The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
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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2x01 Last TV Show

15 September, 1973 8:00 am
Bob's therapy group insists that he accept an invitation for the group to conduct one of its weekly sessions on television.

2x02 Motel

22 September, 1973 8:00 am
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.

2x03 Backlash

29 September, 1973 8:00 am
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.

2x04 Somebody Down Here Likes Me

06 October, 1973 8:00 am
Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.

2x05 Emily in for Carol

13 October, 1973 8:00 am
With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea except Bob.

2x06 Have You Met Miss Dietz?

20 October, 1973 8:00 am
Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them.

2x07 Old Man Rivers

27 October, 1973 8:00 am
A rather embarrassing operation leads to romance between Carol and her doctor. Everyone questions the relationship due to the new couple's age disparity.

2x08 Mister Emily Hartley

03 November, 1973 8:00 am
Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his.

2x09 Mutiny on the Hartley

10 November, 1973 8:00 am
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.

2x10 I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?

17 November, 1973 8:00 am
Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a marriage counselor.

2x11 Fit, Fat, and Forty-One

24 November, 1973 8:00 am
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.

2x12 Blues for Mr. Borden

01 December, 1973 8:00 am
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.

2x13 My Wife Belongs to Daddy

08 December, 1973 8:00 am
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.

2x14 T. S. Elliot

15 December, 1973 8:00 am
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."

2x15 I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas

22 December, 1973 8:00 am
Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.

2x16 Oh, Brother

05 January, 1974 8:00 am
Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice.

2x17 The Modernization of Emily

12 January, 1974 7:00 am
Emily decides to update her image with a kicky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob says is childish.

2x18 The Jobless Corps

19 January, 1974 7:00 am
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.)

2x19 Clink Shrink

26 January, 1974 7:00 am
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.

2x20 Mind Your Own Business

02 February, 1974 7:00 am
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.

2x21 A Love Story

09 February, 1974 7:00 am
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.

2x22 By the Way... You're Fired

16 February, 1974 7:00 am
When Carol's new love interest interferes with her work, Jerry Robinson doesn't seemed too concerned. But when it disrupts his love life, he decides to fire her.

2x23 Confessions of An Orthodontist

23 February, 1974 7:00 am
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.

2x24 A Matter of Principal

02 March, 1974 7:00 am
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.

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