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Lopez vs. Lopez New NBC Show - Exclusive
Working connected Lopez vs Lopez has been a reunion of sorts for prima Matt Shively.
Before helium was starring alongside George and Mayan Lopez connected the NBC sitcom, the histrion got his large interruption connected the Nickelodeon bid True Jackson, VP—which starred Keke Palmer arsenic the show's titular teen manner designer. And arsenic it turns out, the 2 shows stock a fewer astonishing connections.
As Matt exclusively revealed successful an interrogation with E! News, "A batch of unit members and worldly from that amusement are really connected this show." Not lone that, but his onscreen woman Mayan was besides a immense instrumentality of the children's series.
"She didn't truly archer maine until astir halfway done shooting the archetypal season," the 32-year-old, who plays Mayan's fellow Quinten connected the sitcom, joked. "And then, she yet fto it spell that similar she grew up watching me, and it's truthful weird that I'm present playing her babe daddy connected the show, and each this benignant of stuff."
He adjacent teased, "There's an occurrence coming up wherever we bash immoderate flashbacks and I looked precise overmuch similar my quality from True Jackson successful the flashbacks." Matt played 1 of True's champion friends, Ryan Laserbeam, connected the series, which ran from 2008 to 2011.
And successful summation to sharing unit members, Lopez vs Lopez volition besides soon spot a acquainted True Jackson look connected the show's Jan. 20 episode. Stephen Tobolowsky, who played the dada of Robbie Amell's quality connected the Nickelodeon series, volition impermanent prima arsenic Quinten's father, Sam.
And conscionable similar Quinten's far-from-perfect narration with Mayan's father, George, his dynamic with his ain begetter isn't overmuch better.
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"All things look similar he's really the cleanable father," Matt explained, "but arsenic the communicative unfolds and everything, you recognize that it's not conscionable George and his household that person issues. It's fundamentally everybody has issues, each families person issues."
While fans volition person to tune successful to spot however the household sojourn goes down, Matt teased that the episode's events could person a affirmative interaction connected Quinten and George's ever-improving bond.
"That's a batch of what this occurrence benignant of touches on, arsenic well, is George realizing that arsenic overmuch arsenic helium whitethorn not privation to similar this guy, this feline mightiness beryllium the champion begetter he's ever seen," helium said. "I deliberation it's truly bully for them. And then, maybe, astatine immoderate point, Quinten starts rubbing disconnected connected George a small bit."
Tune successful to the caller occurrence of Lopez vs Lopez tonight, Jan. 20, astatine 8 p.m. connected NBC.
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