17%, largely thanks to the CBS sitcom  Bob Hearts Abishola.  But that show wrapped in 2024 with its fifth and final season, so those numbers could fall, the report warns.

 While shows like  Mo,'  Deli Boys,' and  Bob Hearts Abishola' have set high standards for nuanced storytelling, the industry cannot rely on a few programs to represent the whole immigrant community,  Define American's director of media partnerships, Dulce Valencia, said.  We work with writers and producers to build the infrastructure for sustained and nuanced representation on screen, so that no single show has to carry the weight of the entire community.