has lorre's side of the story. >> reporter: you may remember, chuck lorre and charlie sheen, appearedred. now, lorre is denying there was ever a feud. saying he was concerned about sheen's well-being. it was not a game, but big-time cocaine use, in an epic drug run that could have ended in sheen's death or someone else's. he was the man in the crosshairs, during charlie sheen's epic meltdown nearly a year ago. >> you picked a fight with a war lock. >> reporter: chuck lorre looked to be in an exclusive feud with the show's falling star. now, the hollywood megaproducer is finally breaking his silence. >> it's been a characterization of a feud between the two of us. i never felt like i was in a feud. i felt like he was my friend. i really loved the guy. i loved working with him. >> reporter: it's hard to believe lorre could be so forgiving in this "e.t." interview, after sheen attacked him in a series of radio rants. >> i spent, i think, close the last decade converting your tin cans into pure gold. and the gratitude i get, is this charlton. >> reporter: and he called lorre, a little mag

lorre said he and the others were concerned about sheen's addiction for some time. lorre said he also offered to quit last winter after his relationship with sheen became toxic. sheen admitted he was out of control before the firing and has gone on to issue a series of public apologies. >>> if you have last-minute shopping there's no excuse now. what big-name retailer is keeping the stores open for three straight days? and hot gadget gifts for the season. some you can still get your hands on. you're watching "good morning maryland." we'll be right back. thank you for starting your morning with us. a live look at the nation's capital. >>> the case against former assistant penn state former football coach jerry sandusky will go to trial. he waived his right to a pretrial hearing yesterday. he pleaded not guilty to the charges. >>> two men who say they were sexually abused by assistant basketball coach at syracuse university are suing the school and the head coach boeheim for defamation. they say they were molested by bernie fine. he denies the accusations. fine has si

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let's start with ashton kutcher and chuck lorre, obviously about "two and a half men."en or not? >> the saga behind "two and a half men" was really the story of the year. and charlie sheen did a lot of talk about winning. but when you look at the numbers, it's really "two and a half men" and ashton kutcher who ended up winning the year. without charlie sheen, that show's ratings are up 20%. >> got the country's attention in ways few sitcoms ever do. speaking of sitcoms, a new darling, better movies for a long time, yet people are talking about her like a break-out star. >> yeah, zoe had a break-out year, sort of took a risk doing a half-hour sitcom on fox. and the ratings for it were excellent, and she got great reviews and she sort of reinvigorated herself with this move. >> a lot of talk about "the descendents" and specifically george clooney who you call the quadruple threat. what do you mean by that? >> if you look at george clooney's year, everyone knows he's a great actor but when the golden globe nominations came out ago, he was nominated for actor, director. and

let's start with ashton kutcher and chuck lorre, obviously about "two and a half men."r not? >> the saga behind "two and a half men" was really the story of the year. and charlie sheen did a lot of talk about winning. but when you look at the numbers, it's really "two and a half men" and ashton kutcher who ended up winning the year. without charlie sheen, that show's ratings are up 20%. >> got the country's attention in ways few sitcoms ever do. speaking of sitcoms, a new darling, better movies for a long time, yet people are talking about her like a break-out star. >> yeah, zoe had a break-out year, sort of took a risk doing a half-hour sitcom on fox. and the ratings for it were excellent, and she got great reviews and she sort of reinvigorated herself with this move. >> a lot of talk about "the descendents" and specifically george clooney who you call the quadruple threat. what do you mean by that? >> if you look at george clooney's year, everyone knows he's a great actor but when the golden globe nominations came out ago, he was nominated for actor, director. and it'