It’s the end of the line for Two and a Half Men. The show has continued to perform well for CBS but its time to say goodbye. Will the final season be a big ratings success or will the sitcom simply fade away? Stay tuned.
Two and a Half Men revolves around the lives of unlikely housemates Alan Harper (Jon Cryer) and Walden Schmidt (Ashton Kutcher). Conchata Ferrell co-stars as Berta, their snarky maid. Recurring characters are played by Amber Tamblyn, Holland Taylor, Marin Hinkle, Ryan Stiles, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Clark Duke, and D.B. Sweeney.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
Final season averages: 2.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.63 million total viewers.
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For comparisons: The 11th season of Two and a Half Men averaged a 2.3 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 9.12 million total viewers.
Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the Two and a Half Men TV series? Do you think it should be ending or continue for a 13th season?
Well here I thought the show was in reruns for a while and I come here to check out when it’s coming back on and it seems I’ve only seen TWO episodes of season 12. Why? Because my damned DVR (I almost typed VCR! haha) DELETED the scheduled recording… Now I have 9 episodes to catch up on. 😉
I personally like the show. I always liked Alan more than Charlie anyway so I could keep watching even if there were more than 12 seasons.
Personally, I don’t think it should go on. I didn’t mind Charlie leaving. He was great, but season 8 was a depressing period… at first, I thought it was great to have Walden, this goofy, naive new contrast to Alan around. Then they ruined that by having him switch between idiot mode and sarcastic mode all the time. By that point, the humor had also lost any intelligence(trust me, Two And A Half Men was NOT a sex farce at the start) and I hated the pot jokes(it just felt too much). The whole lost daughter thing was dumb to… Read more »
Alan IS brain damaged! I am so sick of his gayness and the way he uses both Walden and formerly Charlie to get his way. Charlie needs to come back or this program needs to be cancelled immediately. Alan’s idea of posing as husband and husband makes me almost puke, not to mention the way he lives off of others.
I think the percentages are off.
Why?
The percentages are off because you have written that the average ratings for this season are 45% down from last seasons averages. Last season: 2.3, this season (so far): 2.1.
.2/2.3= 8%
I thought Ashton’s arrival probably added a couple of years to the show because Charlie and Alan were getting stale. I cringe at Alan’s character now. The whole gay thing with Charlies long lost daughter and the fake gay marriage is an intelligence insulting ploy to pander to the gay community…almost as bad as Modern Family devoting half of last season and at least 40 percent of this one to the gay marriage…good to show support but lets move on. Hope the series can bring back Rose Judith and Jake characters. Local and cable tv will not want to buy… Read more »
Agreed! I’d actually like to see Charlie back, because this fake gay marriage is disgusting, especially with Alan acting as gay as he is. At least Charlie put him in his place…and reminded him who was the owner of this beachfront home. Alan’s gold digging reminds me of others who do the same…for a “living”, and I’m sick of watching a sponge taking advantage of someone else while offering nothing in return.
This show should have ended when Jake left. It just goes to show you can’t replace original actors with new ones just to keep a show going, no matter how much you pay them. This show ended when two-thirds of the cast left. What a disaster.
Best show ever
worst show ever it all started when all the sex started then the gay thing, i quess jake seen it all coming, its disgusting now havent watched this year yet
Best show ever from season 1 to season 8.. season 9 and season 10 were funny, but surely not comparable to seasons from 1 to 8 ..
anyway they should have ended this show when Angus T Jones left: with Amber Tamblyn producers ruined the show.. and now this fake gay marriage thing: this show sucks now
THIS SHOW SUCKED BIG TIME EVER SINCE THEY MADE CHARLIE GO SEX CRAZY, WHEN JAKE LEFT THE SHOW I THINK HE SEEN WHERE IT WAS HEADING, REALLY GOT SICK BY END OF LAST YEAR , HAVENT WATCHED AT ALL THIS SEASON, SICK SICK SICK
Not fit for family time slot! This mess just getting uglier. This show is on when children may be watching. The only truth this show has portrayed is debauchery! I don’t care about it being gay…but my kids don’t need a sex education from CBS! I find it insulting to “real” gay couples who are trying to adopt kids when these two pretend for the same reason. Why would the audience believe that these two would be trusted as parents when all season it’s been party central…girls, guys, drink, drugs, whatever. No good acting! No good writing! No good script… Read more »
every year I ask myself, how is this thing still on the air and who are those people still watching? luckily, I won’t have to ask that question next year.
A ‘Pretty in Pink’ veiled reference…now I wonder what other GEMS they might insert before this STINKFEST is GONE !!!
I REALLY expect some type CHARLIE ‘appearnce’
Two and 1/2 Men has gone downhill…and it appeared they have run out of places to go with the series. (NOW Alan and Walden are getting married so he can adopt a child !!!) MUCH of it defies belief…Alan gets $50k a year to be a board member in Walden’s ’empire’; he stil has a chiropractic practice; doesnt he? He may be paying ANOTHER alimony and a mortgage from THAT othetr failed tryst but THAT canot be draining him. NO JAKE MONEY there!!! I expect the writers to be VERY creative this season. I EXPECT to see Charlie in at… Read more »
It could go on forever and “somebody” will still watch it just because it’s there to be seen. But it doesn’t have to go on forever – and that’s fine with me.
THIS WAS THE FUNNIEST SHOW SINCE CHARLEY LEFT. I REALLY ENJOYED IT. NOT FILFY LIKE THE OTHER SHOWS
not filthy? what show are you watching? this thing is one veiled sex joke after another.
I can’t understand how such a crude, degrading show can stay on the air so long.
because it is crude and degrading. it appeals to the “frat boys” of the world.
It’s time to pack it in. As much as I like the show, it does need to come to an end.
Used to enjoy this program, but watching “Alan” continue being his gay self and living off others while offering nothing in return except, “I will never leave this home” gets increasingly annoying. I don’t know if this man is gay in real life, but apparently he has no trouble playing this role, and I am tired of the message this program portrays.
I agree Phil….. Alan is the most overpaid, overrated character in TV history. This show is disgusting, filthy and not in the least a comedy. They should have gotten him off instead of Charlie and Jake! CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL
I agree with you and a lot of others. I watched a show from previous years and the teen age boy had a friend over and they were watching tv or maybe playing a game and sitting in between them was Kutcher and all the talked about was girls and it was dirty. I wonder how it was allowed to be aired on tv. young boys should not be talking like that on tv or in real life. whats more is that the adult is in the conversation and not saying anything about the subjects being wrong and that they… Read more »
Jon Cryer is not gay in real life… and neither Alan is gay.. But I do agree, I’m tired of Alan being a shameless leech living rent free for twelve years…
Now the fake gay wedding, they could have ended this show with a better storyline than this gay wedding thing…
Moreover, I don’t understand who is supposed to sing “Men men men men manly men” in the closing credits (it’s the guy who provided the voice for Jake in season 10 , but Jake is no more on the show)…
Shameless leech is an understatement. I have a better description of that but this website wouldn’t allow it to be printed. The whole theme of this program stinks, and I wish “Charlie” would have kicked him out long ago. The writers/producers could have come up with something much better.