Bob Newhart Quotes
I don't watch that much television.
Topics
Free Time
Entertainment Habits
Leisure Activities
Media Consumption
Media Usage
Personal Habits
TV Habits
TV Watching
Television Addiction
Television Advertising
Television Avoidance
Television Bingeing
Television Censorship
Television Habits
Television Programming
Television Ratings
Television Viewership
Television Viewing
Viewing Habits
Citations
Newhart, Bob. Interview. Archive of American Television, 2001.
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Newhart's most notable exposure on television came from two long-running programs that centered on him. In 1972, soon after Newhart guest-starred on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, he was approached by his agent and his managers, producer Grant Tinker, and actress Mary Tyler Moore (the husband/wife team who founded MTM Enterprises), to work on a pilot series called The Bob Newhart Show, to be written by David Davis and Lorenzo Music. He was very interested in the starring role of dry psychologist Bob Hartley, with Suzanne Pleshette playing his wry, loving wife, Emily, and Bill Daily as neighbor and friend Howard Borden.