14 DAY TRIAL // The Warlock is winning again. The other day, Charlie Sheen was at the mercy of his fellow comedians, as he was roasted on Comedy Central – and the show set a new record for the network, figures indicate.
Even though various media outlets said, after the scandal of earlier this year, that Sheen’s star had set, his roast certainly proved the contrary, AceShowbiz also points out.
“The Monday (September 19) show, which was filled with jokes about his troubled past, drew 6.4 million viewers, making it the most-watched roast ever for the network,” the e-zine reports.
“It surpassed previous record holder, Jeff Foxworthy roast in 2005, which was watched by 6.2 million viewers. The number is also roughly double the audience of previous roasts for the likes of David Hasselhoff and Donald Trump,” the same publication further says.
However, the real question was whether Sheen would be able to steal the thunder with his roast from his former show, “Two and a Half Men,” which premiered that same evening in a new format, with Ashton Kutcher next to Jon Cryer.
Earlier reports claimed that he was happy the roast would air on the same day as the “Men” season premiere because that would be his way of “getting back” at Chuck Lorre, the series creator with whom he fought before getting fired.
As it turns out, the season premiere of the sitcom blew all competition out of the water – the sheenius Warlock included.
Over 27 million people tuned in to see Ashton make his debut on “Two and a Half Men,” as we also informed you earlier today, an impressive figure for a scripted program.
Whether the show will be able to keep all those fans who tuned in the other night remains to be seen, but there’s no denying that it’s a very promising start for a series of which voices were saying it was “dead” without Charlie.