Charlie Sheen’s legal woes, and his current stint in rehab, have only strengthened viewership for his CBS sitcom, “Two and a Half Men.” Not only did “Men” hit a three-year high in adults 18-49 Monday night — and average a winning 17.5 million viewers — but it’s also thriving in syndication. For the week ending Feb. 28, “Men” averaged nearly 9 million viewers to finish third behind only “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” in syndication.
Disney Channel’s “Hannah Montana,” meanwhile, also continues to go great guns. Part 1 of the show’s two-part Season 3 finale, which aired Sunday night, scored Disney Channel’s best numbers ever at 7:30 p.m. (6.3 million viewers).
And LA cop drama “Southland,” seeking new life on TNT after being axed by NBC, averaged 2.5 million viewers in its first “new” episode March 2 — up from the 1.7 million viewers it averaged over six NBC “encore” episodes that aired on TNT.
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I’m just sayin’: Toyota is having its share of problems with stuck accelerators, but Tika Sumpter (“One Life to Live”) will race alongside Adrien Brody and Keanu Reeves in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Pro/Celebrity Race (April 17). She’ll drive a “high-performance” Toyota Scion tC. Sumpter, by the way, co-stars in the upcoming big-screen flick, “Stomp The Yard 2: Homecoming.”
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Former “Drew Carey Show” co-star Kathy Kinney and Cindy Ratzlaff have co-written a new book, “Queen of Your Own Life,” which is out next month and is described as a “sometimes tearful but always honest journey of self-discovery.” Kinney (“The Se cret Life of an American Teenager”) will visit Drew Carey April 1 on his new show, “The Price Is Right.”
Last, but not least:
* Jerry Seinfeld co-hosts tomorrow’s “Live with Regis & Kelly” . . . In LA: Dianna Agron, Mark Salling (“Glee”) shopping at Armani Exchange’s “concept store”; Idris Elba (“The Office”) sip ping Belvedere at Bar Marmont with pal Macy Gray.