Summer TV Winners & Losers

WINNER: “Anger Management” (FX)

FX and Charlie Sheen can’t be angry with the ratings his new sitcom is pulling in: Last week’s premiere set a record for a cable comedy debut, with 5.7 million total viewers. With Sheen returning to TV as a former ballplayer-turned-anger management therapist, “Anger” pulled in enough “Two and a Half Men” fans to score FX’s biggest premiere ever, and lifted the rest of FX’s comedy lineup to double-digit gains. Okay,... more 

WINNER: “Anger Management” (FX)

FX and Charlie Sheen can’t be angry with the ratings his new sitcom is pulling in: Last week’s premiere set a record for a cable comedy debut, with 5.7 million total viewers. With Sheen returning to TV as a former ballplayer-turned-anger management therapist, “Anger” pulled in enough “Two and a Half Men” fans to score FX’s biggest premiere ever, and lifted the rest of FX’s comedy lineup to double-digit gains. Okay, fine, we’ll say it: Winning! less