The numbers are in and they speak for themselves: Charlie don't channel surf. Or rather, his fans don't.
Charlie Sheen on Monday night was given a less-than-reverent sendoff from Two and a Half Men, but the reception that greeted his replacement was warm indeed.
The season premiere of Chuck Lorre’s ribald sitcom drew 28.7 million viewers and a 10.7 rating/25 share in the 18-49 demo, per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, more than doubling the show’s opening numbers from a year ago.
New cast member Ashton Kutcher was introduced shortly after Charlie Harper’s funeral service, during which a clutch of female mourners expressed their contempt for the deceased lothario.
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