About this season
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 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.
Episodes (34)
1. Carole Cook / The Four Preps / James Millhollin / Mae Questel / Herb Vigran
Aired 11 October 1961
2. Stanley Adams / Louise Glenn / Eddie Hanley / Carol Kent / Paul Mazursky
Aired 18 October 1961
3. June Erickson / Charlotte Knight / Walter Mathews / Roger Williams
Aired 25 October 1961
4. Season 1, Episode 4
Aired 1 November 1961
5. Season 1, Episode 5
Aired 8 November 1961
6. Season 1, Episode 6
Aired 15 November 1961
7. Season 1, Episode 7
Aired 29 November 1961
8. Season 1, Episode 8
Aired 6 December 1961
9. Season 1, Episode 9
Aired 13 December 1961
10. Season 1, Episode 10
Aired 20 December 1961
11. Season 1, Episode 11
Aired 3 January 1962
12. Season 1, Episode 12
Aired 10 January 1962
13. Season 1, Episode 13
Aired 17 January 1962
14. Season 1, Episode 14
Aired 24 January 1962
15. Season 1, Episode 15
Aired 31 January 1962
16. Oscar Jordan / Jack Paar / Martha Wright
Aired 7 February 1962
17. Season 1, Episode 17
Aired 14 February 1962
18. Season 1, Episode 18
Aired 21 February 1962
19. Season 1, Episode 19
Aired 28 February 1962
20. Season 1, Episode 20
Aired 7 March 1962
21. Season 1, Episode 21
Aired 14 March 1962
22. Jim Backus / The Chad Mitchell Trio
Aired 21 March 1962
23. Season 1, Episode 23
Aired 28 March 1962
24. Season 1, Episode 24
Aired 4 April 1962
25. Season 1, Episode 25
Aired 11 April 1962
26. Season 1, Episode 26
Aired 18 April 1962
27. Season 1, Episode 27
Aired 25 April 1962
28. Season 1, Episode 28
Aired 2 May 1962
29. Season 1, Episode 29
Aired 9 May 1962
30. Season 1, Episode 30
Aired 16 May 1962
31. Season 1, Episode 31
Aired 23 May 1962
32. Season 1, Episode 32
Aired 30 May 1962
33. Season 1, Episode 33
Aired 6 June 1962
34. Season 1, Episode 34
Aired 13 June 1962