The Bob Newhart Show

1972-1978
6 seasons
CBS
Comedy
TV-G

Bob is a successful Chicago psychologist who shares secretary Carol with Dentist Jerry. Part of the show revolves around his (usually comic) dealings with his patients. The rest involves his school teacher wife Emily and others in their apartment building.

1972-1978
6 seasons
CBS
Comedy
TV-G

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Mon, Jul 13, 2020

Bob Newhart Show Actor Jack Riley Dead at 80

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Sat, Aug 20, 2016

Bob Newhart Show Actor Jack Riley Dead at 80

Parks and Recreation Stages Everwood Reunion with Debra Mooney

Parks and Recreation will be hosting an Everwood reunion when series alum Debra Mooney comes to Pawnee.

Tue, Nov 19, 2013

Parks and Recreation Stages Everwood Reunion with Debra Mooney

Simpsons Actress Marcia Wallace Dies at 70

Marcia Wallace, who voiced Edna Krabapple on The Simpsons, has died, TMZreports. She was 70.Although Wallace's close friend Cathryn Michon told Deadline that Wallace passed away because of complications from breast cancer — which she was diagnosed with in 1985 — her son Mikey told TMZ that her death was due tocomplications from pneumonia.Remember other celebrities we lost this yearIn addition to The Simpsons, Wallace starred on The Bob Newhart Show as the receptionist Carol...

Sat, Oct 26, 2013

Simpsons Actress Marcia Wallace Dies at 70

Conan O'Brien Brings Bob's New Heart to Fox

It's not The Bob Newhart Show, but close: Conan O'Brien is looking to bring Bob's New Heart Show to television.

Wed, Jan 2, 2013

Conan O'Brien Brings Bob's New Heart to Fox

Exclusive: Bob Newhart to Appear on Lifetime's Project Five

Bob Newhart has joined Lifetime's new original movie Project Five, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.Lifetime renews Army Wives, sets Diva premiereAn anthology of five short films, Project Five explores the impact of breast cancer on people's lives. Newhart, 81, will play ...

Mon, May 9, 2011

Exclusive: Bob Newhart to Appear on Lifetime's Project Five

On the Set: NCIS Welcomes Bob Newhart

Shooting a scene in the autopsy lab on the NCIS set, Bob Newhart looks a bit absentminded, and an interloper might not know whether to chuckle. The TV legend is playing Dr. Walter Magnus, who preceded Ducky (David McCallum) as the unit's medical examiner. Looking over a corpse with Gibbs (Mark Harmon), Ducky suggests their old colleague add his forensic two cents. "Walter, why don't you jump into some scrubs? ...Walter?"Newhart's hesitancy in responding isn't far off from the trademark stammer he made into a science on two of TV's most beloved sitcoms, The Bob Newhart Show (1972-78) and Newhart (1982-90). Since NCIS is a drama in touch with its lighter side, you might guess the visiting icon was cast in "Recruited" to capitalize on his levity. Not so. The former doc...

Tue, Jan 18, 2011

Bob Newhart to Guest-Star on NCIS As Medical Examiner

TV vet Bob Newhart has booked a guest-starring role on NCIS, a rep for the show confirms to TVGuide.com.In Focus: NCIS' Michael Weatherly is happy being the second banana Newhart, 81, will play Dr. Walter Magnus, an eccentric-but-charming medical examiner who comes out of retirement to help the NCIS team, according to Entertainment Weekly, which first reported the news. He'll work closely with the team's resident ME Ducky (David McCallum). Newhart, best known for his sitcoms The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart, has also appeared...

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

Bob Newhart to Guest-Star on NCIS As Medical Examiner

Is Bob Newhart Returning to TV?

Is television comedy icon Bob Newhart, 81, ready to stage his own Betty White-esque pop culture takeover?"I don't know if the American public is ready for that," laughed Newhart at a salute to his 50th anniversary in show business at Beverly Hills' Paley Center for Media. But while the star of The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart says starring in a regular a series isn't highly likely ("That's for young people"), he's nowhere near retirement — and he may be teaming with his longtime best friend Don Rickles for a TV project in the near future...

Thu, Oct 7, 2010

Fred Willard Will Return to Modern Family

Fans of ever-smiling comedy icon Fred Willard will be pleased to learn that Phil Dunphy's father Frank will be pulling his RV back into Modern Family next season thanks to a casting match made in heaven (with a little help from series star Ty Burrell). "They said that ...

Fri, Jun 4, 2010

Fred Willard Will Return to Modern Family

Suzanne Pleshette (Bob Newhart Show) Dead at 70

Truly a sad weekend for classic television. Suzanne Pleshette, who was best known for her role as Bob Newhart's wife on television's long-running The Bob Newhart Show, died on Saturday of respiratory failure. She was 70.Pleshette began her career as a stage actress and met her future husband, Tom Poston, when they appeared on Broadway in the 1959 comedy The Golden Fleecing  though they wouldn't marry until 40 years (and some previous marriages) later. Poston himself passed away in April 2007, not long after his wife Pleshette underwent chemotherapy for lung cancer.Pleshette's film career included Jerry Lewis' The Geisha Boy, The Birds and The Ugly Daschund, while her TV appearances included Have Gun, Will Travel, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and, most recently, 8 Simple Rules and Will & Grace. Pleshette famously reprised her role of Newhart's on-screen wife for the finale of Newhart, in which the entire country inn-set series was revealed to have been a crazy dream.

Sun, Jan 20, 2008

Suzanne Pleshette (Bob Newhart Show) Dead at 70

Newhart's Tom Poston Dead at 85

This just in from Variety:Tom Poston, who won an Emmy on The Steve Allen Show and was Emmy-nominated for Newhart, Mork and Mindy and Coach, died on Monday after a brief illness. He was 85. While best known for playing George Utley on Newhart and for making guest appearances on The Bob Newhart Show, Poston also had roles in a number of Broadway productions and touring companies (e.g., A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Bye, Bye Birdie), and his film credits included Princess Diaries II and Soldier in the Rain.Poston is survived by his wife of six years, Suzanne Pleshette (also of Newhart fame), and two grown children from his second marriage. Donations may be made to the Motion Picture and Television Fund.Matt here. For my money, Poston was one of television comedy's great go-to guys, always at the ready with the beleaguered, sheepish or hangdog look/line delivery. He will be missed.

Wed, May 2, 2007

Spike Lee Inspired King of the Hill?!

This Sunday (at 7:30 pm/ET) will mark the 200th episode and 10th season finale of Fox's King of the Hill. The achievement is yet another feather in the cap of series creator Mike Judge, who turned Beavis and Butt-head into household names and directed the oft-quoted cult hit Office Space. Known as

Fri, May 12, 2006