Charlie Sheen‘s epic departure from Two and a Half Men seems to have paved the way for some epic ratings — maybe CBS should be thanking the actor for leaving! The season 9 premiere of the hit CBS sitcom, starring Ashton Kutcher‘s debut as Walden Schmidt, raked in a record number of viewers!A staggering 27.7 million viewers turned in to see how Charlie’s character Charlie Harper would end and the debut of Ashton to the Harper household on Monday night’s premiere, Reuters reports.OK! NEWS: CHARLIE SHEEN WATCHES HIS “FUNERAL” ON TWO AND A HALF MEN BEFORE HIS ROASTThe figure almost doubles last year’s premiere, marking the highest in the show’s history.The season 9 premiere surpassed the series previous record, the May 2005 season finale, by more than 3.6 million.VIDEO: TWO AND A HALF MEN CLIP — SEE ASHTON KUTCHER’S DEBUT WITH JON CRYER & CHARLIES ASHESEven Charlie himself tuned in to the highly-anticipated episode.“Watching my funeral as my party gets rolling! Thank you @bucadibeppo for the great food!! Loving this night! …” Charlie Tweeted last night, along with the below picture which shows his viewing party of Men and his roast!
I couldn't even get through ~2 min. of the old show but maybe I only happened to try to watch on episodes that weren't too good. It seemed very corny to me but people seem to love it.
