About this season
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.
Episodes (4)
1. Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story
Aired 24 January 1984 • 60 min
Convicted of murder and set for execution, John Evans tells his story to the prison chaplain.
2. Welcome Home, Jellybean
Aired 27 March 1984 • 60 min
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-possible home life.
3. All the Kids Do It
Aired 24 April 1984 • 60 min
A teenage boy (played by Baio) suffers the consequences of drinking and driving.
4. The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School of Rules and Regulations
Aired 12 June 1984 • 60 min
Teenagers from diverse backgrounds experience their freshman year in High School.