Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: September 13, 1979
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 158
Networks: ABC
Genres: Comedy

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Benson(1979)

TMDB Rating: 7.1 (38 votes)

Overview

A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.

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Season 1

24 episodes • 1979Avg: 10.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Change (Pilot)	Sep 13, 1979	0.0
2	Trust Me	Sep 20, 1979	0.0
3	The President's Double	Sep 27, 1979	0.0
4	Benson in Love	Oct 4, 1979	0.0
5	Conflict of Interest	Oct 18, 1979	0.0
6	The Layoff	Oct 25, 1979	0.0
7	Snowbound	Nov 1, 1979	0.0
8	Jessica	Nov 8, 1979	0.0
9	Don't Quote Me	Nov 22, 1979	0.0
10	War Stories	Nov 29, 1979	0.0
11	Ghost Story	Dec 6, 1979	0.0
12	Taylor's Bid	Dec 13, 1979	0.0
13	One Strike, You're Out	Dec 27, 1979	0.0
14	Just Friends	Jan 3, 1980	0.0
15	Chain of Command	Jan 10, 1980	0.0
16	Bugging the Governor	Jan 24, 1980	0.0
17	Kraus Affair	Jan 31, 1980	0.0
18	Checkmate	Feb 7, 1980	0.0
19	Cold Storage	Feb 28, 1980	0.0
20	Old Man Gatlin'	Mar 6, 1980	0.0
21	Power Play	Mar 20, 1980	0.0
22	Takin' It to the Streets	Mar 27, 1980	10.0
23	The Army Wants You	May 1, 1980	0.0
24	Marcy's Vacation	May 8, 1980	0.0

Season 2

22 episodes • 1980

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Thick as Thieves	Oct 31, 1980
2	Benson in the Hospital	Nov 7, 1980
3	Fool's Gold	Nov 14, 1980
4	Masquerade	Nov 21, 1980
5	First Lady	Nov 28, 1980
6	Citizen Kraus	Dec 12, 1980
7	Benson's Groupie	Dec 19, 1980
8	In High Places	Jan 9, 1981
9	Old School Ties	Jan 16, 1981
10	The Apartment	Jan 23, 1981
11	Big Buddy	Feb 6, 1981
12	Fireside Chat	Feb 13, 1981
13	Marcy's Wedding	Feb 20, 1981
14	Rivals	Feb 27, 1981
15	No Sad Songs	Mar 6, 1981
16	Clayton, Go Home	Mar 13, 1981
17	Easy Kid Stuff	Mar 20, 1981
18	Homework	Apr 3, 1981
19	Handwriting on the Wall	Apr 10, 1981
20	The Governor's House Call	May 8, 1981
21	All Shook Up	May 15, 1981
22	Lifesaver	May 22, 1981

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Season 3

22 episodes • 1981

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Benson's Appointment	Nov 6, 1981
2	The Grass Ain't Greener	Nov 13, 1981
3	Sit-In	Nov 27, 1981
4	Double Exposure	Dec 4, 1981
5	The Lobbyist	Dec 11, 1981
6	Stress	Dec 18, 1981
7	Rainbow's End	Dec 25, 1981
8	Once in a Blue Moon	Jan 8, 1982
9	Kraus Falls in Love	Jan 15, 1982
10	Stocks & Options	Jan 22, 1982
11	Kraus's Deadly Mistake	Feb 5, 1982
12	Wild Irish Rose	Feb 12, 1982
13	Street Gangs	Feb 19, 1982
14	Katie's Romance	Feb 26, 1982
15	Clayton's Condo	Mar 5, 1982
16	Getting Even	Mar 12, 1982
17	Pete the Hero	Mar 19, 1982
18	In the Red	Mar 26, 1982
19	Teed Off	Apr 2, 1982
20	The Party's Over	Apr 30, 1982
21	The Lumber Mill	May 7, 1982
22	Black Tuesday	May 14, 1982

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Season 4

22 episodes • 1982

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Death in a Funny Position (1)	Oct 22, 1982
2	Death in a Funny Position (2)	Oct 22, 1982
3	What a Revoltin' Development	Oct 29, 1982
4	Thy Brother's Keeper	Nov 5, 1982
5	Quest for Retire	Nov 12, 1982
6	Teacher's Pest	Nov 19, 1982
7	Benson's Army Reunion	Nov 26, 1982
8	Benson's New Home	Dec 3, 1982
9	Crimes of the Hearth	Dec 10, 1982
10	Mary and Her Lambs	Dec 17, 1982
11	Pen Pal	Dec 31, 1982
12	The Honeymooners	Jan 7, 1983
13	Close Encounters on the Third Hole	Jan 14, 1983
14	Katie's Boyfriend	Jan 21, 1983
15	The Royal Painting	Jan 28, 1983
16	Boy's Night Out	Feb 4, 1983
17	Family Tree	Feb 18, 1983
18	Calamity Kraus	Feb 25, 1983
19	Kraus Sings the Blues	Mar 4, 1983
20	Half-Court Trap	Mar 11, 1983
21	A View From the Roof	Mar 18, 1983
22	Love in a Funny Phase	Mar 31, 1983

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Season 5

22 episodes • 1983

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Band of Gold	Sep 16, 1983
2	Human Element	Sep 23, 1983
3	God, I Need This Job	Sep 30, 1983
4	Who's Arnold?	Oct 7, 1983
5	Full Court Press	Oct 21, 1983
6	Down the Drain	Oct 28, 1983
7	It Ain't Sheik	Nov 4, 1983
8	You Can't Give It Away	Nov 11, 1983
9	Katie's Cookies	Nov 18, 1983
10	Labor Pains	Nov 25, 1983
11	Unlisted Love	Dec 2, 1983
12	The Governor's Brain is Missing	Dec 16, 1983
13	A Real Gone Daddy	Dec 23, 1983
14	Too Pooped to Pip	Jan 6, 1984
15	In All the Wrong Places	Jan 13, 1984
16	Embarrassing Moments	Jan 20, 1984
17	Take My Life, Please	Jan 27, 1984
18	Beauty and the Beef	Feb 3, 1984
19	We Deliver	Feb 24, 1984
20	The Endicott Dynasty	Mar 2, 1984
21	The Little Hotel That Could	Mar 9, 1984
22	Let's Play Doctor	May 4, 1984

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Season 6

24 episodes • 1984

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Scandal	Sep 21, 1984
2	The Inheritance	Sep 28, 1984
3	Let's Get Physical	Oct 12, 1984
4	The Campaign	Oct 19, 1984
5	The Election	Oct 26, 1984
6	Made in Hong Kong (1)	Nov 2, 1984
7	Made in Hong Kong (2)	Nov 9, 1984
8	Hello, We Must Be Going	Nov 16, 1984
9	Double Date	Nov 23, 1984
10	Taking it to the Max	Nov 30, 1984
11	The Reunion	Dec 7, 1984
12	Make War, Not Love	Dec 14, 1984
13	Home for Christmas	Dec 21, 1984
14	On the Road	Jan 11, 1985
15	Take This Job and Love It	Jan 18, 1985
16	Making Change	Jan 25, 1985
17	Solid Gold	Feb 1, 1985
18	The Oval Office	Feb 8, 1985
19	Mid-life Cowboy	Feb 15, 1985
20	Scenario	Feb 22, 1985
21	Dubois: Portrait of a Politician	Mar 15, 1985
22	Katie's Cousin	Mar 22, 1985
23	The Bookburner	Mar 29, 1985
24	Jung at Heart	Apr 5, 1985

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Season 7

22 episodes • 1985

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Benson the Hero	Oct 4, 1985
2	Love and Politics	Oct 11, 1985
3	Uncle Jack	Oct 18, 1985
4	The Stranger	Oct 25, 1985
5	We Spy	Nov 8, 1985
6	$1,000,000 an Hour	Nov 15, 1985
7	Flight of the Dodo: Part 1	Nov 29, 1985
8	Flight of the Dodo: Part 2	Dec 6, 1985
9	Two Boys and Their Dog	Dec 13, 1985
10	Last Man on Earth	Jan 3, 1986
11	Secret Love	Jan 18, 1986
12	Summer of Discontent	Jan 25, 1986
13	Parade Rest	Feb 1, 1986
14	Reel Murder: Part 1	Feb 8, 1986
15	Reel Murder: Part 2	Feb 15, 1986
16	The Hat and the Ring	Feb 22, 1986
17	The Bucks Stop Here	Mar 1, 1986
18	Pardon Me	Mar 15, 1986
19	Hi, Society	Mar 22, 1986
20	Three on a Mismatch	Mar 29, 1986
21	Friends and Enemies	Apr 12, 1986
22	And the Winner is . . .	Apr 19, 1986

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