Before Newhart aired, Bob was on The Bob Newhart Show, where Suzanne Pleshette shared the screen as his fictional wife. The two had immense on-screen chemistry, so much so that it would be talked ...

In both cases, his characters found refuge with their wives, played by Suzanne Pleshette in “The Bob Newhart Show” and Mary Frann in “Newhart.” The latter show’s finale remains one of ...