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I had to watch the new season of Two and a Half Men on CBS. I’ve never been a regular watcher. In fact, most of the episodes I’ve seen are re-runs I’ve stumbled on while looking for something to watch on DISH. But last night, I was a purposeful viewer. I only watched because of Charlie Sheen. Not his character, but Charlie himself. I had to see how the transition from meltdown to replacement went. It was okay, and I might watch again. However, I can promise you that I won’t watch a 2nd episode of Two Broke Girls.

I lost a half-hour of my life that I can never get back watching what is surely the most poorly written, ill-conceived (and by ill I mean vociferously vomiting ill), waste of time I have ever been subjected to—and I know something about wasted time. I watched several interviews with Sheen during the throes of his hissy fit.

Inebriated Charlie Sheen was far better than Two Broke Girls. The show is crude; the writing is sophomoric, and CBS turned what would have otherwise been a mildly entertaining evening into waste of time.

Let’s start with the main characters who work in a nasty diner somewhere in New York. There’s the obligatory black guy who sits at the cash register (gotta have diversity). Not only did they insert a black guy into a story line that doesn’t need him, this one is an old black guy straight from the days of The Little Rascals. He’s a stereotype that is beyond outdated. Add to that the sex-soaked one-liners he delivers, and you’ve got a recipe for creepy. Who wants to listen to some old  pervert when they’re trying to avoid the cockroaches at the diner?

Then there’s the waitresses—one the tough-talking, never-had-a-chance, too-tough-for-her-own-good brunette. The other, the standard dizzy blonde who used to be rich. Really? It’s been done to death. They’re supposed to be opposites, who through fate and the lazy writers at CBS come together to help each other. Yawn. The ol’ fish-out-of-water thing is routine, uninteresting, and not funny. The only reason I continued watching is so I could warn people not to waste their time. Instead, go fishing for change in your sofa. It’ll produce more laughs and a far better story line.