Many observers declared the sitcom dead when “Everybody Loves Raymond” signed off the air in 2005 and creator Phil Rosenthal joked, in turn, that it was the end of laughter everywhere.But somebody forgot to tell Chuck Lorre, whose “Two and a Half Men” eased into “Raymond’s” spot as the No. 1 comedy and has remained there since. By then, Lorre had earned his place as the most successful sitcom producer of his time, but that wasn’t enough.
With the future of the genre in question — even powerhouses Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton couldn’t sustain a show on Fox — Lorre set out to create another sitcom that would not only survive but thrive. “I never bought into that,” Lorre said. ” ‘Men’ was very much alive when those declarations were made. It can’t be dead here and alive there. There’s no reason to think the genre doesn’t work.”
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