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UPDATE: A very reliable source close to Charlie Sheen just emailed me: “Don’t you be surprised if he signs with CAA within the next few weeks.” So will that agency get to help negotiate the upcoming Two And A Half Men contract for TV’s top paid star?
Previous: Maybe it’s the financial crisis, or one marriage too many, or rising hooker rates. But I just learned that Charlie Sheen asked his entire entertainment rep team to cut commissions. That means his agents, his lawyers, his managers, everyone. And this after Sheen yesterday was named the top paid actor in television by TV Guide! (The mag reported that the Two And A Half Men star takes home $875,000 an episode on the CBS sitcom.) I’m told WME said no, and now Sheen is no longer a client and is telling Hollywood he doesn’t want an agent right now as he’s about to enter into a negotiation for a new deal on CBS’ Two And A Half Men.
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At least mention the most relevant point. He is the highest paid actor on television. #1. And, really, he’s on the best multi-camera sitcom on TV. He’s making a wise decision and probably deserves more praise than potshots. Then again, what does he care, he’s the highest paid actor on TV and I believe he said publicly that after 2 1/2 Men, he plans to take some time off.
Just because it’s the highest rated sitcom doesn’t translate to the best multi-camera sitcom. 2.5 Men is mediocre at best.
Maybe with the new money, Charlie can get himself a new wig. Al Pacino from Heat called and wants it back.
Isn’t there a legacy aspect to this kind of deal? Don’t originating agents/managers participate FOREVER? Could someone please share some agent/manager deals 101?! Thank you in advance.
Funny how not liking Ari so much has me rooting for CAA….that’s messed up.
Yeah… the Sheens are funny about their money. You should have seen Martin negotiating a big raise during the WEST WING years…His wife Janet showed up for the meeting with Peter Roth wearing a shirt with dollar signs all over it… hoping to get her expecations across. They act like they are broke, but are totally loaded. Whatever.
Mark Burg put him on the show I think and collects a nice exec prod fee for doing it, and not out of Charlie’s pocket…why should he pay someone to do a no-brain deal?
2 1/2 Men shows how depraved American society has become, that it is funny to laugh about a drunk and a womanizer who in real life has gone through wive’s like fast food, leaving in his wake children of broken marriages.
The show even brought on his ex-wife Denise Richards pretending to be his ex-girl friend who had had a child with another guy in a marriage that turned bad…. well in real life that ex-husband and father is Carlos Estevez (charlie sheen) who is obviously a callous jerk.