The Brian Benben Show

The Brian Benben Show is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS on Mondays from September 21, 1998 to October 12, 1998.^[1] The show rated poorly and was dropped after 4 of the 9 episodes made were aired. It has never been released on any home media or streaming format.

The Brian Benben Show
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Robert Borden
Directed by	Andrew D. Weyman
Starring	Brian Benben Susan Blommaert Charles Esten Wendell Pierce Luis Antonio Ramos Lisa Thornhill Lisa Vidal
Composer	Mark Heyes
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9 (5 unaired)
Production
Executive producer	Robert Borden
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	CBS Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 21 (1998-09-21) – October 12, 1998 (1998-10-12)

Premise

The show centered on Brian Benben, an anchor on KYLA-TV news in Los Angeles, who was replaced in favor of a younger person. Brian was later able to return to the station as a replacement for a human interest reporter who was killed covering an ape exhibit at a zoo.

Cast

• Brian Benben as Brian Benben
• Susan Blommaert as Beverly Shippel
• Charles Esten as Chad Rockwell
• Wendell Pierce as Kevin La Rue
• Luis Antonio Ramos as Billy Hernandez
• Lisa Thornhill as Tabitha Berkeley
• Lisa Vidal as Julie

Episodes

List of The Brian Benben Show episodes

No.	Title	Directed by [2]	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code [2]	US viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Andrew D. Weyman	Robert Borden	September 21, 1998 (1998-09-21)	475142	10.57[3]
2	"House of Blues"	Andrew D. Weyman	John Frink & Don Payne	September 28, 1998 (1998-09-28)	467251	9.39[4]
3	"Brian's Got Back: Part 1"	Andrew D. Weyman	Alex Reid	October 5, 1998 (1998-10-05)	467254	9.31[5]
4	"Brian's Got Back: Part 2"	Andrew D. Weyman	Betsy Borns	October 12, 1998 (1998-10-12)	467255	9.27[6]
5	"Of Mice and Benben"	Andrew D. Weyman	N/A	Unaired	467256	N/A
6	"Chad Dates Julie"	Andrew D. Weyman	N/A	Unaired	467253	N/A
7	"Have One for the Show"	Andrew D. Weyman	N/A	Unaired	467257	N/A
8	"Billy, Don't Be a Hero"	Andrew D. Weyman	N/A	Unaired	467258	N/A
9	"Motivating Kevin"	Andrew D. Weyman	Robert Borden	Unaired	467252	N/A