Newhart starred in the program, which ran on CBS from 1972 to 1978, as a psychologist living in Chicago with his wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette), encountering various unusual patients.
The program was part of one of the most famous series finales in TV history when Newhart's second show, "Newhart," finished its run in 1990. At the end of the series finale of "Newhart," in which Newhart played Vermont innkeeper Dick Loudon, Newhart awoke in bed next to Pleshette, revealing that the entire series had been dreamt by the psychologist character from "The Bob Newhart Show."
The show's finale included the cast singing "Oklahoma," the title song from the musical of the same name, in a reference to the famous finale of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" in which the ensemble performed "It's a Long Way to Tipperary."
