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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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Episodes

Season 1

4 episodes

S1 E1 · Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story

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S1 E2 · Welcome Home, Jellybean

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S1 E3 · All the Kids Do It

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S1 E4 · The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School of Rules and Regulations

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Season 2

6 episodes

S2 E1 · Hear Me Cry

Two high school sophomores make a suicide pact.

S2 E2 · Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story

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S2 E3 · The Exchange Student

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S2 E4 · The Day the Senior Class Got Married

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S2 E5 · Ace Hits the Big Time

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S2 E6 · Student Court

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Season 3

4 episodes

S3 E1 · The War Between the Classes

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S3 E2 · Have You Tried Talking to Patty?

Wanting to be accepted by others at school, a hearing-impaired teenager attempts to change her image.

S3 E3 · Babies Having Babies

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S3 E4 · God, the Universe and Hot Fudge Sundaes

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Season 4

5 episodes

S4 E1 · The Drug Knot

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S4 E2 · Little Miss Perfect

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.

S4 E3 · My Dissdent Mom

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S4 E4 · What If I'm Gay?

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S4 E7 · An Enemy Among Us

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Season 5

4 episodes

S5 E1 · Soldier Boys

Detective investigates a club where teenage boys play war games, but start taking their fantasies into the real world.

S5 E2 · Never Say Goodbye

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S5 E3 · Home, Sweet Homeless

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S5 E4 · Gangs

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Season 6

5 episodes

S6 E1 · No Means No

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S6 E3 · Words to Live By

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S6 E4 · My Past is My Own

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S6 E5 · 15 and Getting Straight

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S6 E6 · A Matter of Conscience

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Season 7

1 episode

S7 E2 · Flour Babies

A group of high school students take part in a parenting class where their assignment is to treat a sack of flour like a new-born baby.

Season 8

1 episode

S8 E4 · Season 8, Episode 4

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Season 11

1 episode

S11 E3 · Love in the Dark Ages

A teenager is stunned to discover that her boyfriend has given her an STD.

Season 12

1 episode

S12 E2 · My Summer as a Girl

Desperate for a summer job, a teenage boy decides to masquerade as a girl to land a job as a chambermaid.