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 (6)
1. Hear Me Cry
Aired 16 October 1984 • 60 min
Two high school sophomores make a suicide pact.
2. Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story
Aired 11 December 1984 • 60 min
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 Drunk Driving.
3. The Exchange Student
Aired 22 January 1985 • 60 min
Teenager from India comes to the US to live with her American 'sister'.
4. The Day the Senior Class Got Married
Aired 5 March 1985 • 60 min
Students are paired off in a make-believe marriage class, so they can learn how money problems can affect a marriage.
5. Ace Hits the Big Time
Aired 2 April 1985 • 60 min
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.
6. Student Court
Aired 23 April 1985 • 60 min
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.