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The Bob Newhart Show

1972 – 1978Show6 seasons142 episodesTV-G

Comedy
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Metacritic–9.2
83
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb8.1Metacritic–9.2

Summary

The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and fellow office workers. The show was filmed before a live audience.

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  • Date night
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The Bob Newhart Show episodes

6 seasons · 142 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Fly the Unfriendly Skies, 8.1
  2. S1 E2 Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet, 7.8
  3. S1 E3 Tennis, Emily?, 7.6
  4. S1 E4 Mom, I L-L-Love You, 7.6
  5. S1 E5 Goodnight Nancy, 7.7
  6. S1 E6 Come Live with Me, 7.4
  7. S1 E7 Father Knows Worst, 7.0
  8. S1 E8 Don't Go to Bed Mad, 7.5
  9. S1 E9 P-I-L-O-T, 6.9
  10. S1 E10 Anything Happen While I Was Gone?, 7.6
  11. S1 E11 I Want to Be Alone, 7.4
  12. S1 E12 Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry, 7.9
  13. S1 E13 I Owe It All to You... But Not That Much, 7.4
  14. S1 E14 His Busiest Season, 7.9
  15. S1 E15 Let's Get Away from It Almost, 7.4
  16. S1 E16 The Crash of 29 Years Old, 7.6
  17. S1 E17 The Man with the Golden Wrist, 7.7
  18. S1 E18 The Two Loves of Dr. Hartley, 7.5
  19. S1 E19 Not with My Sister You Don't, 7.5
  20. S1 E20 A Home Is Not Necessarily a House, 7.4
  21. S1 E21 Emily, I'm Home - Emily?, 7.7
  22. S1 E22 You Can't Win 'Em All, 7.4
  23. S1 E23 Bum Voyage, 7.7
  24. S1 E24 Who's Been Sleeping on My Couch?, 7.5
  1. S2 E1 Last TV Show, 7.8
  2. S2 E2 Motel, 7.8
  3. S2 E3 Backlash, 7.9
  4. S2 E4 Somebody Down Here Likes Me, 7.9
  5. S2 E5 Emily in for Carol, 7.8
  6. S2 E6 Have You Met Miss Dietz?, 7.4
  7. S2 E7 Old Man Rivers, 7.5
  8. S2 E8 Mister Emily Hartley, 8.2
  9. S2 E9 Mutiny on the Hartley, 7.9
  10. S2 E10 I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?, 7.6
  11. S2 E11 Fit, Fat and Forty One, 7.9
  12. S2 E12 Blues for Mr. Borden, 7.2
  13. S2 E13 My Wife Belongs to Daddy, 7.7
  14. S2 E14 T.S. Elliot, 8.1
  15. S2 E15 I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas, 7.9
  16. S2 E16 Oh, Brother, 7.2
  17. S2 E17 The Modernization of Emily, 7.9
  18. S2 E18 The Jobless Corps, 7.8
  19. S2 E19 Clink Shrink, 7.9
  20. S2 E20 Mind Your Own Business, 7.5
  21. S2 E21 A Love Story, 7.3
  22. S2 E22 By the Way... You're Fired, 7.6
  23. S2 E23 Confessions of an Orthodontist, 7.7
  24. S2 E24 A Matter of Principal, 7.4
  1. S3 E1 Big Brother Is Watching, 7.3
  2. S3 E2 The Battle of the Groups, 7.6
  3. S3 E3 The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment, 7.6
  4. S3 E4 The Separation Story, 7.5
  5. S3 E5 Sorry, Wrong Mother, 7.2
  6. S3 E6 The Gray Flannel Shrink, 7.5
  7. S3 E7 Dr. Ryan's Express, 7.9
  8. S3 E8 Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley, 7.8
  9. S3 E9 Ship of Shrinks, 7.6
  10. S3 E10 Life Is a Hamburger, 7.3
  11. S3 E11 An American Family, 8.1
  12. S3 E12 We Love You... Good-Bye, 7.4
  13. S3 E13 Jerry Robinson Crusoe, 7.4
  14. S3 E14 Serve for Daylight, 7.4
  15. S3 E15 Home Is Where the Hurt Is, 7.0
  16. S3 E16 Tobin's Back in Town, 7.6
  17. S3 E17 Think Smartly--Vote Hartley, 7.3
  18. S3 E18 The Way We Weren't, 7.6
  19. S3 E19 A Pound of Flesh, 7.5
  20. S3 E20 My Business Is Shrinking, 7.9
  21. S3 E21 The New Look, 7.8
  22. S3 E22 Bob Hits the Ceiling, 7.6
  23. S3 E23 Emily Hits the Ceiling, 7.1
  24. S3 E24 The Ceiling Hits Bob, 8.1
  1. S4 E1 The Longest Good Bye, 7.7
  2. S4 E2 Here's Looking at You, Kid, 6.9
  3. S4 E3 Death of a Fruitman, 7.9
  4. S4 E4 Change Is Gonna Do Me Good, 7.4
  5. S4 E5 The Heavyweights, 7.2
  6. S4 E6 Carol's Wedding, 7.3
  7. S4 E7 Shrinks Across the Sea, 7.1
  8. S4 E8 What's It All About, Albert?, 7.4
  9. S4 E9 Who Is Mr. X?, 7.9
  10. S4 E10 Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, 6.5
  11. S4 E11 Over the River and Through the Woods, 8.9
  12. S4 E12 Fathers and Sons and Mothers, 7.3
  13. S4 E13 The Article, 7.2
  14. S4 E14 A Matter of Vice-Principal, 7.1
  15. S4 E15 Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital, 8.0
  16. S4 E16 No Sale, 7.0
  17. S4 E17 Carol at 6:01, 6.8
  18. S4 E18 Warden Gordon Borden, 7.2
  19. S4 E19 My Boy Guillermo, 6.7
  20. S4 E20 Duke of Dunk, 6.8
  21. S4 E21 Guaranteed Not to Shrink, 6.9
  22. S4 E22 Birth of a Salesman, 7.3
  23. S4 E23 The Boy Next Door, 7.2
  24. S4 E24 Peeper Two, 7.3
  1. S5 E1 Enter Mrs. Peeper, 7.2
  2. S5 E2 Caged Fury, 7.9
  3. S5 E3 Some of My Best Friends Are..., 7.1
  4. S5 E4 Still Crazy After All These Years, 7.7
  5. S5 E5 The Great Rent Strike, 7.7
  6. S5 E6 Et Tu, Carol?, 7.0
  7. S5 E7 Send This Boy to Camp, 7.0
  8. S5 E8 A Crime Most Foul, 7.5
  9. S5 E9 The Slammer, 7.4
  10. S5 E10 Jerry's Retirement, 6.6
  11. S5 E11 Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson, 7.0
  12. S5 E12 Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, 7.2
  13. S5 E13 Making Up Is the Thing to Do, 7.5
  14. S5 E14 Love Is the Blindest, 7.3
  15. S5 E15 The Ironwood Experience, 7.4
  16. S5 E16 Of Mice and Men, 7.3
  17. S5 E17 Halls of Hartley, 7.0
  18. S5 E18 The Heartbreak Kidd, 7.5
  19. S5 E19 Death Be My Destiny, 8.2
  20. S5 E20 Taxation Without Celebration, 7.2
  21. S5 E21 Desperate Sessions, 7.9
  22. S5 E22 The Mentor, 6.9
  23. S5 E23 Shrinking Violence, 7.0
  24. S5 E24 You're Having My Hartley, 7.5
  1. S6 E1 Bob's Change of Life, 7.1
  2. S6 E2 Ex-Con Job, 7.1
  3. S6 E3 A Jackie Story, 7.7
  4. S6 E4 Who Was That Masked Man?, 7.8
  5. S6 E5 Carlin's New Suit, 7.5
  6. S6 E6 A Day in the Life, 8.1
  7. S6 E7 My Son the Comedian, 6.5
  8. S6 E8 You're Fired, Mr. Chips, 7.3
  9. S6 E9 Shallow Throat, 7.6
  10. S6 E10 A Girl in Her Twenties, 7.5
  11. S6 E11 Grand Delusion, 7.2
  12. S6 E12 'Twas the Pie Before Christmas, 8.2
  13. S6 E13 Freudian Ship, 7.8
  14. S6 E14 Grizzly Emily, 7.0
  15. S6 E15 Son of an Ex-Con Job, 6.9
  16. S6 E16 Group on a Hot Tin Roof, 7.7
  17. S6 E17 Emily Carlin, Emily Carlin, 7.3
  18. S6 E18 Easy for You to Say, 6.5
  19. S6 E19 It Didn't Happen One Night, 6.6
  20. S6 E20 Carol Ankles for Indie-Prod, 7.2
  21. S6 E21 Crisis in Education, 6.2
  22. S6 E22 Happy Trails to You, 8.3

Cast

24 of 216 · most episodes first

Crew

Directors
Peter Bonerz, Alan Rafkin, Michael Zinberg
Written by
Tom Patchett, Jay Tarses, Gordon Farr
Produced by
Michael Zinberg, David Davis, Lorenzo Music

Everyone

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Facts

September 16, 1972 · April 1, 1978 · Ended

First aired
September 16, 1972
Last aired
April 1, 1978
Status
Ended
Length
6 seasons · 142 episodes
Age rating
TV-G
Genres
Comedy
Original language
English
Made in
United States
Available in
5 countries

Tropes

Post-Script Season, Cute Kitten, Ms. Fanservice +9

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream The Bob Newhart Show?"

Questions about The Bob Newhart Show

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream The Bob Newhart Show?

Prime

In the United States, The Bob Newhart Show streams on Prime. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home.

Is The Bob Newhart Show worth watching?

83
GreatGoodWatch score

Yes, it's widely acclaimed, with a GoodWatch score of 83 (IMDb 8.1).

Is The Bob Newhart Show okay for kids?

TV-G

Yes: it's rated TV-G in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.

How long does it take to watch The Bob Newhart Show?

59 h

About 59 hours: 142 episodes in 6 seasons of about 25 minutes each, aired from 1972 to 1978.

Will The Bob Newhart Show make me laugh?

Funny

Yes: the humor is mostly situational comedy (10 of 10) and sharp wit (7 of 10).

Can I half-watch The Bob Newhart Show?

Easy watchDemanding

Yes: it's easy to follow, with complexity at only 3 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it good for background watching.

What tropes does The Bob Newhart Show use?

Post-Script SeasonCute KittenMs. FanserviceRunning GagPhrase CatcherPop-Cultural Osmosis FailureMiniseriesChristmas EpisodeI Want GrandkidsParental AbandonmentThe ShrinkPie in the Faceand 76 more

TV Tropes lists 88 tropes for it, including Post-Script Season, Cute Kitten, and Ms. Fanservice.