I don't agree that Angus's religious conversion says anything at all about the TV show.

But there is a reason why virtually all TV show stars opt out around seven or eight years: it's soul-deadening work. A kid actor being sick of and disdainful toward the show that made him rich? Par for the course.

Just to talk about Angus a little more: I'm very familiar with the Adventists, and they tend to be a very committed group religiously that isn't a cult. For example, we have famous adventists John Harvey Kellogg and Will Keith Kellogg to thank(?) for breakfast cereal. But this discussion sounds much more cult-like than normal Adventist talk.

http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/62518/angus-t-jones-on-god-influenced-hatred-of-two-and-a-half-men-sorry-dudes

Athletes caught on steroids, take notes.

It's as if he's playing his TV role in real life.

Well, it isn't as if he actually said anything that he needed to apologize for (except maybe in the minds of entertainment reporters). Still, it was good fo him to clarify that he wasn't out to hurt or disrespect any of the people he's been working with all these years.

A goofy kid who has random, usually wildly disconnected thoughts, and is swayed by whomever he listened to last.

I think that describes his 1/2 man character as well as the RL guy in both interviews.

I assume the last person who spoke to him was someone from the show explaining some basic facts of life to him.

"What? You mean I'm not an indispensable character on the show and I could be fired? I'm not even a good actor? And then they would stop paying me? They could do that?"

Looks like they're going to go for one more year.

http://theclicker.today.com/_news/2013/01/12/16480961-cbs-wants-angus-t-jones-back-for-two-and-a-half-men?lite

Poor kid. Shouldn't he be in college by now trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life?

Tassler also said that the network was interested in bringing "Two and a Half Men" back for an 11th season, and that Warner Bros. was "equally interested to do the same."

But stars Jon Cryer and Ashton Kutcher, who joined the show in season nine after Sheen left, have not signed on yet. In fact, according to Tassler, none of the cast have put their names on the dotted line as of Saturday.

It's their own fault if they do sign on, IMO. I almost feel sorry for Cryer, though. He used to be a good actor.

Amber (Joan of Arcadia) Tamblyn.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/two-a-men-amber-tamblyn-600422

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The article claims there was made a void made by Angus' leaving.
This puzzles me.

He was never really a good character, nor an important one. And even was relegated to "via laptop" cameos for the last few seasons anyways.

As to the new addition... the title is still "Two and a Half Men", are they implying that lesbians are Half-men?

It's Hollywood think. Angus was still being paid handsomely for every episode, appearing in the title sequence as one of the three stars of the show, even though Jake appeared only infrequently during the past season. Now that his part has been officially reduced to a recurring character that leaves a void according to Hollywood think.

Much as I like Amber, casting a 30 year-old to play a 21 year-old is just more Hollywood think. It might have been interesting had they cast a teenager to play a teenager, deal with a high school age gay character, but it seems this show is intent on remaining in the gutter it found for itself when Jake (Angus) got old enough to no longer be the cute little kid.