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FX Picks Up New George Lopez Sitcom In 10/90 Deal With Lionsgate/Debmar-Mercury

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 18, 2013 @ 12:15pm PDTTags: FX, George Lopez, Saint George
Nellie Andreeva

George LopezAfter venturing into the 10/90 sitcom model with the Charlie Sheen comedy Anger Management, FX has closed another 10/90 deal with the companies behind Anger Management, Lionsgate TV and Lionsgate’s television distribution company Debmar-Mercury, for a half-hour sitcom starring and co-created by actor-comedian George Lopez. Under the pact, FX has given an initial 10-episode order to the project, titled Saint George. If it meets pre-set ratings thresholds over the 10-episode run, the network will trigger an additional 90-episode pickup the way it did last year on Anger Management.

Lopez originally signed a deal with Lionsgate TV and Debmar-Mercury to co-create, star in and executive produce a Latino family sitcom in early 2012. In February, he teamed with Roseanne creator Matt Williams after Lionsgate signed a first-look deal with Williams and his Wind Dancer Films earmarked for the Lopez show. Created and co-written by Williams, his Wind Dancer partner David McFadzean and Lopez, Saint George revolves around the chaotic life of a recently divorced working class Mexican-American turned successful entrepreneur (Lopez), who struggles to balance his demanding ex-wife, his 11-year-old son, his overbearing mother who just moved in, and his uncle, as well as his new role as a philanthropist “giving back” by teaching history once a week at a night school. “In the tradition of George’s frank and fearless standup comedy, Saint George will reflect his no-holds-barred comedic take on the tensions surrounding race, class, sex and family life in Los Angeles through the eyes of a man straddling two separate cultures,” said Lionsgate TV Group President Kevin Beggs said.  Production of the 10-episode order begins in August. READ MORE »

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Matt Williams Set As Showrunner Of Lionsgate’s George Lopez Sitcom

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 15, 2013 @ 4:30pm PSTTags: George Lopez, Matt Williams
Nellie Andreeva

Matt Williams, creator/executive producer of 1980s hit Roseanne, has come on board as writer/showrunner for another family sitcom — a George Lopez-starring vehicle, which will be produced by Lionsgate TV and distributed by sibling Debmar-Mercury under the company’s 90-10 model. A year ago, Lopez, co-creator and executive producer of multi-camera sitcom George Lopez, which ran on ABC for six seasons and 120 episodes, signed a deal with Lionsgate TV and Debmar-Mercury to co-create, star in and executive produce a new multi-camera comedy about a Latino family. Then this past January, Lionsgate signed a first-look deal with Williams and his Wind Dancer Films. The George Lopez comedy falls under that deal.

Under Debmar-Mercury’s 10-90 model, which the company employed for the Tyler Perry comedies and Ice Cube’s Are We There Yet on TBS and most recently for Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management on FX, the company sells sitcoms to cable networks with an initial 10-episode straight-to-series order, which, if meeting a ratings target, triggers a multi-season order as big as 90 episodes. Williams and Lopez executive produce the project with Lopez’s manager, 3 Arts’ Michael Rotenberg. Liosngate TV and Debmar-Mercury also are working on a 90-10 sitcom with Kesley Grammer and Martin Lawrence.
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George Lopez To Host Fox’s Dating Reality Series ‘Take Me Out’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 18, 2012 @ 3:15pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, George Lopez, Take Me Out
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian George Lopez has been tapped as the host of Fox’s summer dating reality series Take Me Out, which will premiere June 7 and air in the Thursday 8-9 PM slot. Based on an international format, Take Me … Read More »

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George Lopez To Star In And Produce Comedy Series For Debmar-Mercury

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 27, 2012 @ 6:30pm PSTTags: Debmar-Mercury, George Lopez
Nellie Andreeva

George Lopez is returning to the family sitcom genre. I’ve learned that Lopez, star, co-creator and executive producer of multi-camera sitcom George Lopez, which ran on ABC for six seasons and 120 episodes, has closed a deal in principal with … Read More »

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Ion Acquires Comedy ‘George Lopez’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 7:01am PDTTags: ABC, George Lopez, ION Television, TV syndication, Warner Bros TV Distribution
Nellie Andreeva

After acquiring a slew of off-network dramas, Ion is adding a comedy to the mix with a deal for the exclusive broadcast syndication rights to all five seasons of ABC’s George Lopez. The comedy, bought from Warner Bros TV Distribution, … Read More »

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George Lopez Jokes About Show’s Cancellation

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 8:05am PDTTags: George Lopez, TBS
Nellie Andreeva

George Lopez opened his penultimate show last night with jokes about its cancellation, which happened earlier in the day. “In case you did not see the news on unemployment, it’s at an all-time high. And for Latinos, it just got a little higher,” he said. “Big news: Sony just announced they’re doing a sequel to the Smurfs movie, so today I lost some work because I’m brown, but I got some work because I’m blue.” He evoked the image of another actor who recently lost his TV job, Charlie Sheen. “I’m taking it good, I’m fine, but my goddesses are a wreck … they left me. And I’m losing teeth.” Lopez also referenced the fact that there are no more minority comedians hosting late-night shows with his and Mo’nique’s canceled within a week. “The next time you see a black and Latino guy together on TV, it is (boxers) Ortiz and Mayweather in Las Vegas. In the end, “we’re not saying goodbye, we’re just saying cable doesn’t work,” he said. Here is video of his opening monologue: Read More »

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Conan O’Brien & George Lopez To Guest On Each Other’s Shows

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 7, 2011 @ 1:47pm PDTTags: Conan O'Brien, George Lopez, TBS
Nellie Andreeva

After 8 months as slot mates on TBS, Conan O’Brien and George Lopez’s bromance still seems to be going strong. For the first time in late night television two back-to-back hosts will … Read More »

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Hot Trailer: ‘Rio’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Saturday January 29, 2011 @ 7:32am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Jamie Foxx, Jesse Eisenberg, Movies, Trailers, Video
Mike Fleming

20th Century Fox has shared a two-minute scene from Rio, the 3D animated film by Carlos Saldanha, the guy behind the Ice Age films and Robots. The film, about a macaw that leaves the cold of Minnesota for the warmth of Rio, has a voice cast that includes Jesse Eisenberg, … Read More »

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George Lopez To Run For Mayor Of LA?

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 1:08pm PSTTags: George Lopez, Late Night TV, TV, Video
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE: The jig is up: reps for George Lopez confirmed this was a shtick and Lopez is not seriously considering running for Mayor.

PREVIOUS: Comedian and late-night talk show host George Lopez talked about his political aspirations on Fox11′s Good Day LA this morning. “I intend to run for … Read More »

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