Television: After Fox, Can Spin City Shine with Sheen?

After Fox, Can Spin City Shine with Sheen?

When MICHAEL J. FOX announced his departure from Spin City to battle Parkinson's disease, many thought it meant the end of the four-year-old City Hall sitcom. Not necessarily. Actor CHARLIE SHEEN is in serious discussions with ABC and DreamWorks, which produces Spin City, to join the cast. Spin City creator Gary David Goldberg--who had worked with Sheen on a pilot, Sugar Hill--would return to reshape the comedy in its fifth season next year. Producers toyed with the idea of introducing Sheen's character before the show goes on its summer break in May, but decided that Fox should not have to share...

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