The Bob Newhart Show
CBS (ended 1978)
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Season 6
- Ep 22Happy Trails to You4/1/78
Bob gives up his psychological practice in Chicago to become a professor at a small college in Oregon. - Ep 21Crisis in Education3/11/78
At the school where Emily works, low reading scores prompt indignant outbursts and threats from angry parents. Principal Phil Bannister flees their wrath by going on an extended fishing trip—but not before he tells Emily to handle the crisis. - Ep 20Carol Ankles for Indie-Prod3/4/78
On the eve of being announced "Secretary of the Year," Carol informs Bob that she's leaving his employ. - Ep 19It Didn't Happen One Night2/18/78
Bob's friends close ranks to "protect" Emily Hartley when a handsome old flame pays her a very warm visit. - Ep 18Easy for You to Say2/11/78
Paul Billingham—known to his radio fans as Ralph Alfalfa, the Happy Farmer—comes to Bob because of his stuttering problem. On radio, he practiced several unseen rhythmic devices to mask his problem, but a new television opportunity threatens to expose his problem with disastrous results. - Ep 17Emily Carlin, Emily Carlin2/4/78
Bob's paranoid, perennial patient, Mr. Carlin, involves Emily in his scheme to impress his former schoolmates—especially a girl who never gave him the time of day. - Ep 16Group on a Hot Tin Roof1/28/78
Bob advises a patient named Mr. Plager to realize his human potential by writing a play based on his own experiences. But when Plager writes, directs, and produces an actual World War I drama whose characters bear a startling resemblance to the rest of Bob's patients, the warfare really begins. - Ep 15Son of an Ex-Con Job1/21/78
Bob counsels a quintet of jovial ex-convicts to help them find honest employment. - Ep 14Grizzly Emily1/14/78
Emily Hartley discovers a new low in male chauvinism when Bob's father arranges a fishing trip to his cabin and assigns her woman's work while the men brave the great out-of-doors. - Ep 13Freudian Ship1/7/78
The Hartleys embark on a seagoing vacation to put work behind them. But Bob can't resist playing psychologist when he undertakes to counsel a married couple. - Ep 12'Twas the Pie Before Christmas12/24/77
Bob finds himself with unhappy and hostile patients who refuse to attend his Christmas party when they are mistakenly informed of a rate increase at the height of the Yuletide season. One patient is moved to hire a pie-throwing service. - Ep 11Grand Delusion12/17/77
Bob and Emily celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary with a dream flight into the fantasy of being married to different partners. - Ep 10A Girl in Her Twenties12/3/77
Emily's protective instincts are aroused when 70-year-old Grace DuBois, an odd but friendly recluse, is threatened with being sent to a rest home for elderly people who can't cope with reality. - Ep 9Shallow Throat11/26/77
At first, Bob is thrilled when a nontalkative patient named Mr. Twillmer finally opens up after being told that anything he might say will be held in the strictest confidence. His joy is short-lived when Twillmer confesses to grand larceny. - Ep 8You're Fired, Mr. Chips11/19/77
Bob interviews a variety of psychologists to take over his patients while he's out of town. It's soon apparent that they are very much in need of help themselves. When Bob's former teacher, Professor Dreebe, offers his services, it seems the perfect answer. - Ep 7My Son the Comedian11/12/77
It's no laughing matter for Howard when his 12-year-old son, Howie, announces he's leaving home to become a comedian. - Ep 6A Day in the Life10/29/77
Bob's impulsive decision to leave town for a week is received with disastrous emotions by his patients, who seemingly can't make it without him. - Ep 5Carlin's New Suit10/22/77
Bob deals with the amusing problems of an improbable paternity suit and a phone paging service that never pages him. - Ep 4Who Was That Masked Man?10/15/77
Bob is puzzled when his henpecked patient, Mr. Petersen, asserts himself with far-reaching consequences. - Ep 3A Jackie Story10/8/77
Jerry is terrified of losing his new dream girl. - Ep 2Ex-Con Job10/1/77
Bob's attempt at treating convicts who are about to be released has him climbing the walls. - Ep 1Bob's Change of Life9/24/77
Bob's well-ordered life turns topsy-turvy when he and Emily move to a new Chicago residence.
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Season 5
- Ep 24You're Having My Hartley3/19/77
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. - Ep 23Shrinking Violence3/12/77
Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself. - Ep 22The Mentor3/5/77
Bob offers to help Carol's husband, Larry with his travel agency. In return, Larry turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village. - Ep 21Desperate Sessions2/26/77
Bob is held hostage in his office by a friendly bank robber. - Ep 20Taxation Without Celebration2/19/77
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. - Ep 19Death Be My Destiny2/12/77
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. - Ep 18The Heartbreak Kidd2/5/77
Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him. - Ep 17Halls of Hartley1/29/77
Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college. - Ep 16Of Mice and Men1/22/77
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter. - Ep 15The Ironwood Experience1/15/77
Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude. - Ep 14Love is the Blindest1/8/77
Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies. - Ep 13Making Up is the Thing to Do12/25/76
Bob takes on the role of Christmas peacemaker when he attempts to reconcile his parents. - Ep 12Breaking Up is Hard to Do12/11/76
Bob undergoes a shock when his mother announces that she has separated from his father after 47 years of marriage. - Ep 11Here's to You, Mrs. Robinson12/4/76
Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents. - Ep 10Jerry's Retirement11/27/76
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession. - Ep 9The Slammer11/20/76
Bob and his friend "The Peeper" take a trip down Memory Lane and wind up in the slammer. - Ep 8A Crime Most Foul11/13/76
Bob turns amateur detective when he believes that his expensive tape recorder has been stolen. - Ep 7Send This Boy to Camp11/6/76
Bob and his friends host an orphan contingent for a wildly improbable camping-out experience. - Ep 6Et, Tu, Carol?10/30/76
Both Bob's receptionist and a Buddha figure with a clock in its navel give the psychologist a hard time. - Ep 5The Great Rent Strike10/23/76
The Hartley apartment becomes a hot and cold battleground when the good doctor declares psychological warfare on his landlord. - Ep 4Still Crazy After All These Years10/16/76
The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality. - Ep 3Some of My Best Friends Are...10/9/76
Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions. - Ep 2Caged Fury10/2/76
The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker. - Ep 1Enter Mrs. Peeper9/25/76
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.
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Season 4
- Ep 24Peeper Two2/28/76
Cliff Murdock, Bob's old laugh-a-minute college buddy, affectionately known as The Peeper, pays a return visit. - Ep 23The Boy Next Door2/21/76
The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and hire a beauty queen as his babysitter. - Ep 22Birth of a Salesman2/14/76
The Hartleys are bombarded with legal hassles when Bob is sued by a shy patient and Emily decides to fight a parking ticket. - Ep 21Guaranteed Not to Shrink2/7/76
Bob develops a unique psychological problem when his receptionist, Carol, decides to resume her college career and become a psychologist. - Ep 20Duke of Dunk1/31/76
A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar. - Ep 19My Boy Guillermo1/24/76
Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly re-enters his life and proposes. - Ep 18Warden Gordon Borden1/17/76
Howard's game-warden brother comes to Chicago to witness the mating of two whooping cranes—and stays to make a play for Howard's girlfriend. - Ep 17Carol at 6:011/10/76
Bob contends with a patient's delusion that her bingo game is fixed, staggers through a series of wild poker parties, and watches in wonder as his secretary slowly smothers under an attack of love. - Ep 16No Sale1/3/76
Bob becomes his patient's partner in a get-rich-quick real-estate venture. - Ep 15Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital12/20/75
Christmas Eve finds Bob in the hospital with tonsillitis and an impending operation. Meanwhile, his friends are all suffering from an attack of Christmas-itis. - Ep 14A Matter of Vice-Prinicipal12/13/75
Emily & her fellow teachers, Ed and Janet Hoffman are planning to celebrate when Ed becomes the new Vice Principal. But their friendship is strained when Emily is shocked to learn that she is selected as the new Vice Prinicipal! After dealing with many crisis and no support from the Hoffman's, Emily thinks about turning down the promotion. Meanwhile Howard is this month's "Sky Guy" in his airline's magazine, and while Carol is still on vacation, her fill-in, Gail, has a broken leg.
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When she's given an assignment to see what makes a bunch of doctors tick, inquiring news reporter Ellen Hartley gives Bob and his medical cohorts the tell-it-like-it-is treatment. Meanwhile, Carol is on vacation and Gail is filling in for her. - Ep 12Fathers and Sons and Mothers11/29/75
Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta. - Ep 11Over the River and Through the Woods11/22/75
It's a stag Thanksgiving for Bob when Emily flies off to join a family reunion, leaving Bob to share the holiday with his male buddies. - Ep 10Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time11/15/75
Bob moves up in the world from the seventh to the tenth floor when he joins the firm of a swinging psychiatrist. - Ep 9Who is Mr. X?11/8/75
Bob accepts a seemingly innocent invitation to appear as the guest on a TV discussion program. He winds up in the jaws of a dilemma when the show host turns out to have the disposition of a shark. - Ep 8What's It All About, Albert?11/1/75
Bob is depressed by his seeming lack of success as a psychologist. He seeks help from his old college professor, who manages to heighten his despair by informing him that psychology is all nonsense. - Ep 7Shrinks Across the Sea10/25/75
Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program. - Ep 6Carol's Wedding10/18/75
A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent. - Ep 5The Heavyweights10/11/75
Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her "heavy" experiences with the "overweight workshop." - Ep 4Change is Gonna Do Me Good10/4/75
Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities. - Ep 3Death of a Fruitman9/27/75
Bob's patients observe tradition by planning a surprise party to honor the fourth year of the group's therapy sessions. When an unseen member, a Mr. Gianelli, threatens to turn the party into a disaster, Bob kicks him out of the group. His decision meets with instant group approval until Mr. Gianelli dies under a ton of zucchini.moreless - Ep 2Here's Looking at You, Kid9/20/75
Howard insists on joining Bob and Emily's anniversary dinner at a fashionable Chicago restaurant in order to enlist their aid in popping the question to Ellen. But he chokes up in the clutch, and Bob is forced to do the proposing for him. - Ep 1The Longest Good-Bye9/13/75
Bob's old school friend Murdock is in town for a day to sell a complex giveaway item to a Chicago cereal company. Bob invites him to stay overnight at his home. The brief encounter stretches out to a week when Murdock can't make his business connections. He gradually takes over Bob's car, clothing, and most of his home life.moreless
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Season 3
- Ep 24The Ceiling Hits Bob3/8/75
Bob becomes a floating psychologist when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up shop wherever he can find the space. - Ep 23Emily Hits the Ceiling2/22/75
Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors. - Ep 22Bob Hits the Ceiling2/15/75
Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's friend, whose marriage to a muscular gym teacher seems to be breaking up. - Ep 21The New Look2/8/75
Emily redecorates the apartment in antiques. Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable, unappealing, and hazardous to his health. - Ep 20My Business is Shrinking2/1/75
With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist about his problem. - Ep 19A Pound of Flesh1/25/75
Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle. - Ep 18The Way We Weren't1/18/75
Emily is more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date. Then Howard inadvertently spills the beans. - Ep 17Think Smartly--Vote Hartley1/11/75
Before he has a chance to say no, Bob finds himself running for the chairman of the local school board against an incumbent who hasn't attended a board meeting for six months. - Ep 16Tobin's Back in Town1/4/75
Ellen's ex-fiance, John Tobin—a tall, handsome egomaniac in suede and leather—arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back. The situation plays havoc with Howard's basic insecurities. - Ep 15Home is Where the Hurt Is12/21/74
Facing the depressing prospect of returning home to Iowa to spend the holidays with her domineering parents, Carol brings her troubles to Bob's apartment. There she spends Christmas Eve pouring out the disasters of her childhood. - Ep 14Serve for Daylight12/14/74
Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily. - Ep 13Jerry Robinson Crusoe12/7/74
After renewing an acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson, Jerry decides to give up his dental practice: he wants to follow his dreams of romance and adventure by taking Miss Simpson to Tahiti. - Ep 12We Love You... Good-Bye11/30/74
Bob forms an all-women consciousness-raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out some of the unliberated areas in their own marriage. - Ep 11An American Family11/23/74
Emily's plans for a wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's father begin insulting one another the night before Thanksgiving. - Ep 10Life is a Hamburger11/16/74
Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler—an unpublished poet with bad feet—brings negative reactions from her friends. - Ep 9Ship of Shrinks11/9/74
Bob's first literary venture turns out to be less than triumphant. His embarrassment makes him reluctant to join a convention of psychologists on a flight to Hawaii, especially when he finds out that Howard is the navigator. - Ep 8Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley11/2/74
Having preached honesty in relationships to his patients, Bob decides to follow his own advice. Immediately he offends two dinner guests and starts an argument with Emily. - Ep 7Dr. Ryan's Express10/26/74
Bob's office routine becomes a wreck when Jerry hires a temporary receptionist. She's a very nice but very vague woman who can't even get Bob's name straight. - Ep 6The Gray Flannel Shrink10/19/74
Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learns that it's possible for a man in the corporate world to do his job too well. - Ep 5Sorry, Wrong Mother10/12/74
As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like. - Ep 4The Separation Story10/5/74
For the sake of their marriage—as well as Emily's Master's Degree and Bob's heavy work schedule—the Hartleys decide that it would be best if they took up separate residences. - Ep 3The Great Timpau Medical Arts Experiment9/28/74
Jerry Robinson suggests that all the doctors in the building form a co-op to treat each other for free. This leads to chaos and hostility that find expression in Bob's special all-doctor therapy group. - Ep 2The Battle of the Groups9/21/74
Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never progresses further than everyone's complaints about the primitive conditions of their accommodations. - Ep 1Big Brother is Watching9/14/74
Bob is faced with the possibility that his younger sister, Ellen, may move in with Howard, her boyfriend.
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Season 2
- Ep 24A Matter of Principal3/2/74
It's a matter of principal versus principle when Emily refuses to skip one of her students ahead two grades at the elementary school where she teaches. - Ep 23Confessions of An Orthodontist2/23/74
While filling in for a fellow psychologist, Bob is surprised to find that his first patient is Jerry Robinson, who is reluctant to reveal his problem. A little prodding produces the startling admission that Jerry is in love with Emily. - Ep 22By the Way... You're Fired2/16/74
When Carol's new love interest interferes with her work, Jerry Robinson doesn't seem too concerned. But when it disrupts his love life, he decides to fire her. - Ep 21A Love Story2/9/74
Howard falls head over heels in love with Bob's sister Ellen. Under most circumstances, Bob would find this perfectly acceptable—except that Ellen is getting married to someone else. - Ep 20Mind Your Own Business2/2/74
At Jerry's urging, Bob hires a business manager to handle his money. He ends up living on a meager allowance that affords him only such luxuries as peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch. - Ep 19Clink Shrink1/26/74
Hoping to make a contribution to society, Bob offers his psychological counseling services free to a parolee out on an armed-robbery conviction. But Bob seems to be more influenced by his patient's manner than the patient is by Bob's therapy. - Ep 18The Jobless Corps1/19/74
Depressed after losing his job with the airline, Howard accepts Bob's offer to join his "out of workshop," a special therapy group for the unemployed. (Bob extends the invitation at Emily's insistence when Howard's attempts to help her around the apartment begin driving her up the wall.) - Ep 17The Modernization of Emily1/12/74
Emily decides to update her image with a kinky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob says is childish. - Ep 16Oh, Brother1/5/74
Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice. - Ep 15I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas12/22/73
Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure. - Ep 14T. S. Elliot12/15/73
Bob's patient Elliot Carlin parades all his phobias and insecurities as he prepares to ask Carol Kester for a date. He then finds it even harder to accept her answer—which is "yes." - Ep 13My Wife Belongs to Daddy12/8/73
Emily's parents pay a surprise visit that makes Bob terribly uncomfortable. Emily's father is gregarious, well-traveled, a war hero, an outdoors man—in short, everything that Bob isn't. - Ep 12Blues for Mr. Borden12/1/73
Howard Borden suffers a bad case of the blues when his young son tells him about his marvelous new "uncle," who seems to have taken up permanent residence with Howard's ex-wife. - Ep 11Fit, Fat, and Forty-One11/24/73
Determined to lose eight pounds from around his middle, Bob goes on a strict diet. With Jerry's help, he joins a weight-reducing class that seems to be populated mostly by women. - Ep 10I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?11/17/73
Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a marriage counselor. - Ep 9Mutiny on the Hartley11/10/73
Bob decides to meet the rising cost of living by raising his rates. But the members of his therapy group revolt when he picks the most inappropriate moment to tell them. - Ep 8Mister Emily Hartley11/3/73
Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his. - Ep 7Old Man Rivers10/27/73
A rather embarrassing operation leads to romance between Carol and her doctor. Everyone questions the relationship due to the new couple's age disparity. - Ep 6Have You Met Miss Dietz?10/20/73
Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them. - Ep 5Emily in for Carol10/13/73
With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea—except Bob. - Ep 4Somebody Down Here Likes Me10/6/73
Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob—then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon. - Ep 3Backlash9/29/73
One of Bob's more masculine patients enthusiastically slaps him on the back—and, unfortunately for Bob, it throws his back out. Even more unfortunately, Bob and Emily were supposed to be going to Mexico for a vacation. - Ep 2Motel9/22/73
A trip to Peoria turns into one long embarrassment for Bob when Jerry introduces him to a pretty girl named Janine. Janine doesn't seem to care that Bob is a married man. - Ep 1Last TV Show9/15/73
Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.
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Season 1
