Nopez Notever

If you're looking to set up a recording of Ice Road Truckers repeats and syndicated episodes of Family Guy, you and your DVR are in luck! TBS has given the hook to "Lopez Tonight".

Lopez's Thursday show at midnight (tomorrow) will be the final one, the cable network said in a statement that added they were proud to have worked with the "immensely talented comedian and entertainer." I'm sorry, they're talking about George Lopez, right?

The kill order came not only based not only on declining ratings but the cost of the show, according to the famed "person familiar with the production", who "spoke on condition of anonymity".

Though he's about as funny as a basic cable infomercial, it does suck that he graciously got forced moved to the later time for Conan O'Brien's show - who'd ironically left NBC when Jay Leno retook his airtime.

Lopez's total viewership dropped over 40% in its second year, from an average of 910,000 nightly viewers in the 11 p.m. slot to 543,000 at midnight. So far this month his audience has dropped to 391,000. Conan has been drawing slightly more than 1 million viewers for his first season - just 13% higher than Lopez did in his debut year, but the lead in program is still taking in more than 700,000 nightly viewers.

So it's a good news / bad news thing - George Lopez is off the air, but he's bound to be working on another project to try to get back on TV. Enjoy it while it lasts...