I only watched Benson on and off as a kid when it aired. I was a very big sitcom guy in those days (1979-86), but Benson was less popular with the kid demographic for whatever reason. Funny enough I watched a lot of sitcoms regularly at the time which didn't feature many (or any children), such as Three's Company and Alice. I think Benson didn't have tremendous appeal because it was about the government, and jokes about passing bills or PR campaigns just didn't speak to my age group. It was much easier to relate to Jack Tripper having two dates at once, or Mel Sharples yelling "Stow it!" to his waitresses.

For the most part, when I was a kid and teen, I liked watching sitcoms about kids and teens,.

The more adult-aimed sitcoms were ones I was aware of at the time, but came to appreciate later. WKRP in Cincinnati was one of them, as was Benson. WKRP was a better show than Benson, but Benson was pretty solid.

Harry, what did you hear about Michael Keaton and Courteney Cox?

Keaton was 6 years younger than Caroline McWilliams, but 13 years older than Courteney Cox. I see that Keaton started dating Cox in 1990, the same year he divorced McWilliams. At the time, Cox (who was years away from being in Friends) was 26, Keaton was 39, and McWilliams was 45. Keaton had become considerably more famous by 1990, as he was somewhat of a nobody in 1982 when he first got married.

I don't know the story of the divorce or the relationship with Cox, but this screams "famous guy dumps older wife for young actress" to me.