20/20: SPECIAL EDITION: CHARLIE SHEEN IN HIS OWN WORDS (TV)
Summary
One in this series of news magazine programs.
This program features an interview with television and film actor Charlie Sheen. Highlights include: Sheen discussing allegations leveled against him of drug usage and his denial thereof; his dismissal from the television show “Two and a Half Men”; his popularity in spite of the controversies surrounding him; accusations of anti-Semitism against Sheen for comments he made on a radio show about “Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre; comments made about his personal issues by his father, Martin Sheen; his lack of regret for his former drug usage; issues revolving around a recent party binge and Sheen’s interaction with his publicist; his history of domestic abuse, failed marriages, and health problems stemming from drug overdoses; an incident involving Sheen threatening a pornographic actress in their hotel room; his sleep problems and attempts to deal with them; his daily workout routine; his living arrangement, including his live-in girlfriends whom he refers to as his “goddesses”; his affinity for pornographic actresses and prostitutes; his feelings about being a parent and his influence of his children; his stated attempts to keep off drugs; his dissatisfaction with CBS television executives for their decision to put “Two and a Half Men” on hiatus in response to one of his widely-publicized parties, and eventually cancelling the program entirely; his impending legal action against CBS; the psychology of Sheen’s addiction and possibility of mental disorders; and Sheen’s attempts to continue his television and film work. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: March 1, 2011
- RUNNING TIME: 0:56:50
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 105511
- GENRE: Magazine
- SUBJECT HEADING: TV - Magazine
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1979-
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- TV – Commercials – Cadillac automobiles
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- TV – Commercials – Chevrolet automobiles
- TV – Commercials – Chrysler automobiles
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- TV – Commercials – “Take Me Home Tonight” motion picture
- TV – Commercials – “The Adjustment Bureau” motion picture
- TV – Commercials – “The Lincoln Lawyer” motion picture
- TV – Commercials – “Walt Disney’s Bambi” home video release
- TV – Promos – “ABC World News”
- TV – Promos – “Good Morning America”
- TV – Promos – “Modern Family”
- TV – Promos – “Secret Millionaire”
- TV – Promos – “The View”
- TV – Promos – “What Would You Do?”
CREDITS
- Geoff Martz … Producer
- Brian O'Keefe … Producer
- Santina Leuci … Producer
- Gwen Gowen … Producer
- Alan B. Goldberg … Producer
- Rob Wallace … Producer
- Janice Johnston … Producer
- Chris Cuomo … Anchor
- Elizabeth Vargas … Anchor
- Andrea Canning … Reporter
- Charlie Sheeen … Interviewee
- Casey Jordan (audio id only) … Interviewee
- Capri Anderson (audio id only) … Interviewee
- Natalie Kenly … Interviewee
- Rachel Oberlin (See also: Bree Olson) … Interviewee
- Omar Manejwala … Interviewee
- Chuck Lorre
- Martin Sheen