It's really ending: 'Two and a Half Men' gets series finale datum 

It\'s really ending: \'Two and a Half Men\' gets series finale date

The longest-running live-action sitcom currently on television is finally coming to a close. CBS has announced a series finale date for

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will conclude with a one-hour closer on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 9 p.m. Upon its completion, 262 episodes of

will have aired. The series earned 47 Emmy Award nominations, with co-star Jon Cryer winning twice. For five years straight, the Chuck Lorre-produced comedy was the most-watched sitcom on TV (2005-2009). The enormously raunchy show survived multiple time slots and endless critical derision.

Moreover, the show soldiered on after even losing its top star, Charlie Sheen, in one of the most spectacular firings in the history of the medium when he left the series in 2011. Then

lost saw the exit of longtime co-star Angus T. Jones last year after the actor trashed the show.

 has occupied a unique spot in the landscape — a guilty pleasure seen by so many, yet a title that so few publicly admit to watching (if you judged TV series popularity by reading EW’s comment boards, you would think

was a massive flop that keeps inexplicably getting renewed). You don’t find many long-running shows on a major broadcast network with episode titles like “I Scream When I Pee” and “Hookers, Hookers, Hookers.”

still has decent ratings — the season is currently averaging 10.1 million viewers and a 2.5 among adults 18-49. Yet series talent deals tend to get more expensive with each passing year, and

Its finale date will mark the debut of a new comedy, CBS’

reboot starring Matthew Perry. The show potentially could be a successor of sorts to

— it’s another male roommate sitcom. But it’s probably fair to say whether you openly hated

, or secretly loved it, there probably won’t be another comedy quite like this one for a long time.

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