Two and a Half Men

More exits from Montreal’s political stage, the Pope tweets, and hockey fans finally catch a break

Characters on ABC’s new show will be flying high—but they won’t be able to light up.

Bright young actors, not aging stars, are grabbing up the hottest roles this fall

I was forwarded this “exclusive” item about the fate of Two and a Half Men post-Sheen, and found that it says… basically nothing. This is not a knock on the writers of the piece, Kim Masters and Lacey Rose, who are writing what they know and, perhaps, all anybody knows at this point. But literally all we really find out about the show is this:

I was looking for one of the Two and a Half Men syndication promos that have reportedly incorporated the Sheentroversy into their advertising. I didn’t find them on YouTube, but I did find this, apparently made for a station in Augusta, Georgia. It’s quite possibly the most withering, corrosive criticism I have ever seen of Sheen’s show and its influence on culture and society, literally using its own words against it. And it was made to promote the show. Very strange.

Three of the biggest hits on network TV are dealing with disappearing lead actors

Rock bottom? Not likely. His history of deviancy is long and accomplished.

He trashes hotel rooms, mistreats women, parties wildly—yet Sheen’s network and fans don’t mind

The second and third-most-popular CBS comedies had a little too much of, respectively: Penny/Leonard (can’t they just leave him at the North Pole and give Penny and Sheldon more time for hilarious bits like the door-knocking routine?) and Ted (not a bad episode, but why spend a whole half-hour on a relationship nobody cared about and a creepy, self-loving lead character who pities himself because true love hasn’t come to him by the time he’s 30?).

What comes to mind while browsing next week’s TV listings