Bob Hearts Abishola

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Season 1
  • Network: CBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 23, 2019
Season #: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
User Score
5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 5 out of 14
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  1. Proemed
    Oct 1, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I guess Chuck Lorre doesnt want to be remembered for his great success show Big Bang theory... This is the opposite, bad humor a laugh track without anyone really laughing.... A phony cheesy staged dialogue that just fails on so many levels... This is not Lorre's best work. Pls cancel this... I feel bad for the cast they look like they are suffering… Expand
  2. Ariadne
    Nov 24, 2019
    1
    Started off amusing, maybe with even a laugh or two. By the third episode it was just embarrassing. I turned it off to save those poor actors from being seen.
  3. UncleWillard
    Nov 19, 2019
    0
    I'm offended that this show exists. Interracial coupes have been around for a while, as have smarmy, bland sitcoms. Quit trying to push this fat everyman in us. A "sock businessman?" Are you taking the piss?
  4. stefansi
    Oct 1, 2019
    10
    This show is the hidden gem of 2019 Fall Season. Comedy Gold. No character feels forced but actually grounded in reality. I look forward ot more episodes.
  5. Ededed
    Apr 26, 2020
    5
    This show would be much better if all the white supporting characters were not written and performed as idiots, too PC or too bigoted (reverse racism). If this show has a chance it will be because most of the black characters are written with actual personalities and are often given the best lines.

    Looks like the writers have created an opportunity to lose the sister from the show.    This show would be much better if all the white supporting characters were not written and performed as idiots, too PC or too bigoted (reverse racism). If this show has a chance it will be because most of the black characters are written with actual personalities and are often given the best lines.

    Looks like the writers have created an opportunity to lose the sister from the show. Good. She needs to marry the cowboy and leave the story line.

    Raise the IQ of the white supporting characters 100 points and write them more authentically and this show might have a chance for a long run. Dottie (the mother) has had some signs of better writing in later episodes - at least some hope for the show to get better, smarter, and worth watching.    … Expand
  6. EricKulaw
    Sep 23, 2019
    10
    A show with tons of heart. Simply great , Christine Ebersole is spot on with her timing. Love it.
  7. Rezsurfer
    Sep 27, 2019
    10
    Loved this show so far. Don't care for the crybabies whining about a great show. They rather see this main,character fired then have a job. It is wrote by real people who play the characters. It is not white washed. It is a great show of 2 people who just meet and talk. People freaking out over NOTHING let this show build and blossom

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Kelly Lawler
    Oct 7, 2019
    75
    If "Abishola" can move its main couple into a romance at a slow but steady pace and still find comedy once the relationship status is a little more official, Lorre may have another long-lasting sitcom on his hands. It probably won't have the volume or flair of "Big Bang," but going small and subtle can work just as well.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Sep 24, 2019
    60
    “Bob” mines race and immigration somewhat in the sort-of-serious way that Lorre’s “Mom” got mileage from addiction and recovery. ... Though Gardell is clearly where the casting began, if there is an Emmy waiting here, it’s for Olowofeyeku, who delivers one of the more remarkably grounded performances I’ve seen in a multi-camera, live-audience comedy.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Caroline Framke
    Sep 23, 2019
    80
    An unabashedly sweet comedy. ... And yet it’s laudable that the first three episodes make the most of their abbreviated runtimes to treat the rest of the story, particularly that between Bob and Abishola themselves, with more heart and nuance. ... The show probably can’t keep them [Bob and Abishola] from a relationship for too long without stretching its premise too thin, but for now, their dynamic is a refreshingly unique one for a broadcast network sitcom.
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