ABC's 20/20 air interview with Charlie Sheen (AP)

NEW YORK – ABC says that it will broadcast an interview with Charlie Sheen that was recorded after the incendiary rants that led CBS and Warner Bros. Television to stop the production of "Two and a half men" for the season.

The interview with Sheen will be broadcast during a one-hour special edition of "20/20" at 10 p.m. on Tuesday.

Excerpts from the interview will also be broadcast on "good morning America" on Monday and Tuesday.

Production in the hit sitcom Sheen was arrested after the plaintiff called the show's executive producer of "a little worm infested" on a radio program on Thursday and in a letter published on TMZ.

The exhibition of manufacturers have not said if they will cancel the program.

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Charlie Sheen gives ABC TV interview (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Charlie Sheen has given his first television interview since production in its top rated sitcom "Two and a half men" has been interrupted by its creators, earlier this week for the rest of the current season.

Sheen will appear with ABC News ' Andrea Canning, a one-hour special edition of "20" on Tuesday, March 1 at 10 p.m. est/7 p.m. pst.

Sheen, 45, will discuss his recent controversial rants about co-creator "Two and a half men" Chuck Lorre that brought the broadcaster CBS and creator of the television show of Warner Bros., stopping production.

Portions of the interview also will broadcast on Good Morning America on Monday and Tuesday and across platforms to ABC News.

In several interviews, Sheen has called a "turd Lorre" and a "clown".

To reference the Lorre by his birth name was criticized by Chaim Levine Anti-Defamation League.

"So you're telling me, every time someone calls me Carlos Estevez, can I ask who are anti-Latino?" Sheen asked ABC Canning, referring to his birth name.

He has said before Canning that he is 100% clean and plans to show work next week, despite production this season of demolition of CBS.

(Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)

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