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CHANNEL Seven has been rocked by defection of one of its star executives with sales director James Warburton to take the helm of rival Channel Ten.

The news shocked business circles – especially given Ten also announced that James Packer had resigned from the board after his partial ownership raid in November.

It has also left Seven boss David Leckie with a giant hole in his executive team, as the youthful Warburton was to replace the veteran Leckie when he decides to step down.

Warburton will replace Ten interim CEO Lachlan Murdoch, who took over from Grant Blackley last month after rumours of major dissatisfaction over Ten’s 5pm-7.30pm news and current affairs block of programs which alienated the younger viewers who produce Ten’s profits.

What is not known is the reason behind Packer stepping down from the board – the partial Ten takeover was his first major deal with his friend Murdoch since the collapse of the OneTel mobile company which both presided over.

Blackley was only appointed in December after the new and semi-controlling shareholders Packer and Murdoch oversaw the departure of longtime boss Nick Falloon, a former Packer ally turned enemy.

Highly influential Seven executive and news boss Peter Meakin confirmed Warburton’s departure was a major blow for the top rating network owned by Kerry Stokes.

“He was certainly regarded as a successor to David Leckie – but I have to say no one here wants David to leave,” Meakin said.

“But James leaving is a serious disappointment to us all here – he is a good man who is very, very capable and an executive who has been a delight to work with.”

The Ten network announced the news of Packer’s departure and Warburton’s appointment to the Australian Stock Exchange today.

Source: Courier Mail

The first guests have been named to take part in Chelsea Handler’s Australian shows.

Aussie actress/model Sophie Monk and Taronga Zoo’s Nick de Vos have been confirmed to feature on one of the four shows to be filmed in Sydney.

The episodes of Chelsea Lately will screen in Australia on E! the day after they have been filmed at the Foxtel studios in North Ryde.

Source: TV Tonight

Tuesday March 1, 2011

Shares:
1 Seven 28.4% (nw 34.3%)
2 Nine 19.1% (nw 24.7%)
3 Ten 17.3% (nw 21.4%)
4 ABC1 11.1% (nw 13.9%)
5 SBS ONE 4.7% (nw 5.6%)

6 7mate 3.0%
7 7TWO 2.9%
7 GO! 2.9%
7 ELEVEN 2.9%
10 GEM 2.8%

11 ABC2 1.6%
12 ONE 1.2%
13 SBS TWO 0.9%
14 ABC3 0.6%
14 ABC News 24 0.6%

Top shows of the day:
Ranking Ch: Program 5 City Metro Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Ch: 7 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS 1,748,000 497,000 556,000 275,000 209,000 210,000
2 Ch: 7 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE 1,595,000 448,000 480,000 316,000 170,000 180,000
3 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 1,197,000 298,000 308,000 262,000 158,000 172,000
4 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 1,134,000 273,000 295,000 274,000 139,000 153,000
5 Ch: TEN NCIS 1,122,000 326,000 331,000 194,000 114,000 158,000
6 Ch: 7 HOME AND AWAY 1,028,000 324,000 246,000 230,000 115,000 113,000
7 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 994,000 317,000 306,000 186,000 94,000 90,000
8 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY 987,000 283,000 282,000 247,000 63,000 112,000
9 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 959,000 299,000 313,000 178,000 73,000 96,000
10 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS-EV 940,000 256,000 283,000 154,000 110,000 137,000
11 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE 918,000 246,000 313,000 174,000 70,000 116,000
12 Ch: TEN TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOUR GENERATION 839,000 248,000 256,000 141,000 91,000 103,000
13 Ch: 9 TOP GEAR 814,000 208,000 274,000 185,000 69,000 79,000
14 Ch: TEN NCIS RPT 784,000 228,000 241,000 96,000 103,000 115,000
15 Ch: 7 CONVICTION KITCHEN-TUE 757,000 258,000 229,000 92,000 88,000 89,000
16 Ch: TEN TEN NEWS AT FIVE 753,000 188,000 251,000 110,000 76,000 127,000
17 Ch: 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT 664,000 249,000 265,000 0 48,000 101,000
18 Ch: ABC1 7.30 REPORT-EV 644,000 197,000 189,000 111,000 67,000 80,000
19 Ch: TEN THE 7PM PROJECT 615,000 144,000 221,000 139,000 52,000 58,000
20 Ch: ABC1 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV 611,000 179,000 191,000 111,000 45,000 85,000
21 Ch: ABC1 QI-LE 587,000 237,000 156,000 75,000 55,000 64,000
22 Ch: 9 HOT SEAT 549,000 172,000 135,000 155,000 57,000 31,000
23 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS SPECIAL: AFTER THE DELUGE: THE VALLEY-EV 533,000 179,000 138,000 106,000 38,000 70,000
24 Ch: 7 DEAL OR NO DEAL 489,000 125,000 161,000 80,000 67,000 56,000
25 Ch: 9 ADULTS ONLY 20 TO 1 469,000 139,000 166,000 79,000 38,000 47,000
26 Ch: TEN THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 380,000 110,000 104,000 78,000 37,000 52,000
27 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS 377,000 74,000 145,000 77,000 32,000 49,000
28 Ch: 7 SUNRISE 374,000 112,000 91,000 78,000 44,000 49,000
29 Ch: 9 TODAY 340,000 117,000 100,000 68,000 23,000 30,000
30 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 312,000 81,000 119,000 51,000 25,000 36,000
31 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS LATE RPT 301,000 69,000 99,000 39,000 51,000 44,000
32 Ch: ABC1 THE GRADUAL DEMISE OF PHILLIPA FINCH-LE 289,000 122,000 82,000 28,000 29,000 28,000
33 Ch: 7 COUGAR TOWN 287,000 68,000 122,000 33,000 32,000 33,000
34 Ch: TEN TEN EVENING NEWS 282,000 46,000 119,000 61,000 24,000 32,000
35 Ch: ABC1 BEST OF COLLECTORS-EV 269,000 94,000 87,000 44,000 22,000 21,000
36 Ch: TEN JUDGE JUDY 268,000 70,000 70,000 48,000 38,000 43,000
37 Ch: SBS ONE WONDERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 253,000 77,000 86,000 43,000 19,000 27,000
38 Ch: 9 NINE AFTERNOON NEWS 249,000 100,000 52,000 50,000 25,000 22,000
39 Ch: ABC1 FIRST TUESDAY BOOK CLUB-LE 246,000 110,000 69,000 25,000 25,000 16,000
40 Ch: TEN GOOD CHEF BAD CHEF 225,000 56,000 53,000 41,000 33,000 42,000
41 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30 221,000 66,000 64,000 48,000 25,000 17,000
42 Ch: 7 SUNRISE-EARLY 217,000 62,000 28,000 83,000 18,000 26,000
43 Ch: ABC1 LATELINE-LE 200,000 82,000 57,000 26,000 23,000 12,000
44 Ch: SBS ONE WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA 195,000 61,000 49,000 36,000 20,000 28,000
45 Ch: 9 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES U.S.A. 192,000 63,000 59,000 20,000 36,000 14,000
46 Ch: TEN TEN LATE NEWS WITH SPORTS TONIGHT 189,000 34,000 76,000 23,000 35,000 21,000
47 Ch: 7 WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY 189,000 46,000 72,000 34,000 21,000 15,000
48 Ch: 7TWO ARE YOU BEING SERVED? 187,000 62,000 41,000 34,000 28,000 21,000
49 Ch: 9 TODAY-EARLY 177,000 46,000 38,000 65,000 8,000 21,000
50 Ch: TEN TWO GUYS & A GIRL 177,000 45,000 37,000 33,000 27,000 34,000

Top shows in 16-39s:
Ranking Ch: Program 5 City Metro Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Ch: 7 PACKED TO THE RAFTERS 562,000 176,000 170,000 79,000 59,000 78,000
2 Ch: 7 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE 531,000 155,000 155,000 107,000 49,000 67,000
3 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY 366,000 133,000 85,000 93,000 19,000 37,000
4 Ch: 9 TOP GEAR 350,000 102,000 116,000 65,000 30,000 36,000
5 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE 321,000 112,000 101,000 52,000 22,000 34,000
6 Ch: 7 CONVICTION KITCHEN-TUE 298,000 116,000 81,000 29,000 31,000 42,000
7 Ch: TEN NCIS 277,000 85,000 76,000 57,000 25,000 34,000
8 Ch: 7 HOME AND AWAY 261,000 85,000 69,000 52,000 21,000 33,000
9 Ch: TEN TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOUR GENERATION 237,000 68,000 83,000 39,000 20,000 26,000
10 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 204,000 49,000 41,000 66,000 24,000 24,000
11 Ch: 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT 191,000 96,000 53,000 0 14,000 29,000
12 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 189,000 42,000 41,000 54,000 25,000 26,000
13 Ch: 9 ADULTS ONLY 20 TO 1 180,000 66,000 54,000 21,000 19,000 20,000
14 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 174,000 73,000 60,000 12,000 8,000 22,000
15 Ch: TEN NCIS RPT 174,000 60,000 59,000 14,000 22,000 21,000
16 Ch: TEN THE 7PM PROJECT 172,000 43,000 56,000 47,000 9,000 17,000
17 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 170,000 74,000 51,000 13,000 15,000 17,000
18 Ch: TEN TEN NEWS AT FIVE 159,000 41,000 59,000 22,000 15,000 21,000
19 Ch: 7 COUGAR TOWN 143,000 42,000 58,000 14,000 9,000 20,000
20 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 136,000 37,000 57,000 19,000 7,000 15,000
21 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS-EV 122,000 30,000 41,000 25,000 15,000 10,000
22 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS 115,000 14,000 55,000 23,000 9,000 14,000
23 Ch: TEN TEN EVENING NEWS 101,000 17,000 42,000 28,000 3,000 10,000
24 Ch: 7 SUNRISE 91,000 25,000 31,000 19,000 9,000 7,000
25 Ch: 9 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES U.S.A. 91,000 36,000 26,000 6,000 19,000 3,000
26 Ch: ABC1 QI-LE 89,000 51,000 22,000 6,000 4,000 5,000
27 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-TUE 86,000 2,000 46,000 17,000 8,000 12,000
28 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-TUE 85,000 3,000 46,000 15,000 11,000 9,000
29 Ch: 7mate HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-TUE 84,000 3,000 34,000 23,000 11,000 12,000
30 Ch: 7 KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS 82,000 21,000 32,000 10,000 6,000 12,000
31 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS SPECIAL: AFTER THE DELUGE: THE VALLEY-EV 77,000 30,000 17,000 17,000 5,000 8,000
32 Ch: GO! CATWOMAN -EV 74,000 24,000 19,000 16,000 4,000 11,000
33 Ch: 9 TODAY 73,000 24,000 26,000 12,000 6,000 6,000
34 Ch: 7 DEAL OR NO DEAL 73,000 23,000 20,000 14,000 8,000 9,000
35 Ch: ABC1 7.30 REPORT-EV 71,000 26,000 20,000 13,000 5,000 8,000
36 Ch: 9 HOT SEAT 71,000 27,000 22,000 17,000 3,000 3,000
37 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS LATE RPT 71,000 18,000 27,000 2,000 14,000 9,000
38 Ch: 7mate MY NAME IS EARL-TUE 70,000 13,000 45,000 3,000 5,000 3,000
39 Ch: ABC1 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV 69,000 25,000 22,000 10,000 4,000 9,000
40 Ch: 7mate THAT ’70S SHOW 62,000 15,000 18,000 16,000 6,000 7,000
41 Ch: 9 NINE AFTERNOON NEWS 61,000 31,000 14,000 7,000 4,000 5,000
42 Ch: TEN THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 61,000 15,000 23,000 12,000 6,000 4,000
43 Ch: TEN JUDGE JUDY 60,000 14,000 17,000 13,000 8,000 8,000
44 Ch: 9 THE VIEW 60,000 28,000 11,000 7,000 7,000 7,000
45 Ch: 9 THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW 59,000 23,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 5,000
46 Ch: 7mate SCRUBS 58,000 27,000 19,000 8,000 5,000 0
47 Ch: GO! PRETTY LITTLE LIARS -EV 57,000 14,000 9,000 18,000 5,000 11,000
48 Ch: ABC1 THE GRADUAL DEMISE OF PHILLIPA FINCH-LE 56,000 31,000 17,000 2,000 2,000 5,000
49 Ch: SBS ONE WONDERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 56,000 18,000 25,000 5,000 1,000 6,000
50 Ch: 7 SUNRISE-EARLY 55,000 12,000 8,000 29,000 3,000 3,000

Top shows on digital channels:
Ranking Ch: Program Average Peak
1 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 312,000 395,000
2 Ch: 7TWO ARE YOU BEING SERVED? 187,000 242,000
3 Ch: Gem THE ZOO -EV 164,000 208,000
4 Ch: 7TWO SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM 160,000 234,000
5 Ch: 7TWO TO THE MANOR BORN 152,000 188,000
6 Ch: ABC2 PLAY SCHOOL-PM 150,000 174,000
7 Ch: GO! CATWOMAN -EV 150,000 265,000
8 Ch: 7mate HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-TUE 150,000 224,000
9 Ch: ELEVEN EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND 135,000 372,000
10 Ch: 7mate THAT ’70S SHOW 132,000 202,000
11 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-TUE 130,000 161,000
12 Ch: ABC2 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV 127,000 176,000
13 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-TUE 126,000 194,000
14 Ch: ELEVEN THE SIMPSONS 125,000 167,000
15 Ch: ABC2 BALI-PM 125,000 150,000
16 Ch: Gem THE CLOSER -EV 124,000 169,000
17 Ch: ABC2 THOMAS AND FRIENDS-PM 122,000 137,000
18 Ch: ABC2 OLIVIA-PM 118,000 129,000
19 Ch: ELEVEN FUTURAMA TUES 117,000 162,000
20 Ch: ELEVEN SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH 116,000 191,000
21 Ch: 7TWO PORRIDGE 116,000 184,000
22 Ch: Gem THE ZOO -EV TX1 115,000 149,000
23 Ch: ABC2 POSTMAN PAT-AM 111,000 111,000
24 Ch: Gem FRIENDS -EV 108,000 162,000
25 Ch: ABC2 IN THE NIGHT GARDEN-EV 108,000 151,000
26 Ch: 7mate ACCORDING TO JIM 107,000 141,000
27 Ch: Gem HOARDERS -EV 107,000 159,000
28 Ch: ABC2 DRIVER DAN’S STORY TRAIN-PM 106,000 127,000
29 Ch: 7mate MY NAME IS EARL-TUE 103,000 150,000
30 Ch: ABC2 FLORRIE’S DRAGONS-EV 103,000 117,000
31 Ch: ABC2 ADVENTURES OF BOTTLE TOP BILL AND HIS BEST FRIEND-AM 103,000 110,000
32 Ch: GO! BEWITCHED -PM 99,000 126,000
33 Ch: ABC2 ANGELINA BALLERINA: THE NEXT STEPS-PM 98,000 116,000
34 Ch: ELEVEN HAPPY DAYS 98,000 135,000
35 Ch: GO! HELLCATS -EV 97,000 177,000
36 Ch: 7mate SCRUBS 96,000 158,000
37 Ch: ABC2 BOB THE BUILDER: PROJECT BUILD IT-AM 96,000 101,000
38 Ch: ELEVEN CALIFORNICATION 96,000 142,000
39 Ch: ABC2 DIBO THE GIFT DRAGON-PM 95,000 110,000
40 Ch: ABC2 THE WOTWOTS-EV 93,000 107,000
41 Ch: GO! SEINFELD -EV 92,000 129,000
42 Ch: 7mate HERCULES-DAY 92,000 136,000
43 Ch: ABC2 DOROTHY THE DINOSAUR-AM 92,000 98,000
44 Ch: ABC2 FIVE MINUTES MORE-PM 91,000 101,000
45 Ch: ABC2 MISTER MAKER-PM 90,000 106,000
46 Ch: GO! AUSTRALIA’S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS – DAILY EDITION -EV 90,000 131,000
47 Ch: Gem HOW CLEAN IS YOUR HOUSE -EV 90,000 153,000
48 Ch: ELEVEN THE BRADY BUNCH 90,000 134,000
49 Ch: ELEVEN NURSE JACKIE 87,000 135,000
50 Ch: ABC2 PORORO THE LITTLE PENGUIN-PM 86,000 86,000

Ice Road Truckers – ONE (85,000 viewers)
Ax Men – ONE (77,000 viewers)
Black Gold – ONE (55,000 viewers)
Sports Tonight – ONE (31,000 viewers)

OzTam Five city Live and As Live Preliminary Ratings Figures. Five Cities are Sydney (S), Brisbane (B), Melbourne (M), Adelaide (A) and Perth (P). Figures are shown in order Total, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth. Shows not aired in certain cities denoted by 0 or n/a (not aired).  Does not take into account overruns or extreme last minute programming changes. Shares are 6pm – Midnight unless otherwise stated. Network abreviated to “nw”.

Channel 7 has gone ahead and ordered another season of his cooking show My Kitchen Rules.

With the current season performing strongly, it was a no-brainer for the network.

Monday’s episode drew an audience of 1.5 million, topping the night in the process.

After premiering last year, the show was revamped this season by featuring more contestants and screening on three nights each week.

Seven’s Media Release

Channel Seven today announced a third series of MY KITCHEN RULES has been commissioned.

It follows the huge success of the current season, which is currently attracting a national audience of 1.4 million viewers. The in-house Seven production has built a strong and loyal following since its debut in February 2010.

Seven’s Head of Production, Brad Lyons, said:

“We’re incredibly proud of MY KITCHEN RULES. It’s a world-class production and to see it embraced by audiences is a real credit to everyone involved. We are thrilled to confirm a third series – and we encourage anyone who fancies themselves in the kitchen to apply and get cooking.”

For anyone who loves food and entertaining, don’t miss the chance to become part of the next exciting series.

If you and a partner – be it your spouse, a friend, workmate or relative – think you’ve got what it takes in the kitchen, head to Yahoo7’s official website www.mykitchenrules.com.au and apply. 

Tonight’s sudden death cook-off will see South Australia’s used-car dealers Donna & Reade go up against Queensland butchers Johnny & Artie in a battle for survival. Who will be eliminated?

MY KITCHEN RULES airs Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7.30pm on Channel 7.

Warner Bros to pay Men crew

Warner Bros has confirmed that it will be paying the crew of Two and a Half Men for the four remaining episodes of the current season which has been axed. The company will cover the crew’s wages in full after it was decided to shut down production following Charlie Sheen’s stint in rehab.

Rob Dyrdek launching new MTV show

MTV’s Rob Dyrdek is launching a new series on the network later this year called Ridiculousness. The series, which will run alongside his Fantasy Factory, will see him put his own spin on the funniest amateur videos from the internet in front of a studio audience.

Dancing with the Stars contestants named in the US

Dancing with the Stars in the US has named its latest batch of celebrities to take part in the upcoming season. Former boxer Sugar Ray Leonard, E! Channel star Kendra Wilkinson and actress Kirstie Alley are among those set to take to the d-floor.

CSI actress to guest on Castle

Former CSI actress Liz Vassey has landed a guest role on drama series Castle where she will play a real estate agent who gets caught up in a murder investigation.

GEM have changed their minds about those double episodes of The Zoo on Tuesday and Wednesday nights next week.

Instead, on Tuesday March 8 at 7.30 is a series called Houses from Hell. How Clean is Your House is out.

And on Wednesday March 9, programming just goes back to what it was – with As Time Goes By at 7.30 and The Golden Girls at 8pm.

The Australian version of The Zoo returns to Seven at 3pm weekdays from March 14. The Zoo on GEM is the NZ version, and is rating quite well for them.

Could we be seeing Oprah’s pay TV channel OWN – The Oprah Winfrey Network – in Australia soon?

Foxtel are reportedly in discussions with Oprah to launch the channel on its platform. Oprah has indicated she would like to see the channel air in as many countries as possible.

It launches this week in Canada, after premiering January 1 in the US. OWN is a joint venture between Oprah’s multimedia company Harpo Productions and Discovery Communications.

Details of where OWN would fit into Foxtel’s packaging as well as any time frame on negotiations are not yet known.

Source: SMH

A disgraced Aussie journo has managed to land one of the scoops of the year in the entertainment world when he befriended troubled Two And A Half Men actor Charlie Sheen.

Dylan Howard, who was fired from Channel Seven in 2008 after a dodgy story on doping in the AFL, has turned to gossip reporting in recent years and has since managed to do quite well for himself.

Howard has been close to Sheen throughout the drawn-out public affair involving alcohol, drugs and strippers and was on hand to deliver the news that Sheen had passed recent drug tests.

Reporting for RadarOnline, Howard was in Sheen’s bathroom when the actor took the urine tests and took the results to the media, parading about on a variety of TV shows in the US.

He told Good Morning America: “The good news for Charlie Sheen as he’s watching from home is he tested negative for every single one of those tests. The blood test only goes for a window for only 24 hours. The urine tests for some 72 hours. But this is a big win for Charlie Sheen.”

Just how Howard managed to gain such a priviledged position with Sheen is anyone’s guess.

Source: crikey.com.au

For the benefit of those who do not yet have digital TV, or only have standard definition digital, there will be an encore of the first episode of The Amazing Race which was seen on 7mate last Sunday.

The replay won’t be until 10am Sunday March 13 – the same day that 7mate will be playing the third episode at 6.30pm. You can also catch up on PLUS7.

Given 10am Sunday is usually where AFL states have AFL programming on, the encore may not last in that timeslot, come the start of the AFL season later this month.

Charlie Sheen appeared this morning on the NBC “Today” show. Talking about the cancellation of the rest of the season of “Two and a Half Men”, Charlie seems to be, not only delusional, but down right crazy. Charlie claims he is passionate, not angry. He labelled his house “The Sober Valley Lodge”, and would not let AA contaminate it. He also wants a pay rise to $3 million per episode.

When asked the last time he took drugs? He says he can’t remember.

How he cured his addiction? – He closed his eyes and made it so.

Are you embarrassed about your kids reading about all this one day? God No! Talk about an education.

Sheen claims he and CBS are at war, because they are trying to destroy his family. He then claims that “defeat is not an option-they picked a fight with a warlock”.

At one stage he is asked what he would say to Chuck Lorre – the co-creator of Two and a Half Men. Charlie looks straight down the barrel and reads from his notes these questions, as he says only Chuck can answer them.

1 = Why is it when I was ready to return to work you told me “There are no scripts ready to shoot” so that begs the second part of the question. What would we have shot if you hadn’t ordered the suits into my home, to shut down my party?

2 = Why is it that you issued a decree, informing me the remaining 8 shows of season 8 had been reduced down to 4, our highest rated season to date, when most shows are in decline then, headed towards Will and Grace filth, was suddenly to halt production 2 weeks earlier than scheduled?

3 = When you were told that the crew would suffer gravely as a result of your dictatorial laziness, would you please explain your statement – quote “They are not my problem” – end quote. I’m sure there’s like 120 some odd people that would love to hear the answer to that.

Sheen then pulls out the AA handbook and quotes about acceptance, even though ha has been condemning AA throughout the interview. Sheen says he won’t follow a path like AA as it was written for normal people, not special people, people who have tiger blood or Adonis DNA.

He claims they are going to rename Warner Bros. as Charlie Bros. and claims he won best picture at 20 when he wasn’t even trying and that Major League 3 is in the works. Charlie says he will go to season 10 but its now $3 million an episode, take it or leave it.

Everyone thinks he should be begging for his job back but everybody else will be begging him for their job back. CBS owes him a big apology, while licking his feet.

The interview continues tomorrow on NBC Today, which can be seen from 4am on Seven.

Stroy by Alicia