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The Bob Newhart Show

1961–1962 · 1 season

A gentle, talky hour of deadpan sketches and easy banter that ambles by like pleasant background company.

Genres
Comedy
Overview
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.
How it feels
Light, satirical, warm and whimsical. Measured and fine in the background.
About
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Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance1
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight2

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy
Written by
Bob Newhart, Larry Siegel, Milt Rosen, Norm Liebmann
Starring
Bob Newhart, Joe Flynn, Jackie Joseph, Cliff Norton
Length
1 seasons, 34 episodes, 60 min each
Network
NBC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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