Los Angeles: Dead or alive, Charlie Sheen ruled the TV airwaves on Monday, pulling in record audiences for his Comedy Central roast and more than 28 million Americans to his 'Two and A Half Men' TV funeral.
Some 28.7 million watched CBS bury Sheen's wayward TV character Charlie Harper and introduce new star Ashton Kutcher in an all-time series high audience for the lucrative comedy, according to updated figures from research company Nielsen.
And after months of headlines following Sheen's bitter exit from the most-watched comedy on U.S. TV, 6.4 million people watched his sex life, drug use and recent career meltdown draw laughter on Comedy Central's TV roast by fellow celebrities including 'Jackass' stuntman Steve-0 and boxer Mike Tyson.
Comedy Central said Sheen's was its most-watched roast ever, while the audience for 'Two and A Half Men' was more than double that of last year's season opener and bigger than any episode in the show's first eight seasons with Sheen in the starring role. ...
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