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The Bob Newhart Show

CBS

1972-1978

First Broadcast: September 16, 1972

Last Broadcast: April 1, 1978

Clinical psychologist Dr. Robert Hartley deals with the problems and idiosynchracies of his patients, co-workers, neighbors, and family.

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Where To Watch

Channel	Date/Time	Season	Episode	Title	Description
Catchy Comedy	04/18/2026 1:00AM	5	5	The Great Rent Strike	The Hartley apartment becomes a battleground when Bob declares psychological war on his landlord.
Catchy Comedy	04/19/2026 1:00AM	5	6	Et Tu, Carol?	Bob’s receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give him a hard time.
Catchy Comedy	04/19/2026 1:30AM	5	7	Send This Boy to Camp	Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.
Catchy Comedy	04/19/2026 2:00AM	5	8	A Crime Most Foul	Bob turns amateur detective when he believes his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.
Catchy Comedy	04/19/2026 2:30AM	5	9	The Slammer	Bob and his friend “The Peeper” take a trip down memory lane and wind up in the slammer.

Actor		Character(s)
Bob Newhart	…	Dr. Robert ’Bob’ Hartley
Suzanne Pleshette	…	Emily Hartley
Bill Daily	…	Howard Borden
Marcia Wallace	…	Carol Kester / Carol Kester Bondurant
Peter Bonerz	…	Dr. Jerry Robinson
Jack Riley	…	Elliot Carlin
Florida Friebus	…	Mrs. Lillian Bakerman
John Fiedler	…	Mr. Emil Peterson
Pat Finley	…	Ellen Hartley
Renée Lippin	…	Michelle Nardo

There were 6 seasons and 142 episodes of The Bob Newhart Show. We have not completed an episode guide for this show yet.

Emily Hartley: Hi Bob.

Suzanne Pleshette happened to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson the same night as Bob Newhart. The producers thought there was chemistry between the two and asked Suzanne to read for the part of Emily.
Peter Bonerz learned to direct on this show and went on to become an award-winning director.
The Bay Federal Bank Building on Michigan Avenue served as the exterior shot of the office building in which Bob worked.
Bob Newhart couldn’t remember his lines so he had them written on cards and hidden around the set.
The apartment that Bob and Emily lived in was #523.
Bob’s office was suite #751.
Through the course of the show, it is mentioned five times that Bob was in the Korean War. Unfortunately, the writers couldn’t decide which branch of the service he served in. Three references had him in the Air Force and two references had him in the Army.