CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984)

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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

Cast

Name	Character

Skeet Ulrich	Vinnie DiFazio
Paul Walker	Dill
Malinda Williams	Alex Bing
Josh Hamilton	Chip Fulton
Joey Lauren Adams	Dianne
Eddie Cibrian	Tough Guy
Sabrina Lloyd	Sarah Thompson
Danny DeVito	Ackroyd
James Earl Jones	Detective Robb
Martin Sheen	Joe Sanders

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

Writers

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

Cast

Name	Character

Skeet Ulrich	Vinnie DiFazio
Paul Walker	Dill
Malinda Williams	Alex Bing
Josh Hamilton	Chip Fulton
Joey Lauren Adams	Dianne
Eddie Cibrian	Tough Guy
Sabrina Lloyd	Sarah Thompson
Danny DeVito	Ackroyd
James Earl Jones	Detective Robb
Martin Sheen	Joe Sanders
John Richard Petersen	Student
Sean Le Sure
Rance Howard	Mr. Sellers
Todd Hallowell	Brian
Lawrence Pressman	Jack Dawson
Joseph Leon	Lou
Joseph Mascolo	Ed Martinson
Catherine Butterfield	Tina's Mom
Gerry Becker
Ron Perkins	2nd Testifier

Producers

Name	Role

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