BY THE NUMBERS
Number of TV shows Bob has starred in ~ 6 [The Bob Newhart Show (1961), The Entertainers (1964), The Bob Newhart Show (1972), Newhart (1982), Bob (1992), George & Leo (1997)]
Total Number of those that incorporate elements of his full name - George Robert Newhart ~ 5 Total Number of episodes in his four most recent series ~ 378 (142, 184, 32 and 22 respectively) Number of U.S. viewers who tuned in to watch the final episode of of Newhart on 5/21/90 ~ 29.5 million Number of U.S. viewers who tuned it to George & Leo on 11/3/97 (the Cameo show) ~15.7 million Number of Newhart's former co-stars who appeared in that episode ~13 [Bill Daily, Marcia Wallace, Peter Bonerz, Jack Riley, Oliver Clark, and John Fielder (from The Bob Newhart Show); Peter Scolari, Julia Duffy, Tom Poston, Todd Susman, William Sanderson, Tony Papenfuss, and John Volstad (from Newhart)] Number of 'Hi Bob' greetings counted in 142 episodes of The Bob Newhart Show ~ 256 Most in a single episode ~ 7 (#49, "Big Brother is Watching" 9/14/74) Number of personal Emmy nominations for Bob Newhart ~ 4 Number of Emmy wins ~ 1 (1962) Number of Grammys ~ 2 (1960) Date his debut comedy album, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, hit No.1 on Billboard charts ~ July 25, 1960 Number of weeks it stayed on the Top 100 chart ~ 108 (14 weeks at No.1) Number of wives ~ 1 (Virginia, married on 1/12/63) SOURCE: JULY 25, 1998 EDITION OF CANADIAN TV GUIDE
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