When Two and a Half Men debuted in 2003, few could have predicted it would turn Charlie Sheen into the highest-paid television actor of his era—and quietly reset the economics of network TV.

Built around the misadventures of Charlie Harper, his uptight brother Alan (played by Jon Cryer), and young Jake (portrayed by Angus T. Jones), the multi-camera comedy quickly became a ratings juggernaut. Its broad humor and reliable laughs made it one of CBS’s most valuable properties, week after week.
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