The new USA Network comedy “Benched,” about “a high-powered corporate lawyer’s fall from grace into the rough and tumble world of the public defenders,” was co-created by 1990 Wellesley High alum Michaela Watkins and stars Jay Harrington, another Wellesley High alum (1989) who recently played the title character in the TV comedy “Better off Ted.”
A former SNL cast member, Watkins co-starred in the 2013-14 TV comedy “Trophy Wife” as well as in Sarah Silverman’s recent NSFW gender wage gap video.
Benched is on USA Network at 10:30pm Tuesdays. The reviews have been pretty good so far.