(NewsCore) – Charlie Sheen and CBS are reportedly close to a deal that would see the actor return to “Two and a Half Men,” sources said Monday.
“CBS has offered him his job back. Discussions ongoing. Not a done deal,” NBC reporter Jeff Rossen tweeted Monday, citing sources close to Sheen.
Earlier Monday, reports circulated that CBS president and CEO, Les Moonves, was working to bring the wayward actor back to the hit show after the comedy’s production company had given Sheen the boot in early March.
Moonves was determined to bring the hit show back and was in discussions with Warner Bros. Television, which produces the show, to rebuild the numerous bridges burned between the ranting actor and the California-based program staff, Radar Online reported.
Discussions included “Men” co-creator and executive producer Chuck Lorre, who Sheen deemed a “contaminated little maggot” before hitting him with a $100 million lawsuit for unlawful termination.
“Moonves wants to get the show back on the air. He’s all for it,” an insider told the gossip website. “He says certain people need to forget anything and everything Charlie’s done recently and just move on with the business at hand.”
CBS is not the only network angling to claim the publicity-generating Sheen.
FOX confirmed Monday that Sheen sat down with Fox Sports president David Hill, Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Rice and Mike Darnell, president of Alternative Entertainment, for a brainstorming meeting last week.
Sheen has been a frequent guest on the “Dan Patrick Show” that airs on FOX Sports radio. FOX is owned by News Corporation, the parent company of NewsCore.
Earlier in March, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban confirmed he was also in talks with Sheen about a potential project on Cuban’s TV network HDNet.
In the meantime, Sheen is preparing to launch his 21-show “Charlie Sheen LIVE: My Violent Torpedo of Truth” tour across the US and Canada.
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Posted March 19, 2011 by Charlie Esson under Celebrity News