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. Soldier Boys
Aired 20 October 1987 • 60 min
Detective investigates a club where teenage boys play war games, but start taking their fantasies into the real world.
2. Never Say Goodbye
Aired 12 January 1988 • 60 min
After her grandmother is pronounced brain-dead following a stroke, a teenage girl must make the painful decision whether to continue life support.
3. Home, Sweet Homeless
Aired 29 March 1988 • 60 min
After a series of bad luck, a single mother and her sons become homeless and are forced to live in their car.
4. Gangs
Aired 19 April 1988 • 60 min
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.