Los Angeles, July 2 :  Actor Charlie Sheen's television comeback "Anger Management", in which he stars as a former baseball ace-turned-anger management psychiatrist, is already a hit.

It went on air Thrusday and 5.5 million people tuned in to watch the first episode, while 5.7 million caught the second instalment of the show, which followed immediately afterwards, reports dailystar.co.uk.

Celebrating the news, Sheen posted on his Twitter page: "Thank you all for tuning in."

The 46-year-old signed the show last year after he was fired from sitcom "Two and a Half Men" following a public bust-up with producers.

"Anger Management" is based on Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson's 2003 movie of the same name.

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