Ashton Kutcher has been in the spotlight in the last few weeks but for all the wrong reasons.
He is accused of cheating on his wife Demi Moore with blond party girl Sara Leal.
All this only a few weeks after the Season 9 premiere of Two And A Half Men.
The first episode received its biggest ratings to date with almost 29 million viewers but it seems that Ashton’s cheating ways have impacted the numbers but in a negative way.
The numbers released this week showed that the number of viewers has dropped substantially to 17.1 million viewers.
Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer in Two and A Half Men
Do you think Ashton’s wicked ways have anything to do with the decline or do you think the viewers don’t think he is as good as his predecessor Charlie Sheen?
Ashton plays the character of billionaire Walden Schmidt who buys Charlie’s beach house in Malibu.
A source told Radar, ‘Ashton is concerned that the ratings are dropping each week.’
‘However, to be fair, the season premiere of Two and a Half Men last year when Charlie Sheen was still on the show, had around 16 million people tuning in.’
Despite all the negative comments and the decline in the ratings, Two And A Half Men still remains the most popular comedy on American television.
Ashton Kutcher on set
Industry experts though predicted that the numbers would drop after the much anticipated premiere.
Also to be fair, last week’ show competed with the NFL match on Monday on NBC, which saw 22.05m tuning in.
U.S. TV VIEWING FIGURES – 03 – 09 OCTOBER
1. NFL Football: Green Bay at Atlanta, NBC, 22.05m
2. NCIS, CBS, 19.35m
3. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 17.71m
4. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 16.56m
5. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick, NBC, 15.54m
6. Dancing With the Stars Results, ABC, 15.28m
7. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 14.78m
8. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 13.92m
9. Criminal Minds, CBS, 13.43m
10. 60 Minutes, CBS, 13.29m
11. Modern Family, ABC, 13.24m
12. Mike & Molly, CBS, 13.2m
13. The Mentalist, CBS, 13.15m
14. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 11.98m
15. Football Night in America, Part 3, NBC, 11.94m
16. The X-Factor (Wednesday), Fox, 11.93m
17. The X-Factor (Thursday), Fox, 11.67m
18. Unforgettable, CBS, 11.58m
19. Person of Interest, CBS, 11.57m
20. 2 Broke Girls, CBS, 11.42m
What do you think of the decline?
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October 18, 2011 at 11:10 pm
The numbers are dropping and (I think) they will continue to drop – Not only is Ashton not a fit for this show, the plots are not – oh, are there plots any more in this show? Charlie Sheen needs to get back on the show for it to survive.
February 2, 2012 at 10:08 pm
They’re dropping because viewers are realizing, week by week, that it’s turned into a vulger garbage show with not one good plot since its inception. I find it unbelievable that anyone is even watching! I would guess that many parents don’t monitor what their children watch!