The Bob Newhart Show (Seasons 1–6)

The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978) is available to stream online on iFILM — the CBS sitcom from MTM Enterprises that ran six seasons and 142 episodes. Bob Newhart plays Dr. Bob Hartley, a Chicago psychologist who is probably the least neurotic person in his own waiting room.

At the office Bob fields a rotating cast of troubled patients and tries to stay composed. At home his wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette) is sharper, quicker, and usually two steps ahead of him. Neighbor Howard is anxious about everything. Jerry the dentist down the hall never stops talking. Carol at the front desk runs the place with quiet authority no one questions.

Filmed before a live audience, the comedy lives in the pauses rather than the punchlines. Newhart's signature move — absorbing small chaos with polite underreaction — was the show's real engine, and it shaped writers from James L. Brooks onward. Stream all six seasons of The Bob Newhart Show online on iFILM.