![Wellesley native Jay Harrington co-stars with Eliza Coupe in Benched](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/13050523/Screen-Shot-2014-11-10-at-12.24.09-PM-300x85.png)
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.
![Michaela Watkins, performing](https://media.theswellesleyreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/13050521/Michaela_Watkins_2010-175x300.jpg)