CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984) is a series web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch CBS Schoolbreak Special online in HD.
CBS Schoolbreak Special — Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
CBS Schoolbreak Special — Series Details
| First Air Date | 1984-01-24 |
| Seasons | 13 |
| Episodes | 65 |
| Genre | series |
| Language | English |
| Network | CBS |
| Status | Ended |
| Rating | 5.5/10 (4 votes) |
CBS Schoolbreak Special — Episode Guide
Season 1
- E1: Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story (1984-01-24) — Convicted of murder and set for execution, John Evans tells his story to the prison chaplain.
- E2: Welcome Home, Jellybean (1984-03-27) — The story of Geraldine Oxley, a cognitively deficient 12-year-old girl whose parents remove her from the institution where she has been raised in order to give her a normal-as-poss
- E3: All the Kids Do It (1984-04-24) — A teenage boy (played by Baio) suffers the consequences of drinking and driving.
- E4: The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School of Rules and Regulations (1984-06-12) — Teenagers from diverse backgrounds experience their freshman year in High School.
Season 2
- E1: Hear Me Cry (1984-10-16) — Two high school sophomores make a suicide pact.
- E2: Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story (1984-12-11) — True 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 Drun
- E3: The Exchange Student (1985-01-22) — Teenager from India comes to the US to live with her American 'sister'.
- E4: The Day the Senior Class Got Married (1985-03-05) — Students are paired off in a make-believe marriage class, so they can learn how money problems can affect a marriage.
- E5: Ace Hits the Big Time (1985-04-02) — On 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.
- E6: Student Court (1985-04-23) — Teenage girl is caught shoplifting and decides to face a jury of her peers in Student Court, instead of facing her punishment in Juvenile Court.
Season 3
- E1: The War Between the Classes (1985-10-22) — Racial discrimination is examined when a social studies teacher assigns his students to play 'The Color Game', which divides the class into different social classes.
- E2: Have You Tried Talking to Patty? (1986-01-14) — Wanting to be accepted by others at school, a hearing-impaired teenager attempts to change her image.
- E3: Babies Having Babies (1986-01-28) — Five pregnant teenage girls meet up at a group counseling session and begin to discuss their situation and feelings amongst each other.
- E4: God, the Universe and Hot Fudge Sundaes (1986-04-01) — Teenage girl begins to question her religion after her sister is diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Season 4
- E1: The Drug Knot (1986-09-10) — High school teen is heavily addicted to drugs such as Cocaine and can't seem to stop, until he is faced with a tragedy.
- E2: Little Miss Perfect (1987-01-13) — Upset over having to move to a new neighborhood and leave her boyfriend and friends, a teenage girl develops bulima as a way t deal with her problems.
- E3: My Dissident Mom (1987-01-14) — Husband and wife whose conflicting opinions on the use of nuclear weapons threatens to jeopardize not only the husband's impending business deal, but the relationship of the family
- E4: The Day They Came to Arrest the Book (1987-01-27) — Uncomfortable with racist language in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", a high school student and his parents attempt to get the book removed from the school's library.
- E5: What If I'm Gay? (1987-03-31) — The popular and macho captain of the high-school soccer team is forced to confront his homosexuality, after his buddies discover a male-pornography magazine in his bedroom.
- E6: Juvi (1987-04-21) — After being falsely accused of theft by her stepfather, a teenage girl is arrested and placed in juvenile hall.
- E7: An Enemy Among Us (1987-07-21) — A teenager is stunned to discover that he has contracted the AIDS virus after having a blood transfusion.
Season 5
- E1: Soldier Boys (1987-10-20) — Detective investigates a club where teenage boys play war games, but start taking their fantasies into the real world.
- E2: Never Say Goodbye (1988-01-12) — After her grandmother is pronounced brain-dead following a stroke, a teenage girl must make the painful decision whether to continue life support.
- E3: Home, Sweet Homeless (1988-03-29) — After a series of bad luck, a single mother and her sons become homeless and are forced to live in their car.
- E4: Gangs (1988-04-19) — On leave from the army, a 19-year-old returns home to find his kid brother the leader of a gang. A gang he once led.
Season 6
- E1: No Means No (1988-10-18) — The issue of teenage date rape is seen through the eyes of a teenage girl and her older brother, and how it affects their relationships with the opposite sex.
- E2: Gambler (1988-12-06) — 17-year-old boy is addicted to gambling, and soon it starts to take over his life.
- E3: Words to Live By (1989-01-10) — Two teenage boys are suspended from school after distributing an underground newspaper on campus.
- E4: My Past is My Own (1989-01-24) — Two black teenagers are sent through time to experience how blacks were treated during the civil rights movement.
- E5: 15 and Getting Straight (1989-03-28) — Drug-addiction treatment center for teenagers where the counselors are ex-addicts themselves.
- E6: A Matter of Conscience (1989-04-11) — Teenage boy is stunned when his Grandfather's Nazi past comes to light.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many seasons does CBS Schoolbreak Special have? 13 season(s) with 65 episodes.
Where can I watch CBS Schoolbreak Special? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.
