Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Angus T. Jones phased out of 'Two and a Half Men'? Show renewed without controversial star


The 19-year-old, who unleashed a YouTube rant against the series, won't be a regular on the 11th season of the CBS show, though he's in talks to possibly become a recurring character.


BY MARGARET EBY / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2013, 4:14 PM



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Actor Angus T. Jones won’t be a regular on the next season of ‘Two and a Half Men.’



"Two and a Half Men" is returning next season without star Angus T. Jones as a regular.

CBS announced Friday that the show would return for season 11. While leads Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer have both signed on for another one-year contract, Jones is noticeably absent from the usual cast.

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Jones, 19, caused a stir last year with a video for his church that slammed the CBS hit.

Warner Bros. is reportedly talking to the actor about a possible recurring role in the series, but Jones won't be returning full-time.

Jones, who plays Jake in the hit sitcom, released a YouTube video last year slamming "Men." In the viral clip, which Jones recorded for a group linked to the Voice of prophecy Seventh-Day Adventist church, he blasts the show as "filth" and asks followers to "please stop watching."

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The sitcom actor apologized for his tirade against the show, but won’t be rejoining the cast full-time.

The teen star later apologized for his condemnation, offering a mea culpa to the crew for "showing indifference and disrespect of my colleagues and a lack of appreciation of the extraordinary opportunity of which I have been blessed."

CBS entertainment chief Nina Tassler remarked in January that the network would still like Jones to continue his role on the series.

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"The kid is 19 years old. I've got a 24-year-old. Between the ages of 19 and 24, there's been plenty of things my kid has said that I wish he hadn't. The bottom line is that cooler heads prevailed," Tassler told reporters.

"At the end of the day, they want him back and he wants to come back. He's tabling next week and that's it and we move on. We had a little bit of a glitch, but what else is new?"

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