Two and a Half Men star Ashton Kutcher has revealed that he hopes the show is renewed for another series.
The actor, who replaced Charlie Sheen in the sitcom last year, said that he sees his current movie roles as merely "a hiatus" between series.
Kutcher's debut in the ninth season of Two and a Half Men attracted 27.8 million viewers in September, a record for the CBS programme.
"The deal that we structured for the show was kind of a test deal: Can we get the show up? Can we get it going? The show's outperforming the numbers from before I was here and so I think that people responded to it," said Kutcher.
CBS entertainment president Nina Tassler added that "in spirit and intent, everybody is very motivated" to bring back Two and a Half Men for a tenth series.
Sheen was dismissed from the show in March last year after months of reported drug use and a public row with its creator Chuck Lorre.
