The Bob Newhart Show (1961 TV series)

For the sitcom which aired during the 1970s, see The Bob Newhart Show.

The Bob Newhart Show (1961 TV series)
Starring	Bob Newhart
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Release
Original network	NBC

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 (now known as the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series) 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.

External links

The Bob Newhart Show at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by The Jack Benny Program	Emmy Award for Outstanding Program in the Field of Humor 1962	Succeeded by The Dick Van Dyke Show

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series

1950s	The Red Skelton Show (season 1, 1952) I Love Lucy (season 2, 1953) I Love Lucy (season 3, 1954) Make Room for Daddy (season 2, 1955) The Phil Silvers Show (season 1, 1956) The Phil Silvers Show (season 2, 1957) The Phil Silvers Show (season 3, 1958) The Jack Benny Program, season 9 (1959)

1960s	The Art Carney Special (1960) The Jack Benny Program, season 11 (1961) The Bob Newhart Show (season 1, 1962) The Dick Van Dyke Show, season 2 (1963) The Dick Van Dyke Show, season 3 (1964) The Dick Van Dyke Show, season 4 (1965) The Dick Van Dyke Show, season 5 (1966) The Monkees (season 1, 1967) Get Smart, season 3 (1968) Get Smart, season 4 (1969)

1970s	My World and Welcome to It (season 1, 1970) All in the Family, season 1 (1971) All in the Family, season 2 (1972) All in the Family, season 3 (1973) MASH, season 2 (1974) The Mary Tyler Moore Show, season 5 (1975) The Mary Tyler Moore Show, season 6 (1976) The Mary Tyler Moore Show, season 7 (1977) All in the Family, season 8 (1978) Taxi*, season 1 (1979)

1980s	Taxi, season 2 (1980) Taxi, season 3 (1981) Barney Miller, season 8 (1982) Cheers, season 1 (1983) Cheers, season 2 (1984) The Cosby Show, season 1 (1985) The Golden Girls, season 1 (1986) The Golden Girls, season 2 (1987) The Wonder Years, season 1 (1988) Cheers, season 7 (1989)

1990s	Murphy Brown (season 2, 1990) Cheers, season 9 (1991) Murphy Brown (season 4, 1992) Seinfeld, season 4 (1993) Frasier, season 1 (1994) Frasier, season 2 (1995) Frasier, season 3 (1996) Frasier, season 4 (1997) Frasier, season 5 (1998) Ally McBeal, season 2 (1999)

2000s	Will & Grace, season 2 (2000) Sex and the City (season 3, 2001) Friends, season 8 (2002) Everybody Loves Raymond, season 7 (2003) Arrested Development, season 1 (2004) Everybody Loves Raymond, season 9 (2005) The Office, season 2 (2006) 30 Rock, season 1 (2007) 30 Rock, season 2 (2008) 30 Rock, season 3 (2009)

2010s	Modern Family, season 1 (2010) Modern Family, season 2 (2011) Modern Family, season 3 (2012) Modern Family, season 4 (2013) Modern Family, season 5 (2014) Veep, season 4 (2015)

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