Newhart
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid
TV Flash files “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid” as hour 101 of 184 in the TV Flash guide — Newhart (1982–1990) on CBS, season 5, episode 11, aired 1986-12-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E11: listed hour 101 of 184 in the Newhart guide, hour 11 of 24 in season 5. It aired 1986-12-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Sweet and Sour Charity” (S05E10). Next is “Saturday in New York with George” (S05E12).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Everybody Ought to Have a Maid sit in the Newhart guide?
S05E11 is listed hour 101 of 184 — hour 11 of 24 in season 5, season 5 episode 11.
When did Newhart S05E11 air?
Everybody Ought to Have a Maid aired 1986-12-15 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this the same as The Bob Newhart Show?
No. Different premise, different decade. The Vermont inn is the 1982–1990 series. The finale playfully links them — which is why you should not hear the ending first.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Newhart's second masterpiece of timing: a Vermont inn, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, and Hi, I'm Larry; this is my brother Darryl; this is my other brother Darryl. Small-town ensemble comedy at refined volume, distinct from the psychologist sitcom. Plus a finale you want spoiled only by watching it — still the gold-standard series-closer stunt.
So about the inn: the group chat will spoil the button if you let it. (I said spoiler-free. For this one I am actually trying.) CBS's Newhart (1982–1990) checks Bob Newhart into Vermont as Dick Loudon and finds the locals are the occupancy crisis. Mary Frann, Tom Poston, Julia Duffy, Peter Scolari, a parade of small-town eccentrics — including Hi, I'm Larry; this is my brother Darryl; this is my other brother Darryl. Distinct from the 1970s psychologist sitcom The Bob Newhart Show. This one is innkeeping as comic…
Filed against
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- Mary Frann as Joanna Loudon
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- Tom Poston as George Utley
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- Julia Duffy as Stephanie Vanderkellen
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- Peter Scolari as Michael Harris
Peter Scolari played Michael Harris on Newhart, Bob Newhart’s 1980s second masterpiece of timing — a Vermont inn, Mary Frann, Tom Poston, and Hi, I’m Larry; this is my brother Darryl; this is my other brother Darryl. Small-town ensemble…