Fox News - Following news that the ratings starved “Lopez Tonight” helmed by comedian George Lopez was given the ax on Wednesday, staffers at TBS’s other nightly talk show, “Conan,” starring Conan O’Brien, couldn’t help but wonder if they were next. TBS vehemently shot down the idea that “Conan” would be next to go, saying that any cancellation rumors were not true, and that O'Brien’s ratings were not similar to those experienced by Lopez's show...Adgate noted that the TBS late night space is a grave yard for failed comic variety fare, citing comedian Frank Caliendo’s "Frank TV," which gave late night comedy a try on the network from 2007 to 2009 before facing cancellation...
What was going to be the blog equivalent of dancing on George Lopez's grave just got thrown a gigantic curveball in that last sentence.
This media analyst bro, Brad Adgate, has got it all backwards, TBS late night isn't a blackhole, the acts that they're hiring are...You could have thrown Frank Caliendo and George Lopez on NBC, set them back in a time where there were like 8 channels and you had to get up to change the dial on the TV, and I'd still say those two suck. They suck. They're not funny in the least....We get it Frank, you're good at impressions, but a show based on impressions and one guy playing 8 characters is a terrible idea. Never should have been greenlit. Leave the shows where one person plays an entire cast to black people, they're the only ones who seem to master it (looking at you Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence). And George Lopez...the next time he says anything funny is the first. Sorry, he's just loud and obnoxious and latin...if that was the only pre-req to a late night show the neighbors behind me would have their own TBS special as well.
