"Sitcom: A Memoir" by Chuck Lorre

book review by Riley Burnham 10/14/2026

well this was pretty good, the creator writer/director/producer of “Two and a Half Men,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Young Sheldon,” & more, takes us through parts of his life, getting to those hits

he explains the incident of Charlie Sheen’s drug use nearly wrecking that show, as well as his own forays into Scientology

he described the casting of actors for BBT, as well as arguing w/ studios over creative decisions

alcoholism-turned-sobriety is a given backstory, & the situations that brought him to both