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Friday, March 4, 2011

Let The Charlie Sheen Backlash Begin

While his co-star's antics continue to draw attention, Jon Cryer kept busy with a humorous appearance on Ellen DeGeneres's talk show - as her receptionist.

Charlie Sheen may be breaking world records with his tweeting, he may be attracting mondo ratings with the many interviews he's given on various TV and radio shows, but is he really, as he has suggested, "winning!" when it comes to the hearts and minds of Americans? Is he convincing the people who buy tickets to see his next movie, program their TV to watch his next TV project, and otherwise help him support his five children, two ex-wives and, who can forget, the goddesses? 

Not so much, accortding to the TV column by Lisa de Moraes at washingtonpost.com.

According to new studies, conducted by marketing and consumer research companies HCD and Rasmussen Reports, Sheen's Scorched Earth Media Tour - in which he's been railing against his "Two and a Half Men" employers Warner Bros. TV and CBS - has backfired. 

Hardly any of the 748 people HCD polled after Sheen's campaign erupted on ABC's "Good Morning America" were buying Sheen's cured-himself-of-substance-abuse-with-a-blink-of-an-eye gag. 

About half of them said they don't even believe Sheen feels bad about the decision of the network and studio to cancel the show for the rest of this TV season - a decision they made after Sheen's wild rant on a syndicated radio show went viral. 

About 60 percent of the poll participants said they thought Sheen was mentally ill after seeing him on "Good Morning America."


Must Read:

REUTERS:  Sheen's legal case against studios not so crazy

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