Bob (1992–1993)

Creators:

Bill Steinkellner, Cherie Steinkellner, Phoef Sutton

Stars:

Bob Newhart, Cynthia Stevenson, Carlene Watkins

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Bob Newhart	...	Bob McKay (33 episodes, 1992-1993)
Cynthia Stevenson	...	Trisha McKay (28 episodes, 1992-1993)
Carlene Watkins	...	Kaye McKay (27 episodes, 1992-1993)
Ruth Kobart	...	Iris Frankel (25 episodes, 1992-1993)
Timothy Fall	...	Chad Pfefferle (25 episodes, 1992-1993)
Andrew Bilgore	...	Albie Lutz (25 episodes, 1992-1993)
John Cygan	...	Harlan Stone (25 episodes, 1992-1993)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

cartoonist | sitcom | character name in title | actor shares first name with character

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 September 1992 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (33 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the run of Bob Newhart's previous series, Newhart, he appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and joked with Johnny Carson that since other permutations of his name had already been used for his TV shows' titles, his next series would probably just be called "Bob" - which is exactly what happened.

User Reviews

Bob was murdered

"Bob" was never given a real chance, no question on that. The re-tooling and rescheduling was an act of murder, not simply the idiotic game playing that TV executive like to indulge in. It's been so long since I've seen an episode and details are fuzzy, but, like Bob Newhart's previous shows, it was something I looked forward to watching every week. I liked it better than "George and Leo" and that wasn't a bad show.

Bob Newhart is a genius at every turn and this was a chance for him to play a slightly edgier roll. No, not everyone took a liking to it, but it was never really given a chance to mature and hit its stride. Most of the finest television has needed a year or two to really get going and every person who truly loves TV knows that.

I don't know what kind of resume is needed to be a TV executive, but I can only imagine what's on the resumes of some of the meatheads out there and it's safe to say that some are UNDERqualified to empty wastebaskets.