Benson (1979)
- Genre: Comedy
- Creator: Susan Harris
- First Air Date: 1979-09-13
- Last Air Date: 1986-04-19
- Total Seasons: 7
- Total Episodes: 158
- Status: Ended
- Episode Runtime: 30 min.
- Networks: ABC
A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Pilot | 1979-09-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Trust Me | 1979-09-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | The President's Double | 1979-09-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Benson in Love | 1979-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Conflict of Interest | 1979-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Layoff | 1979-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Snowbound | 1979-11-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Jessica | 1979-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Don't Quote Me | 1979-11-22 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | War Stories | 1979-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 11 | Ghost Story | 1979-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 12 | Taylor's Bid | 1979-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 13 | One Strike, You're Out | 1979-12-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 14 | Just Friends | 1980-01-03 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 15 | Chain of Command | 1980-01-10 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 16 | Bugging the Governor | 1980-01-24 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 17 | Kraus Affair | 1980-01-31 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 18 | Checkmate | 1980-02-07 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 19 | Cold Storage | 1980-02-28 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 20 | Old Man Gatlin' | 1980-03-06 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 21 | Power Play | 1980-03-20 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 22 | Takin' It to the Streets | 1980-03-27 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 23 | The Army Wants You | 1980-05-01 | 30 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 24 | Marcy's Vacation | 1980-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Thick as Thieves | 1980-10-31 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Benson in the Hospital | 1980-11-07 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Fool's Gold | 1980-11-14 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Masquerade | 1980-11-21 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | First Lady | 1980-11-28 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Citizen Kraus | 1980-12-12 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Benson's Groupie | 1980-12-19 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | In High Places | 1981-01-09 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Old School Ties | 1981-01-16 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Apartment | 1981-01-23 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 11 | Big Buddy | 1981-02-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Fireside Chat | 1981-02-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 13 | Marcy's Wedding | 1981-02-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 14 | Rivals | 1981-02-27 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 15 | No Sad Songs | 1981-03-06 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 16 | Clayton, Go Home | 1981-03-13 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 17 | Easy Kid Stuff | 1981-03-20 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 18 | Homework | 1981-04-03 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 19 | Handwriting on the Wall | 1981-04-10 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 20 | The Governor's House Call | 1981-05-08 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 21 | All Shook Up | 1981-05-15 | 30 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 22 | Lifesaver | 1981-05-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | Benson's Appointment | 1981-11-06 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Grass Ain't Greener | 1981-11-13 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Sit-In | 1981-11-27 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Double Exposure | 1981-12-04 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | The Lobbyist | 1981-12-11 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Stress | 1981-12-18 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 7 | Rainbow's End | 1981-12-25 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 8 | Once in a Blue Moon | 1982-01-08 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 9 | Kraus Falls in Love | 1982-01-15 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 10 | Stocks & Options | 1982-01-22 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 11 | Kraus's Deadly Mistake | 1982-02-05 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 12 | Wild Irish Rose | 1982-02-12 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 13 | Street Gangs | 1982-02-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 14 | Katie's Romance | 1982-02-26 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 15 | Clayton's Condo | 1982-03-05 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 16 | Getting Even | 1982-03-12 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 17 | Pete the Hero | 1982-03-19 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 18 | In the Red | 1982-03-26 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 19 | Teed Off | 1982-04-02 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 20 | The Party's Over | 1982-04-30 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 21 | The Lumber Mill | 1982-05-07 | 30 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 22 | Black Tuesday | 1982-05-14 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Death in a Funny Position (Part 1) | 1982-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Death in a Funny Position (Part 2) | 1982-10-22 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | What a Revoltin' Development | 1982-10-29 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Thy Brother's Keeper | 1982-11-05 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Quest for Retire | 1982-11-12 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Teacher's Pest | 1982-11-19 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Benson's Army Reunion | 1982-11-26 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Benson's New Home | 1982-12-03 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Crimes of the Hearth | 1982-12-10 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Mary and Her Lambs | 1982-12-17 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Pen Pal | 1982-12-31 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | The Honeymooners | 1983-01-07 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Close Encounters on the Third Hole | 1983-01-14 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 14 | Katie's Boyfriend | 1983-01-21 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 15 | The Royal Painting | 1983-01-28 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 16 | Boy's Night Out | 1983-02-04 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 17 | Family Tree | 1983-02-18 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 18 | Calamity Kraus | 1983-02-25 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 19 | Kraus Sings the Blues | 1983-03-04 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 20 | Half-Court Trap | 1983-03-11 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 21 | A View from the Roof | 1983-03-18 | 30 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 22 | Love in a Funny Phase | 1983-03-31 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Band of Gold | 1983-09-16 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | Human Element | 1983-09-23 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | God, I Need This Job | 1983-09-30 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Who's Arnold? | 1983-10-07 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | Full Court Press | 1983-10-21 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Down the Drain | 1983-10-28 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | It Ain't Sheik | 1983-11-04 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | You Can't Give It Away | 1983-11-11 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Katie's Cookies | 1983-11-18 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Labor Pains | 1983-11-25 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Unlisted Love | 1983-12-02 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | The Governor's Brain Is Missing | 1983-12-16 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | A Real Gone Daddy | 1983-12-23 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | Too Pooped to Pip | 1984-01-06 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | In All the Wrong Places | 1984-01-13 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 16 | Embarrassing Moments | 1984-01-20 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 17 | Take My Life, Please | 1984-01-27 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 18 | Beauty and the Beef | 1984-02-03 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 19 | We Deliver | 1984-02-24 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 20 | The Endicott Dynasty | 1984-03-02 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 21 | The Little Hotel That Could | 1984-03-09 | 30 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 22 | Let's Play Doctor | 1984-05-04 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | The Scandal | 1984-09-21 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | The Inheritance | 1984-09-28 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Let's Get Physical | 1984-10-12 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | The Campaign | 1984-10-19 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | The Election | 1984-10-26 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Made in Hong Kong (Part 1) | 1984-11-02 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Made in Hong Kong (Part 2) | 1984-11-09 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | Hello, We Must Be Going | 1984-11-16 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Double Date | 1984-11-23 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | Taking It to the Max | 1984-11-30 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | The Reunion | 1984-12-07 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Make War, Not Love | 1984-12-14 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | Home for Christmas | 1984-12-21 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 14 | On the Road | 1985-01-11 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 15 | Take This Job and Love It | 1985-01-18 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 16 | Making Change | 1985-01-25 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 17 | Solid Gold | 1985-02-01 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 18 | The Oval Office | 1985-02-08 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 19 | Mid-Life Cowboy | 1985-02-15 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 20 | Scenario | 1985-02-22 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 21 | Portrait of a Politician | 1985-03-15 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 22 | Katie's Cousin | 1985-03-22 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 23 | The Bookburner | 1985-03-29 | 30 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 24 | Jung at Heart | 1985-04-05 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | Benson the Hero | 1985-10-04 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | Love and Politics | 1985-10-11 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Uncle Jack | 1985-10-18 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | The Stranger | 1985-10-25 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | We Spy | 1985-11-08 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | $1,000,000 an Hour | 1985-11-15 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | Flight of the Dodo (Part 1) | 1985-11-29 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | Flight of the Dodo (Part 2) | 1985-12-06 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | Two Boys and Their Dog | 1985-12-13 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Last Man on Earth | 1986-01-03 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Secret Love | 1986-01-18 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | Summer of Discontent | 1986-01-25 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 13 | Parade Rest | 1986-02-01 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 14 | Reel Murder (Part 1) | 1986-02-08 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 15 | Reel Murder (Part 2) | 1986-02-15 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 16 | The Hat and the Ring | 1986-02-22 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 17 | The Bucks Stop Here | 1986-03-01 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 18 | Pardon Me | 1986-03-15 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 19 | Hi, Society | 1986-03-22 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 20 | Three on a Mismatch | 1986-03-29 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 21 | Friends and Enemies | 1986-04-12 | 30 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 22 | And the Winner Is... | 1986-04-19 | 30 min |
| Production | Paul Junger Witt | Producer |
| Production | Tony Thomas | Producer |
| Art | Edward Stephenson | Production Design |
