Looks like George could use some of this.
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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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.
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