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The Voice topped ratings on a fairly quiet Monday in primetime, maintaining its 1.2 in the adults 18-49 demographic from a week ago while nearly matching its audience with 7.53 million viewers. Meanwhile at ABC, Dancing With the Stars (0.9, 7.09M) dipped a tenth from last week, though it should be noted an NFL…

The Voice hit all the right notes Monday night to finish as most-watched show in broadcast primetime among the Big 4 and the CW. Ratingswise, Voice held steady with last week with a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 demographic, while 8.04 million viewers tuned in to the two-hour episode to watch Taylor Swift mentor the…

UPDATED with finals Snapshot: New series premieres: Prodigal Son (Fox, 1.0 rating in 18-49, 4.2 million viewers), Bluff City Law (NBC, 0.8, 4.8), Bob Hearts Abishola (CBS, 0.9 rating in 18-49 after upward adjustment in the finals, 5.9 million viewers), All Rise (CBS, 0.7, 6 million); Returning series: 9-1-1 holds stead…

EXCLUSIVE: Gina Yashere is getting a second full-time job on the new CBS comedy series Bob ♥ Abishola. Yashere, who co-created the series with Chuck Lorre, Al Higgins and Eddie Gorodetsky, serves as a writer and producer on the show. She also had a scene-stealing guest starring turn in the pilot as Kemi, Abishola’s…

At a time when President Donald Trump is pushing a fierce policy on U.S. immigration, TV creator Chuck Lorre is out to remind the nation’s TV viewers how great immigrants are again with his new CBS series Bob Hearts Abishola. The Big Bang Theory co-creator showed up at TCA wearing a yellow baseball cap with the…

CBS has made its new comedy series picks, giving orders to the four most buzzed about pilots: Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins’ Carol’s Second Act, starring Patricia Heaton; Chuck Lorre’s Bob Hearts Abishola, headlined by Billy Gardell; Alex Herschlag and Jennie Snyder Urman’s Broke, starring Jaime Camil and Pauley Perr…

EXCLUSIVE: Folake Olowofoyeku (Transparent) has been cast in the title role opposite Billy Gardell in CBS multi-camera comedy pilot Bob ❤ Abishola. Christine Ebersole (The Wolf of Wall Street), Maribeth Monroe (Workaholics), Shola Adewusi (Paddington 2), Barry Shabaka Henley (Bosch), and Matt Jones (Mom) round out the…