In a TVGuide.com poll this week, the site asked “Who are you more excited to see return to TV this fall?” The choices were between Ashton Kutcher, who will be taking over for Charlie Sheen in “Two and a Half Men,” or Ted Danson, who will be taking over for Laurence Fishburne in “CSI.” Out of nearly 16,000 votes, 59 percent of people answered they’re more excited to see Kutcher return than Danson.
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There is no way that people would rather watch Kutcher over Danson — I just don’t see it.
On the one hand, you have Kutcher — best known for his role as dim-witted Michael Kelso on “That ’70s Show” for eight seasons — which, I’ll admit, is a great character — and for marrying Demi Moore, a woman 16 years his senior. He also “PUNK’d” a bunch of celebrities for five years, and worked his magic in Nikon camera commercials, which was more amusing than any of his movie performances. Oh, and his biggest accomplishment yet — aside from snagging Sheen’s role — is being the first person on Twitter to have a million followers, narrowly beating out CNN. If that’s not a win, I’m not sure what is… (catch the sarcastic tone there).
On the other hand, you have Danson — best known for his 11-season stint as Sam Malone on “Cheers” — a role that earned Danson two Emmy wins and two Golden Globe wins. From there, Danson went on to a number of successful TV series — “Becker,” “Damages” and “Bored to Death” — as well as big screen performances such as “3 Men and a Baby” and “Saving Private Ryan.”
I understand that Danson has been in the game a lot longer and Kutcher still has time to prove us wrong, but at this point where Kutcher is making $700,000 an episode over Danson’s $225,000 — making Kutcher the highest paid actor on television — I don’t understand it. After all, Danson has talent, whereas Kutcher is just a pretty face.
The way I see it, people cast their votes for Kutcher because they’re more excited to see what the writers have up their sleeves for “Two and Half Men” without Playboy Sheen in the house, rather than actually being excited to see Kutcher take over their television sets. Or maybe they’re just excited to see Kutcher fail. At least that’s what I hope.
Until then, give Danson some love and check out some old episodes of “Cheers” — it’ll put more of a smile on your face than Kutcher will any day.
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