The Bob Newhart Show Episode Rating Graph
Sep 1972 - Apr 1978
Sep 1972 - Apr 1978
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S5 Ep24
8.3
19th Mar 1977
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.
S4 Ep11
8.2
22nd Nov 1975
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.
S6 Ep4
8.1
15th Oct 1977
Bob is puzzled when his henpecked patient, Mr. Petersen, asserts himself with far-reaching consequences.
S4 Ep3
8.1
27th Sep 1975
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.
S3 Ep16
8.1
4th Jan 1975
Ellen's ex-fiancee, 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.
S2 Ep10
8.1
17th Nov 1973
Bob turns out to be an uncooperative patient when Emily makes an appointment for them to see a marriage counselor.
S1 Ep21
8.1
17th Feb 1973
Bob is upset when Emily takes a full-time job with the Board of Education. Emily explains that working full-time makes her feel wonderful, while quitting would make her miserable. Bob decides to leave well enough alone.
S5 Ep3
8.0
9th Oct 1976
Bob's therapy group has an unexpected visitor when a friendly homosexual joins in the sessions.
S4 Ep9
8.0
8th Nov 1975
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.
S2 Ep8
8.0
3rd Nov 1973
Bob suffers an inferiority attack when a test reveals that Emily's IQ is higher than his.
S2 Ep4
8.0
6th Oct 1973
Rev. Dan Bradford seeks professional advice from Bob then makes a startling announcement in his Sunday sermon.
S1 Ep20
8.0
10th Feb 1973
Bob and Emily try to decide if they should give up their apartment and buy a house.
S2 Ep15
8.0
22nd Dec 1973
Christmas Eve is almost spoiled when Bob is trapped in the office because of a power failure.
S5 Ep2
7.9
2nd Oct 1976
The Hartleys miss their friend's gala Fourth of July Bicentennial party celebration when they become trapped in a storage locker.
S2 Ep19
7.9
26th Jan 1974
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.
S2 Ep13
7.9
8th Dec 1973
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.
S2 Ep16
7.9
5th Jan 1974
Jerry Robinson's brother shows up in Chicago after finishing dental school. He takes over Jerry's life, his apartment, and his dental practice.
S2 Ep3
7.9
29th Sep 1973
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.
S1 Ep5
7.8
21st Oct 1972
Bob's old girlfriend comes to Chicago with her husband and calls on Emily and Bob.
S5 Ep4
7.8
16th Oct 1976
The Hartleys take a vacation. In their absence, Howard undergoes a crash psychological program that changes his entire personality.
S2 Ep9
7.8
10th Nov 1973
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.
S2 Ep14
7.8
15th Dec 1973
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.""
S2 Ep2
7.8
22nd Sep 1973
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.
S4 Ep22
7.8
14th Feb 1976
The Hartleys are bombarded with legal hassles when Bob is sued by a shy patient and Emily decides to fight a parking ticket.
S4 Ep7
7.8
25th Oct 1975
Bob and Emily suffer international complications when they host a French psychologist in their home as part of a medical exchange program.
S6 Ep22
7.8
1st Apr 1978
Bob gives up his psychological practice in Chicago to become a professor at a small college in Oregon.
S1 Ep12
7.8
9th Dec 1972
Howard "floats" into Bob's office on Cloud Nine after having a tooth pulled. He is so poetic that Carol tells Emily, "I want him." Emily agrees to help Carol get him, and the two have an up-and-down romance.
S2 Ep17
7.8
12th Jan 1974
Emily decides to update her image with a kicky new wardrobe that she says is youthful and Bob says is childish.
S1 Ep24
7.8
10th Mar 1973
Recovering from another broken romance, Jerry Robinson accepts Bob's invitation to spend a couple of days at his apartment. Bob soon comes to regret his kindness.
S2 Ep6
7.7
20th Oct 1973
Marilyn Dietz, a very attractive divorcee, creates a feud between Jerry and Howard when she starts dating both of them.
S5 Ep1
7.7
25th Sep 1976
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.
S4 Ep8
7.7
1st Nov 1975
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.
S6 Ep1
7.7
24th Sep 1977
Bob's well-ordered life turns topsy-turvy when he and Emily move to a new Chicago residence.
S6 Ep10
7.7
3rd Dec 1977
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.
S6 Ep8
7.7
19th Nov 1977
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.
S4 Ep23
7.7
21st Feb 1976
The Hartleys entertain Howard Borden's young son and hire a beauty queen as his babysitter.
S4 Ep4
7.7
4th Oct 1975
Emily accuses Bob of being stuck in a middle-aged rut and challenges him to switch family responsibilities.
S6 Ep2
7.7
1st Oct 1977
Bob's attempt at treating convicts who are about to be released has him climbing the walls.
S5 Ep11
7.7
4th Dec 1976
Jerry, retired orthodontist and orphan, takes off on a world tour to search for his long-lost parents.
S2 Ep5
7.7
13th Oct 1973
With Carol on vacation, Emily is elected to fill in as the receptionist. Everyone loves the idea—except Bob.
S1 Ep23
7.7
3rd Mar 1973
Afraid that his practice, as well as his patients, will fall apart if he leaves, Bob keeps resisting Emily's plans for a two-month European cruise.
S2 Ep20
7.7
2nd Feb 1974
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.
S1 Ep13
7.7
16th Dec 1972
Jerry decides there is something wrong with him because he never becomes serious about any of the girls he dates. He asks Bob if he can become one of his patients. Bob agrees, but they have to abandon the plan when it begins to interfere with their friendship.
S6 Ep16
6.1
28th Jan 1978
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.
S5 Ep22
6.3
5th Mar 1977
A despondent friend accepts Bob's suggestion and turns the psychologist's reception area into a mini-Polynesian village.
S6 Ep15
6.7
21st Jan 1978
Bob counsels a quintet of jovial ex-convicts to help them find honest employment.
S4 Ep14
6.7
13th Dec 1975
Emily must contend with irate teachers, hamsters, and an escaped snake when she's unexpectedly upped to the position of school vice principal.
S6 Ep20
6.7
4th Mar 1978
On the eve of being announced ""Secretary of the Year,"" Carol informs Bob that she's leaving his employ.
S6 Ep19
6.8
18th Feb 1978
Bob's friends close ranks to ""protect"" Emily Hartley when a handsome old flame pays her a very warm visit.
S4 Ep17
6.9
10th Jan 1976
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.
S3 Ep7
7.0
26th Oct 1974
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.
S4 Ep20
7.0
31st Jan 1976
A professional basketball team hires Bob to give a psychological assist to its superstar.
S5 Ep17
7.0
29th Jan 1977
Bob succumbs to the pressures of living in a big city and desperately seeks employment of a small rural college.
S6 Ep7
7.0
12th Nov 1977
It's no laughing matter for Howard when his 12 year old son Howie announces he's leaving home to become a comedian.
S6 Ep14
7.0
14th Jan 1978
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.
S5 Ep15
7.1
15th Jan 1977
Bob's invitation to lecture at a prestigious sex seminar results in distress when the audience shows up nude.
S5 Ep23
7.1
12th Mar 1977
Bob offers sound psychological advice to his wife and his therapy group on how to handle anger. Then he proceeds to blow up himself.
S5 Ep16
7.1
22nd Jan 1977
Bob runs into marital problems when he brings his therapy group home for a wild role-playing encounter.
S5 Ep20
7.1
19th Feb 1977
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.
S6 Ep13
7.1
7th Jan 1978
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.
S4 Ep19
7.1
24th Jan 1976
Jerry Robinson's depression turns to instant joy when a globe-trotting ex-flame suddenly re-enters his life and proposes.
S6 Ep17
7.2
4th Feb 1978
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.
S5 Ep10
7.2
27th Nov 1976
Bob defends the work ethic when Jerry comes into a pile of money and promptly retires from the dental profession.
S3 Ep23
7.2
22nd Feb 1975
Emily agrees to help operate a children's summer camp and tries to persuade Bob to be one of the counselors.
S6 Ep3
7.2
8th Oct 1977
Jerry is terrified of losing his new dream girl.
S6 Ep6
7.2
29th Oct 1977
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.
S3 Ep8
7.2
2nd Nov 1974
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.
S4 Ep12
7.2
29th Nov 1975
Bob suffers family problems when his mother becomes a houseguest and an elderly patient involves him in a parent-child vendetta.
S5 Ep18
7.2
5th Feb 1977
Bob thinks that Veronica Kidd, a student trainee, has fallen in love with him.
S6 Ep12
7.2
24th Dec 1977
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.
S3 Ep5
7.2
12th Oct 1974
As Howard prepares to introduce Howie to Ellen, he tries to remold Ellen into an image the boy will like.
S6 Ep5
7.3
22nd Oct 1977
Bob deals with the amusing problems of an improbable paternity suit and a phone paging service that never pages him.
S4 Ep24
7.3
28th Feb 1976
Cliff Murdock, Bob's old laugh-a-minute college buddy, affectionately known as The Peeper, pays a return visit.
S2 Ep11
7.3
24th Nov 1973
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.
S4 Ep6
7.3
18th Oct 1975
A blind-date-initiated, 12-hour romance culminates in Carol Kester's civil marriage to a handsome travel agent.
S3 Ep3
7.3
28th Sep 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 helped him with his marriage. Jerry agrees and sets up a plan where all the doctors treat each other for free.
S4 Ep5
7.3
11th Oct 1975
Bob and Emily invite Carol to share her ""heavy"" experiences with the ""overweight workshop.""
S4 Ep13
7.3
6th Dec 1975
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.
S3 Ep24
7.3
8th Mar 1975
Bob becomes the ""oldest permanent psychologist in Chicago"" when the ceiling in his office collapses and he has to set up shop wherever he can find the space.
S3 Ep9
7.3
9th Nov 1974
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.
S1 Ep22
7.3
24th Feb 1973
When a star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs credits Bob with saving his career, the endorsement brings Bob a new patient, Moose Washburn, a second-string player whose career is beyond a mere psychologist's help.
S3 Ep18
7.3
18th Jan 1975
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.
S5 Ep14
7.3
8th Jan 1977
Bob watches in amazement as one of his patients supports a blossoming romance with a tissue of lies.
S3 Ep14
7.4
14th Dec 1974
Bob thinks his chances of winning a doctor's tennis tournament are pretty good until he learns that his doubles partner will be Emily.
S1 Ep11
7.4
2nd Dec 1972
Bob decides that for his own mental well-being, he needs some peace and quiet. He moves into a hotel room by himself, leaving a confused Howard Borden thinking that Bob and Emily have split up.
S1 Ep15
7.4
6th Jan 1973
Bob and Emily travel to a ski lodge that's nearly deserted except for the annoying couple with whom they share a bathroom. After sitting through a disastrous dinner, the Hartleys decide to leave only to find themselves caught in the spotlight of the abominable floor show they're trying to escape.
S1 Ep1
7.5
16th Sep 1972
Bob invites Emily to join his fear of flying group on a trip to New York City. Much to Bob's surprise he finds that Emily also has a fear of flying and refuses to go. After a conversation with Howard she decides to go only to back out after boarding the plane.
S1 Ep2
7.6
23rd Sep 1972
It's Vocation Day in Emily's class, and Bob feels left out when he's not invited. At the last minute, he's asked to fill in, but Emily's worst fears are confirmed when Bob fails to excite the kids' interest.
S1 Ep3
7.4
30th Sep 1972
Bob experiences pangs of jealousy when Emily's handsome new tennis instructor comes to see him with an emotional problem, namely, his inability to turn down the women who are all uncontrollably attracted to him.
S1 Ep4
7.5
7th Oct 1972
Bob finds it extremely difficult to tell his mother that he loves her.
S1 Ep5
7.8
21st Oct 1972
Bob's old girlfriend comes to Chicago with her husband and calls on Emily and Bob.
S1 Ep6
7.6
28th Oct 1972
Carol tries to get Bob to approve her moving in with her new boyfriend Roger, who has just separated from his wife. Bob refuses, telling her she will have to make her own decision.
S1 Ep7
7.5
4th Nov 1972
Bob's divorced neighbor, Howard Borden, is convinced that his son, Howie, doesn't really like him. Later, Howard's ex-wife convinces him that Howie thinks he is the greatest guy in the world.
S1 Ep8
7.5
11th Nov 1972
Bob wants to watch football every Monday night. Emily feels this is unfair: their other activities allow the couple only two nights each week to be together, and she thinks they should do something that they both enjoy. This leads to an unresolved, all-night argument that ends only when the two participants become exhausted.
S1 Ep9
7.6
18th Nov 1972
Bob and Emily have been trying for some time to have a child. When they attend a party where the conversation turns to the subject of children, they feel so left out that they decide to adopt a child. This is a retooled version of the original pilot. In order for this episode to fit into the series, the office scenes had to be re-shot. Originally Jerry Robinson(Peter Bonerz) was a swinging Psychologist and shared office space with Bob. The characters of receptionist Carol Kester(Marcia Wallace) and patient Elliot Carlin(Jack Riley) were absent. In fact, the part of Bob's patient was played by the Orthodontist who worked upstairs. Bob and Emily also lived in a condo and Bob was head of the building association.
S1 Ep10
7.4
25th Nov 1972
As soon as Bob returns to the office from his vacation in Mexico, Jerry announces that he is about to be married to a girl he met nine days ago. Cynthia, a beautiful but domineering oral hygienist, becomes too much for Jerry, and he realizes that he has made a mistake.
S1 Ep11
7.4
2nd Dec 1972
Bob decides that for his own mental well-being, he needs some peace and quiet. He moves into a hotel room by himself, leaving a confused Howard Borden thinking that Bob and Emily have split up.
S1 Ep12
7.8
9th Dec 1972
Howard "floats" into Bob's office on Cloud Nine after having a tooth pulled. He is so poetic that Carol tells Emily, "I want him." Emily agrees to help Carol get him, and the two have an up-and-down romance.
S1 Ep13
7.7
16th Dec 1972
Jerry decides there is something wrong with him because he never becomes serious about any of the girls he dates. He asks Bob if he can become one of his patients. Bob agrees, but they have to abandon the plan when it begins to interfere with their friendship.
S1 Ep14
7.6
23rd Dec 1972
Christmas becomes a sad memory for Bob's group therapy session, and it's evident that "'tis not the season"" for everyone to be jolly. Bob decides to invite the group over for Christmas Eve.
S1 Ep15
7.4
6th Jan 1973
Bob and Emily travel to a ski lodge that's nearly deserted except for the annoying couple with whom they share a bathroom. After sitting through a disastrous dinner, the Hartleys decide to leave only to find themselves caught in the spotlight of the abominable floor show they're trying to escape.
S1 Ep16
7.6
13th Jan 1973
Feeling unfulfilled as a woman, and having just passed her 29th birthday, Carol quits her job as Bob's receptionist. After having been gone for a while, Carol suddenly shows up at one of Bob's group-therapy sessions and creates a situation in which Bob finds himself more of a patient than a doctor.
S1 Ep17
7.6
20th Jan 1973
Bob refuses to wear the beautiful gold watch Emily gave him for his 40th birthday after he learns just how expensive it was.
S1 Ep18
7.4
27th Jan 1973
When one of his patients falls in love with him, Bob has problems at the office and at home.
S1 Ep19
7.5
3rd Feb 1973
Howard Borden's 22-year old sister Debbie arrives to spend the week with him. Emily arranges a blind date for her with Jerry Robinson and Howard suddenly turns into an overprotective big brother.
S1 Ep20
8.0
10th Feb 1973
Bob and Emily try to decide if they should give up their apartment and buy a house.
S1 Ep21
8.1
17th Feb 1973
Bob is upset when Emily takes a full-time job with the Board of Education. Emily explains that working full-time makes her feel wonderful, while quitting would make her miserable. Bob decides to leave well enough alone.
S1 Ep22
7.3
24th Feb 1973
When a star pitcher for the Chicago Cubs credits Bob with saving his career, the endorsement brings Bob a new patient, Moose Washburn, a second-string player whose career is beyond a mere psychologist's help.
S1 Ep23
7.7
3rd Mar 1973
Afraid that his practice, as well as his patients, will fall apart if he leaves, Bob keeps resisting Emily's plans for a two-month European cruise.
S1 Ep24
7.8
10th Mar 1973
Recovering from another broken romance, Jerry Robinson accepts Bob's invitation to spend a couple of days at his apartment. Bob soon comes to regret his kindness.
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The first episode of The Bob Newhart Show aired on September 16, 1972.
The last episode of The Bob Newhart Show aired on April 01, 1978.
There are 142 episodes of The Bob Newhart Show.
There are 6 seasons of The Bob Newhart Show.
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The Bob Newhart Show has ended.