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.
Air date: 1976-09-25
Overview: Bob receives a telegram saying that his old college chum, ""The Peeper,"" is coming to Chicago and bringing a surprise. The surprise turns out to be a brand-new bride.
Air date: 1976-10-02
Overview: The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.
Air date: 1976-10-09
Overview: Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.
Writer: Hugh Wilson
Air date: 1976-10-16
Overview: The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.
Writer: David Lloyd
Air date: 1976-10-23
Overview: The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord.
Air date: 1976-10-30
Overview: Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time.
Writer: David Lloyd
Air date: 1976-11-06
Overview: Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience.
Air date: 1976-11-13
Overview: Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen.
Air date: 1976-11-20
Overview: Bob and his friend ""The Peeper"" take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer.
Writer: Hugh Wilson
Air date: 1976-11-27
Overview: Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.
Air date: 1976-12-04
Overview: Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.
Air date: 1976-12-11
Overview: Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage.
Air date: 1976-12-25
Overview: Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents.
Air date: 1977-01-08
Overview: Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.
Air date: 1977-01-15
Overview: Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude.
Air date: 1977-01-22
Overview: Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
Writer: Michael Zinberg
Air date: 1977-01-29
Overview: Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.
Air date: 1977-02-05
Overview: Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.
Air date: 1977-02-12
Overview: Bob strikes out against a friend's fear of falling, but succumbs to the same phobia himself when he is subjected to a harrowing elevator experience.
Air date: 1977-02-19
Overview: Bob's memory is taxed to the limit when he forgets that April 15 is the Federal income tax deadline—and also the date of the Hartleys' seventh wedding anniversary.
Writer: Michael Zinberg
Air date: 1977-02-26
Overview: Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber.
Air date: 1977-03-05
Overview: A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.
Air date: 1977-03-12
Overview: Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.
Air date: 1977-03-19
Overview: Hot baby news is the order of the day when Carol, Bob's receptionist, announces that she's expecting a baby. Then, Emily drops her bombshell—and Bob nearly comes unglued at the prospect of becoming a father.
