What started out strong went downhill very quickly, with signs of wear showing starting about season 4. By season 5 it was becoming unfunny and dopey, cliche & unmotivated. Season 6 has Bob Newhart written out of like 8 episodes, the literal version of phoning it in, which I'd felt metaphorically for a while up to that point. As much as I appreciated the series early on it was a chore getting through the last two seasons. Overall the series is still good and has a lot of good moments, so it's too bad they left this bad final impressions and didn't end the series sooner before it got stale. Thanks for it all.
Review of The Bob Newhart Show
