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Benched

7.2/10
USA Network Ended Comedy Legal

1 Season · 12 Episodes · Premiered January 11, 1999 · Ended December 30, 2014

Benched is a single-camera comedy about a high-powered corporate lawyer's fall from grace into the rough-and-tumble world of the public defenders. From ABC Signature Studio, it stars Coupe as Nina Whitley, a distinguished corporate lawyer who has given up everything in her climb to the top. However, when she's hit with her ex-fiancé's engagement announcement and learns that she hasn't made partner at her high power firm, Nina snaps -- breaking vases and burning bridges.Now that Nina is shunned from the corporate world, the only place she can get a job is at the Public Defender's office: home to the underfunded, understaffed, overworked, "if you can't afford a lawyer, one will be provided... " lawyers. In addition to her new clients, Nina must learn to connect with her co-workers, including the roguish Phil, the idealistic Carlos, the useless empathetic Cheryl and the dedicated intern Micah. If that didn't sound tough enough for Nina, she'll also be going head-to-head with her ex-fiancé, Trent, the rising star of the District Attorney's office.

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Eliza Coupe
Eliza Coupe as Nina Whitley
Carter MacIntyre
Carter MacIntyre as Trent Barber
Jay Harrington
Jay Harrington as Phil Quinlan
Oscar Nuñez
Oscar Nuñez as Carlos
Maria Bamford
Maria Bamford as Cheryl
Jolene Purdy
Jolene Purdy as Micah
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