The year was 1976, and America was grappling with the fact that homosexuality was no longer considered a mental illness. And who was there to explain it to them? Everyone’s favorite psychiatrist, Bob Newhart — well, not really a psychiatrist, but he played one on TV.
This is the story of how three very different groups managed to convince the psychiatry profession that everything they thought was true about homosexuality was wrong; and how The Bob Newhart Show explained the issue for millions of viewers.