CBS Schoolbreak Special (1980)

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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 similar to ABC's Afterschool Special.

Original Release

04/19/1980 on CBS

US Release

04/19/1980

Cast

John Richard Petersen	Student
Scott Cooper	TV Reporter
John Evans	Self
David MacDonald	Bass Player
Nicole Andrews	Sarah
David Curtis	Policeman
Stephen Brown	Judge Brandauer
Alfonso Estevez	News Announcer
Annie Humphreys	Brianne
Roger D. Bell	Track Team Member

(see additional cast & crew)

#	Title	Air Date
1	My Indian Summer	Tuesday, 24 October 1995
2	Children Remember the Holocaust	Tuesday, 19 December 1995
3	Crosstown	Tuesday, 23 January 1996

Directors

David J. Eagle, Joanna Lee, Susan Rohrer, Bradley Wigor, Michael Toshiyuki Uno, Strathford Hamilton, Mark Gordon, Roger Singer, Herb Stein, John Behring, Lee Shallat Chemel, Robert Chenault, Alan L. Gansberg, Jesús Salvador Treviño, Helaine Head, Leslie Hill, Gordon Edelstein, Neema Barnette, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Robert Mandel, Daniel Taplitz, Donald Petrie, Al Waxman, Kevin Hooks, Stacy Cochran, Matthew Diamond, Harry Longstreet, Jeffrey D. Brown, James Becket, Diane Keaton, Matt Clark, Henry Winkler, Barra Grant, Marsha Mason, Sandy Tung, Steve Guttenberg, Mario Van Peebles, Anson Williams, Martin Sheen, Mark Cullingham, Linda Lavin, John Rubinstein, Gilbert Moses, Jeffrey Auerbach, Joseph Pevney, Juan Jose Campanella, Jonathan Prince, Frank Doelger, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Robert C. Thompson, E. Arthur Kean

Writers

Paul W. Cooper, Joanna Lee, Alan L. Gansberg, Betty G. Birney, Cynthia A. Cherbak, Susan Rohrer, Joseph Maurer, Barry Dantzscher, Pamela Douglas, Jeffrey Auerbach, David J. Eagle, Kathryn Montgomery, Bruce Harmon, Gloria D. Miklowitz, Dale Griffiths Stamos, Kathryn Makris, Arthur Heinemann, Richard John David, Steve Faigenbaum, Rick Doehring, Barton Randall, Ellen Lantz-Burke, Hadley Irwin, Herb Stein, David L. Moses, Linda Elstad, Willy Holtzman, Charles Purpura, Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Amy Dunkleberger, D. Shone Kirkpatrick, Dennis Foon, Annie Caroline Schuler, Marlene Fanta Shyer, Marjorie Rosen, Ellen Conford, Bob Gookin, Valerie Red-Horse, Barbara Beasley Murphy, Judy Wolkoff, Judith M. Gansberg, Norma Howe, David Villaire, Peter Z. Orton, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Melvin Van Peebles, Harry Longstreet, Nat Hentoff, Barra Grant, Jonathan Prince, Peter Silverman, E. Arthur Kean, Gordon Rayfield, Renee Longstreet, Judy Strangis, Josh Goldstein, Elizabeth Hansen, George Lefferts, Adam Rodman

Cast

John Richard Petersen	Student
Scott Cooper	TV Reporter
John Evans	Self
David MacDonald	Bass Player
Nicole Andrews	Sarah
David Curtis	Policeman
Stephen Brown	Judge Brandauer
Alfonso Estevez	News Announcer
Annie Humphreys	Brianne
Roger D. Bell	Track Team Member
Ashland Thomas	Grieving Student
Gina Scianni	Mary Frances
Lisa Nardone	Alison
Tania Gauthier	Police Officer
Carrie-Ellen Zappa	Girlfriend Witness Shooting
Tony Rhodes	Marty Lopez
J.J. Cisneros	J.J. Rodriguez
Manuel Estrella	Ellis
Chera Bashor	Carol Mueller
Kristen Shadburn	Annie Mueller

Producers

Eve Silverman	Executive Producer
Bradley Wigor	Executive Producer
Joseph Maurer	Executive Producer
Frank Doelger	Executive Producer
David J. Eagle	Executive Producer
William R. Greenblatt	Executive Producer
George McQuilkin	Executive Producer
Joanna Lee	Executive Producer
David R. Ginsburg	Executive Producer
Martin Sheen	Executive Producer
Nicky Noxon	Executive Producer
David Horowitz	Executive Producer
Jeffrey Malesovas	Executive Producer
Kerri Zane	Executive Producer
Mark Gordon	Executive Producer
Jay Daniel	Executive Producer
Dolores Morris	Executive Producer
Helen Vernon	Executive Producer
Richard Gelb	Executive Producer
John Javna	Executive Producer
Scott A. Friedland	Executive Producer
Cleveland O'Neal III	Executive Producer
Freddy Monnickendam	Executive Producer
Susan Rohrer	Executive Producer
Michael D. Little	Executive Producer
Arnold Shapiro	Executive Producer
S. Bryan Hickox	Executive Producer
Susan Block-Reiner	Executive Producer
Jeanne Dougherty	Executive Producer
Roger Birnbaum	Executive Producer
Keith Addis	Executive Producer
Henry Winkler	Executive Producer
Kadeem Hardison	Executive Producer
Steve Guttenberg	Executive Producer
Linda Lavin	Executive Producer
Paul Maslansky	Executive Producer
Jane Startz	Executive Producer
Joseph Stern	Executive Producer
Harry Ackerman	Executive Producer
Alan Landsburg	Executive Producer
Sam Strangis	Executive Producer
Mireille Soria	Executive Producer
Noel Resnick	Executive Producer
Marian Rees	Executive Producer
Ken Spears	Executive Producer
Howard Meltzer	Executive Producer
Joe Ruby	Executive Producer
William Wood	Executive Producer
Cynthia A. Cherbak	Executive Producer
Michael Killen	Producer
Norman Marcus	Producer
Dale White	Producer
Susan Aronson	Producer
Richard John David	Producer
Karen S. Shapiro	Producer
Lorin Fulton	Producer
Susan Rohrer	Producer
Alan L. Gansberg	Producer
Howard Meltzer	Producer
Eda Godel Hallinan	Producer
Frank Doelger	Producer
Louise Goodsill	Producer
Paul Deason	Producer
Barry Dantzscher	Producer
Cynthia A. Cherbak	Producer
Martha Humphreys	Producer
David J. Eagle	Producer
Robbie Tollin	Producer
Vickie Bronaugh	Producer
Leslie Waldman	Producer
Lewis Abel	Producer
Judy Ranan	Producer
Dodd Harris	Producer
Jeffrey Malesovas	Producer
Gary Caloroso	Producer
Jerry Grandey	Producer
Dan Reardon	Producer
Mark Gordon	Producer
Jennifer Davis	Producer
Roxanne Messina Captor	Producer
Jean O'Neill	Producer
Mark Silverman	Producer
Ed Cotter	Producer
Jaci Judelosn	Producer
Christopher C. Bardin	Producer
Steve Faigenbaum	Producer
Eli Johnson	Producer
Roger Singer	Producer
Cas Donovan	Producer
Nicky Noxon	Producer
Scott U. Adam	Producer
Cecilia Kate Roque	Producer
Rob Iveson	Producer
Herb Stein	Producer
Simon Barron	Producer
Giovanna Nigro-Chacon	Producer
Edward Ledding	Producer
Cynthia Chenault	Producer
Robert Chenault	Producer
Martin Tahse	Producer
Tracey Thompson	Producer
Nava Levin	Producer
Robert Stein	Producer
Joseph J. Kelly	Producer
Bradley Wigor	Producer
Carol Cuddy	Producer
Meredith Zamsky	Producer
Alan Belkin	Producer
Paul Saltzman	Producer
William R. Greenblatt	Producer
Jean Higgins	Producer
Arnold Shapiro	Producer
D. Shone Kirkpatrick	Producer
Craig S. Cummings	Producer
Kerry Neal	Producer
Larry Rapaport	Producer
Harvey Waldman	Producer
Dennis C. Duckwall	Producer
Abby Wolf-Weiss	Producer
Dorothy J. Bailey	Producer
Jacqueline Roberts	Producer
Joseph Maurer	Producer
Dennis Lofgren	Producer
Terry Benes	Producer
Charles Zalben	Producer
Alan Haymon	Producer
Pam Gordon	Producer
Malcolm Abbey	Producer
Sally Hill	Producer
Alan C. Blomquist	Producer
John Danylkiw	Producer
Steve Tisch	Producer
Diane Baker	Producer
Jeffrey Auerbach	Producer
Steve Freedman	Producer
Joseph Stern	Producer
Diane Asselin	Producer
Paula Mazur	Producer
Bruce Golin	Producer
Richard Heus	Producer
Kat Green	Producer
Les Sheldon	Producer
Gordon Rayfield	Producer
Joanna Lee	Producer
Sascha Schneider	Producer
Judy Strangis	Producer
Jamie Beardsley	Producer