Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen is officially headed back to television.

FX has picked up Anger Management, outbidding two other networks for a series that will feature Sheen as a therapist with a short temper and will be based on the 2003 movie that starred Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler.

Anger Management Trailer

The sitcom will premiere with 10 episodes next summer, with FX already agreeing to 90 more if ratings are strong.

"We think that Bruce Helford, Joe Roth and Charlie Sheen have come up with a wonderful, hilarious vehicle for Charlie's acting talents - and a character we are very much looking forward to seeing him play," says John Landgraf, President and General Manager of FX Networks. "Two and a Half Men has been an outstanding component of FX's schedule for the past 14 months, and we have every confidence that Anger Management will soon be as well."

This will mark the actor's first gig since he was fired by CBS for being positively insane.

Will you tune in to Sheen's upcoming series?

Two days after comedian Patrice O'Neal suffered a massive stroke, Charlie Sheen has sent his best wishes for a full recovery to one of the celebrities who roasted him last month.

"[Patrice] is a gentle giant, a brilliant comedian, and a noble dude. Wishing him nothing but recovery, healing and laughter," Sheen told TMZ.

Dane Cook, a Boston native like O'Neal, also took to Twitter to pay tribute to the funny man, writing:

“Please pray for him and his family. Patrice is unlike anyone I’ve ever met. He’s one of the best comedians ever. Period. He also gave me some of the most useful/real (expletive) advice I’ve ever received. Please put positive thoughts into this world for P. #hope.”

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Over 27 million people tuned in for the season nine premiere of Two and a Half Men, anxious to see what all the Ashton Kutcher-related hype was about.

Since then, however, ratings have dropped steadily for the CBS sitcom, which remains one of the most-watched show on television, yet has lost about 10 million households since its September opener.

Charlie Sheen thinks he knows the problem and, no, he isn't about to blame Ashton Kutcher's sordid personal life. The actor simply tells INF Daily that the show isn't very good, he's "extremely disappointed" with the way producers are "handling what I left behind" and ratings are poor because:

"People aren't stupid ... not all of them."

What do you think, readers? Whose version of Two and a Half Men do you prefer?

Over 28 million people tuned in for the season nine premiere of Two and a Half Men, but one viewer in particular has made headlines for his take on Ashton Kutcher's debut.

What did Charlie Sheen think of his replacement?

After referring to Jon Cryer as a "freaking genius," Sheen told Access Hollywood late last week: "I think everybody won. I thought the show was really good. I thought [Ashton] was terrific."

Sheen is likely including himself in this list of winners, considering he'll bank $100 million off the show over the next few years.

What did you think of Kutcher's Two and a Half Men debut?

Love him, hate him or really, really hate him, there's no denying the drawing power of Charlie Sheen.

This warlock's Comedy Central Roast garnered an incredible 6.4 million viewers on Monday night, setting a network record for a special of this nature and out-drawing anything that aired on Fox or NBC.

Said Sheen when he took to the podium, following digs from Seth MacFarlane, Jon Lovitz, Kate Walsh, Mike Tyson, William Shatner and others:"It was only when the smoke cleared, I realized just how lucky I am. Even after all that, I still have a family that loves me."

The absence of Sheen was also a winner Monday evening: Ashton Kutcher's debut on Two and a Half Men led to that show's highest-ever ratings. Nearly 28 million people watched.

Charlie Sheen has great news for women everywhere: he's swearing off marriage.

Appearing on The Wendy Williams Show yesterday, the mega rich actor told the host: “A couple of things I don’t do well: marriage and drinking. So why not quit both?”

Sheen - who absence from Two and a Half Men led to record ratings for the season nine premiere - touched on a number of other topics with Williams as well. To wit:

No wonder Charlie Sheen wanted to make nice with Warner Bros. at the Emmy Awards last night. The actor is about to settle with the company for a mammoth amount of money.

Charlie Sheen can afford to laugh over his numerous personal problems. Literally!

Sources tell TMZ that Sheen will receive $25 million in two weeks due to work he's already put in on Two and a Half Men and the profit that work has earned.

Moreover, having already filmed 180 episodes of the sitcom, Sheen will end up with about $100 million over the next decade or so because of syndication deals in place. No wonder the guy has thought he's been "winning" this whole time.

The Charlie Sheen apology tour took an unexpected stop last night.

Following an interview with Matt Lauer, in which the actor admitted he took his warlocking ways a bit too far this year, the former Two and a Half Men star actually presented the awards for Lead Actor in a Comedy last night.

Before handing the trophy to Jim Parsons, though, Sheen wishes his former castmates well. Was it a sincere gesture? A ratings grab for his roast on Comedy Central tonight? Should the Emmys have even given a stage to this man? Watch and decide for yourself:

Charlie Sheen at the Emmy Awards

Charlie Sheen knows it will take a lot more than a few words to make up for his dangerous, nutty behavior from the first half of this year.

But the actor swears he's sober these days, telling Matt Lauer in an interview (which will air on The Today Show tomorrow) that he has to "lead by example" going forward and "it's the actions and the behavior that matter" when it comes to proving himself to others.

And the star has taken a couple actual steps in that direction, recently mending fences with ex-wife Brooke Mueller and even paying for her rehab.

But, seriously, what the heck happened during the time that led to his firing from Two and a Half Men?

“It was like being shot out of a cannon into another cannon and then being just shot out of that one," Sheen says. "It was like from one moment to the next I didn’t know what was going to happen. It was pretty exciting... I don’t believe in fear and defeat is not an option and I had to live by those mottos. Regardless of how I felt."

Yes, Charlie Sheen will be killed off Two and a Half Men when that CBS sitcom kicks off season nine on Monday. But the actor himself remains alive. Somehow.

Still, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has penned an obituary for the actor and he read it aloud during this weekend's taping of the Comedy Central Roast that will honor/tear apart the warlock of a star and air on the same night as the aforementioned premiere.

Check out the "tribute" below and then read through some of the best jokes from the special.