'Lopez Tonight' on TBS HD

[Marcus Carr]

Lopez Tonight Guest List Announced!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | 10:19 AM

LOPEZ TONIGHT Kicks Off Late-Night Party

With Guests Ellen DeGeneres, Eva Longoria Parker and Kobe Bryant
When New TBS Series Debuts Monday, Nov. 9

Sandra Bullock, Ray Romano, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Alba, Charlie Sheen, Queen Latifah, Marc Anthony, Ted Danson, Andy Garcia, Larry David, Taylor Lautner, Oscar de la Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Kelly Osbourne, Eva Mendes, Arsenio Hall and Kathy Griffin among Guests Lined Up for First Weeks

TBS's LOPEZ TONIGHT is ready to get the party started as George Lopez welcomes premiere-night guests Ellen DeGeneres, Eva Longoria-Parker of Desperate Housewives and NBA great Kobe Bryant. The high-energy, late-night series premieres on TBS Monday, Nov. 9, at 11 p.m. (ET/PT).

Additional scheduled guests for the first few weeks include Sandra Bullock, Ray Romano, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Alba, Charlie Sheen, Queen Latifah, Marc Anthony, Ted Danson, Andy Garcia, Larry David, Taylor Lautner, Oscar de la Hoya, Kelly Osbourne, Floyd Mayweather, Eva Mendes, Arsenio Hall and Kathy Griffin, among many others. Additional guests will be announced in the weeks ahead.

LOPEZ TONIGHT will air on TBS Monday through Thursday at 11 p.m. (ET/PT). The show comes to TBS from 2.2 Productions, paraMedia Inc. and Telepictures Productions. Lopez is executive producing the show with Jim Paratore (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Bonnie Hunt Show) and Mike Gibbons (The Late Late Show). Michael Bearden - known for his work with stars like the late Michael Jackson - is band leader for LOPEZ TONIGHT.

George Lopez is one of the top five highest grossing comedians in the world and now he brings his stand up skills to late-night. His groundbreaking sitcom George Lopez remains a hit in syndication and helped catapult Nick at Nite to one of the top ten cable networks. His 2009 comedy special George Lopez: Tall, Dark and Chicano was the highest rated stand-up special on HBO in five years and he received the Teen Choice Award for Favorite Comedian this year. Lopez's feature film career continues to thrive as well. Next year, Lopez has three feature films set for release, The Spy Next Door, Valentine's Day and Marmaduke.

For the 2009-10 season, Telepictures Productions, an industry-leading and Emmy®-winning producer of syndicated programming (having garnered 59 Emmys in 13 years, including Outstanding Talk Show/Talk Show Host for 11 of the last 13 years), is producing eight nationally syndicated strips, including the seventh season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the fifth season of The Tyra Banks Show and the 16th season of Extra.

TBS, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., is television's top-rated comedy network. It serves as home to such original comedy series as My Boys, Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns, as well as the upcoming Neighbors from Hell; late-night series like the upcoming Lopez Tonight, starring George Lopez, and The Very Funny Show, hosted by Tim Meadows; hot contemporary comedies like The Office, My Name is Earl, Family Guy and Seinfeld; specials like Funniest Commercials of the Year; special events, including star-studded comedy festivals in Chicago and Las Vegas; blockbuster movies; and hosted movie showcases.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

http://www.lopeztonight.com/lopez_to...guest_list.php

[Marcus Carr]

Lopez's Late-Night Show Will Launch On Turner Trio

TNT, TruTV Join TBS In Nov. 9 Debut Simulcast Of 'Lopez Tonight'

Mike Reynolds -- Multichannel News, 11/3/2009 12:21:16 PM

TBS won't be alone when it lifts the curtain on the debut on late-night show Lopez Tonight, as sister services TNT and truTV will join the comedian's coming out party.

The Nov. 9 debut of Lopez Tonight will be simulcast on TBS, TNT and truTV at 11 p.m. with guests talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, actress Eva Longoria-Parker and NBA star Kobe Bryant.

The show will then assume its regular Monday- through-Thursday night schedule on the "very funny" network.

"Lopez tonight is going to bring the party back to late-night television, so we want to be sure to invite as many people as possible," said Michael Wright, executive vice president, head of programming for TBS, TNT and Turner Classic Movies, in a statement. "With this premiere-night simulcast on three networks, we'll be able to introduce LOPEZ TONIGHT to a large and very diverse audience. We're confident that after they see the excitement of the premiere episode, they'll be back for more."

The show comes to TBS from 2.2 Productions, paraMedia Inc. and Telepictures Productions. Lopez is executive producing the show with Jim Paratore (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Bonnie Hunt Show) and Mike Gibbons (The Late Late Show).

http://www.multichannel.com/article/...urner_Trio.php

[Ken H]

Premier show on tonight.

[dad1153]

Just watched it. Not a fan of George Lopez but the hype and a personal request from my old man (who worships this particular comedian) got to me so I checked it out. First impressions: great HD-friendly set (neon colors and deep reds looked great on TBS; this is easily their best-looking HD anything they've ever shown), strong opening monologue (much better than Conan's, Fallon's and Leno's debut shows this year), good band (shame Lopez didn't introduce any band members), annoying crowds and only OK interviews. No theme song for Lopez's show, just his usual stand-up special song. Lopez seems to be heavy into cultural pride (which seems sincere) so, until we're two or three weeks into the show and the newness of having a Latino-hosted late night show wears off, we won't know how good (or bad) he's at doing interviews with guests besides friends like Kobe Bryant, Eva Longoria Parker and Santana. I really liked that the show took full advantage of being on cable and the risque humor was a little more than I expected for TBS (still a basic cable channel). That Q&A Street segment had me in stitches! The liberal use of unbleeped Spanish profanity and barely-bleeped English curse words was also something even "The Daily Show" doesn't come near.

I don't know about anywhere else but on Time Warner Cable in NYC my TBS-HD recording of "Lopez Tonight" came with weird audio that sounded 'echoey' and didn't sound like a normal EQ'ed mix. Anybody else have 'echoey'' sound?

Edit: Wow, Jimmy Fallon just sent Lopez a shout out and wished him luck on his new show. That's classy!

[nickdawg]

Originally Posted by dad1153

I don't know about anywhere else but on Time Warner Cable in NYC my TBS-HD recording of "Lopez Tonight" came with weird audio that sounded 'echoey' and didn't sound like a normal EQ'ed mix. Anybody else have 'echoey'' sound?

Yes, the audio was horrible here too. The guests sounded muffled and George was echoey at times. I'm not surprised since I saw the same thing with Fallon and Conan's premiere. Conan's sound was messed up the first few weeks too, I remember Green Day's performance sounding terrible because the center channel was missing.

Overall, I thought it was a great show. The set was phenomenal in HD, better than Fallon or Conan. And the monologue was great. I watched Fallon and Conan this year. Lopez was comfortable and funny. You'd think Fallon was never on TV a day in his life on his premiere(hell, you could still say that now).

I liked this show, I'll give it a whole week or two(as I always do). So far I have a feeling that Mr. Zucker over at NBC is asking, "What's George Lopez's phone number?". It was nice knowing you, Conan!

[URFloorMatt]

Sad to say, but Lopez is going to get better promotion and better guests over at TBS, all with lower expectations from critics and the network. It's the perfect gig.

[Ken H]

Agree, bad audio.

[VisionOn]

Originally Posted by dad1153

First impressions: great HD-friendly set (neon colors and deep reds looked great on TBS; this is easily their best-looking HD anything they've ever shown)

Ah not if you're a TWC SDV customer. Bright colors + any camera movement = total artifact meltdown.

Honestly even Lopez looked like a chameleon at times. His skin shifted colors like Longoria's sequined dress.

[TVOD]

Watched night 2 via D*. IMO a phenomenal looking set in HD. PQ is very good. Moving shots during the interviews added an element of energy but might get tiresome night after night. Overall this show breaks the cookie cutter late night talk show mold, much more than Leno. Its look makes the competition look bland by comparison. Kimmel, Fallon and especially Ferguson (only show too cheap to have a band) look like the cable shows. Lots of potential and it looks like TW serious and in for the long haul. The Tonight Show has had record lows, this could push it down even further.

[dad1153]

Still the same bad sound on the 2nd show as in the premiere. Seriously, you have such a cool-looking and pretty HD show (the set though, not Lopez himself! ) and then you have this tin-sounding 'echoey' audio that feels straight out of cable access. Not cool TBS (or Time Warner Cable, whoever is screwing the sound before it reaches my 747i Olevia). What Lopez lacks in polish and quality jokes (quite a few of them landed with deafening thuds!) so far he's compensating for with energy. George looks like he's having fun and wants to be there (he feeds off of his so-far adoring audience), but how long can he put up a nightly stand-up variety/interview/musical act without the quality and energy suffering though? Time will tell but so far so good for me, and this coming from someone that wasn't (and still isn't) a fan of the man.

[coyoteaz]

TBS is probably employing some sort of fancy audio processor to mangle everything that comes in to be output in 5.1 at a consistent volume. Do it right and it lights the DD5.1 light and keeps your viewers from complaining about wild swings in audio levels; do it wrong and it maps the sound to all speakers and kills the dynamic range; do it really wrong and the channels are out of phase with each other and you get a hollow or echoing sound.

[juancmjr]

Watching it as I post this and its my first viewing of it. Agreed about the set. His interviewing skills... meh. He seems to cut off the guest a lot. Liked his monologue but it's a lot of the same material he's used in his stand up shows. What I find a bit strange is that the HD feed is on at 8 PM when the SD is on at 11PM.

[IAM4UK]

I watched the opening monologue of the first show. George Lopez is funny, but he seems more interested in highlighting his heritage than simply hosting his show. Congrats on his success; kudos to his cultural pride; but if he makes that the focus, the show will not be as likely to entertain as it will if he plays it more like the talk show it is.

[nickdawg]

I'm hooked on this show!! The only time I've laughed as hard as I did during tonight's monologue is on the Craig Ferguson show. And he has great first week guests. Larry David and Lisa Lampanelli in one show. <3<3<3

The sound is better tonight.

[dad1153]

Was I dreaming or did the TBS censors allow the S-word to go unbleeped last night during George's interview with Lisa Lampanelli? No fallout can come out of this since this is cable and out of FCC jurisdiction, but it's odd that every other English profanity Lopez and his guests uttered got bleeped except George saying s***. And that skit about English censors not bleeping Spanish profanity because they don't understand the language was so dead-on. As a bilingual person it is refreshing to hear comedy with Spanish curse words untouched, something we can't get from the FCC-watched Univision and Telemundo OTA affiliates.

I love politically incorrect humor and Lampanelli was willing to tag along with George as they both took the PI ball and ran with it. "George Lopez" is must DVR now in my household after only a week. Hope they can keep the quality going a few weeks from now when Carrot Top and a Kardashian sister are the only talent they'll be able to book for a Wednesday show.

[UTV2TiVo]

No, you heard that right. I noticed it right away.
I don't know if I have ever heard that on TBS but I recently heard it on FX shows (Sons Of Anarchy and I think they have used the word on Breaking bad too).

Good, I'm glad they're relaxing the language rules.

Hopefully next they'll be allowed to show naked breasts after certain hours like they do in Europe. Nope, on second thought we're still far too conservative for that to happen for a while, if ever.

[aydu]

Reminds me of Chevy Chase's brief talk show.

George is going to have to grow in his interviewing skills and rely less on just being Mexican to survive. I'm surprised that the producers didn't work with George more on this aspect of his performance before the show went on the air.

Being an underdog is something that people support but if the only reason for the show is that you are an underdog, it smacks of affirmative action. People are less supportive of that.

[nickdawg]

Tonight(11/16) one of Lopez's monologue featured the word "****" uncensored. I'd like to give a big thumbs up to TBS for taking advantage of the special privileges cable has that network TV doesn't.

Edit: Too bad I didn't just post this comment on CABLE!!!!