The Bob Newhart Show: Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas Eve in the Hospital

"Bob Has to Have His Tonsils Out, So He Spends Christmas in the Hospital" is fifteenth episode of season fourth of the comedy series The Bob Newhart Show and the twenty-ninth episode of the series overall. The series stars Bob Newhart, Mary Frann, Peter Scolari, Julia Duffy and Tom Poston. It was written and directed by Douglas Wyman and first aired on CBS on December 20th, 1975. In this episode, Michael takes over as producer of WPIV's nightly news, but his new informed outlook on life drives a wedge between him and Stephanie. Meanwhile, George announces he has given up on being a Red Sox fan.