The Brian Benben Show (1998–1998)
Plot
The Brian Benben Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in 1998. It stars Brian Benben as a long time news anchor at KYLA-TV news in Los Angeles who is replaced by a younger person when the ratings begin to drop. The series was cancelled after only four episodes aired.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01PilotSeptember 21, 1998—Brian's career and ego nose-dive when his station manager replaces him with an attractive but dimwitted young duo, Chad and Tabitha. Benben
- S01E02House of BluesSeptember 28, 1998—When Brian learns that the only way to make ends meet financially is to sell his beautiful house, it's a bitter pill to swallow. Chad, howev
- S01E03Brian's Got Back (1)October 5, 1998—Brian tries to contain his anger toward Chad's evil side, but the anger finally erupts. Brian takes out his anger on some circus clowns he w
- S01E04Brian's Got Back (2)October 12, 1998—Brian's cure of eating chocolate when he is anger, causes him to gain a lot of weight. Oddly enough, this additional weight seems to cause
- S01E05Of Mice And Benben—Brian meets and falls for Summer, a real babe who turns out to be a real nut. She is a flat-out militant vegetarian, and environmentalist an
- S01E06Chad Dates Julie—Chad shows no intention of ending his ""secret"" cruelty toward Brian, so Brian tries in every possible way to show Kevin LaRue and Billy He
- S01E07Have One For The Show—In a special segment for the news broadcast, Brian and Chad have to demonstrate how drinking can affect driving with a special video game.
- S01E08Billy Don't Be A Hero—Beverly decides to have the news broadcast tested by a focus group. Oddly enough, Brian turns out to be the most popular with the focus gro
- S01E09Motivating Kevin—While Kevin is giving a motivational speech to children in the studio, Brian is doing a live report in a sports-memorabilia restaurant. Unf
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