George Lopez

...ratings led to a cancellation within three months. Making people laugh is what Lopez, Sykes and Mo'Nique do for a living, so they should have an advantage over noncomedians. All three are minorities and are vying for younger, hipper...

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...better than Mr. Letterman's usual average. And when the other two Turner networks were included, Mr. Lopez managed to top the season's average for Mr. O'Brien in both the 18-49 and 18-34 categories. The premieres of highly promoted shows...

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...props to Arsenio Hall, late-night talk for pretty much TV's entire life has been white guys telling jokes. Sykes and Lopez change that. Leno looks limp, viewers unfazed by Letterman's sex scandal: poll Sixty-odd years into the life of...

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...is much crossover with Conan O'Brien or Jimmy Kimmel or David Letterman," Adgate says. That would please Lopez, who wants his show to stand out. But he acknowledged there is only so much new you can do with the late-night format. So yes:...

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...do the Letterman show, and it goes for all of us," Sykes said. "Yes, George is a minority and so am I, but basically it's not what you're getting from a minority, it's us. "George has been at this for 20-plus years, and so have I. We're...

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Jeanne Jakle George Lopez is thumbing his nose at what he calls the traditional talk show of Johnny Carson, Jay Leno and David Letterman, saying he plans to present something much looser and more diverse. With "Lopez Tonight,"...

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