Charlie Sheen will be hanging around at FX for a while: As widely expected, sitcom “Anger Management” has officially been given 90-episode back order.
FX’s John Landgraf had said at the recent Television Critics Association panel that the show was on target to receive the pickup. Creator Bruce Helford has already been in the writer’s room for months working on the additional installments.
The order was predicated on the show hitting a certain ratings threshold for eight of the first 10 episodes. Realizing the first two episodes would get a big number based on the curiosity factor of Sheen returning to primetime, FX insisted that only episodes three through 10 would be part of the ratings calculation.
Although FX never released the threshold number, the show has exceeded many expectations and averaged 4.5 million viewers overall and 2.5 million in the 18-49 demo.
For viagra canada its June 28 premiere, “Anger Management” garnered a whopping 5.4 million viewers — setting a record as the most-watched scripted sitcom in cable history.
“We set a very high ratings bar that included some additional hurdles and the series met and exceed those metrics,” said FX Networks exec VP Chuck Saftler. “I have no doubt that the producers and cast will be able to pull off the Herculean task of producing 90 episodes over the next two years.”
Sheen, who plays a therapist trying to come to grip with his own issues as well, co-stars with Selma Blair, Daniela Bobadilla and Barry Corbin in the show.
