1983 11:00 on CBS: BENJI, ZAX & THE ALIEN PRINCE

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Bneji, Zax & The Alien Prince was a live-action show that premiered at 11:00 Saturday morning in 1983 on CBS. Created by Benji's owner, Bob Camp, this show was one of Hanna-Barbera's infrequent attempts at a live-action TV show. Pretty much everything you need to know about every episode is right there in the opening credits - Space Prince and his Robot hide from an Evil Empire here on Earth with the help of the most famous dog of the 70's/80's, Benji.

For the longest time, I thought this show was some fevered dream or hallucination from my childhood; I think I tuned in to one or two episodes by accident, in the middle of the show, so I had no idea what was going on. FREQUENTLY preempted for College Football and/or Golf, the show had a very spotty record of actually making it to air in most time zones.