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| Created by | Robert Borden Bruce Helford George Lopez |
| Starring | George Lopez Constance Marie Luis Armand Garcia Masiela Lusha (Seasons 1-5) Aimee Garcia (Season 6) Valente Rodriguez Emiliano Díez (Seasons 2-6) Belita Moreno |
| Opening theme | "Low Rider" by War |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 120 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Sandra Bullock |
| Running time | 22 min |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | March 27, 2002 – May 23, 2007 |
George Lopez (or The George Lopez Show) is an American sitcom starring the comedian George Lopez. The show originally aired on ABC from March 27, 2002 to May 23, 2007. Reruns of the show now air on KCAL 9, The CW Television Network, Telelatino and on Nickelodeon's Nick at Nite.
Synopsis
The show stars George Lopez, as manager of Powers Brothers Aviation, an airplane parts factory. He is married to Angie Palmero and has two outgoing children, Max and Carmen. They all live together in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. George had a childhood that was nowhere near perfect, physically abandoned by his father and further traumatized by a careless, abusive, alcoholic mother, Benita "Benny" Lopez. She usually criticizes Angie's cooking and parenting skills. George and Benny's adult relationship mainly consists of the two of them trading insults about each other, mainly referring to George's childhood. Benny works at Powers Brothers Aviation, as does George's best friend, Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas, who is mostly luckless in the dating area. George's father-in-law, Dr. Victor "Vic" Palmero, thinks Angie should have married someone better than George but as the series progresses he begins to respect and accept him. George always tries to catch his children getting in trouble when they do something bad, whether it be by confronting them straight on, or sneakily investigating, then punishing them later. But George still loves and cares for his family.
Production
In 2000, after several years of performing stand-up comedy, Lopez was approached by actress Sandra Bullock for Lopez 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 movies, quickly picked up the television series. In 2006 Freddie Prinze, Jr. guest starred on the show for a crossover with Freddie. Freddie starred Freddie Prinze Jr. and Brian Austin Green from Beverly Hills 90210. The series, however, was short lived.
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. She was replaced by Aimee Garcia as George's niece, Veronica (making for an all-Hispanic cast the final season). When the show first aired on ABC a few episodes were rated TV-14 for language, violence, and strong profanity in spanish. Nick at Nite changed every episode to TV-PG.
On May 15, 2007, the series was canceled and ABC removed all mentions of the show on its website. [2] The final episode aired on May 23, 2007, and the show last aired on ABC on September 7, 2007.
Although its last season aired on Wednesdays, the show was the last program from the ABC's former TGIF lineup to air. The show was replaced by the short series Cavemen.
On March 8, 2007, it was announced that George Lopez would join the Nick at Nite lineup. It first aired on Nick at Nite on September 10, 2007 - it was the youngest non-original show to air on Nick at Nite [1] (until it was announced that Everybody Hates Chris would join the lineup).
Cast
| Actor/Actress | Character | Season |
|---|---|---|
| George Lopez | Himself | Seasons 1-6 |
| Constance Marie | Angela "Angie" Palmero Lopez | Seasons 1-6 |
| Belita Moreno | Benita "Benny" Lopez | Seasons 1-6 |
| Masiela Lusha | Carmen Consuela Lopez | Seasons 1-5 |
| Luis Armand Garcia | Maximilian "Max" Victor Roberto Lopez | Seasons 1-6 |
| Valente Rodriguez | Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas | Seasons 1-6 |
| Emiliano Díez | Dr. Victor "Vic" Palmero | Seasons 2-6 |
| Aimee Garcia | Veronica Palmero | Season 6 |
For full list of cast and characters, see List of George Lopez characters.
Home Video Release
On April 17, 2007, Warner Home Video released seasons 1 and 2 on DVD in Region 1.
| DVD Name | Release Date | Ep # | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete First and Second Seasons | April 17 2007 | 28 | Bonus features include "Inside the Comedic Mind" featurette and Gag reel.
The theme song "Low Rider" has been replaced due to licensing costs. George Lopez came in with the producers to record a new theme. |
The first and second seasons have also been published on iTunes.[3]
References
- ^ a b "George Lopez at Nick At Nite". Nick At Nite. Retrieved 2007-12-27. Cite error: The named reference "Nick" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ 2007 Canceled Shows: ABC Cuts Some Beloved Series, TV Series Finale, May 15 2007
- ^ http://www.apple.com/search/ipoditunes/?q=George+Lopez Under Section "TV Shows". Retrieved on July 29, 2009.