# George Lopez (2002)

> A Los Angeles comedian raises his daughter and dyslexic son with his wife while working through the neglect of his own alcoholic mother.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/3148

## Facts

- Seasons: 6
- Episodes: 120
- Episode runtime: 30 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Bruce Helford, George López, Bob Borden
- Network: ABC
- Cast: George López, Constance Marie, Luis Armand Garcia, Valente Rodriguez, Belita Moreno, Masiela Lusha, Aimee Garcia, Oscar de la Hoya
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310460/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, warm, self deprecating, comforting, irreverent

## What critics say

Audiences found the family sitcom warm and funny in its core relationships, though ratings were mixed and uneven across its run.

## Synopsis

George Lopez (2002-2007) is a US multi-camera family sitcom created by Bruce Helford, George López and Bob Borden for ABC. Stand-up comedian George Lopez plays a version of himself, a Los Angeles father raising daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, played by Constance Marie, with Luis Armand Garcia as Max and Masiela Lusha as Carmen. The engine of the show is domestic: George wants a steady, loving household and keeps running into the clutter of work, money, school troubles and his own memories of a miserable childhood with an alcoholic mother, played by Belita Moreno. Each episode is a self-contained family scrape resolved in a studio-audience laugh track, and the show runs six seasons and 120 episodes in a single broadcast run that was canceled. Set in present-day Los Angeles, the series sits in the tradition of the network family sitcom, with a Mexican American household given a warm, loud and self-deprecating voice. Its tone is breezy and affectionate, with sharp stand-up punchlines softened by sincere moments about parenting and the past. Fans of Everybody Loves Raymond, Roseanne and The Middle will find the same bickering warmth and working-class domestic comedy here.

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