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Mexican-American comedian George Lopez has scored a late-night talk show of his own on the TBS network, according to basically a million different sources who were all way more on top of this story than Gomez, who has had a cold but knows that's no excuse.

The network signed Mr. Lopez and ordered 34 weeks of the show, says Entertainment Weekly. Mr. Lopez hopes to differentiate himself from other late-night talk show hosts not only by, oh, being the only non-white male with such a show (in a nation of incredible and increasing diversity) but also by having more interaction with the live studio audience.

Gomez has seen Mr. Lopez live, and knows that he's damn funny; he can sell out tens of thousands of seats; and he keeps the crowd rolling with laughter. We have also seen his sitcom (which should never have been canceled, but whatever) and have long marveled at this brilliant man's versatility. Mostly, we have admired his ability to speak the unspeakable, with great self-deprecation and humility.

Gomez has high hopes for Mr. Gomez's late-night show, and we are doing everything in our power to keep images of Arsenio Hall out of our otherwise pristine mind.