Posted on 05/14/2007 6:12:29 PM PDT by kik5150
George Lopez, the first Latino to lead a television series successfully, isn't laughing. "TV just became really, really white again," he said. Georgelopeztp ABC, he said, has "unceremoniously" canceled his self-titled comedy, which over the years chronicled his personal life from his sad childhood growing up with an abusive grandmother, to his alcoholism and kidney transplant. "The George Lopez Show" will live on in syndication, but that's not making Lopez feel better about not getting the chance to tell one final season of stories. Lopez said Steve McPherson, ABC president of prime-time entertainment, called him over the weekend to explain that "financially" it wasn't working out, that the network would lose money if it picked up the show again. That explanation was painful to hear, Lopez said, considering the way the network has shuffled his show over the years -- four different time slots in five years -- and putting it up against "American Idol" time and time again. It all contributed to the show's low ratings, a point not lost on Lopez who noted that this season his show out-performed two freshman comedies that were renewed: "Notes from the Underbelly" and "Knights of Prosperity." "I’ll take the good and the bad," Lopez said. "I took the five years of good and I did a lot with the good. My popularity, I was involved in charities, I overcame my illness, all on TV. I shared all of that with America—every secret I had. Every personal feeling. Every emotion. Everything was open to the show. And what happens?" Lopez said he attributed the cancellation in part to the fact that the show is produced by Warner Bros. Television, and not ABC Television Studios. Using some colorful language that cannot be printed in a family newspaper,
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Well darn... guess I’ll just have to watch Mencia for my Latino fix. (he’s already the funniest “brown person” on TV).
That would be like Michael Richards giving a shout out to the KKK.
Kinda funny since all of the Spanish language channels I flip past (and there seem to be more of them everyday) are as “white” as can be.
Bite me, George.
I grew tired of Hispanic “Everybody Loves Raymond” years ago.
What a classless, base comment to make. “TV just got whiter”.
I’m white and I’m insulted by that racist comment.
I take it he would have wanted a "ceremony" ????
Well, it beats being colored and off color.
I loved George Lopez for the first season or so.
Then, the oldeset daughter.....partly the reason I watched the show as a teen since she was smoking hot.....left.
I watched the show a bit after that, but I could swear somebody else left as well, and it just was not funny anymore.
You shoulda held something back for the next season, always leave them wanting more.
I used to think George Lopez was sooo funny (Welcome to Yack in the Bock...can I hhhhhelp you), but I recently saw his new HBO special, and it simply wasn’t funny. He has gotten very angry, and where he used to make fun of everyone, this show mainly bashed Bush and pushed illegal immigration. It just wasn’t as funny as his older stuff was. And it seems like he can’t handle the fact that I’m obviously not the only one who thinks so. Come on now, shows get cancelled all the time, but since it’s his, it’s discrimination? Please. Spare me the whine-fest.
What about Freddie Prinz?
As for Lopez, I've never watched the show myself, but he is very unappealing to me. He looks angry.
Desi Arnaz?
“The Man” strikes again.
I always thought there were whites and blacks and that everyone was in one of those groups. Growing up in Okla we put asians and latinos into the white group. And with civil rights I think of everyone as equal, blacks and whites, all one race THE HUMAN RACE.
Coulda fooled me, cause I just cruised through all of the channels for reference, stopping on each for a couple of seconds. Much to my surprise, of the 40 or so that I went through more than half of them had black or brown person on the screen at the time I passed by.
George Lopez is a huge Leftest, No wonder
Also from the 1970’s was “Fantasy Island” starring Khan, a.k.a. Ricardo Montalban. And one can go back even further to the 1950’s to “I Love Lucy” and its crazy Cuban band leader.
What a stupid statement, especially since his crappy show had been allowed to remain on the air for quite a few years.
I suppose it's the white man's fault that the show had to end.
His show ran for 5 years already. What does he want, lifetime tenure?
I’ll bet poor little Georgie thinks he’s entitled to remain on tv because of the color of his skin.
Adios racist.
I’m white and I’m insulted by that racist comment.
Not me. I have no problem with TV getting whiter.
Yep, that George, he's a real groundbreaker.
Maybe someone should tell him that the show wasn’t funny. It was mean. All the characters were mean and abusive toward each other. How was that a positive portrayal of Hispanic homelife? People want entertainment, not snarling nasty people pretending they are funny.
Ya, ABC lost a couple million dollars because they don’t like hispanic comedians.
How’d you get the gig in the first place, George?
He is funny!
Bring back “Wanda at Large!”
His show sucked.
I didn’t know he had trouble with the alcohol.
Looks like George could use some of this.
Deal with it you racist bastard.
It wasn't that good dude. I never felt like I needed to stay for the next joke. It took too long.
Hey! What about Fantasy Island with that 'Roberto 'Corinthian Leather' Montalban guy and that creepy little Tattoo dude whao was always shouting "De Plane! De Plane!"
What about Zorro and Lost in Space? Guy Williams was an Argentinian. Does that count?
Hey George! Here's a news flash for ya: You are obviously not the first Latino to lead a television series and you are not a groundbreaker or Latino TV pioneer. I would have you check with Leo Carillo and Duncan Reynaldo but they are both long gone. That's because their TV show, The Cisco Kid, did what you are falsely claiming to be the first to do. Except they did it in the 1950's.
I never heard of you or your show and I never watched it.
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Maybe it will get a lot funnier too.
Spanish language channels have prime time soap operas that feature almost all-white casts. The only non-white roles are drug dealers or house maids. The talk shows are all hosted by white women. There are no dark skinned hosts. The newscasts are anchored by white men and women. The street reporters are almost all white. I once saw a variety show on Telemundo that had a band singing a song with the lyrics, “Black man. You think you’re cool but you’re ugly. You look like a monkey.” George Lopez should clean up his own house before criticizing ours.
Ah yes, a bad comic plays the race card when nobody laughs at his tired attempt at comedy. How predictable. Hey George, maybe they will better appreciate you in Mexico?
That’s funny fifty years ago Mexicans were demanding to be classified as white. Most amusing to me is that many of them have the same racial status that I do, which is mixed blood “Amerindian.”
now he can sell hubcaps lol
That was Zorro and Professor Robinson>
He later emigrated to Argentina.
How many shows are on the air now? Surely one show cannot tip the balance that greatly.
“TV just became really, really white again,” ....
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As a white person, I think I should play the sensitivity role and get offended by that.
Another show that I happen to like and yes it is a chick show is “Ugly Betty”. The show centers around a young Hispanic girl.
Sorry to hear the sad news regarding your show. I just want you to know that since its debut, I have never missed your show.
Just to make things clear, I have never seen it, which is why I don't miss it!
Best Regards,
A TV Fan
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