NEW YORK - Bob Newhart's role as psychologist Bob Hartley on "The Bob Newhart Show" will be commemorated by cable network TV Land and the city of Chicago with a life-size statue.

The bronze sculpture will be unveiled Tuesday at 430 N. Michigan Ave., in front of the office building seen in the opening credits of the popular '70s show, TV Land announced recently.

It's the latest in a series of statues sponsored by TV Land, which airs reruns of the classic sitcom.

There also are statues of Andy Taylor (Andy Griffith) and his son, Opie (Ron Howard), of "The Andy Griffith Show" in Raleigh, N.C.; Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) of "The Honeymooners" at New York's Port Authority bus terminal; and Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) of the "Mary Tyler Moore" show in Minneapolis.

"The Bob Newhart Show," also starring Suzanne Pleshette, ran from 1972-78.

By The Associated Press