The BEST episodes of Newhart season 6

Every episode of Newhart season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Newhart season 6!

Dick Loudon and wife Joanna relocate from New York City to a small town in Vermont, where they run the historic Stratford Inn. They're surrounded by a town full of oddballs and colorful characters, whom Loudon deals with in various states of bemusement.

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7.15
40 votes

#1 - Attention WPIV Shoppers

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1988

Dick is roped into co-hosting a home shopping show with Stephanie.

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7.14
42 votes

#2 - Newsstruck

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/21/1988

Michael changes his entire outlook on life when he starts producing the news. George gives up on the Red Sox.

Directors: Douglas Wyman
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7.14
43 votes

#3 - Courtin' Disaster

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/9/1988

Joanna sets George up on a blind date. Everything goes great until George runs into his date's jealous ex-boyfriend.

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7.12
43 votes

#4 - Take Me to Your Loudon

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1987

Michael seeks to create an Orson Welles-style panic when he programs The War of the Worlds on Halloween night. Dick desperately tries to control the panicked guests at the inn's costume party.

Directors: Zane Buzby
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7.10
39 votes

#5 - Would You Buy a Used Car From This Handyman?

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/1988

George decides to fulfill his lifelong dream of becoming a used car salesman.

Directors: Dick Martin
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7.07
43 votes

#6 - My Three Dads

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/4/1988

Larry, Darryl & Darryls announce their plans to adopt a child. Little do they suspect their 'child' will be 18-years-old.

Directors: Jim Buck
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7.07
44 votes

#7 - A Midseason's Night Dream

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1988

This unique episode goes inside several characters' dreams. Dick dreams all his troubles have disappeared; the wicked Joanna torments Stephanie; Michael runs three major networks; and Larry guest hosts the Tonight Show.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
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7.06
35 votes

#8 - Presence of Malice

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1988

Dick has a showdown with television critic Curtis Bilgray after Bilgray writes several negative reviews of 'Vermont Today'. Larry and the Darryls become cult figures after finding a pancake with Paul Anka's face on it.

Directors: David Steinberg
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7.05
38 votes

#9 - The Gleeless Club

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/2/1988

Dick's on the outs with Joanna when he's accepted into the town glee club and she's not.

Directors: David Steinberg
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7.05
40 votes

#10 - Till Depth Do Us Part (2)

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1987

Michael and Stephanie plan their wedding.

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7.05
40 votes

#11 - A Friendship That Will Last a Lunchtime

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1988

Dick's former co-host Buffy Denver visits the inn and strikes up a friendship with Stephanie after discovering they have so much in common.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
Writer: David Mirkin
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7.05
41 votes

#12 - Draw Partner

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1988

Dick gets a chance to work with his favorite illustrator, Corinne Denby, while George & Joanna eagerly await the Inn's 5,000th guest.

Directors: Dick Martin
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7.05
41 votes

#13 - Support Your Local Shifflet

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/14/1987

Dick encourages Officer Shifflet to go on strike after the town refuses to give him a raise.

Directors: Peter Baldwin
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7.04
46 votes

#14 - Prima Darryl

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1987

Larry is ousted as leader after he discovers that Darryl is actually the oldest of the three.

Writer: Arnie Kogen
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7.03
39 votes

#15 - Me and My Gayle

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1987

George reunites with an old high school flame.

Directors: Barton Dean
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7.02
40 votes

#16 - The Big Uneasy

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1988

Michael is tempted by a television executive during a conference in New Orleans.

Directors: Dick Martin
Writer: Arnie Kogen
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7.02
43 votes

#17 - Reading, Writing, and Rating Points

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1987

Michael steals an idea for a new program from a student in his television production class.

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7.02
43 votes

#18 - Vintage Stephanie

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1987

Stephanie panics when she discovers she's no longer 'blossoming'. It takes Larry, Darryl, and Darryl's sage advice to break her depression. George buys blue jeans.

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7.00
43 votes

#19 - Till Depth Do Us Part (1)

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1987

Michael and Stephanie realize their relationship might be growing cold.

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6.98
42 votes

#20 - Telethon Man

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1987

Dick hosts a 48-hour telethon when WPIV is about to go under.

Directors: David Mirkin
Writer: David Mirkin
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6.98
40 votes

#21 - Laugh at My Wife Please

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1987

Joanna delivers Dick's unfunny speech when she's picked to give historical presentations to tour groups. George babysits the Darryls while Larry vacations.

Directors: Michael Lessac
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6.96
46 votes

#22 - Here's to You Mrs. Loudon

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1987

Joanna has trouble dumping a 16-year-old boy with a crush on her. George searches for a nickname.

Directors: Michael Lessac
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6.95
41 votes

#23 - The Buck Stops Here

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1988

Dick becomes the town pariah after he inadvertently kills the town's good-luck charm, The Great White Buck.

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6.89
44 votes

#24 - Inn This Corner

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1987

Dick and Joanna love the fun-loving couple staying at the Stratford...until they announce they're opening a posh new inn down the street.

Directors: Peter Baldwin