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American sitcom

George Lopez, commonly referred to as The George Lopez Show, is an American sitcom created by George Lopez, Bruce Helford and Robert Borden, which originally aired for six seasons, consisting of 120 episodes, on ABC from March 27, 2002, to May 8, 2007. Helford and Borden also serve as showrunners and are executive producers. The show stars the titular comedian George Lopez, who plays a fictionalized version of himself, featuring his life at work and his family life in Los Angeles, California.

The comedy revolves around a fictionalized portrayal of Lopez who works at the Powers Brothers aviation factory. George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic mother Benny, who is portrayed as selfish and cold hearted. Other characters include Angie's indulgent father, wealthy doctor Vic Palmero, who is not very fond of George at first; and George's best childhood friend Ernie Cardenas, noted for his socially awkward behavior and unsuccessful attempts at dating. After Carmen's departure from the series, Angie's overindulged niece Veronica moved in, laden with a large trust fund that is entrusted to George's care. Multiple storylines in the series are established through the unveiling of a secret guarded by Benny throughout George's whole childhood, most notably the discovery that his father Manny is still alive after Benny had convinced George that he died. Throughout the second and third seasons, George tries to locate his father; when Manny is finally introduced, he turns out to be a stubborn but successful businessman who is now married to a woman named Lydia with whom he has more children including a second George Lopez. Manny's personality was commonly depicted as being abusive toward his son and former wife in his early appearances. Upon meeting as adults and George about to donate a kidney to Manny, he dies of kidney disease. Much to George's fury, a final letter from Manny prohibited him and his family from attending his funeral in protection of his reputation.

Character Portrayed by Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 George Edward Lopez George Lopez colspan=6 Angelina "Angie" Lopez (née Palmero) Constance Marie colspan=6 Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas Valente Rodriguez colspan=6 Maximilian "Max" Victor Roberto Magic Johnson Lopez Luis Armand Garcia colspan=6 Carmen Consuelo Lopez Masiela Lusha colspan=5 colspan=1 Benita "Benny" Lopez (née Diaz) Belita Moreno colspan=6 Dr. Victor "Vic" Garcia Lantigua Palmero Emiliano Díez colspan=1 colspan=2 colspan=3 Veronica Ann Palmero Aimee Garcia colspan=4 colspan=1 colspan=1

Comedian George Lopez had been performing standup throughout the early 1990s, expressing interest in having his own comedy television show like Seinfeld. Lopez was only willing to do a show if it meant that the roles were not demeaning to Latinos, vowing never to play a murderer, drug dealer or gang member. Bullock had been interested in developing a TV show with a Latino storyline, being concerned about the lack of visibility for Latinos on American television. Though Bullock had connections through Hollywood, The George Lopez Show was not an easy sell. Bullock sought the help of Bruce Helford (who created The Drew Carey Show and had been a head writer for Roseanne), and, due to his history with ABC on those shows, became a co creator and executive producer of Lopez's show. According to Lopez, ABC prime time entertainment president Steve McPherson called him over the weekend and explained that the network would lose money if the show was picked up again, and that it wasn't doing well financially. Lopez stated that the explanation was "painful to hear," noting that the show had four different time slots in only five years and had to constantly compete against shows like American Idol, yet the final season of the show was still able to outperform a comedy series that was renewed by ABC: Notes from the Underbelly. Lopez said that ABC "dealt with us from the bottom of the deck" and that it was "hard to take after what was a good run."

The show entered syndication one month after the series finale on ABC, and is distributed by Warner Bros. Television Distribution. The show aired in broadcast syndication on independent stations, and affiliates of Fox, The CW and MyNetworkTV as well as The CW Plus stations in the United States from 2007 to 2011 and on Telelatino in Canada. The show moved to ION Television on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. George Lopez aired on TBS from 2020 until 2023. On March 8, 2007, it was announced that George Lopez would join the Nick at Nite lineup. It first aired on Nick at Nite on September 10, 2007—it was the most current non original show to air on Nick at Nite (until it was announced that Everybody Hates Chris would join the lineup, followed by The Goldbergs and Mom and currently Young Sheldon). To this date, it continues to be their highest rated series and one of cable's best for an off network sitcom. On September 9, 2020, the show was removed from syndication on Nick at Nite, ending its almost 13 year run on the network. The series was also shown on Paramount Global sister networks MTV Tres and TV Land. Never a major hit in primetime, the show became an unexpected success in syndication. Many markets also moved the show from overnight timeslots to more desirable ones. Episodes from the first four seasons of George Lopez do not use those respective seasons' opening titles, the season five version is used instead (this is evident as Emiliano Diez is credited in the sequence, which is slightly longer than how they were originally broadcast on ABC, though there is also a short version also used in syndication that also differs from the original short opening credits that does not credit him for seasons 1–3, even though Diez did not make his first guest appearance until season two and did not become a cast regular until season four); the final two seasons use those seasons' appropriate versions of the opening credits.

On April 17, 2007, Warner Home Video released seasons 1 and 2 on DVD in Region 1. After over six years since the release of the first and second seasons, Warner Home Video released the third season on July 16, 2013. The fourth season was released on June 23, 2015. The fifth season was released on August 18, 2015. The sixth and final season was released on November 24, 2015.

The complete series was also published in high definition on the iTunes Store and Amazon Video. The show's theme song "Low Rider" is intact in these releases. The series became available to stream on Peacock on July 15, 2020.

Season Timeslot Season premiere Season finale TV season Rank Viewers (in millions) 1 Wednesday 8:30 pm March 27, 2002 April 17, 2002 2001–02 70 9.0 2 October 2, 2002 May 14, 2003 2002–03 50 10.4 3 Friday 8:00 pm September 26, 2003 May 21, 2004 2003–04 96 7.4 4 Tuesday 8:30 pm September 28, 2004 May 17, 2005 2004–05 79 7.2 5 Wednesday 8:00 pm October 5, 2005 April 12, 2006 2005–06 82 7.2 6 January 24, 2007 May 8, 2007 2006–07 95 6.1

AssociationYearCategoryNominee(s)ResultRefALMA Awards2006Outstanding Actor in a Television SeriesGeorge LopezOutstanding Actress in a Television SeriesBelita MorenoOutstanding Script for a Television Drama or Comedy (for episode "George Discovers Benny's Silli Con Job")Luisa Leschin2007Outstanding Television Series, Miniseries or Television MovieGeorge LopezOutstanding Actress — Television Series, Miniseries or Television MovieConstance MarieOutstanding Supporting Actress — Television Series, Miniseries or Television MovieAimee GarciaBelita MorenoASCAP Film and Television Music Awards2003Top TV SeriesHarold R. BrownLonnie JordanCharlies MillerHoward E. ScottBET Comedy Awards2004Outstanding Comedy SeriesGeorge LopezOutstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy SeriesGeorge LopezCasting Society of America2002Best Casting for TV, Comedy Pilot ("Prototype")Mary V. BuckSusan EdelmanEmmy Awards (Creative Arts)2004Outstanding Cinematography for a Multi Camera Series (for episode "Bringing Home the Bacon")Peter Smokler2005Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi Camera Series (for episode "Leave it to Lopez/"The Simple Life"/"Trouble in Paradise")John ShaffnerJudi GiovanniGLAAD Media Awards2003Outstanding Individual Episode (In a Series Without a Regular Gay Character) (for episode "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Honey? ")George LopezHumanitas Prize Awards200630 Minute Network Syndicated Television (for episode "The Kidney Stays in the Picture")Jim HopeImage Awards (NAACP)2004Outstanding Actor in a Comedy SeriesGeorge Lopez200520062007Imagen Foundation Awards2003Best Primetime Comedy Series — TelevisionGeorge Lopez2004Best Primetime Series — ComedyGeorge LopezBest Actor in a Television ComedyGeorge LopezBest Actress in a Television ComedyConstance MarieBest Supporting Actress in a Television ComedyBelita Moreno2005Best Primetime SeriesGeorge LopezBest Actor — TelevisionGeorge LopezBest Actress — TelevisionConstance Marie2006Best Primetime SeriesGeorge LopezBest Actor — TelevisionGeorge LopezBest Actress — TelevisionConstance Marie2007Best Primetime ProgramGeorge LopezBest Actor — TelevisionGeorge LopezBest Actress — TelevisionConstance MarieBest Supporting Actress — TelevisionAimee GarciaTeen Choice Awards2003Choice TV Breakout ShowGeorge LopezChoice TV Breakout Star — MaleGeorge LopezYoung Artist Awards2003Best Family Television Series (Comedy or Drama)George LopezBest Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) — Leading Young ActressMasiela LushaBest Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) — Young Actor Ten or UnderLuis Armand Garcia2004Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) — Leading Young ActressMasiela Lusha2004Most Popular Mom & Pop in a Television SeriesGeorge LopezConstance Marie2005Best Performance in a Television Series — Recurring Young ActorJ. B. Gaynor