Benson is back on TV…on FamilyNet!
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amyghost — 10 years ago(January 01, 2016 12:14 PM)
For some weird reason, Antenna never aired them in my area. They ran promos for the show, but then filled the time slot with episodes of Father Knows Best. I don't get FamilyNet, so I'll likely have to go the DVD route if I want to catch the show again.
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kathy84 — 10 years ago(January 25, 2016 09:01 PM)
FamilyNet seems to be omitting all of the last season and almost all of the 2nd to last season unfortunately.
As for butchering, I think TVLand did its usual removal of about 4 minutes per episode to get it down to 21 minutes. I think all FamilyNet does is remove the short final scene -
Doom — 10 years ago(January 26, 2016 06:37 AM)
Yeah, I was so excited when TV Land started showing Benson some years back, until I realized how badly they were chopping the episodes up (just as you describe).
I've written to Shout! Factory and literally asked them to 'rescue' this show with a Complete Series release the way they have done (their releases are outstanding) with other shows (see: Barney Miller, The Jeffersons, etc.)
Frustrating, as Mill Creek currently has the rights to Benson and they're (at this point) doing nothing with them.
I'm still hoping Shout! manages to release it one day.
Wait a minute who am I here?