A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
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- Seasons
- 12
- Episodes aired
- 262
- Latest aired
- S12E15
- Total runtime
- 3d 20h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 2003 – May 2004 24 episodes
- Season 2 September 2004 – May 2005 24 episodes
- Season 3 September 2005 – May 2006 24 episodes
- Season 4 September 2006 – May 2007 24 episodes
- Season 5 September 2007 – May 2008 19 episodes
- Season 6 September 2008 – May 2009 24 episodes
- Season 7 September 2009 – May 2010 22 episodes
- Season 8 September 2010 – February 2011 16 episodes
- Season 9 September 2011 – May 2012 24 episodes
- Season 10 September 2012 – May 2013 23 episodes
- Season 11 September 2013 – May 2014 22 episodes
- Season 12 October 2014 – February 2015 16 episodes
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S01E01 Pilot
September 22 · 23min find the promo
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Carefree jingle writer Charlie Harper has his lifestyle altered when his uptight brother and his 10-year-old nephew move in with him.
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S01E02 Big Flappy Bastards
September 29 · 21min find the promo
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Despite warnings from Charlie, Jake continues to feed seagulls on the deck and the birds invade the house. Meanwhile, Charlie thinks Judith is taking advantage of Alan, who keeps going to her house to fix things.
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S01E03 Go East on Sunset Until You Reach the Gates of Hell
October 6 · 21min find the promo
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Jake wants to go home to his mom after he gets sick, prompting Alan to think he's a failure as a husband and now as a father.
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S01E04 If I Can't Write My Chocolate Song, I'm Going to Take a Nap
October 13 · 21min find the promo
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Charlie can't function when his housekeeper storms off because of Alan's constant complaints, so Alan tries desperately to woo her back. Meanwhile, Rose comes to Charlie for dating advice.
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S01E05 The Last Thing You Want Is to Wind Up with a Hump
October 20 · 19min find the promo
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Alan and Charlie have encounters with some highly libidinous soccer moms, but with two very different outcomes.
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S01E06 Did You Check with the Captain of the Flying Monkeys?
October 27 · 21min find the promo
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The guys go to Evelyn's house to meet the new man she's dating, and Charlie realizes the man's daughter is a woman he's trying to avoid.
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S01E07 If They Do Go Either Way, They're Usually Fake
November 3 · 21min find the promo
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Judith is upset with Alan and Charlie when she learns that a surfer who uses Charlie's shower walks around half naked in front of Jake . Then Alan's worried when Judith and the surfer become friends.
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S01E08 Twenty-Five Little Pre-Pubers Without a Snoot-Ful
November 10 · 19min find the promo
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Alan tricks Charlie into joining him and Judith in leading Jake and his classmates in the school's annual music show.
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S01E09 Phase One, Complete
November 17 · 21min find the promo
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Charlie is convinced that a woman who spent the night with him wants to turn their relationship into something serious after she befriends Jake and Evelyn.
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S01E10 Merry Thanksgiving
November 24 · 21min find the promo
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Realizing he's losing someone special, Charlie plans a Thanksgiving dinner to convince her he's a family guy and that she should be with him.
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S01E11 Alan Harper, Frontier Chiropractor
December 15 · 20min find the promo
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When Alan is surprised to see that Judith has had a makeover and is dating a man, he decides to have Charlie help him transform his image.
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S01E12 Camel Filters and Pheromones
January 5 · 21min find the promo
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Berta's granddaughter spends the day at Charlie's, which isn't a problem until he learns she's a beautiful, rebellious 16-year-old.
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S01E13 Sarah Like Puny Alan
January 12 · 20min find the promo
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Charlie nurses an ailing Alan back to health so they can go on a double date with two sisters, one of whom Charlie's been wanting to date for a long time.
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S01E14 I Can't Afford Hyenas
February 2 · 21min find the promo
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Charlie's financial manager informs the carefree jingle writer that he spends money faster than his royalty checks come in, and now he must go on a budget.
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S01E15 Round One to the Hot Crazy Chick
February 9 · 21min find the promo
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Charlie invites a mysterious, slightly crazed woman to stay at the house until she can settle some family problems.
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S01E16 That Was Saliva, Alan
February 16 · 21min find the promo
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Charlie is perplexed when Frankie, the mysterious woman temporarily living in the Harper household, begins falling for Alan and not him.
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S01E17 Ate the Hamburgers, Wearing the Hats
February 23 · 20min find the promo
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Charlie's still brooding over Alan's choice of their cousin as Jake's guardian if both parents die when the boy has an accident while in his care and has to be rushed to the hospital.
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S01E18 An Old Flame with a New Wick
March 1 · 21min find the promo
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Charlie is stunned to learn his ex-girlfriend is now a man.
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S01E19 I Remember the Coatroom, I Just Don't Remember You
March 22 · 19min find the promo
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Judith's devious siren sister stirs things up at Jake's 11th birthday party when she hits on Alan. Meanwhile, Evelyn brings alcohol and has a party of her own.
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S01E20 Hey, I Can Pee Outside in the Dark
April 19 · 21min find the promo
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Jake's sullen mood baffles and bothers the family and prompts Alan and Judith to take him to a child psychologist.
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S01E21 No Sniffing, No Wowing
May 3 · 21min find the promo
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Charlie plays a tricky game when he gets involved with Alan's divorce lawyer, who could make things difficult for Alan if she were, say, dumped by a self-centered lothario.
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S01E22 My Doctor Has a Cow Puppet
May 10 · 21min find the promo
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When Charlie discovers that Alan is sleepwalking, he believes it's related to his brother's lack of sex following his divorce, and comes up with a cure.
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S01E23 Just Like Buffalo
May 17 · 21min find the promo
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When Jake repeats one of Charlie's sexist remarks in front of Judith's support group, the women convince Judith to stop Jake's visits with his dad and Charlie.
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S01E24 Can You Feel My Finger?
May 24 · 21min find the promo
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Charlie has a pregnancy scare involving one of his one-night stands and decides to go for the big "V," and we're not talking Vegas.