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"&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/person/charlie-sheen/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Charlie Sheen&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; -- who scored the biggest paycheck in TV before getting the boot -- had to borrow a huge amount of money from&lt;strong&gt; Warner Bros.&lt;/strong&gt; during his last season on \"&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/category/two-and-a-half-men/\" target=\"_blank\"&gt;Two and a Half Men&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0215-charlie-twomen-logo-ex\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/05/13/0215-charlie-twomen-logo-ex.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ has obtained Charlie's contract for Season 7 (2010 - 2011).&amp;#160; The document -- dated May 17, 2010 -- requires Warner Bros. to pay Charlie $10 million within 10 days of the date Charlie signed.&amp;#160; Charlie was then obligated to pay the money back during the first 13 episodes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To repay the loan, Sheen -- who was getting a base pay of $1.25 million a show -- had $769,230.77 deducted from each paycheck for the first 13 episodes.&amp;#160;&amp;#160; But then there's this pesky issue of interest.&amp;#160; Under the deal, the interest -- calculated at the prime commercial rate -- would be deducted from the 14th paycheck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charlie was fired after the 16th episode, so Warner Bros. got its $$$ back.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for why Charlie needed the money ... unclear.&amp;#160; With his profit participation, Charlie was raking in more than $2 million an episode, but it seems he was still burning a hole in his pocket.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the bright side for Charlie, he was doing really well.&amp;#160; We got a copy of his original contract, and in Season 1, he made $160,000 an episode, and under the original deal he only got a 4% raise for additional seasons.&amp;#160; That contract was renegotiated after the show became successful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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