The second season of '' Two and a Half Men'' originally aired between September 2004 and May 2005. The season consisted of 24 episodes. The DVD was released on January 8, 2008.

Production

The show is produced by

Chuck Lorre Productions Chuck Lorre Productions is an American television production company founded on 10 January 2000 by producer Chuck Lorre, best known for producing the long-running television series ''Two and a Half Men'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Mom (TV series) ...

and

Warner Brothers Television Warner Bros. Television Studios (operating under the name Warner Bros. Television; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division) is an American television production and distribution studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division o ...

. The executive producers in this season were Chuck Lorre and

Lee Aronsohn Lee Aronsohn (born December 15, 1952) is an American television writer, composer and producer. He is the co-creator of the successful TV Show ''Two and a Half Men''. He has written for many sitcoms, such as ''The Love Boat'', '' Who's the Bos ...

Gary Halvorson Gary S. Halvorson is an American director of television shows, series and film, best known for directing and producing the show, ''Friends''. Directing He was trained as a classical pianist at but is primarily noted as the director of situation ...

Asaad Kelada Asaad Kelada ( ar, أسعد قلادة; born May 11, 1940) is an American television director of many American television sitcoms. Early life Kelada was born in Cairo, Egypt and he studied drama under Youssef Chahine at the American University ...

, Pamela Fryman and J.D. Lobue were directors in this season; Lorre and Aronsohn were head writers. Other writers in this season were Susan Beavers, Don Foster,

Eddie Gorodetsky Eddie Gorodetsky is a television writer and producer. His credits include '' Desert Bus'', ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Dharma & Greg'', '' The Fresh Prince of Bel Air'', ''The Big Bang Theory'', ''Saturday Night Live'', '' SCTV Network 90'', and '' ...

, Mark Roberts and Jeff Abugov.

Awards and nominations

This season was nominated for six

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s and won one Creative Arts Emmy Awards for Outstanding Multi-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series or Special. Conchata Ferrell and Holland Taylor received Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Charlie Sheen Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as ''Platoon'' (1986), ''Wall Street'' (1987), '' Young Guns'' (1988), '' The Rookie'' (1990), ''The Thr ...

was nominated for a

Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of t ...

for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series-Musical or Comedy. This season also won the BMI TV Music Awards for the show's theme song. It also won another music award, the

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Film Award and Television Music Awards. It was also nominated for a GLAAD Media Award.

Cast

Main

as Charlie Harper * Jon Cryer as Alan Harper *

Angus T. Jones Angus Turner Jones (born October 8, 1993) is an American former actor. He is best known for playing Jake Harper in the CBS sitcom ''Two and a Half Men'', for which he won two Young Artist Awards and a TV Land Award during his 10-year tenure as on ...

as Jake Harper * Marin Hinkle as

Judith Harper The American sitcom ''Two and a Half Men'', created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. The show initially centers on seven characters: brothers Charlie and Alan Harper; Jake Harper, ...

* Melanie Lynskey as

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* Conchata Ferrell as Berta * Holland Taylor as

Evelyn Harper The American sitcom ''Two and a Half Men'', created and executive produced by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. The show initially centers on seven characters: brothers Charlie and Alan Harper; Jake Harper, ...

Guest

Sean Penn Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama ''Mystic River'' (2003) and the biopic ''Milk'' (2008). Penn began his acting career in televisi ...

as himself *

Elvis Costello Declan Patrick MacManus Order of the British Empire, OBE (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. He has won multiple awards in his career, including a Grammy Award in ...

as himself * Harry Dean Stanton as himself * Ryan Stiles as Dr. Melnick *

Missi Pyle Missi Pyle (born November 16, 1972) is an American actress and singer. She has appeared in a number of successful films, including ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), ''Big Fish'' (2003), ''Bringing Down the House'' (2003), '' Dodgeball: A True Underdog S ...

as Mrs. Pasternak * Jeri Ryan as Sherri * Camryn Manheim as Daisy * Denise Richards as Lisa *

Jodi Lyn O'Keefe Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She came to prominence as Cassidy Bridges on the television series ''Nash Bridges'' (1996–2001) and played Gretchen Morgan on ''Prison Break'' (2007� ...

as Gail * Jennifer Taylor as Tina * Paget Brewster as Jamie Eckleberry * Lucy Lawless as Pamela * Chloe Webb as Trudy * Orson Bean as Norman

Episodes

Ratings

This season was the highest rated season of ''Two and a Half Men'', with an estimate viewership of 16.5 million. Also, the episode "Squab, Squab, Squab, Squab, Squab", received the show's second highest viewership with 24.2 million viewership, only surpassed by the ninth season's premiere, "

Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt "Nice to Meet You, Walden Schmidt" is the ninth-season premiere of the comedy series ''Two and a Half Men'' and the first appearance of Ashton Kutcher as Walden Schmidt, "an internet billionaire with a broken heart". It is the 178th episode of the ...

" with 28.74 million.

References

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