CBS Schoolbreak Special

5.5

1984•1h

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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Seasons

4 Episodes • Premiered 1984

1. Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story

Convicted of murder and set for execution, John Evans tells his story to the prison chaplain.

2. Welcome Home, Jellybean

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.