The Bob Newhart Show
Comedy • Series

The Bob Newhart Show

"THE DOCTOR IS IN!"

7.5/10 1972 6 Seasons 142 Episodes Ended

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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Season 3 Episodes

S3E1
E1
Big Brother is Watching
1974

Bob is faced with the possibility that his younger sister, Ellen, may move in with Howard, her boyfriend.

S3E2
E2
The Battle of the Groups
1974

Bob takes two of his therapy groups to a rustic retreat for a marathon session that never progresses further than everyo…

S3E3
E3
The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment
1974

Dr Newman removed a wart from Bob's neck and charged him. Bob tells Jerry he should have done it for free since Bob had …

S3E4
E4
The Separation Story
1974

For the sake of their marriage, as well as Emily's Master's Degree and Bob's heavy work schedule, the Hartleys decide th…

S3E5
E5
Sorry, Wrong Mother
30 min 1974

As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.

S3E6
E6
The Gray Flannel Shrink
1974

Bob gives up most of his private practice to become the staff psychologist with a major insurance company. He soon learn…

S3E7
E7
Dr. Ryan's Express
1974

Bob's office routine becomes a wreck when Jerry hires a temporary receptionist. She's a very nice but very vague woman w…

S3E8
E8
Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley
1974

Having preached honesty in relationships to his patients, Bob decides to follow his own advice. Immediately he offends t…

S3E9
E9
Ship of Shrinks
1974

Bob's first literary venture turns out to be less than triumphant. His embarrassment makes him reluctant to join a conve…

S3E10
E10
Life is a Hamburger
1974

Carol's announcement that she's going to marry Don Fesler—an unpublished poet with bad feet—brings negative reactions fr…

S3E11
E11
An American Family
1974

Emily's plans for a wonderful turkey dinner go downhill when Bob's mother and Emily's father begin insulting one another…

S3E12
E12
We Love You... Good-Bye
30 min 1974

Bob forms an all-women consciousness-raising group. He gets kicked out after Emily joins and inadvertently points out so…

S3E13
E13
Jerry Robinson Crusoe
1974

After renewing an acquaintance with the beautiful and free-spirited Courtney Simpson, Jerry decides to give up his denta…

S3E14
E14
Serve for Daylight
1974

Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner …

S3E15
E15
Home is Where the Hurt Is
1974

Facing the depressing prospect of returning home to Iowa to spend the holidays with her domineering parents, Carol bring…

S3E16
E16
Tobin's Back in Town
1975

Ellen's ex-fiancee, John Tobin—a tall, handsome egomaniac in suede and leather—arrives in Chicago to win Ellen back. The…

S3E17
E17
Think Smartly--Vote Hartley
1975

Before he has a chance to say no, Bob finds himself running for the chairman of the local school board against an incumb…

S3E18
E18
The Way We Weren't
1975

Emily is more than a little curious about Bob's reluctance to talk about a girl he used to date. Then Howard inadvertent…

S3E19
E19
A Pound of Flesh
1975

Bob and Jerry have a falling-out when Jerry demands that Bob lend him money for a new motorcycle.

S3E20
E20
My Business is Shrinking
1975

With his confidence fading as fast as his list of patients, Bob decides to follow Emily's advice and see a psychiatrist …

S3E21
E21
The New Look
1975

Emily redecorates the apartment in antiques. Bob finds her choice of furniture uncomfortable, unappealing, and hazardous…

S3E22
E22
Bob Hits the Ceiling
1975

Bob breaks a long-standing rule against treating friends when he agrees to counsel Emily's chum, whose marriage to a mus…

S3E23
E23
Emily Hits the Ceiling
1975

Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.

S3E24
E24
The Ceiling Hits Bob
1975

Bob becomes the "oldest permanent psychologist in Chicago" when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up…

Cast

Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart
Robert Hartley
Suzanne Pleshette
Suzanne Pleshette
Emily Hartley
Bill Daily
Bill Daily
Howard Borden
Marcia Wallace
Marcia Wallace
Carol Kester
Peter Bonerz
Peter Bonerz
Jerry Robinson

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