The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (1972–1975)
Plot
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.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01This Child Is MineDecember 7, 1972—Custody battle between the adoptive and biological mother plays out in a court-room.
- S01E02A Gift of TerrorDecember 3, 1973—A young woman starts having premonitions of her friends dying. Once her friends begin to die, she starts having premonitions of her own deat
- S01E03The Things I Never SaidOctober 31, 1973—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
- S01E04A Special Act of LoveNovember 14, 1973—A novitiate nun's newfound happiness as a surgeon's wife is shattered when her husband becomes terminally ill.
- S01E05I Never Said GoodbyeDecember 3, 1973—A mother is caught in the middle when her son-in-law accuses his wife doctor of euthanasia.
- S01E06The Other WomanDecember 4, 1973—A single woman has an affair, becomes pregnant ,and decides to raise the child as a single parent.
- S01E07Alone with TerrorDecember 5, 1973—A housewife is determined to prove her deceased cop husband wasn't on the take.
- S01E08My Secret MotherDecember 6, 1973—A single woman discovers she's pregnant, and decides to find her birth mother.
- S01E09The Mask of LoveDecember 7, 1973—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 eve
Season02
- S02E01Mother of the BrideJanuary 9, 1974—A meddling mother organizes her daughter's wedding.
- S02E02Miss Kline, We Love YouFebruary 27, 1974—A shy young teacher develops a fresh approach to life while working with the children of a hospital pediatrics ward.
- S02E03Last Bride of SalemMay 8, 1974—A woman tries to protect her family from supernatural forces who are trying to take control.
Season03
- S03E01Can I Save My Children?October 17, 1974—A mother and her two children crash-land in a wilderness due to be flooded for a lake the next morning.
- S03E02Heart in HidingNovember 14, 1974—A blind English professor falls in love with a young, beautiful model.
- S03E03Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby...December 8, 1974—An intern and his pregnant wife prepare themselves when they find out that they may soon be parents of quintuplets.
- S03E04The Girl Who Couldn't LoseFebruary 13, 1975—Plain Jane begins a winning streak on a game show, and starts falling for her male opponent.
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