Sheen taps ‘Anger’ for sitcom
It’s official: Charlie Sheen has found a new sitcom. Now all he needs is a network to air it.
Four months after getting fired from CBS’ “Two and a Half Men,” Sheen this week announced plans to return to TV in “Anger Management,” a sitcom adaptation of the 2003 movie.
Sheen, 45, will play the character created in the film by Jack Nicholson, a doctor with some odd therapeutic techniques.
According to the announcement, Sheen will retain “a significant ownership stake” in the show, whose producers will include former Disney chief and Revolution Studios founder Joe Roth.
Roth and Sheen previously worked on several movie projects together, including “Major League,” one of Sheen’s biggest hits.
“I chose ‘Anger Management’ because, while it might be a big stretch for me to play a guy with serious anger management issues, I think it is a great concept,” Sheen quipped.
He did not say when filming will start or which network might air the project.
‘Horror’ show to FX
An “American Horror Story” is coming to TV.
The FX cable channel has ordered 13 episodes of the new drama from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, the producers of “Nip/Tuck” and “Glee.”
“American Horror Story” stars Dylan McDermott (“The Practice”) and Connie Britton (“Friday Night Lights”) as a couple who move their family from Boston to Los Angeles to, as FX puts it, “reconcile past anguish.”
It also features Oscar-winner Jessica Lange (“Tootsie,” “Blue Sky”) in her first regular TV series role, along with Frances Conroy of “Six Feet Under”
The show begins production next week and is set to premiere in October.
New view of Couric
Katie Couric will resurface on television as a guest co-host on the ABC talk show “The View” on Aug. 3.
Last month, ABC and Disney signed Couric as host and producer of a one-hour nationally syndicated talk show premiering in September 2012. She also is joining the ABC News team.
Couric was a longtime co-anchor of NBC’s “Today” show and, until May, anchored the “CBS Evening News.”
Perry leads VMA nods
Katy Perry’s “Firework” had enough sparks to help her claim a leading nine MTV Video Music Award nominations, including video of the year.
Perry was also nominated for best female video for “Firework,” and best pop video for “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.).”
Adele tied Kanye West for second place with seven nominations each. She will compete with Perry for top video with “Rolling in the Deep.”
Others in the category include the Beastie Boys for “Make Some Noise”; rapper Tyler, the Creator for “Yonkers”; and Bruno Mars for “Grenade.”
The VMAs will air Aug. 28.