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Benson

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  • 1979-1986
  • 7 Seasons
  • ABC
  • Comedy, Family
  • TV-G
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A middle-aged male works for the Governer of the country with a team of colleagues and friends. Along the way, they travel on multiple adventures and journeys. From time to time, they get themselves into difficult situations and trouble where they have to work together.

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Cast & Crew See All

Robert Guillaume
Benson DuBois
James Noble
Governor Eugene Xavier Gatling
Inga Swenson
Miss Gretchen Wilomena Kraus

Season 7 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Benson the Hero

Fri, Oct 4, 1985

Benson is cutting the ribbon at the mall. Suddenly someone cries out a robbery and when the robber passes Benson he knocks him out with the giant scissors he was holding. Later the man sues for battery. He retains Clayton as his lawyer who tells him it's a piece of cake. Till he learns who the opposing counsel is; Nevada Bob Walker a shark. Clayton suffers a breakdown, and Benson asks the judge what are his options. Either to let the judge give him a continuance which means they will pick it up in 18 months or proceed on his own. He chooses the latter. And it turns out that Walker is an expert at bending the truth.

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Awards

  • 1983 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - nominated
  • 1985 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - nominated
  • 1984 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical - nominated
  • 1986 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - nominated

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Tickets to the Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, to be held June 15 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, are on sale starting today at the box office or via TicketMaster.com/KodakTheatre.com. Prices range from $62-$152.... Fox will air the Teen Choice 2007 awards live on August 26.... On the DVD horizon: Scrubs, Season 5, and Mel Gibson's Apocalypto (both streeting May 22), and Benson: The Complete First Season (July 24).

Mon, May 14, 2007

Rene Auberjonois: From Benson to Boston

Before "snark" was even a word, Rene Auberjonois was wonderfully full of it as Clayton Runnymede Endicott III, the fancy-speaking foil to Robert Guillaume's titular manservant-turned-civil servant on the '80s comedy Benson. These days — and a sci-fi-fabulous run as Deep Space Nine's Odo later — the veteran actor is sharing a set with fellow Star Trek universe alum William Shatner on ABC's Boston Legal (Tuesdays at 10 pm/ET). In fact, Auberjonois' prickly Paul Lewiston recently embarked on a juicy new story arc, one of the many topics covered in this Q&A with TVGuide.com. TVGuide.com: Long before there was The West Wing, befo

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