George Lopez Reacts To His Late Night Show Being Cancelled
George Lopez Reacts To His Late Night Show Being Cancelled
August 11, 2011Gossipwelove
Late night host George Lopez handled the cancellation of his TBS late night show with humor and class on Wednesday's next-to-last episode of his short-lived talk show.
"In case you haven't heard the news, TBS has decided not to renew Lopez Tonight and tomorrow will be our last night,” Lopez told his studio audience, who jeered at the bad news. “The unemployment rate is high, and for Latinos, it just got a little higher!”
"Like every TV star before me, I'm gonna find some crack,” Lopez said, referring to Charlie Sheen’s jagged departure from Two and a Half Men earlier this year. “I'm gonna get on the pipe! Lose that unwanted 110 pounds I wanted to lose. But I'm taking it good, I'm straight, believe me. I'm fine -- my goddesses are a wreck ... they left me!
"It's been great to work every night," Lopez said, adding he'll be touring with music legend Carlos Santana in the coming weeks. "We're not saying goodbye, we're saying, ‘Cable doesn't work.’"
The show, which moved back an hour from its’ original 11 pm slot to make room for Conan O'Brien last year, had lost 40 percent of its’ audience in its' second season, and was averaging a meager 546,000 viewers nightly.
O'Brien addressed the split on his show Wednesday, thanking Lopez for his sacrifice.
"Had it not been for George being so incredibly supportive of me, I would not have come to TBS and we would not be dong this show right now. I owe that man a lot and frankly, it makes me very sad that TBS and George could not work this out," O'Brien said. "We understand, believe me, how hard this is for all of you, and we wish you all the best."
