The ABC Afternoon Playbreak

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.

Drama

Seasons

1. This Child Is Mine

Air Date: 1972-12-07

Custody battle between the adoptive and biological mother plays out in a court-room.

2. A Gift of Terror

Air Date: 1973-12-03

A young woman starts having premonitions of her friends dying. Once her friends begin to die, she starts having premonitions of her own death.

3. The Things I Never Said

Air Date: 1973-10-31

Devastated with her marriage, a woman wanders aimless through a storm. She seeks shelter in a stranger's home, and for the first time finds someone who will listen to her.

4. A Special Act of Love

Air Date: 1973-11-14

A novitiate nun's newfound happiness as a surgeon's wife is shattered when her husband becomes terminally ill.

5. I Never Said Goodbye

Air Date: 1973-12-03

A mother is caught in the middle when her son-in-law accuses his wife doctor of euthanasia.

6. The Other Woman

Air Date: 1973-12-04

A single woman has an affair, becomes pregnant ,and decides to raise the child as a single parent.

7. Alone with Terror

Air Date: 1973-12-05

A housewife is determined to prove her deceased cop husband wasn't on the take.

8. My Secret Mother

Air Date: 1973-12-06

A single woman discovers she's pregnant, and decides to find her birth mother.

9. The Mask of Love

Air Date: 1973-12-07

An author tries to gather information to write a biography on a deceased novelist. But the novelist's ex-girlfriend tries to stop him at every turn.

1. Mother of the Bride

Air Date: 1974-01-09

A meddling mother organizes her daughter's wedding.

2. Miss Kline, We Love You

Air Date: 1974-02-27

A shy young teacher develops a fresh approach to life while working with the children of a hospital pediatrics ward.

3. Last Bride of Salem

Air Date: 1974-05-08

A woman tries to protect her family from supernatural forces who are trying to take control.

1. Can I Save My Children?

Air Date: 1974-10-17

A mother and her two children crash-land in a wilderness due to be flooded for a lake the next morning.

2. Heart in Hiding

Air Date: 1974-11-14

A blind English professor falls in love with a young, beautiful model.

3. Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby...

Air Date: 1974-12-08

An intern and his pregnant wife prepare themselves when they find out that they may soon be parents of quintuplets.

4. The Girl Who Couldn't Lose

Air Date: 1975-02-13

Plain Jane begins a winning streak on a game show, and starts falling for her male opponent.

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Rating

0.0/10

Release Date

1972-12-07

Episodes

3 (3 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

ABC

Universal Television

Screen Gems