...it ended

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bob-newhart-show-was-almost-rebooted-at-cbs-1106486

"I knew I was coming back to television because I loved it — I loved television, the immediacy of the audience," said Newhart at a Paley Center event last night commemorating the 40th anniversary of the series finale."We had considered maybe picking up the show five years later or something like that. Then we decided to not go that direction, because we'd used six years of material! Suzanne Pleshette also wanted to do a Broadway show."

I'm glad things happened the way they did. I like "Newhart" more than "TBNS".

I'm glad things happened the way they did. I like "Newhart" more than "TBNS".
Me too.

Me too.

Me Three. ;)

I LOVE "Newhart" but am just a casual fan of "The Bob Newhart Show."

Nothing against "Newhart", but I rewatch the whole "Bob Newhart Show" series at least once a year. I don't feel the same need to rewatch "Newhart" that often. That being said, it was probably a good idea that he made a new series, rather than rebooting.

I wonder why there wasn't an attempt to bring the show back following the infamous Newhart series finale in 1990. I would think that the events of the latter show would've renewed public interests in the old Newhart show (or the "Chicago Bob Newhart Show" compared to the "Vermont Bob Newhart Show" that ran from 1982-90). I am aware that there was a one-shot reunion special (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bob_Newhart_Show:_The_19th_Anniversary_Special) in 1991. And Bob Newhart and Marcia Wallace reprised their characters for a gag on Murphy Brown (https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/74690-someone-in-hr-must-hate-her-murphys-revolving-door-of-secretaries/).