Other TV Shows with their share of problems

By now, a lot of you have heard the producers of one of the top situation comedy on TV currently, CBS's Two and A Half Men, have officially shutdown production for the remainder of the season.

Already "on hiatus" due to lead Charlie Sheen's erratic behaviour and a recent stint in rehab...Sheen went on a rant earlier this week during an interview, verbally attacking the creator of Two and A Half Men amongst other targets.  As a result, the decision has been made to shut the show down for the remainder of this season and possibly forever.

But the antics of Sheen is not the first time in the history of U.S. television where the behaviour or unforeseen circumstances of a series star has resulted in a halt in production of their respective shows

• The show, Grace Under Fire, a popular mid 90's sitcom, was shut down twice due to the erratic behaviour of series lead Brett Butler.  The second shutdown was for good and the series never returned.  The coincidence here is that Chuck Lorre was the executive producer of that show...he is also the producer and creator of Two and A Half Men and the target of Sheen's rant!

• After the a couple seasons of the sitcom Three's Company, blonde series lead Suzanne Somers held out for more money in contract negotiations.  At first, the producers filmed segments of the show starring Somers separately from the rest of the cast.  However later on, no resolution was reached on the money and Somers character was replaced

• The series 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, starring Three's Company's John Ritter had to shut down production temporarily during the initial season in 2003 when Ritter suddenly died.  It took a month or so to get the series back on the air and it lasted another couple of seasons but the premise became very different than what had been intended

Will Two and A Half Men ever make it back on the air with new original episodes? Will they write Sheen's character out and carry on with the other actors or add a character?  What will that do to the show?  Lots of unanswered questions that are still up in the air for the time being!