"The Bob Newhart Show" concluded 40 years ago last month with neither a whimper nor a bang. In fact, there weren't many whimpers or bangs during its six-year run. The show was reliable but never ...

The Bob Newhart Show or Newhart? Both were excellent comedies, with essentially the same laid-back, stammering protagonist. (So similar that it seemed only natural that Bob should end the second show ...

With the benefit of hindsight, viewers are readily able to recognize that Bob Newhart's recurring role on The Big Bang Theory served as one of the CBS sitcom's major narrative highlights. Garnering ...

Denzel Washington in "St. Elsewhere" in 1982, from left; John Travolta in "Welcome Back Kotter" in 1975; and Bob Newhart in "The Bob Newhart Show" in 1961. (Paul Drinkwater / NBCUniversal via Getty ...

Following the end of “The Bob Newhart Show” in 1978, he returned to television with another hit sitcom in 1982, simply titled “Newhart.” In this series, he starred as Dick Loudon, a Vermont inn owner ...