{"id":910189,"date":"2026-09-29T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910189\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T20:32:09","slug":"charlie-sheen-martin-sheen-to-star-in-comedy-series-at-amc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/910189\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen to Star in Comedy Series at AMC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tCharlie Sheen<\/a> and Martin Sheen<\/a> are set to star as father and son in the comedy series \u201cHappy Jack\u201d at AMC<\/a> and AMC+, Variety has learned. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe multi-cam comedy will start production on a six-episode first season in Los Angeles early next year for a 2027 launch on AMC. It will be shot in front of a live studio audience at Warner Bros. Studios in the same studio where \u201cFriends\u201d was filmed. AMC Global Media will be showcasing the series for international buyers at MIPCOM in October. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe logline for the show states: <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCharlie Sheen plays Jack, a bit of a lifelong ne\u2019er-do-well. He\u2019s got two great daughters (though his Dad, played by Martin Sheen, deserves more credit for how they turned out). Kate runs Jack\u2019s company and keeps him on the rails while Sam is a wild child who is more like her Dad. When Sam comes home to introduce everyone to her new boyfriend, Jack\u2019s shocked to learn Paul, a former investment banker turned van life guru, is the same age as he is. Shocked at first (hypocrisy be damned), Jack soon realizes he\u2019s got a choice to make. Will he keep looking out for number one, or embrace this last chance to be a real part of his daughters\u2019 lives?\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tJim Patterson and Matt Ross serve as writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners. Charlie is an executive producer in addition to starring. Todd Christopher, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang of The Tannenbaum Company, and 20th Television also executive produce. AMC Studios produces. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat a thrill to welcome Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen to AMC and AMC+, playing a father and son in this original family comedy, \u2018Happy Jack,\u2019\u201d said Dan McDermott, chief content officer of AMC Global Media and president of AMC Studios. \u201cI worked with Charlie years ago on \u2018Spin City\u2019 and he is a singular talent who has owned the screen in some of the most unforgettable films and television series ever made. We love this show from a great creative team, led by Jim Patterson and Matt Ross, and the Tannenbaums. This is definitely something new for AMC, and we can\u2019t wait to bring it to viewers next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHappy Jack\u201d is the latest collaboration between Charlie and Martin. Martin earned one of his Emmy nominations for guest starring on \u201cTwo and a Half Men,\u201d while he played the father to Charlie\u2019s character in \u201cAnger Management.\u201d The two also played father and son in \u201cWall Street\u201d and \u201cNo Code of Coduct,\u201d and have appeared together in films like \u201cCadence\u201d (which Martin also directed), \u201cFree Money,\u201d and \u201cHot Shots Part Deux\u201d in perhaps the greatest cameo appearance of all time by Martin.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always heard the moments that truly matter happen when they\u2019re supposed to,\u201d Charie said. \u201cThe good folks at AMC have played a huge hand in deciding that moment is now. It\u2019s no secret that it\u2019s been a minute, and I\u2019m thrilled to be going back on television in such a meaningful way in an equally wonderful show. The crew has reassembled \u2013 suffice it to say, it\u2019s time to give the people what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCharlie starred in \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d for eight seasons, earning four Emmy nominations for his work on the show. Following his very public departure from that series, he went on to star in the multi-cam \u201cAnger Management.\u201d Sheen previously starred in \u201cSpin City,\u201d taking over the lead role in the show from Michael J. Fox. Most recently, he appeared in the HBO Max series \u201cBookie,\u201d which reunited him with \u201cTwo and a Half Men\u201d co-creator Chuck Lorre. In film, Charlie is known for his roles in \u201cWall Street,\u201d \u201cPlatoon,\u201d the \u201cHot Shots\u201d films, and \u201cMajor League.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tMartin Sheen is one of the most celebrated actors of modern times. He is a ten-time Emmy nominee, including six nods for his starring role in Aaron Sorkin\u2019s \u201cThe West Wing.\u201d He won an Emmy for guest starring in \u201cMurphy Brown\u201d in 1994. He is primarily known for his roles in films, which include critically-acclaimed features like \u201cApocalypse Now,\u201d \u201cGandhi,\u201d \u201cGettysburg,\u201d \u201cThe American President,\u201d and \u201cThe Departed.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tPatterson previously worked with Sheen on \u201cTwo and a Half Men,\u201d with Patterson rising to the rank of showrunner on the popular CBS series after Charlie\u2019s departure. Ross was also a writer and producer on the show in the post-Charlie years. The duo also previously collaborated on the Netflix multi-cam comedy \u201cThe Ranch.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tCharlie is repped by WME and Goodman Genow. Martin is repped by Paradigm. Patterson is repped by UTA and Hansen Jacobson. Ross is repped by UTA and TFC. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen are set to star as father and son in the comedy series \u201cHappy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[23205,64,63,55340,134,87733,427],"class_list":["post-910189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-amc","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-charlie-sheen","tag-entertainment","tag-martin-sheen","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}