Charlie Sheen, Martin Sheen to play father and son in AMC comedy ‘Happy Jack’

Charlie Sheen and his father, Martin Sheen, will play father and son in “Happy Jack,” a new comedy series for AMC and AMC+, Variety reported Tuesday.

The show will start production on a six-episode first season in Los Angeles early next year for a 2027 launch, Variety reported. It will be filmed before a live studio audience at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, the lot where “Friends” was shot. AMC Global Media plans to show the series to international buyers at the MIPCOM market in October.

The series is the network’s first multi-camera comedy, Just Jared reported, noting that such shows are typically shot with several cameras in front of a live audience.

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Charlie Sheen plays Jack, described in the show’s logline as “a bit of a lifelong ne’er-do-well.” Martin Sheen plays Jack’s father. Jack’s daughter Kate runs his company and keeps him in line, while her sister, Sam, is a wild child who takes after her father. The plot turns when Sam brings home her boyfriend, Paul, a former investment banker turned van-life guru who is the same age as Jack. Jack must then decide whether to keep looking out for himself or use “this last chance” to be part of his daughters’ lives.

Jim Patterson and Matt Ross are the writers, executive producers and co-showrunners. Charlie Sheen is also an executive producer, along with Todd Christopher, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Jason Wang of The Tannenbaum Company, and 20th Television. AMC Studios produces.

Mr. Patterson worked with Charlie Sheen on “Two and a Half Men” and rose to showrunner after Mr. Sheen left the CBS series. Mr. Ross joined the writing staff in the years after Mr. Sheen’s departure. The two also collaborated on Netflix’s “The Ranch.”

Dan McDermott, chief content officer of AMC Global Media and president of AMC Studios, said in a statement that the show is “definitely something new for AMC.” Charlie Sheen said in his own statement that “it’s time to give the people what they want.”

Charlie Sheen starred in “Two and a Half Men” for eight seasons. He later starred in the multi-camera comedy “Anger Management,” in which Martin Sheen played his father, and earlier took over the lead role on “Spin City” from Michael J. Fox. His most recent television work was on Bookie, the Chuck Lorre comedy that aired on HBO Max.

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The Sheens previously played father and son in “Wall Street” and “No Code of Conduct.” They also appeared together in “Cadence,” which Martin Sheen directed, “Free Money” and “Hot Shots! Part Deux.” Martin Sheen won an Emmy in 1994 for guest starring on “Murphy Brown” and earned six Emmy nominations for “The West Wing.”

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