And for his next act, Chuck Lorre will be pivoting to total and complete earnestness.
The powerhouse producer behind “Two and a Half Men” and the recently departed “Big Bang Theory” has now thrown his weight behind “Bob Hearts Abishola,” an unabashedly sweet comedy about a divorced socks salesman (Billy Gardell) having a heart attack and falling for his Nigerian nurse (Folake Olowofoyeku). At first, Abishola mostly just tolerates Bob’s affections, treating his admiration as a silly side effect of a genuinely harrowing experience. But with a little time — and a lot of encouragement from her aunt (Shola Adewusi), uncle (Barry Shabaka Henley (Uncle Tunde), and co-workers (Vernee Watson and Gina Yashere) — Abishola decides to give Bob a bit more of a chance.
There are so many ways “Bob Hearts Abishola” could have gone wrong. It could have treated Bob’s crush on Abishola as a one-sided obsession, rendered...
The powerhouse producer behind “Two and a Half Men” and the recently departed “Big Bang Theory” has now thrown his weight behind “Bob Hearts Abishola,” an unabashedly sweet comedy about a divorced socks salesman (Billy Gardell) having a heart attack and falling for his Nigerian nurse (Folake Olowofoyeku). At first, Abishola mostly just tolerates Bob’s affections, treating his admiration as a silly side effect of a genuinely harrowing experience. But with a little time — and a lot of encouragement from her aunt (Shola Adewusi), uncle (Barry Shabaka Henley (Uncle Tunde), and co-workers (Vernee Watson and Gina Yashere) — Abishola decides to give Bob a bit more of a chance.
There are so many ways “Bob Hearts Abishola” could have gone wrong. It could have treated Bob’s crush on Abishola as a one-sided obsession, rendered...
- 9/23/2019
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
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