''The Bob Newhart Show'' is an American
comedy
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variety show
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starring comedian
Bob Newhart
George Robert Newhart (born September 5, 1929) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery style. Newhart came to prominence in 1960 when his album of comedic monologues, ''The Button-Down Mi ...
. It originally ran from October 1961 through June 1962 on
NBC
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, airing on Wednesday nights at 10 p.m.
Eastern time
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, immediately following ''
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall''. The variety show was sponsored by
Kraft Foods
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A merger with Heinz, arran ...
's
Sealtest Dairy
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division.
The show was awarded the
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor (now known as the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series) in 1962.
It was also nominated for the
Writing Achievement in Comedy Award for
Roland Kibbee
Roland Kibbee (15 February 1914 in Monongahela, Pennsylvania – 5 August 1984 in Encino, California) was an award-winning American screenwriter and producer. He was a frequent collaborator and friend of actor-producer Burt Lancaster.
Career ...
, Bob Newhart, Don Hinkley, Milt Rosen, Ernest Chambers,
Dean Hargrove
Dean Hargrove (born July 27, 1938 in Iola, Kansas) is an American television producer, writer, and director. His background includes graduating the St. John's Military School, Wichita State University, and attending the UCLA Film School as a gr ...
, Robert Kaufman, Norm Liebmann, Charles Sherman, Howard Snyder and
Larry Siegel, but they lost to
Carl Reiner
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for ''
The Dick Van Dyke Show
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''. The show also won a
Peabody Award in
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 (K ...
.
References
External links
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1961 American television series debuts
1962 American television series endings
1960s American comedy television series
1960s American variety television series
English-language television shows
NBC original programming
Peabody Award-winning television programs
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series winners
Television shows filmed in New York City
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