Charlie Sheen’s fallout on Two and a Half Men echoes Kevin Costner’s

impact on Yellowstone and Jon Cryer’s burden to carry on the sitcom.

Two and a Half Men enjoyed quite a huge popularity when it aired for

the first time in 2003. With its unique take on the sitcom genre and big names like Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer attached to it, success was inevitable. However, dark clouds soon started looming around it when Sheen entered rehab to tackle his addiction issues. While he was still very much part of the show, he decided to go on a full Anti-Chuck Lorre rant.This led to his eventual firing from the show, and the major burden of carrying the sitcom fell on Jon Cryer. In the same fashion as what Kevin Costner’s departure from Yellowstone did to the cast. Just a year before the conclusion of FRIENDS, Two and a Half Men had established itself as another major sitcom to look out for. The show was brought to life by the genius of Chuck Lorre and presented Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer as the main characters Charlie and Alan Harper. The show was at the peak of its popularity when, all thanks to Sheen, it found itself embroiled in a major controversy.

The actor’s sudden move to enter rehab led the eighth season to go on hiatus. Further, his blasting of Lorre also didn’t do him any favors, and he was killed off from the show. The consequence of this was that the ratings of the show suffered heavily, given Sheen’s character was quite popular among the masses.

Further, the entire responsibility to keep the show intact fell on the shoulders of Jon Cryer. He added the same during an interview with Entertainment Weekly:

Cryer’s situation was also mirrored in Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone when Kevin Costner ended his association with it. While he was part of the show’s fifth season Part One, he removed himself from Part Two. This led to the entire responsibility of carrying on the show falling on the rest of the cast.