'Two and A Half Men' has been the #1-rated sitcom on television for five of the past six seasons. It's a comedy about men, women, sex, dating, divorce, mothers, single parenthood, money, love and friendship. Walden Schmidt is a lovelorn Internet billionaire with an innocence born out of his lifelong dependence on others to take care of him. After a failed attempt to drown himself in the ocean after his wife kicked him out, a suicidal Walden stumbles into a Malibu beach house, where tightly-wound, twice-divorced chiropractor Alan Harper and his underachieving teenage son, Jake, had been living with Alan's now-deceased brother for the past eight years.

With no place to go, Walden buys the house and invites Alan to remain there, saving Alan from having to move in with his narcissistic, emotionally toxic mother, Evelyn. Walden asks Berta, a domineering, unapologetically blue-collar housekeeper who has been working in the household, to stay as well. Despite his unsuccessful history with women, Alan unexpectedly finds himself mentoring Walden, who has severely limited dating experience. While Walden, Alan and Jake adjust to their new living arrangement, they create a surrogate family unit that promises to make each a better man.

After months of publicity, Ashton Kutcher pulled in a mind-blowing 27.7 million viewers in his debut on 'Two and a Half Men', the first without Charlie Sheen.

This was the highest-rated season premiere on any network in six years, since the second season premiere of 'Desperate Housewives' in September 2005.

In addition, it marks a nearly 90 percent jump in total viewers, compared to last season's bow, which averaged 14.6 million and 4.9 in the 18-49 demographics.

Still, the real test for 'Two and a Half Men' and its new leader will come next week, given these opening numbers may have simply been a case of curiosity.

After joining the cast back in May, the role that Ashton Kutcher will play on the forthcoming season of 'Two and a Half Men' has been revealed. Details below:

Today, Warner Bros. unveiled a promotional photo for their top-rated comedy 'Two and a Half Men', now starring handsome actor Ashton Kutcher.

This is the second promotional image for the newly-revamped show, which will begin its ninth season on September 19th, following last week's naked poster.

Today, CBS released its first key artwork for the forthcoming ninth season of 'Two and a Half Men' featuring new lead actor Ashton Kutcher.