The Bob Newhart Show
Not With My Sister You Don't
TV Flash files “Not With My Sister You Don't” as hour 19 of 142 in the TV Flash guide — The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978) on CBS, season 1, episode 19, aired 1973-02-03, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E19: listed hour 19 of 142 in the The Bob Newhart Show guide, hour 19 of 24 in season 1. It aired 1973-02-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Two Loves of Dr. Hartley” (S01E18). Next is “A Home is Not Necessarily a House” (S01E20).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Howard Borden's 22-year old sister Debbie arrives to spend the week with him. Emily arranges a blind date for her with Jerry Robinson and Howard suddenly turns into an overprotective big brother.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Not With My Sister You Don't sit in the The Bob Newhart Show guide?
S01E19 is listed hour 19 of 142 — hour 19 of 24 in season 1, season 1 episode 19.
When did The Bob Newhart Show S01E19 air?
Not With My Sister You Don't aired 1973-02-03 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this the same show as 1980s Newhart?
No. This is the 1972–1978 CBS psychologist sitcom with Suzanne Pleshette. The later Newhart is a separate Vermont-inn series.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Bob Newhart's Chicago psychologist listens to everyone else's neuroses while Suzanne Pleshette's Emily keeps the marriage dryly off-kilter. MTM quiet comedy: group-therapy Greek chorus, phone-bit timing, no catchphrase panic. The buttoned-up lead surrounded by lunatics, perfected.
The opening beat is a pause. Chicago psychologist Bob Hartley listens to everyone else's neuroses while his own life stays dryly off-kilter, and CBS's The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978) builds six seasons, 142 episodes, out of stammer-and-wait timing. David Davis and Lorenzo Music made it under the MTM banner associated with quality 1970s comedy: smart, warm, never frantic. Suzanne Pleshette's Emily keeps the marriage off-kilter on purpose. Bill Daily's Howard, Peter Bonerz's Jerry, and Marcia Wallace's Carol…
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