What To Know
- AMC has greenlit a new six-episode comedy series called Happy Jack, starring Martin Sheen and Charlie Sheen as a father-son duo.
- Production is set to begin in Los Angeles in early 2027.
Father-son duo Martin Sheen and Charlie Sheen will star as a father and son in a new comedy series called Happy Jack at AMC. AMC Global Media announced the series on Tuesday, September 29, saying that production will start in Los Angeles in early 2027.
The series reunites executive producers and co-showrunners Jim Patterson and Matt Ross, who worked together on Two and a Half Men with the younger Sheen. Happy Jack will be filmed in front of a live studio audience at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, in the same studio where Friends was filmed.
Happy Jack will air on AMC and stream on AMC+ and is a production of AMC Studios. The six-episode first season is a contemporary family comedy with Sheen as Jack Chambers, a bit of a lifelong ne’er-do-well. He’s got two great daughters (though his dad, played by Martin Sheen, deserves more credit for how they turned out). Kate runs Jack’s company and keeps him on the rails while Sam is a wild child who is more like her dad.
When Sam comes home to introduce everyone to her new boyfriend, Jack’s shocked to learn Paul, a former investment banker turned van-life guru, is the same age as he is. Shocked at first (hypocrisy be damned), Jack soon realizes he’s got a choice to make. Will he keep looking out for number one, or embrace this last chance to be a real part of his daughters’ lives?
Patterson and Ross helm Happy Jack, which the younger Sheen also executive produces. Additional executive producers are Todd Christopher, The Tannenbaum Company (Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, and Jason Wang), and 20th Television.
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Charlie Sheen said in a statement: “I’ve always heard the moments that truly matter happen when they’re supposed to. The good folks at AMC have played a huge hand in deciding that moment is now. It’s no secret that it’s been a minute, and I’m thrilled to be going back on television in such a meaningful way in an equally wonderful show. The crew has reassembled — suffice it to say, it’s time to give the people what they want.”
“What a thrill to welcome Charlie Sheen and Martin Sheen to AMC and AMC+, playing a father and son in this original family comedy, Happy Jack,” said Dan McDermott, chief content officer of AMC Global Media and president of AMC Studios. “I worked with Charlie years ago on Spin City, and he is a singular talent who has owned the screen in some of the most unforgettable films and television series ever made. We love this show from a great creative team, led by Jim Patterson and Matt Ross, and the Tannenbaums. This is definitely something new for AMC, and we can’t wait to bring it to viewers next year.”
The younger Sheen most recently appeared in Bookie on HBO. The elder Sheen’s most recent acting role was on The CW’s Wild Cards and Netflix’s Grace and Frankie before that.
Happy Jack, Series Premiere, TBA, AMC
