George Lopez (or The George Lopez Show) is an American sitcom starring the comedian George Lopez. The show originally aired on ABC from March 27, 2002 to May 23, 2007. Reruns of the show now air in broadcast syndication, The CW Plus, and Nick at Nite in the United States, and on Telelatino in Canada.

Synopsis

The show stars George Lopez as manager of Powers Brothers Aviation, an airplane parts factory. He is married to Angie Palmero and has two outgoing children, Max and Carmen. They all live together in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. George had a childhood that was nowhere near perfect, physically abandoned by his father and further traumatized by a careless, abusive, alcoholic mother, Benita "Benny" Lopez. She usually criticizes Angie's cooking and parenting skills. George and Benny's adult relationship mainly consists of the two of them trading insults about each other, mainly referring to George's childhood. They appear to care for each other, and George has admitted his feelings for Benny in some episodes. Benny works at Powers Brothers Aviation, as does George's best friend, Ernesto "Ernie" Cardenas, who is mostly luckless in the dating area and still lives with his mom. George's father-in-law, Dr. Victor "Vic" Palmero, thinks Angie should have married someone better than George but as the series progresses he begins to respect and accept him. George always tries to catch his children getting in trouble when they do something bad, whether it be by confronting them straight on, or sneakily investigating, then punishing them later. It is still always shown that George still loves and cares deeply for his family.