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"George Lopez will host Take Me Out for the Fox network, it has been confirmed. The stand-up comedian and former chatshow host will take charge of the programme, which will premiere in June. Lopez said in a statement: &amp;quot;I am thrilled to be hosting such an entertaining new series. Anything can happen on a show like Take Me Out and I&amp;#039;m looking forward to the excitement.&amp;quot; Executive producer Jeff Apploff hailed Lopez&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;amazing energy, spirit and incredible comedic timing&amp;quot;, saying that such attributes would make him &amp;quot;the perfect host&amp;quot; for the dating show. Fox&amp;#039;s Take Me Out is based on a popular international format originally developed by Fremantle Media under the name Taken Out for Australia&amp;#039;s Channel Ten. The show features 30 single women who have to decide if they want to date a single man based on their very first impressions of him. Lopez is currently on a national stand-up comedy tour and previously hosted his own "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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