CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)
CBS Schoolbreak Special is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from April 1980 to January 1996. The series began under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was changed during the 1984 - 85 season. The concept was very similar to ABC's Afterschool Special.
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Episode 1 - Hear Me Cry
Release Date: 1984-10-16Two high school sophomores make a suicide pact.
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Episode 2 - Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story
Release Date: 1984-12-11True story of high school hockey coach Bob Anastas. After losing two of his all-star hockey players, he gets the students to prevent more tragedies by forming Students Against Drunk Driving.
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Episode 3 - The Exchange Student
Release Date: 1985-01-22Teenager from India comes to the US to live with her American 'sister'.
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Episode 4 - The Day the Senior Class Got Married
Release Date: 1985-03-05Students are paired off in a make-believe marriage class, so they can learn how money problems can affect a marriage.
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Episode 5 - Ace Hits the Big Time
Release Date: 1985-04-02On the day he enters Kennedy High in Manhattan wearing a patch over one eye, sixteen-year-old Horace Hobart is urged to join what he believes is the toughest gang at school.
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Episode 6 - Student Court
Release Date: 1985-04-23Teenage girl is caught shoplifting and decides to face a jury of her peers in Student Court, instead of facing her punishment in Juvenile Court.