What fake name does Alan use to spy on Lyndsey's new boyfriend Larry?

The double life gets messy when 'Jeff' starts dating Larry's sister Gretchen.

Who plays Jenny, Charlie's long-lost daughter, introduced in season 11?

She turns out to share her father's taste for alcohol and women.

In the final season, why do Walden and Alan get married?

They adopt six-year-old Louis and then divorce to chase women again.

What was the title of the two-part 2015 series finale?

The title itself was a tease about whether Sheen would return.

Which action star played Lieutenant Wagner in the finale?

Angus T. Jones, April Bowlby and Jennifer Taylor also returned for cameos.

What single word does the show's creator say to camera at the very end of the series?

It was Sheen's own catchphrase from his 2011 meltdown; Sheen hated the episode and the vanity card that followed.

Which actor is arrested in the finale as a Charlie lookalike?

Alan, Walden and Berta celebrate, right up until a helicopter carrying a piano appears.

How long had Rose kept Charlie imprisoned, according to the finale?

He escapes and sends threats to Alan, Evelyn and Walden, and generous cheques to Jake, Berta and his exes.

How much in unclaimed royalties does Alan learn Charlie has left, kicking off the finale's plot?

Jake separately reveals he turned a $250,000 cheque into $2.5 million in Las Vegas.

What did the finale reveal Charlie was in bed with in Paris when Rose caught him?

The goat, not Charlie, went under the train.

From season 10 the show moved to Thursdays at 8:30 pm, right after which other CBS sitcom?

CBS moved the show to 8:30 pm Thursdays in 2012, replacing Rules of Engagement.

Ryan Stiles played Herb Melnick, Judith's second husband. What is Herb's job?

Alan is thrilled by the marriage because it ends his alimony payments.

Which Whose Line-style comic actress played Dr. Linda Freeman, the family's sarcastic psychologist?

She starts as Jake's child psychologist and ends up treating Charlie, Alan and Walden.

What is Jake Harper's full first name, revealed in season one?

It comes out in episode 17, 'Ate the Hamburgers, Wearing the Hats'.

What is the name of the local bar where the Harpers drink and Walden first bonds with Alan?

Walden explains there that he sold his website to Microsoft for $1.3 billion.

What does Rose send to attack Walden and Alan after Walden breaks up with her?

She then turns up at Zoey's flat in a fake pregnancy harness.

Which 2010 comedy film ends with a clip of Sheen and Cryer as their characters?

Zach Galifianakis's character appears in the clip as Jake's tutor Stu.

What was renamed in honour of the show after the final episode was filmed?

Fans then launched a 'Yes To The Harpers' petition for a Sheen-Cryer spin-off.

How many Primetime Emmy nominations did the show receive over its run?

It won nine, three of them for Jon Cryer, plus a People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy.

Which 2023 show by the same creator reunited Charlie Sheen and Angus T. Jones?

Cryer said afterwards he would not rule out a reboot, then admitted he was unsure about working with Sheen 'for any length of time'.

Which producer, nicknamed the 'King of Sitcoms', co-created the show with Lee Aronsohn?

He also created Cybill, Dharma & Greg, The Big Bang Theory and Mom, and ends each episode with a vanity card.

Forbes estimated Ashton Kutcher earned how much per episode in 2012-13, making him TV's highest-paid actor?

He held the top spot for four years, with Jon Cryer second at roughly $600,000 to $700,000 an episode.