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The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

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5.9/10
TV

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
2

Running time
  
90 mins.

Final episode date
  
13 February 1975

Number of episodes
  
9

8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Anthology

Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
9

First episode date
  
31 October 1973

Number of seasons
  
2

Network
  
American Broadcasting Company

Cast
  
Bradford Dillman, Cathleen Nesbitt

Similar
  
The Wide World of Mystery, Medical Story, Alcoa Premiere, Armstrong Circle Theatre, The Nurses

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak is an American television anthology series that was broadcast on ABC from 1973 to 1975. The ninety-minute dramas aired once a month and featured some of the more popular television and film stars of the 1970s (Diana Hyland, Bradford Dillman, Patty Duke, Diane Baker, David Hedison).

Contents

Episodes

Season 1

  1. "The Things I Never Said" (October 31, 1973)
  2. "A Special Act of Love" (November 14, 1973)
  3. "Mother of the Bride" (January 9, 1974)
  4. "Miss Kline, We Love You" (February 27, 1974)
  5. "Last Bride of Salem" (May 8, 1974)

Season 2

  1. "Can I Save My Children?" (October 17, 1974)
  2. "Heart In Hiding" (November 14, 1974)
  3. "Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby..." (December 5, 1974)
  4. "The Girl Who Couldn't Lose" (February 13, 1975)

ABC's Matinee Today

The series was preempted in December 1973 for the pilot of ABC's Matinee Today, another dramatic anthology series. The pilot ran daily for five days, but never returned to the ABC schedule. The five episodes are frequently listed as part of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak.

  1. "I Never Said Goodbye" (December 3, 1973)
  2. "The Other Woman" (December 4, 1973)
  3. "Alone With Terror" (December 5, 1973)
  4. "My Secret Mother" (December 6, 1973)
  5. "The Mask of Love" (December 7, 1973)

Awards

The 14 episodes of these two related anthologies won 18 Daytime Emmy Awards and were nominated an additional 16 times.

References

The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Wikipedia
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