 The accountant-turned-comedian gained fame with a smash album and became one of the most popular TV stars of his time. Newhart was a Chicago psychologist in The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s and a Vermont innkeeper in Newhart in the 1980s. Both shows featured Newhart surrounded by eccentric characters. Marianne Mija, NCN News. New Bern's home for the Officer Tatum Show, W272EKFM.