One of the best new fall shows premieres tonight

The Voice giveth and taketh away with a coach swap, Chuck Lorre’s latest isn’t as bad as you thought it would be, and an animated series shows signs of greatness. Hello! The kids are back in school, the Jets are almost eliminated from playoff contention, and Australians are starting to wear tank tops. Yep, it’s fall, which means television just got a lot more crowded. The 2019 fall season officially begins tonight, and in addition to your returning favorites, lots of new shows are desperate for your attention. I watched every single one of them and [picked out the five that I thought were the best](. Mind you, “the best” in this case doesn’t necessarily mean great, just better than bad. [But there is one that’s legitimately good]( and not like anything else on network TV. Even with all these new options, I’ll still be sticking to cable and streaming shows, however, because I’m a TV snob. Here are tonight’s picks. –Tim [Your Watch This Now! newsletter is created by Senior Recommendations and Reviews Editor Tim Surette and more show-obsessed editors at TV Guide!]( WATCH THIS NOW! [Prodigal Son]( [Prodigal Son has murderous daddy issues]( Series premieres Monday at 9/8c on Fox [One of the better pilots of the 2019 fall TV season]( is this psychological crime drama that features two actors going all in on their roles as father and son. The Walking Dead’s Tom Payne plays a profiler who knows a thing or two about serial killers because his dad — played with polite menace by Michael Sheen — is/was one known as The Surgeon. Though their relationship is now conducted through prison cell bars, The Surgeon’s influence continues to rattle through his son’s head, sometimes manifesting in grotesque ways that indicate nature is winning over nurture. Sheen’s too good for network television, but we’re not going to complain if we get to see him on a weekly basis. SHOWS HAVE EMOJIS IN THEIR TITLES NOW, I GUESS [Bob Hearts Abishola]( [Bob (Hearts) Abishola is sweeter than you’d expect it to be]( Series premieres Monday at 8:30/7:30c on CBS There was a collective cringe when CBS announced that it had picked up this Chuck Lorre comedy about an American man who falls in love with an immigrant from Nigeria. After all, Lorre’s previous work includes the horniness of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory. But Bob (Hearts) Abishola is sweeter than you’d think, thanks to an earnest performance by Billy Gardell (Mike & Molly) as a man who genuinely and only slightly creepily woos Abishola (Folake Olowofoyeku), who, at least early on, coyly spurns his advances at every step. His methods would probably land him on the wrong end of a restraining order in real life, but in the world of rom-coms, we’ve come to begrudgingly accept them. It’s a serviceable network sitcom with a focus on shining the light on the difficulties immigrants face, thanks to co-creator Gina Yashere, a Nigerian comedian whose well-educated parents immigrated to England and had to start all over. And yes, the actual show title is Bob ❤️ Abishola, I guess to get Gen Z interested in a show about a romance between two old people. THIS AGAIN [The Voice]( [The Voice is noice when Gwen’s in again]( Season 17 premieres Monday at 8/7c on NBC First the bad news (or good news, depending on how you look at it): Adam Levine has marooned The Voice to use his voice in Maroon 5. But the good news: He’s being replaced by Gwen Stefani, who returns to the show as a coach after four seasons off. That’s really the only change as NBC’s steady singing competition soldiers on. As long as people have voices, this will be a show. BITE MY SHINY METAL AX [Disenchantment]( [Disenchantment is a fantasy farce on the verge of greatness]( Season 2 now on Netflix Matt Groening, the man behind The Simpsons and Futurama, brings his bug-eyed animation to the fantasy realm in this animated series. It’s good, if a little repetitive of the beats of Futurama. But because it’s a Netflix show, it occasionally plunges into bingeable serialization, [where the show becomes excellent](. The final three episodes of Season 1 and first three episodes of Season 2 all tell one cohesive, epic story that’s the show at its best, while the other episodes are mostly standalone tomfoolery that show off the writers’ creativity, but’ll make you miss the episodes that run together. Still, with puns aplenty in the background and the voice talent of Abbi Jacobson, Nat Faxon, and Eric Andre (and Britcom heroes Rich Fulcher and Matt Berry), there’s silly fun to be had. [Unsubscribe]( | [View online]( ©2019 CBS Interactive | All Rights Reserved. CBS Interactive - [235 2nd St., San Francisco, CA 94105](#) [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions](