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Ashton ‘Men’ pay hike to $1 mil a week

Ashton Kutcher will return to “T
wo and a Half Men” for another season — for $ 1 million per episode, according to reports.

Kutcher, who replaced Charlie Sheen this season on a one-year deal, is negotiating to return for at least another year, according to the Web site tvguide.com.

Kutcher reportedly earns $700,000 an episode as of now, which represents a big savings over Sheen, who was raking in $1.25 million per episode before being fired from the hit CBS sitcom last spring.

“Two and a Half Men” has retained its viewership since Kutcher joined the show last fall as Internet billionaire Walden Schmidt opposite series veterans Jon Cryer (Alan Harper) and Angus T. Jones (Jake Harper).

He signed a one-year deal when he joined the show, which also performs extremely well in syndication.

Sheen, who was canned from “Men” after tangling with Warner Bros. and show creator Chuck Lorre, will debut in his new FX sitcom, “Anger Management,” in June.