The Bob Newhart Show had 142 episodes spanning 6 seasons, all of which are available on DVD, individually and in a complete box set. The following lists season and episode information.
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Premiered: | Ended: | |
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| 1 | 24 | September 16, 1972 | March 10, 1973 | |
| 2 | 24 | September 15, 1973 | March 2, 1974 | |
| 3 | 24 | September 14, 1974 | March 8, 1975 | |
| 4 | 24 | September 13, 1975 | February 28, 1976 | |
| 5 | 24 | September 25, 1976 | March 19, 1977 | |
| 6 | 22 | September 26, 1977 | April 1, 1978 | |
DVD sets[]
| DVD name | No. of episodes | Release date | Released by |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season | 24 | April 12, 2005 | 20th Century Fox |
| The Complete Second Season | 24 | October 4, 2005 | 20th Century Fox |
| The Complete Third Season | 24 | April 11, 2006 | 20th Century Fox |
| The Complete Fourth Season | 24 | September 5, 2006 | 20th Century Fox |
| Season Five | 24 | February 3, 2015 | Shout! Factory |
| The Final Season | 22 | February 3, 2015 | Shout! Factory |
| The Complete Series | 142 | May 27, 2014 | Shout! Factory |
Episodes[]
Season 1: 1972-73[]
| Image | Episode | Title | Original Airdate | Prod. # |
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01 | Fly the Unfriendly Skies | Sept. 16, 1972 | 7251 |
| Bob's "fear of flying" workshop gets a new member when Emily accepts his invitation to travel with the group by plane to New York. Emily admits that she too has a fear of flying. All goes well...until the plane gets moving. | ||||
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02 | Tracy Grammar School, I'll Lick You Yet | Sept. 23, 1972 | 7258 |
| It's vocation day in Emily's class and Bob feels left out when he's not invited. At the last minute, Emily asks him to fill in and her worst fears are confirmed when Bob fails to excite the kids' interest. | ||||
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03 | Tennis, Emily? | Sept. 30, 1972 | 7253 |
| Bob gets jealous when Emily's handsome new tennis instructor, Stan Connors, comes to see him with a problem — his inability to turn down women who are attracted to him. Bob tries to convince Stan that it's only his imagination, until the pro makes a revelation about Emily. | ||||
| image | 04 | Mom, I L-L-Love You | Oct. 7, 1972 | 7252 |
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| image | 05 | Goodnight, Nancy | Oct. 21, 1972 | 7254 |
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| image | 06 | Come Live With Me | Oct. 28, 1972 | 7256 |
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| image | 07 | Father Knows Worst | Nov. 4, 1972 | 7255 |
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| image | 08 | Don't Go To Bed Mad | Nov. 11, 1972 | 7262 |
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| image | 09 | P-I-L-O-T | Nov. 18, 1972 | 5536 |
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| image | 10 | Anything Happen While I Was Gone? | Nov. 25, 1972 | 7260 |
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| image | 11 | I Want To Be Alone | Dec. 2, 1972 | 7261 |
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| image | 12 | Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry | Dec. 9, 1972 | 7263 |
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| image | 13 | I Owe It All To You... But Not That Much | Dec. 16, 1972 | 7257 |
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| image | 14 | His Busiest Season | Dec. 23, 1972 | 7268 |
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| image | 15 | Let's Get Away From It Almost | Jan. 6, 1973 | 7265 |
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| image | 16 | The Crash of Twenty-Nine Years Old | Jan. 13, 1973 | 7269 |
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| image | 17 | The Man With the Golden Wrist | Jan. 20, 1973 | 7270 |
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| image | 18 | The Two Loves of Dr. Hartley | Jan. 27, 1973 | 7264 |
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| image | 19 | Not With My Sister You Don't | Feb. 3, 1973 | 7266 |
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| image | 20 | A Home Is Not Necessarily A House | Feb. 10, 1973 | 7271 |
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| image | 21 | Emily, I'm Home... Emily? | Feb. 17, 1973 | 7273 |
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| image | 22 | You Can't Win 'Em All | Feb. 24, 1973 | 7272 |
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| image | 23 | Bum Voyage | March 3, 1973 | 7274 |
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| image | 24 | Who's Been Sleeping On My Couch? | March 10, 1973 | 7275 |
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Season 2: 1973-74[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1 | "The Last TV Show" | Jay Sandrich | Charlotte Brown | September 15, 1973 | 7355 |
| 26 | 2 | "Motel" | Jay Sandrich | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | September 22, 1973 | 7360 |
| 27 | 3 | "Backlash" | George Tyne | Charlotte Brown | September 29, 1973 | 7352 |
| 28 | 4 | "Somebody Down Here Likes Me" | Jerry London | Peter Myerson | October 6, 1973 | 7357 |
| 29 | 5 | "Emily In For Carol" | Alan Rafkin | Jerry Mayer | October 13, 1973 | 7356 |
| 30 | 6 | "Have You Met Miss Dietz?" | George Tyne | Bill Idelson | October 20, 1973 | 7353 |
| 31 | 7 | "Old Man Rivers" | Martin Cohan | Martin Cohan | October 27, 1973 | 7359 |
| 32 | 8 | "Mister Emily Hartley" | Jerry London | Charlotte Brown | November 3, 1973 | 7363 |
| 33 | 9 | "Mutiny On the Hartley" | Peter Baldwin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | November 10, 1973 | 7365 |
| 34 | 10 | "I'm Okay, You're Okay, So What's Wrong?" | George Tyne | Earl Barret | November 17, 1973 | 7364 |
| 35 | 11 | "Fit, Fat and Forty-One" | Peter Baldwin | Bill Idelson and Harvey Miller | November 24, 1973 | 7358 |
| 36 | 12 | "Blues For Mr. Borden" | Peter Baldwin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | December 1, 1973 | 7366 |
| 37 | 13 | "My Wife Belongs To Daddy" | Jerry London | Jerry Mayer | December 8, 1973 | 7362 |
| 38 | 14 | "T.S. Elliot" | Peter Baldwin | Gerry Renert & Jeff Wilheim | December 15, 1973 | 7368 |
| 39 | 15 | "I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas" | Peter Baldwin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | December 22, 1973 | 7370 |
| 40 | 16 | "Oh, Brother" | Peter Baldwin | Martin Cohan | January 5, 1974 | 7367 |
| 41 | 17 | "The Modernization of Emily" | Peter Baldwin | Charlotte Brown | January 12, 1974 | 7371 |
| 42 | 18 | "The Jobless Corps" | Peter Baldwin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | January 19, 1974 | 7374 |
| 43 | 19 | "Clink Shrink" | Peter Bonerz | Howard Storm & Paul Lichtman | January 26, 1974 | 7369 |
| 44 | 20 | "Mind Your Own Business" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | February 2, 1974 | 7351 |
| 45 | 21 | "A Love Story" | Peter Bonerz | Martin Cohan | February 9, 1974 | 7375 |
| 46 | 22 | "By the Way... You're Fired" | Peter Baldwin | Barbara Gallagher & Sybil Adelman | February 16, 1974 | 7372 |
| 47 | 23 | "Confessions of an Orthodontist" | Peter Baldwin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | February 23, 1974 | 7376 |
| 48 | 24 | "A Matter of Principal | Don Bustany | Arnie Kogen & Ray Jessel | March 2, 1974 | 7373 |
Season 3: 1974-75[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 1 | "Big Brother Is Watching" | Robert Moore | Charlotte Brown | September 14, 1974 | 4052 |
| 50 | 2 | "The Battle of the Groups" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | September 21, 1974 | 4051 |
| 51 | 3 | "The Great Rimpau Medical Arts Co-Op Experiment" | George Tyne | Coleman Mitchell & Geoffrey Neigher | September 28, 1974 | 4056 |
| 52 | 4 | "The Separation Story" | Peter Bonerz | Teleplay: Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses Story: Bob Garland |
October 5, 1974 | 4054 |
| 53 | 5 | "Sorry, Wrong Mother" | Jay Sandrich | Charlotte Brown | October 12, 1974 | 4067 |
| 54 | 6 | "The Grey Flannel Shrink" | Peter Bonerz | Jerry Mayer | October 19, 1974 | 4064 |
| 55 | 7 | "Dr. Ryan's Express" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | October 26, 1974 | 4059 |
| 56 | 8 | "Brutally Yours, Bob Hartley" | Alan Rafkin | John Rappaport | November 2, 1974 | 4062 |
| 57 | 9 | "Ship of Shrinks" | Alan Rafkin | Coleman Mitchell & Geoffrey Neigher | November 9, 1974 | 4066 |
| 58 | 10 | "Life Is a Hamburger" | George Tyne | Jerry Mayer | November 16, 1974 | 4068 |
| 59 | 11 | "An American Family" | Peter Bonerz | Charlotte Brown | November 23, 1974 | 4069 |
| 60 | 12 | "We Love You... Good-Bye" | Peter Bonerz | Charlotte Brown | November 30, 1974 | 4061 |
| 61 | 13 | "Jerry Robinson Crusoe" | Alan Rafkin | Erik Tarloff | December 7, 1974 | 4055 |
| 62 | 14 | "Serve For Daylight" | Alan Rafkin | Jerry Mayer | December 14, 1974 | 4071 |
| 63 | 15 | "Home is Where the Hurt Is" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | December 21, 1974 | 4065 |
| 64 | 16 | "Tobin's Back in Town" | Alan Rafkin | Michael Zinberg | January 4, 1975 | 4057 |
| 65 | 17 | "Think Smartly – Vote Hartley" | Bob Finkel | Coleman Mitchell & Geoffrey Neigher | January 11, 1975 | 4070 |
| 66 | 18 | "The Way We Weren't" | James Burrows | Roger Beatty | January 18, 1975 | 4063 |
| 67 | 19 | "A Pound of Flesh" | Alan Rafkin | Jerry Mayer | January 25, 1975 | 4074 |
| 68 | 20 | "My Business Is Shrinking" | Alan Rafkin | Arnie Kogen & Ray Jessel | February 1, 1975 | 4053 |
| 69 | 21 | "The New Look" | Peter Bonerz | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | February 8, 1975 | 4073 |
| 70 | 22 | "Bob Hits the Ceiling" | Jay Sandrich | Phil Davis | February 15, 1975 | 4072 |
| 71 | 23 | "Emily Hits the Ceiling" | James Burrows | Jerry Mayer | February 22, 1975 | 4075 |
| 72 | 24 | "The Ceiling Hits Bob" | Alan Rafkin | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | March 8, 1975 | 4076 |
Season 4: 1975-76[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 1 | "The Longest Good-bye" | James Burrows | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | September 13, 1975 | 5054 |
| 74 | 2 | "Here's Looking At You, Kid" | Peter Bonerz | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | September 20, 1975 | 5052 |
| 75 | 3 | "Death of a Fruitman" | Peter Bonerz | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | September 27, 1975 | 5063 |
| 76 | 4 | "Change Is Gonna Do Me Good" | John Erman | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | October 4, 1975 | 5058 |
| 77 | 5 | "The Heavyweights" | Bob Claver | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | October 11, 1975 | 5053 |
| 78 | 6 | "Carol's Wedding" | Michael Zinberg | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | October 18, 1975 | 5060 |
| 79 | 7 | "Shrinks Across the Sea" | Bob Claver | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | October 25, 1975 | 5061 |
| 80 | 8 | "What's It All About, Albert?" | Michael Zinberg | Phil Davis | November 1, 1975 | 5059 |
| 81 | 9 | "Who Is Mr. X?" | Peter Bonerz | Bruce Kane | November 8, 1975 | 5056 |
| 82 | 10 | "Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time" | Richard Kinon | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | November 15, 1975 | 5051 |
| 83 | 11 | "Over the River and Through the Woods" | James Burrows | Bruce Kane | November 22, 1975 | 5065 |
| 84 | 12 | "Fathers and Sons and Mothers" | James Burrows | Arnold Kane | November 29, 1975 | 5057 |
| 85 | 13 | "The Article" | Michael Zinberg | Erik Tarloff | December 6, 1975 | 5062 |
| 86 | 14 | "A Matter of Vice-Principal" | Peter Bonerz | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | December 13, 1975 | 5069 |
| 87 | 15 | "Bob Has To Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve In the Hospital" | James Burrows | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | December 20, 1975 | 5068 |
| 88 | 16 | "No Sale" | Eddie Ryder | Michael Zinberg | January 3, 1976 | 5055 |
| 89 | 17 | "Carol at 6:01" | Peter Bonerz | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | January 10, 1976 | 5066 |
| 90 | 18 | "Warden Gordon Borden" | James Burrows | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | January 17, 1976 | 5070 |
| 91 | 19 | "My Boy Guillermo" | Alan Myerson | Sy Rosen | January 24, 1976 | 5071 |
| 92 | 20 | "Duke of Dunk" | Peter Bonerz | Phil Doran & Douglas Arango | January 31, 1976 | 5072 |
| 93 | 21 | "Guaranteed Not to Shrink" | James Burrows | Sy Rosen | February 7, 1976 | 5067 |
| 94 | 22 | "Birth of a Salesman" | John C. Chulay | Sy Rosen | February 14, 1976 | 5074 |
| 95 | 23 | "The Boy Next Door" | Peter Bonerz | Hugh Wilson | February 21, 1976 | 5073 |
| 96 | 24 | "Peeper Two" | Michael Zinberg | Tom Patchett & Jay Tarses | February 28, 1976 | 5075 |
Season 5: 1976-77[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 97 | 1 | "Enter Mrs. Peeper" | Michael Zinberg | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | September 25, 1976 | 6066 |
| 98 | 2 | "Caged Fury" | Michael Zinberg | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | October 2, 1976 | 6062 |
| 99 | 3 | "Some Of My Best Friends Are..." | James Burrows | Patricia Jones & Donald Reiker | October 9, 1976 | 6054 |
| 100 | 4 | "Still Crazy After All These Years" | Alan Myerson | Hugh Wilson | October 16, 1976 | 6061 |
| 101 | 5 | "The Great Rent Strike" | John C. Chulay | David Lloyd | October 23, 1976 | 6059 |
| 102 | 6 | "Et Tu, Carol?" | Alan Myerson | Gary David Goldberg | October 30, 1976 | 6058 |
| 103 | 7 | "Send This Boy to Camp" | Michael Zinberg | David Lloyd | November 6, 1976 | 6067 |
| 104 | 8 | "A Crime Most Foul" | John C. Chulay | Sy Rosen | November 13, 1976 | 6064 |
| 105 | 9 | "The Slammer" | Michael Zinberg | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | November 20, 1976 | 6070 |
| 106 | 10 | "Jerry's Retirement" | Alan Myerson | Hugh Wilson | November 27, 1976 | 6051 |
| 107 | 11 | "Here's To You, Mrs. Robinson" | James Burrows | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | December 4, 1976 | 6056 |
| 108 | 12 | "Breaking Up is Hard To Do" | Peter Bonerz | Sy Rosen | December 11, 1976 | 6068 |
| 109 | 13 | "Making Up Is the Thing To Do" | Harvey Medlinsky | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | December 25, 1976 | 6072 |
| 110 | 14 | "Love Is the Blindest" | Will Mackenzie | Gary David Goldberg | January 8, 1977 | 6063 |
| 111 | 15 | "The Ironwood Experience" | Peter Bonerz | Phil Davis | January 15, 1977 | 6065 |
| 112 | 16 | "Of Mice and Men" | Peter Bonerz | Bruce Kane | January 22, 1977 | 6053 |
| 113 | 17 | "Halls of Hartley" | James Burrows | Michael Zinberg | January 29, 1977 | 6055 |
| 114 | 18 | "The Heartbreak Kid" | Dick Martin | Sy Rosen | February 5, 1977 | 6052 |
| 115 | 19 | "Death Be My Destiny" | Michael Zinberg | Sy Rosen | February 12, 1977 | 6073 |
| 116 | 20 | "Taxation Without Celebration" | Peter Bonerz | Sy Rosen | February 19, 1977 | 6060 |
| 117 | 21 | "Desperate Sessions" | Dick Martin | Michael Zinberg & Martin Davidson | February 26, 1977 | 6071 |
| 118 | 22 | "The Mentor" | Michael Zinberg | Gary David Goldberg | March 5, 1977 | 6069 |
| 119 | 23 | "Shrinking Violence" | Peter Bonerz | Sy Rosen | March 12, 1977 | 6074 |
| 120 | 24 | "You're Having My Hartley" | Peter Bonerz | Gordon Farr & Lynne Farr | March 19, 1977 | 6075 |
Season 6: 1977-78[]
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 121 | 1 | "Bob's Change of Life" | Peter Bonerz | Glen Charles & Les Charles | September 24, 1977 | 7051 |
| 122 | 2 | "Ex-Con Job" | Michael Zinberg | Ziggy Steinberg | October 1, 1977 | 7056 |
| 123 | 3 | "A Jackie Story" | Michael Zinberg | Lloyd Garver | October 8, 1977 | 7053 |
| 124 | 4 | "Who Was That Masked Man?" | Dick Martin | Glen Charles & Les Charles | October 15, 1977 | 7058 |
| 125 | 5 | "Carlin's New Suit" | Dick Martin | Andrew Smith | October 22, 1977 | 7061 |
| 126 | 6 | "A Day In the Life" | Dick Martin | Kathy Donnell & Madelyn Dimaggio Wagner | October 29, 1977 | 7054 |
| 127 | 7 | "My Son the Comedian" | Dick Martin | David Lloyd | November 12, 1977 | 7059 |
| 128 | 8 | "You're Fired, Mr. Chips" | Peter Bonerz | Lloyd Garver | November 19, 1977 | 7063 |
| 129 | 9 | "Shallow Throat" | Dick Martin | Earl Pomerantz | November 26, 1977 | 7064 |
| 130 | 10 | "A Girl In Her Twenties" | Peter Bonerz | Laura Levine | December 3, 1977 | 7055 |
| 131 | 11 | "Grand Delusion" | Dick Martin | Lloyd Garver | December 17, 1977 | 7067 |
| 132 | 12 | "'Twas the Pie Before Christmas" | Dick Martin | Phil Davis | December 24, 1977 | 7057 |
| 133 | 13 | "Freudian Ship" | Peter Bonerz | Earl Pomerantz | January 7, 1978 | 7069 |
| 134 | 14 | "Grizzly Emily" | Peter Bonerz | Laura Levine | January 14, 1978 | 7062 |
| 135 | 15 | "Son of Ex-Con Job" | Dick Martin | Lloyd Garver | January 21, 1978 | 7070 |
| 136 | 16 | "Group On a Hot Tin Roof" | Michael Zinberg | Andrew Smith | January 28, 1978 | 7068 |
| 137 | 17 | "Emily Carlin, Emily Carlin" | Peter Bonerz | Laura Levine | February 4, 1978 | 7065 |
| 138 | 18 | "Easy For You To Say" | Dick Martin | Andrew Smith | February 11, 1978 | 7071 |
| 139 | 19 | "It Didn't Happen One Night" | Dick Martin | Laura Levine | February 18, 1978 | 7073 |
| 140 | 20 | "Carol Ankles For Indie-Prod" | Mark Tinker | Lloyd Garver | March 4, 1978 | 7072 |
| 141 | 21 | "Crisis in Education" | Peter Bonerz | Earl Pomerantz | March 11, 1978 | 7074 |
| 142 | 22 | "Happy Trails To You" | Michael Zinberg and Peter Bonerz | Glen Charles & Les Charles and Lloyd Garver | April 1, 1978 | 7075 |