The Bob Newhart Show
The Bob Newhart Show
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The Bob Newhart Show

9.0 / 10
1961
1 season
34 episodes
Comedy

The Bob Newhart Show is an American comedy variety show starring comedian Bob Newhart. It originally ran from October 1961 through June 1962 on NBC, airing on Wednesday nights at 10pm Eastern time, immediately following Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall. The variety show was sponsored by Kraft Foods's Sealtest Dairy division. The show was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor in 1962. It was also nominated for the Writing Achievement in Comedy Award for Roland Kibbee, Bob Newhart, Don Hinkley, Milt Rosen, Ernest Chambers, Dean Hargrove, Robert Kaufman, Norm Liebmann, Charles Sherman, Howard Snyder and Larry Siegel, but they lost to Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show. The show also won a Peabody Award in 1961.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Carole Cook / The Four Preps / James Millhollin / Mae Questel / Herb Vigran

    11-10-1961
  • Ep 2

    2.Stanley Adams / Louise Glenn / Eddie Hanley / Carol Kent / Paul Mazursky

    18-10-1961
  • Ep 3

    3.June Erickson / Charlotte Knight / Walter Mathews / Roger Williams

    25-10-1961
  • Ep 4

    4.Season 1, Episode 4

    01-11-1961
  • Ep 5

    5.Season 1, Episode 5

    08-11-1961
  • Ep 6

    6.Season 1, Episode 6

    15-11-1961
  • Ep 7

    7.Season 1, Episode 7

    29-11-1961
  • Ep 8

    8.Season 1, Episode 8

    06-12-1961
  • Ep 9

    9.Season 1, Episode 9

    13-12-1961
  • Ep 10

    10.Season 1, Episode 10

    20-12-1961
  • Ep 11

    11.Season 1, Episode 11

    03-01-1962
  • Ep 12

    12.Season 1, Episode 12

    10-01-1962
  • Ep 13

    13.Season 1, Episode 13

    17-01-1962
  • Ep 14

    14.Season 1, Episode 14

    24-01-1962
  • Ep 15

    15.Season 1, Episode 15

    31-01-1962
  • Ep 16

    16.Oscar Jordan / Jack Paar / Martha Wright

    07-02-1962
  • Ep 17

    17.Season 1, Episode 17

    14-02-1962
  • Ep 18

    18.Season 1, Episode 18

    21-02-1962
  • Ep 19

    19.Season 1, Episode 19

    28-02-1962
  • Ep 20

    20.Season 1, Episode 20

    07-03-1962
  • Ep 21

    21.Season 1, Episode 21

    14-03-1962
  • Ep 22

    22.Jim Backus / The Chad Mitchell Trio

    21-03-1962
  • Ep 23

    23.Season 1, Episode 23

    28-03-1962
  • Ep 24

    24.Season 1, Episode 24

    04-04-1962
  • Ep 25

    25.Season 1, Episode 25

    11-04-1962
  • Ep 26

    26.Season 1, Episode 26

    18-04-1962
  • Ep 27

    27.Season 1, Episode 27

    25-04-1962
  • Ep 28

    28.Season 1, Episode 28

    02-05-1962
  • Ep 29

    29.Season 1, Episode 29

    09-05-1962
  • Ep 30

    30.Season 1, Episode 30

    16-05-1962
  • Ep 31

    31.Season 1, Episode 31

    23-05-1962
  • Ep 32

    32.Season 1, Episode 32

    30-05-1962
  • Ep 33

    33.Season 1, Episode 33

    06-06-1962
  • Ep 34

    34.Season 1, Episode 34

    13-06-1962

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