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A decade ago, Chuck Lorre was in the final year of a pricey overall deal with Warner Bros. TV that had yielded no series, raising questions about his future at the studio. Then, at the very end of his pact, he co-created Two And A Half Men. No questions this time around. Lorre, who is behind three Warner Bros. TV comedies that have been sold in syndication, Two And A Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and Mike & Molly, is finalizing another rich overall deal with Warner Bros. TV. Its length, four years, is a term reserved only for the studio’s top writer-producers, like J.J. Abrams and Greg Berlanti. The new pact, first reported by Variety, also includes a feature component with Warner Bros. TV’s sibling movie studio. It marks Lorre’s first foray into features.
WBTV stuck by Lorre in the PR-turned-legal war with former Two And A Half Men star Charlie Sheen who lobbed public insults at Lorre last spring and then sued him and the studio over his termination from the hit comedy. The case was eventually settled, and Lorre rebooted the veteran comedy with a new lead, Ashton Kutcher.
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it’s funny after everything that happened… no one really came up and spoke up to defend this guy… other than the people making money off of him… of all the actors and writers and producers that worked with him…
so lorre has his deal…
sheen is about to finalize the pickup of his new show…
i guess everyone’s happy now
yep but i am still team Charlie and will certainly more go watching a movie with Charlie than a movie written by Chuck, that’s all..
Bob broder special. Go BOb.
Good. Love me some Chuck Lorre.
Great. More mediocre, laugh-track riddled garbage, coming our way.
You could always choose not to watch it.
with all this money could he pay somebody for a shave and a haircut?
The industry’s #2 jackass next to Jeff Zucker and how companies still want to do business with a clown like him is beyond comprehension, but yes, the main reason is because studios do make money off his programming.
Team Chuck!
If you know Chuck, you know there’s no team. There’s just him, and all the people who are afraid of him.
Congrats to Chuck Lorre!
Any relation to Peter Lorre? I loved Peter Lorre. His portrayal of Mr. Moto was absolutely inspired.
Anyway, Chuck Lorre has created an enviable legacy of top-notch television comedies. Lord knows he has had to pay a hefty price in terms of the egos he’s had to deal with. Great job, Mr. Lorre (‘Chuck’ not ‘Peter’)!