Jon Cryer Deals With Successful TV Series

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Cryer Deals With Successful TV Series


(AP) Actor Jon Cryer poses in a file photo from Sept. 11, 2003, on the set
of CBS' "Two and Half Men,"... Full Image

RADNOR, Pa. (AP) - Jon Cryer, who plays the uptight divorced father, Alan, on "Two and a Half Men," says he's having trouble adjusting to success after having been on four consecutive failed series.

"I haven't really bought into the mind-set of being on a hit show," Cryer says in the May 22 issue of TV Guide. "Maybe in the ninth season, I'll finally say, 'I think this show is a hit.'"

Cryer says the first season was "brutal" because he separated from his wife a few months into production; they later divorced.

"I was thrilled to have the job, but then I'd go to it and have divorce shoved in my face," says Cryer, who has a 4-year-old son, Charlie. His other - more short-lived - TV shows have included "Partners,""The Famous Teddy Z,""The Trouble with Normal" and "Getting Personal." His most famous role is as Duckie Dale in the 1986 teen flick "Pretty in Pink."