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Season Highlight: Two and a Half Men (TV2, 7.30, 5.1) Kathy Bates guest stars as the ghost of Charlie Harper, who pays a visit to Alan’s hospital bedside after Alan suffers a minor heart attack. “I suppose it was for a lark, a few laughs, Kathy Bates agreeing to the stunt-casting of herself playing the ghost of […]

Friends (TV2, 6.30, R) Joey buys Chandler a hideous bracelet; Monica and Rachel’s prom video reveals Monica’s former girth, Rachel’s former nose – and the way Ross has always felt about Rachel. Two and a Half Men (TV2, 7.30) Alan goes out on the town, pretending to be Charlie, while Charlie sneaks off for some […]

Astonishingly, your only chance to see this year’s Oscars in HD is today, when Sky Movies screens the 83rd annual Academy Awards ceremony live from 2.30pm. It won’t be repeated on Sky Movies in peak hour and not even Sky’s free-to-air channel, Prime, is providing delayed coverage; the only re-run will be on Sky Movies […]

TV2 is enjoying the last laugh on Wednesdays, with its three-hour comedy block rising in the ratings. HD hits Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory and Cougar Town were well up on last week’s season premieres, as were the SD Scrubs and Drop Dead Diva. Men was the most popular show of […]

Switching from sci-fi to sitcoms on Wednesday nights has helped TV2 to decimate TV3’s line-up. Last night it launched a three-hour comedy block opposite TV3’s reality re-runs and crime dramas. Two and a Half Men was most popular with TV2’s 18-39 viewership, drawing 15.4% for its HD return, followed by Scrubs (in SD), on 13.1%, […]