George Lopez News

TBS has given the greenlight to the one-hour comedy series GLORY DAZE, a 1980s-set college comedy starring Kelly Blatz (Aaron Stone), Callard Harris (Sons of Anarchy), Matt Bush (High School), Drew Seeley (Freshman Father), Hartley Sawyer (Killian), Julianna Guill (My Alibi) and Tim Meadows (Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls). TBS has ordered eight episodes of the series, which was created by Walt Becker (Wild Hogs) and Michael LeSieur (You, Me and Dupree). GLORY DAZE is slated to premiere on TBS in late 2010.

Stars Joel McHale (Community) and Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) will join Television Academy chairman/CEO John Shaffner on Thursday, July 8 for 5:30 a.m. ceremony, live from Goldensom Theatre in Los Angeles.

NBC has given series pickups for its 2010-11 season to the dramatic thriller 'The Event,' the comedy 'Outsourced' and the romantic anthology series 'Love Bites.'

Oscar winner David S. Ward ('The Sting'), three-time Oscar nominee Todd Field ('In the Bedroom,' 'Little Children')and Emmy Award winners Lawrence O'Donnell ('The West Wing') and Todd Holland ('Malcolm in the Middle,' 'The Larry Sanders Show') are the latest impressive names to develop original scripted drama and comedy programming for EPIX, the multiplatform premium entertainment channel, video-on-demand and online service.

Late-night television host Conan O'Brien will speak for the first time since losing his short-lived 'Tonight Show' role in a 60 MINUTES interview with Steve Kroft. Kroft's report will be broadcast Sunday, May 2 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

After whipping the studio audience into a frenzy with an electrifying performance of his hit single 'In My Head' on American Idol April 7th, red-hot pop sensation Jason Derulo is gearing up to release his new single, 'Ridin' Solo,' to pop radio Wednesday, April 28th.

The IDOL GIVES BACK fundraising effort, which culminated Wednesday night with a two-hour television event, has raised almost $45 million to benefit various U.S. and international charities including the Children's Health Fund, Feeding America, Malaria No More, Save the Children's U.S. Programs and the United Nations Foundation.

Singer-songwriter Jason Reeves' spring tour is off to an amazing start. The 25-year-old Iowa City native performed a sold-out show at Jammin' Java in Vienna, VA, near Washington DC, and is close to selling out his show at Boston's 939 Café on April 23rd. Please see below for all remaining tour dates.

Tonight, 'American Idol' presented a special episode, benefitting 'Idol Gives Back,' the historic Emmy Award-winning television event and music celebration, that has raised more than $140 million to benefit charities around the world and across the United States. Tonight, 'Idol' saluted a number of charities, including Feeding America, Save the Children, the United Nations Foundation, the Elton John Aids Foundation, and Idol Aid.

Singer-songwriter Jason Reeves' spring tour is off to an amazing start. The 25-year-old Iowa City native performed a sold-out show at Jammin' Java in Vienna, VA, near Washington DC, and is close to selling out his show at Boston's 939 Café on April 23rd. Please see below for all remaining tour dates.

Singer and songwriter Jason Reeves will hit the road in April for a month-long spring tour throughout the East Coast and the Midwest. He will also perform 'Terrified,' a song he co-wrote with Warner Bros. Records' Senior Vice President of A&R and current American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, on George Lopez's TBS show Lopez Tonight on April 19th.

Despite constant rumors that Conan O'Brien was headed to fox, a new press release sent out by TBS has announced that Conan O'Brien will be joining the basic cable channel with a new 11pm show to debut in November. The new show will push George Lopez to midnight. Conan O'Brien is quoted as saying: 'In three months I've gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theater, and now I'm headed to basic cable. My plan is working perfectly.'

Jesse James is getting heat from every side of the pop culture and tabloid news world, rightfully so, so it might have come as a bit of a surprise to the Monster Garage star that The View's co-host Whoopi Goldberg defended him...

Principal photography began Friday, March 26, in New York on Columbia Pictures'/Sony Pictures Animation's hybrid live-action and animated family comedy, The Smurfs, it was announced today by Bob Osher, president of Sony Pictures Digital Productions, Hannah Minghella, president of Sony Pictures Animation and Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures.

Nickelodeon's 23rd Annual Kids' Choice Awards (KCAs) hosted by Kevin James slimed its way to stand as the second biggest KCAs ever in the show's 23-year history, averaging 7.6 million total viewers (P2+) on Saturday, March 27, (8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT). With kids, the live telecast scored 10.5/3.7 million K2-11.

Nickelodeon brought its annual Upfront presentation to Los Angeles for the first time ever, where it announced new additions to its robust 2010-11 programming slate originally unveiled during its March 11 presentation in New York. Joining six new series and new seasons of 16 returning hits such as top-ranked iCarly, SpongeBob SquarePants and Team Umizoomi, Nickelodeon also will premiere three new TV movies, including: Fred: The Movie, starring Lucas Cruikshank as online sensation Fred Figglehorn; Boy Who Cried Werewolf, starring Victoria Justice and Brooke Shields; and Best Player starring iCarly's Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy. Nickelodeon also has acquired My Wife and Kids (123 episodes), starring Damon Wayans (In Living Color, Major Payne), which will debut on Nick at Nite this fall.

24 Movies to Premiere on Hallmark Channel And Hallmark Movie Channel in 2010. Stars Include Jennifer Beals, Catherine Bell, Jacqueline Bisset, Frances Fisher, Brian Austin Green, Jesse Metcalfe, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe and Doris Roberts.

A Whirlwind of Comedy Prepares to Descend on Chicago for a Second Year as TBS PRESENTS A 'VERY FUNNY' FESTIVAL: JUST FOR LAUGHS - Ellen DeGeneres, Cedric The Entertainer, Denis Leary, Russell Peters, Greg Giraldo, Jim Norton, Aziz Ansari and Bob Odenkirk Lined Up for Festival Taking Place June 15-19, 2010, With More Exciting Talent to be Announced Soon.

George Lopez and his 'Tall, Dark & Chicano Tour' will laugh it's way on to stage at the Fox Theatre Saturday, March 20 at 8:00 p.m.

George Lopez will perform at the Orpheum Theatre on Friday, March 19 at 8:00pm. Tickets go on sale February 12, 2010.