George Lopez (TV series)
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| Format | sitcom |
| Written by | George Lopez (Creator) Keith Williams (Creator) Robert Borden (Creator) Bruce Helford (Creator) |
| Directed by | Joe Regalbuto (38 episodes) John Pasquin (16 episodes) Bob Koherr (11 episodes) Gerry Cohen (8 episodes) Victor Gonzalez (7 episodes) Lee Shallat Chemel (6 episodes) Sheldon Epps (6 episodes) Barnet Kellman (5 episodes) Andy Cadiff (3 episodes) Philip Charles MacKenzie (3 episodes) George Lopez (2 episodes) Katy Garretson (2 episodes) |
| Starring | George Lopez Constance Marie Valente Rodriguez Masiela Lusha (Season 1-5) Aimee Garcia (Season 5-6) Luis Armand Garcia Belita Moreno Emiliano Diez (Seasons 2-6) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | George Lopez (Executive/Producer) Sandra Bullock (Executive) Bruce Helford (Executive) Robert Borden (Executive) Deborah Oppenheimer (Executive) Dave Caplan (Executive) Jim Hope (Co-Executive/Consulting/Producer) |
| Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
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| Original channel | ABC/Nick at Nite(Nickelodeon now does the re-runs) |
| Original run | March 27, 2002 – May 8, 2007 |
George Lopez (also known as The George Lopez Show) is an American sitcom starring comedian George Lopez that originally aired on ABC from March 27, 2002 to May 8, 2007. George Lopez is currently showing re-runs on Nick at Nite.
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[edit] Background
In 2002, after a couple years of performing stand-up comedy, Lopez was approached by actress Sandra Bullock to produce and star in a comedy. Bullock was concerned about the lack of Hispanic-oriented sitcoms on American television and pushed to get a sitcom on television that starred Hispanics but wasn't exclusively about the Hispanic American community. ABC, who had been criticized by Hispanic American groups for lack of Latinos on their television shows, quickly picked up the television series. For the first five seasons, the show had an all-Hispanic cast with the exception of Albanian-American actress Masiela Lusha, who played George's daughter Carmen. George Lopez said that due to creative differences between him and Lusha, Lusha's character was written out of the show after Season 5. Lusha did appear in the 2007 season premiere, when her character left to attend a college in another state, and was replaced by Aimee Garcia as George's niece, Veronica (making for an all-Hispanic cast the final season).
On March 8, 2007, it was announced that George Lopez would join the Nick at Nite and The CW lineups this fall. It first aired on Nick at Nite on September 10, 2007 - it is the youngest non-original show airing on Nick at Nite.[1] On May 15, 2007, the series was cancelled by ABC.[2] George Lopez aired on ABC for the last time on Friday, September 7, 2007.
[edit] Synopsis
The show stars George Lopez, who plays a character based on his own life and named for him, a manager at a Los Angeles airplane parts manufacturing factory. George Lopez comes from a struggling childhood, where he grew up without a father and with a careless mother. As he got older he was engaged to Angela Palmero, from Cuba who he married and had two children with. The show focuses on the misadventures of George Lopez at the factory, his adventures and his relationship with his mother, wife, father in law, friends, and his children. In the show he is known for his fairly large head. He commonly uses Spanish phrases such as "¿Qué la?" (What the?) and "¿Sabes qué?" (You know what?).
[edit] Cast
| Actor/Actress | Character | Season |
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| George Lopez | George Edward Lopez, based on the actor who played him (Main character/Angie's husband/Benny's son/Carmen and Max's father/Ernie's best friend/Vic's son-in-law/Veronica's uncle) | Seasons 1-6 |
| Constance Marie | Angela "Angie" Palmero Lopez (George's wife/Benny's daughter-in-law/Carmen and Max's mother/Vic's daughter/Veronica's Aunt) | Seasons 1-6 |
| Belita Moreno | Benita "Benny" Lopez (George's mother/Angie's mother-in-law/Carmen and Max's grandmother)
An interesting note is that in an early episode of George Lopez where Benny's brothers dies, it is said that her father and mother died and here brother is all she has left. Later in season 5 where Benny goes to court, George calls up here mother to testify for her. |
Seasons 1-6 |
| Masiela Lusha | Carmen Consuelo Lopez (George and Angie's daughter/Max's sister/Benny and Vic's granddaughter/ Veronica's cousin) | Seasons 1-5 |
| Luis Armand Garcia | Maxwell "Max" Victor Roberto Magic Johnson Lopez. He has discalculia and dyslexia (George and Angie's son/Carmen's brother/Benny and Vic's grandson/ Veronica's cousin) | Seasons 1-6 |
| Valente Rodriguez | Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas (George's best-friend) | Seasons 1-6 |
| Emiliano Díez | Dr. Victor "Vic" Garcia Palmero (Angie's father/George's father-in-law/ Carmen, Max, and Veronica's grandfather) | Seasons 4-6 (Recurring Seasons 2-3) |
| Aimee Garcia | Veronica Palmero (George and Angie's niece/Carmen and Max's cousin/Vic's granddaughter) | Season 6 (Recurring Season 5) Was out for half of the 6th Season. |
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[edit] Episodes
[edit] DVD release
Warner Home Video has released the first two seasons of George Lopez on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. It is not known if the remaining seasons will be released at some point.
| DVD Name | Release Date | Ep # | Additional Information |
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| The Complete First and Second Seasons | April 17, 2007 | 28 | Bonus features include "Inside the Comedic Mind" featurette and Gag reel.
Note: The theme song "Low Rider" is not on the DVD set due to licensing costs. George Lopez came in with the producers to record a new theme. |
[edit] Awards
The show garnered an award from Planned Parenthood in 2006, the "Maggie Award", for its 2005 episode entitled "Prescription For Trouble". This award is given out to media sources that spotlight a healthy attitude toward things such as birth control, which this particular episode centered around.[3] The same episode also garnered a "Turner Award" by the Environmental Media Association (during its Environmental Media Awards presentation); this award is stated by the organization as "presented to the writer(s) of the prime time television episode that best deals with the issue of population growth or the empowerment of women."[4]
[edit] References
- ^ George Lopez at Nick At Nite. Nick At Nite. Retrieved on 2007-12-27.
- ^ 2007 Cancelled Shows: ABC Cuts Some Beloved Series, TV Series Finale, May 15, 2007
- ^ Planned Parenthood website. "PPFA Maggie Awards: Ripped from the Headlines". Accessed October 24, 2007.
- ^ Environmental Media Association website. "15th Annual Environmental Media Awards". Accessed October 26, 2007.
[edit] External links
- George Lopez (TV series) at the Internet Movie Database
- George Lopez at TV.com
- Jump The Shark - George Lopez
