10 Behind The Scenes Dramas That Ruined Great TV Shows
5. Two And A Half Men - Actor's Public Breakdown
Two And A Half Men was an incredibly big success for it's first 8 seasons, the concept of two single grown men and a boy living together was the perfect amount of hilarity and humanity that makes a good sitcom watchable. The show cleverly cast A-lister Charlie Sheen as their main character and combining that with it's premise successfully made for great ratings and a large fanbase.
But like with the rest of the shows on this list, the showrunner probably wishes they could go back in time and make a few different casting choices. In 2010 things began to go awry. Sheen went through the most public breakdown in history. He went to rehab, did dozens of chaotic interview's full of self-worshiping propaganda, he got charged for domestic violence against his wife (which he pled guilty to) and he publicly slated his own show at every opportunity.
Eventually the show runners just couldn't take it anymore and they fired Sheen after drowning in the constant barrage of bad press and insults for months. Not to mention all the production issues that came from constantly having to put the show on hiatus until Sheen was okay to work again. To replace Sheen, the showrunners cast Ashton Kutcher and even though the actor was a fan favourite on his previous sitcom That 70's Show, fan's were less than pleased with his addition and ratings dropped steadily along with the show's quality. Sheen may have been winning, but the series definitely lost.