TBS has recently announced that they will be airing a late night show starting next fall and that it will be hosted by comic George Lopez. The show will be on at 11 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays but currently does not have a title yet.
The move is seen as TBS’s reaction to NBC’s changes in the talk show genre which saw Jay Leno moving to prime time and Conan O’Brien taking over as the host of the “Tonight” show this coming June. Former Saturday Night Live comedian Jimmy Fallon has recently replaced O’Brien time slot.
Lopez and his producers provided TBS with a copy of a pilot episode which did not comply with the usual talk show format. The show was taped outdoors and Lopez encouraged audience members to ask questions. The show’s first guests were Dane Cook, Eva Longoria and Samuel L. Jackson.
April 14, 2009
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