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If Sheen thinks he has CBS over a Medium DVD Collection barrel, he should brush up on his TV history. It's been proven time and time again that a sitcom can go on even when the main attraction takes off.
In fact one of the best examples of this trend Medium DVD Seasons involves Sheen himself. After years of battling Parkinson's disease privately, Michael J. Medium DVD Box setFox went public about his advancing condition and gave up the lead role on the ABC comedy Spin City. Medium Seasons ABC replaced Fox's Mike Flaherty with a new character played by Charlie Sheen -- and the ratings actually went up.
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I'm not suggesting every comedy ever was immune. The Apprentice tv series Seinfeld might have seemed to be missing something if it had lost, you know, Seinfeld.
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