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George Lopez at an event for World Kidney Day on March 12, 2009 in Studio City, CaliforniaUs Magazine
"I'm a pretty visible Mexican-American guy who has managed to cross over," said Lopez, who had a six-year run with his own self-titled ABC sitcom. "I'm not a singer. I'm not Antonio Banderas . I'm a guy who came up the hard way on the street, and I speak to people who have the same life story."
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Lopez, 47, and his producers approached TBS with the idea and the hope to change late-night television which, he says "is a place where everything is geared to Caucasians."
He produced a pilot episode on an outdoor soundstage with Eva Longoria , Dane Cook and Samuel L. Jackson as guests. Lopez sat audience members close to the stage, let them ask questions and didn't sit behind a desk.
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"The music was from salsa to Led Zeppelin," Lopez said. "Look, you can either go to Nieman Marcus or you can go to a flea market. When you go to a swap meet, there's just a ground-level feel that you can find anything there. At Nieman Marcus, you're not going to find tube socks and pliers. This will be a flea market feel."
TBS, which has a relatively diverse audience, was sold by the concept.
"They took George Lopez and his style and his spirit and this is the best way to do this," said Michael Wright, the programming chief of TBS. "Rather than jamming him into a show, they built a show around his personality. They basically made it a street party."
The news of TBS's entrance into late-night comes at a time of change for the genre. Jay Leno is preparing for his move to prime-time at NBC once Conan O'Brien takes over the Tonight show in June. Jimmy Fallon also recently started his hosting gig, replacing O'Brien on Late Night.
The hour-long show, which is still untitled, will premiere in November, and it will air Monday through Thursday at 11 p.m.
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AlleyMaN wHhAt kaN i SAY aBOUt THHIs KraZy Ass GUy HAhahAhaaHAAH............. ThHiS iS a ROlE moDEl rIte HeRE.. I LOOk uPp tO hiM......report abuseposted November 1, 2009 10:55 AM PST
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AlleyMaN wHhAt kaN i SAY aBOUt THHIs KraZy Ass GUy HAhahAhaaHAAH............. ThHiS iS a ROlE moDEl rIte HeRE.. I LOOk uPp tO hiM......report abuseposted November 1, 2009 10:55 AM PST
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AlleyMaN wHhAt kaN i SAY aBOUt THHIs KraZy Ass GUy HAhahAhaaHAAH............. ThHiS iS a ROlE moDEl rIte HeRE.. I LOOk uPp tO hiM......report abuseposted November 1, 2009 10:55 AM PST
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Phade1027Sadly Mr. Lopez has gone the disgraceful way of racism. His appeal was funny but intelligent comedy in being an ambassador for change, unity and community. Don't know who pissed in his wheaties to cause him to become a disgrace and dishonor the Latino community and America. His HBO special from San Antonio was a total disgrace, sold out yeah, but if you were allowed to walk out many wouldreport abuseposted August 8, 2009 7:43 PM PDT
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SheenaJeorge has a big head....but hes KOOL.report abuseposted August 5, 2009 8:49 PM PDT
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Colors8D george lopez rules!report abuseposted July 17, 2009 7:33 AM PDT
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FLOPcool hes the bestreport abuseposted July 16, 2009 2:25 PM PDT
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DeniseRyou rock all the timereport abuseposted July 5, 2009 10:51 AM PDT
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DeniseRyou rock all the timereport abuseposted July 5, 2009 10:51 AM PDT
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DeniseRyou rockreport abuseposted July 5, 2009 10:50 AM PDT
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