CBS Schoolbreak Special
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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 originally premiered under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was later changed during the 1984 - 85 season. The concept was very similar to ABC
's Afterschool Special
.
Convicted of murder and set for execution, John Evans tells his story to the prison chaplain.
The story of Geraldine Oxley, a 12-year-old retarded girl whose parents remove her from the institution where she's been raised in order to give her a normal-as-possible home life. Christopher Collet
(Sleepaway Camp
, Firstborn
, Right to Kill?
) stars as her older brother.
The consequences of driving under the influence
are suffered by a teenager (Scott Baio
) who has earned them...and by his family, who have not. Directed by Henry Winkler
; co-starring Barbara Bosson
and George Dzundza
as Baio's parents, and featuring Danny DeVito
.
Teenagers from diverse backgrounds experience their freshman year in High School, in this adaptation of the same-titled novel. Starring Fisher Stevens
(Short Circuit) and Suzanne Snyder (Killer Klowns From Outer Space
, Prettykill).
Two high school sophomores decide to make a suicide pact.
The true story of high-school hockey-coach Bob Anastas. After losing two of his finest players (including William Zabka
of The Karate Kid fame) to alcohol-related car crashes, Anastas gets their teammates - and the players' families - to prevent more tragedies by forming Students Against Drunk Driving. Co-starring Nicky Katt
(cousin of William
) and Don Dubbins
(from the movie The D.I.
).
Teenager from India comes to the US to live with her American 'sister'.
Students are paired off in a make-believe marriage class, so they can learn how money problems can affect a marriage. Based on the novel by Gloria D. Miklowitz
.
On his first day at Manhattan
's Kennedy High, 16-year-old Horace "Ace" Hobart (Rob Stone
of Mr. Belvedere
fame) wears an eyepatch to class. Consequently, he's urged to join a gang of street youths who run the school...or do they? Co-starring James LeGros
.
When a teenager is caught shoplifting, she decides to stand before a jury of her peers...rather than face judgement from a Juvenile Court. Co-starring Marcelino Sanchez
(The Warriors, The Bloodhound Gang
) and Moosie Drier
.
Racial discrimination is examined when a high-school teacher assigns his students to play "The Color Game", thus dividing the youngsters into different social class
es. Based on the same-titled novel by Gloria D. Miklowitz
; co-starring Marcelino Sanchez
.
Wanting to be accepted by her peers, a hearing-impaired teenager attempts to change her image. Co-starring Khrystyne Haje
, Dedee Pfeiffer
(sister of Michelle
), Heather Langenkamp
(A Nightmare on Elm Street
, Just the Ten of Us
) and Joseph Mascolo
("Stefano DiMera
" from Days of Our Lives
).
Five pregnant teenage girls meet in the same group-counseling session. They discuss their varied feelings about their common situation. Directed by Martin Sheen
, whose real-life daughter Renee Estevez
portrays one of the young moms-to-be. Also starring Eileen Ryan
(whose sons are fellow actors Christopher and Sean Penn
), Jill Whelan
(of The Love Boat
fame) and a pre-Full House Lori Loughlin
.
A teenage girl questions her religion after her sister is diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Dermot Mulroney
(who played a similar role in Shattered: If Your Kid's On Drugs) portrays a high school student who seems hopelessly addicted to drugs, until he's slapped with the most horrifying wake-up call imaginable. A pre-Married...With Children David Faustino
co-stars as Mulroney's younger brother; Rick Nelson's daughter Tracy
plays Dermot's girlfriend. Also starring Rance Howard
(father of Clint Howard
; grandfather of Bryce Dallas Howard
), and directed by Anson Williams
(who co-starred with Rance's other son, Ron Howard
, on Happy Days
).
Not to be confused with the junior beauty pageant-reality show of the same title. Debbie Welker is upset over being forced into a new neighborhood and a new high school. Having a (seemingly) flawless, and oblivious (at first), single mother doesn't help at all. To cope with her problems, Debbie takes up binging and purging...which leads to an even greater problem, and to a long-overdue revelation from her mom. Co-starring April Lerman
(of Charles In Charge
fame) and Lisa Wilcox
(A Nightmare on Elm Street
, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
); directed by actress Marsha Mason
; co-written by actress Judy Strangis
(she was the latter from Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
).
Spouses' conflicting opinions on nuclear weapons-policy jeopardize not only the husband (Martin Sheen
)'s impending business deal, but their relationships with each other and their kids. Co-starring Lukas Haas
.
Uncomfortable with racist language in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", a high school student and his parents attempt to get the book removed from the school's library.
The popular and macho captain of his high-school soccer team is forced to confront his homosexuality, after his buddies discover a male-pornography magazine in his bedroom. Co-starring a pre-Beverly Hills, 90210
Gabrielle Carteris
.
Teenager Susan Atherton (Traci Lind
) is wrongfully accused of theft by her stepfather, who has her arrested and placed in juvenile hall. Co-starring Khrystyne Haje
(of Head of the Class fame). Written and directed by actress Joanna Lee
.
Teen-ager is stunned to discover that he has contracted the AIDS virus after having a blood transfusion.
Detective Robb (James Earl Jones
) investigates a club for teenage boys who take their "war game" fantasies into the real world.
After her grandmother is pronounced brain-dead following a stroke, a teenage girl must make the painful decision whether to continue life support.
After a series of bad luck, a single mother and her sons become homeless and are forced to live in their car. Co-starring Michael Faustino (brother of David
) and Alfonso Ribeiro
(Silver Spoons
, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
).
On leave from the army, a 19-year-old returns home to find his kid brother the leader of a gang. A gang he once led.
When Megan Wells (Dana Barron
) becomes a date-rape victim, she and her brother Michael (Chad Lowe
) must deal with the fallout...which has lasting effects on their relationship with each other, and with the opposite sex in general. Co-starring Tracy Wells
(of Mr. Belvedere
fame) and Lori Loughlin
(Rad
, The New Kids
).
A 17-year-old becomes addicted to gambling, which soon takes over his life. Not to be confused with the James Caan
movie
of the same title, despite similar subject matter. Co-starring George Dzundza
(The Deer Hunter
).
Two teenage boys are suspended from school after distributing an underground newspaper on campus. Starring Ricky Paull Goldin
.
Two black teenagers are sent through time to experience how blacks were treated during the civil rights movement. Co-starring CCH Pounder
.
A look at a drug addiction-treatment center for teenagers (including real-life victims Drew Barrymore
and Corey Feldman
), where the counselors are ex-addicts themselves.
A teenager is stunned when his grandfather's Nazi past becomes known to his family. Co-starring Eli Wallach
.
A 15-year old school girl refuses to dissect a frog and sues her school district for not allowing her to do an alternative project.
A group of high school students take part in a parenting class where their assignment is to treat a sack of flour like a new-born baby.
A teenage girl (Patricia Arquette
) struggles to cope when her brother is diagnosed as a schizophrenic. Co-starring Alex Desert
(Becker
, The Heights
); Belinda Carlisle
contributes several songs from her album Runaway Horses
.
Korean boy, who has been adopted by an American family, decides to attend a Korean-American summer camp to learn more about his heritage.
15-year-old Maggie Kingston must decide how to resolve not one two drinking problems: that of her father (Joseph Bottoms
- The Black Hole
, Born to Race
); and that of her mother (Mimi Kuzyk - The Kiss
).
Teenage athlete Malcolm Jones is in denial about his epilepsy
, as he strives for super-stardom on the basketball court. Directed by Mario Van Peebles
, who also has a cameo as Malcolm's doctor.
Not to be confused with the Paul Verhoeven movie of the same title. Seeking the respect of his star athlete-father, teenage computer-wiz Joey (Peter Billingsley
) uses steroids to make his high school track and field
team...and to win Heidi (Nicole Eggert
), the class knockout, as his girlfriend. But soon those "roids" take their toll, both on Joey's social life and on his scholastic status...and, ultimately, on his body as well. Co-starring Adrienne Barbeau
(as Joey's mom), Vince Vaughn
(a frequent collaborator with Billingsley, as his best friend) and football great Lyle Alzado
(a real-life steroid victim, who passed away two years later). Co-scripted and directed by Joanna Lee
(she was "Tanna the Alien" in the cult classic Plan 9 From Outer Space
), with a music score by TV host John Tesh
.
Following a hit-and-run
, wealthy high-school seniors Jordan Crane (Christopher Rydell, son of Joanne Linville and director Mark Rydell
) and his best friend Kyle (Christopher Collet
- Prayer of the Rollerboys
, The Manhattan Project) are forced to deal with the consequences of their actions. It doesn't get any easier when Jordan, who was driving, falls in love with his victim's financially-struggling daughter...who has no idea (at first) that he's responsible. Also starring Tricia O'Neil
(The Gumball Rally
) as Jordan's mother; with Brooke Theiss
(Just the Ten of Us
; she also starred in the live-action segments of Maxie's World
) and Vince Vaughn
.
After a woman announces plans to move their family to another state, her 16-year-old daughter (Tammy Lauren
) - the title character - seeks legal emancipation so she won't have to leave the school and friends she's had for so many years. Ultimately, Lizzie gets what she fought for...but wins much more than she counted on.
When teenager Cassie O'Brian (Kelli Williams
) hits it off with Charlie Tyler (Donovan Leitch), the most popular boy in her school, everything is wonderful... until he becomes violent towards her. Both take turns narrating this story, which has a memorable surprise ending. Co-starring Season Hubley
(Escape From New York
) and Robin Tunney
(The Craft
, End of Days, Vertical Limit
).
Teenager Chip Fulton (Josh Hamilton
) is determined to help his new girlfriend Abby Morris (Cara Buono
) when he learns she is being sexually abused at home. Anthony Heald
(Deep Rising
) and Veronica Cartwright
(Alien
) portray Abby's parents.
Teenage Amy Miller (Lisa Dean Ryan
) is stunned to discover what killed her beloved boyfriend: AIDS
. With Joely Fisher
(sister of Carrie
).
Two teenage brothers (one of them portrayed by Brice Beckham
from Mr. Belvedere
) are stunned when their mother announces that she is expecting a daughter. Co-starring Robert Picardo
(as the boys' dad) and Maureen Flannigan
(of Out of This World
and Push
fame).
NOTE: despite a popular misconception, the sequel Two Teens and a Little Lady does not exist.
Special featuring 50 things young people can do to save the earth.
Young Michael Leland is critically injured in an automobile accident, which teaches both his sister (Roxana Zal
) and his best friend Steve (Stan Kirsch
) never to take life for granted. Co-starring Randolph Mantooth
(of Emergency!
fame) and Talia Shire
(from the Rocky
movies) as Michael's parents.
Two teens from racially different background begin a relationship after witnessing the murder of a mutual friend.
Teenager Jen (Heather McAdam
) blows the whistle on sexual harassment by a classmate, so a student court is hand-picked to straighten things out. Co-starring football great-turned-blaxploitation
legend Bernie Casey
, mixed martial arts
champion Tito Ortiz
and Hudson Leick
(of Xena: Warrior Princess
fame; she was Callisto
).
An illiterate 25-year-old (Kadeem Hardison
) returns to high school, posing as a teenager so he can learn to read. Co-starring Richard Moll
, David Faustino
and Vanna White
(as herself).
Two youngsters cry censorship when their school demands that they edit out "inappropriate" portions of their student film. Co-starring Steve Guttenberg
(who also directed) and John Savage
.
High-school wrestler Tony suspects - correctly - that his younger brother is being molested by their uncle Paul (Robert Pine
of CHiPs
fame). For Tony, this causes painful memories of his own sexual abuse as a child by Paul...which all but destroys Tony's life, when his parents refuse to believe him and his wrestling coach doesn't care. Co-starring Mario Lopez
as a fellow wrestler (and the only person who's sympathetic to Tony's plight).
A community begins to take sides when an affirmative action program is introduced.
Charles In Charge
star Justin Whalin
portrays a teenage basketball player who has been raised by a lesbian couple. Now he must contend with the conservative views of his new high school. Co-starring Joanna Cassidy
, Meredith Baxter
of Family Ties
fame (who would come out years later with the release of her autobiography Untied) and Judith Ivey
.
High school students must ultimately pick up the pieces when their entire track and field
team is killed in an airplane crash. (similar to We Are Marshall
?) Co-starring Gavin MacLeod
(of The Love Boat
fame), Tammy Lauren
and Tito Ortiz
.
Teenage girl is stunned to discover that her boyfriend has given her an STD.
Two teens from different cultural backgrounds face opposition from their parents when they begin to date.
Three teens (one portrayed by Peter Billingsley
) are arrested for defacing a Jewish temple. The indomitable rabbi (Hal Linden
) - who prides himself on never writing anybody off, and on never blowing his cool (except, he admits, when the Mets
lose) - persuades the judge (Steven Gilborn
) to give the boys 25 hours of Holocaust/Judaism "Tolerance" education...which the rabbi himself will teach. Based on a true story.
Desperate for a summer job, a teenage boy masquerades as a girl (a la Tootsie
) to land a chambermaid job at a swanky hotel.
A unique look at the senior year successes - and failures - of three high school girlfriends (one of them portrayed by Lark Voorhies
of Saved By the Bell
fame) as they prepare for college.
Four separate stories are dramatized showing the tragic consequences when teens use guns to solve their problems, and how they can solve the same problem without guns.
Anna Leone (Lindsay Crouse
) is dying of breast cancer. Her husband Joe (Dan Lauria
from Terror in the Family
and The Wonder Years
) has trouble dealing with this, as do their teenage offspring Scott (Christopher Daniel Barnes
) and - especially - Carla (A.J. Langer from Drexell's Class
, My So-Called Life
and The People Under the Stairs
).
Teenager wants to be a stand-up comic and go on tour, despite her father's objection.
Native American teenager decides to learn more about her culture by spending the summer on the Indian Reservation where her mother was born.
Keanu Reeves hosts this special where celebrities narrate letters, diaries, and published stories of children who have lived through the Holocaust.
When her parents split up, a teenage girl must move out of the suburbs and into the big city. Co-starring Roscoe Lee Browne
(Logan's Run
, Forest Warrior
).
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
from April 1980 to January 1996. The series originally premiered under the title CBS Afternoon Playhouse, and was later changed during the 1984 - 85 season. The concept was very similar to ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's Afterschool Special
ABC Afterschool Special
The ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were...
.
Season One (January 24 - June 12, 1984)
- Dead Wrong: The John Evans Story
Convicted of murder and set for execution, John Evans tells his story to the prison chaplain.
- Welcome Home, JellybeanWelcome Home, JellybeanWelcome Home, Jellybean is a 1978 novel written by Marlene Fanta Shyer. It is about a family who bring their mentally challenged daughter home from an institution, and have to adjust to life with her around. In 1984, it was made into a CBS Schoolbreak Special. It starred Christopher Collet as Neil...
The story of Geraldine Oxley, a 12-year-old retarded girl whose parents remove her from the institution where she's been raised in order to give her a normal-as-possible home life. Christopher Collet
Christopher Collet
Christopher Collet is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Jake Livingston in the 1984 movie Firstborn, and for his lead role in the 1986 film The Manhattan Project....
(Sleepaway Camp
Sleepaway Camp
Sleepaway Camp is a 1983 cult classic slasher film written and directed by Robert Hiltzik—who also served as executive producer. The film is about teen campers getting killed at a summer camp...
, Firstborn
Firstborn (film)
Firstborn is a 1984 drama film starring Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim , Sarah Jessica Parker and Robert Downey Jr....
, Right to Kill?
Right to Kill?
The movie Right to Kill? is based on a true story of two teens Richard Jahnke and Deborah Jahnke, who were charged in Wyoming for the killing of their psychotically abusive father, Richard Jahnke, Sr. The made-for-TV movie was filmed at W.W. Samuell High School in Dallas, Texas in 1985 and aired...
) stars as her older brother.
- All the Kids Do It
The consequences of driving under the influence
Driving under the influence
Driving under the influence is the act of driving a motor vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit...
are suffered by a teenager (Scott Baio
Scott Baio
Scott Vincent James Baio is an American actor and television director, best known for his roles as Chachi Arcola on the sitcom Happy Days and its spin-off, Joanie Loves Chachi, and as the title character on the sitcom Charles in Charge....
) who has earned them...and by his family, who have not. Directed by Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler
Henry Franklin Winkler, OBE is an American actor, director, producer, and author.Winkler is best known for his role as Fonzie on the 1970s American sitcom Happy Days...
; co-starring Barbara Bosson
Barbara Bosson
Barbara Bosson is an American actress who has starred on television and in film.-Biography:Bosson was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania to a tennis coach father. During her childhood, she lived in an American Craftsman Style house on Price Avenue in the borough of North Belle Vernon...
and George Dzundza
George Dzundza
George Dzundza is an American television and film actor.-Personal life:Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to a Ukrainian father and Polish mother who were forced into factory labour by the Nazis. He spent the first few years of his life in displaced persons camps with his parents and one...
as Baio's parents, and featuring Danny DeVito
Danny DeVito
Daniel Michael DeVito, Jr. , better known as Danny DeVito, is an American actor, comedian, director and producer. He first gained prominence for his portrayal of Louie De Palma on the ABC and NBC television series Taxi , for which he won a Golden Globe and an Emmy.DeVito and his wife, Rhea Perlman,...
.
- The Alfred G. Graebner Memorial High School Handbook of Rules and Regulations
Teenagers from diverse backgrounds experience their freshman year in High School, in this adaptation of the same-titled novel. Starring Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens is an American actor, director and producer. His most recent successes include the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film The Cove and 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for his film Crazy Love...
(Short Circuit) and Suzanne Snyder (Killer Klowns From Outer Space
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Killer Klowns From Outer Space is a 1988 American comedy horror movie, made by The Chiodo Brothers and starring Grant Cramer. It is the only Chiodo Brothers' directed and written film – they have worked in many other projects in other roles, such as producing and visual effects...
, Prettykill).
Season Two (October 10, 1984 - April 23, 1985)
- Hear Me Cry
Two high school sophomores decide to make a suicide pact.
- Contract for Life: The S.A.D.D. Story
The true story of high-school hockey-coach Bob Anastas. After losing two of his finest players (including William Zabka
William Zabka
William Michael "Billy" Zabka is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is an Academy Award Nominee for Co-Writing and Producing the film, "MOST." Zabka is best known for his villain roles in several iconic 80s films, such as his role of Johnny Lawrence in 1984's The Karate...
of The Karate Kid fame) to alcohol-related car crashes, Anastas gets their teammates - and the players' families - to prevent more tragedies by forming Students Against Drunk Driving. Co-starring Nicky Katt
Nicky Katt
Nicholas Lea "Nicky" Katt is an American actor known for his role as unorthodox teacher Harry Senate on David E. Kelley's Fox drama Boston Public.-Career:...
(cousin of William
William Katt
William Theodore Katt is an American film and television actor, best known as the star of The Greatest American Hero. He is also known for playing Tommy Ross, the ill-fated prom date of Carrie White in the film version of Carrie and Paul Drake Jr. in the Perry Mason TV movies...
) and Don Dubbins
Don Dubbins
Don Dubbins , originally Donald Dubbins, was an American actor of film and television who in his early career usually played younger military roles, particularly in such classic pictures as From Here to Eternity and The Caine Mutiny...
(from the movie The D.I.
The D.I. (film)
The D.I. is a black-and-white military drama film starring, produced and directed by Jack Webb. The film was produced by Jack Webb's production company Mark VII Limited and distributed by Warner Brothers....
).
- The Exchange Student
Teenager from India comes to the US to live with her American 'sister'.
- The Day the Senior Class Got Married
Students are paired off in a make-believe marriage class, so they can learn how money problems can affect a marriage. Based on the novel by Gloria D. Miklowitz
Gloria D. Miklowitz
Gloria D. Miklowitz is an author of books for young adults-Quotes:"I write because I like to try on different lives through my characters and want to help young people find answers to their problems."-Series:...
.
- Ace Hits the Big Time
On his first day at Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
's Kennedy High, 16-year-old Horace "Ace" Hobart (Rob Stone
Rob Stone
Rob Stone is a sports commentator for ESPN. He has covered various sports including Major League Soccer, NCAA and NFL football, and is now the play-by-play announcer for PBA Tournament Bowling alongside color commentator and 13-time PBA titleist Randy Pedersen.-Early life and career:A native of...
of Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...
fame) wears an eyepatch to class. Consequently, he's urged to join a gang of street youths who run the school...or do they? Co-starring James LeGros
James LeGros
James LeGros is an American film and television actor. He is known as a star of independent films with a diversified body of work in the early to mid 1990s.-Personal life:...
.
- Student CourtStudent courtA student court is a type of judicial system occasionally seen in schools, particularly middle school, high school, and in some colleges and universities. Student Courts vary in size and functions, but they are most often engaged in conflict resolution and interpretation of student bylaws and...
When a teenager is caught shoplifting, she decides to stand before a jury of her peers...rather than face judgement from a Juvenile Court. Co-starring Marcelino Sanchez
Marcelino Sánchez
Marcelino Sánchez was a Puerto Rican-American film and television actor. He is primarily remembered for playing Rembrandt in the cult classic film The Warriors, and as Ricardo on The Bloodhound Gang mystery vignettes featured on the 1980s children's educational television show 3-2-1 Contact...
(The Warriors, The Bloodhound Gang
The Bloodhound Gang
The Bloodhound Gang may be a reference to:*The Bloodhound Gang , a segment on the program 3-2-1 Contact*The Bloodhound Gang, a band that took its name from the TV show segment...
) and Moosie Drier
Moosie Drier
Moosie Drier is an American television and film actor known for his voice that sounded like someone with a head cold. His career began as a child actor...
.
Season Three (October 22, 1985 - April 1, 1986)
- The War Between the ClassesThe War Between the ClassesThe War Between The Classes is a novel written by Gloria D. Miklowitz. The novel explores how society can overcome the stereotypes taught by media through its teen-aged protagonist. The book focuses on the main character, Amy, as she struggles to keep a good relationship with her boyfriend...
Racial discrimination is examined when a high-school teacher assigns his students to play "The Color Game", thus dividing the youngsters into different social class
Social class
Social classes are economic or cultural arrangements of groups in society. Class is an essential object of analysis for sociologists, political scientists, economists, anthropologists and social historians. In the social sciences, social class is often discussed in terms of 'social stratification'...
es. Based on the same-titled novel by Gloria D. Miklowitz
Gloria D. Miklowitz
Gloria D. Miklowitz is an author of books for young adults-Quotes:"I write because I like to try on different lives through my characters and want to help young people find answers to their problems."-Series:...
; co-starring Marcelino Sanchez
Marcelino Sánchez
Marcelino Sánchez was a Puerto Rican-American film and television actor. He is primarily remembered for playing Rembrandt in the cult classic film The Warriors, and as Ricardo on The Bloodhound Gang mystery vignettes featured on the 1980s children's educational television show 3-2-1 Contact...
.
- Have You Tried Talking to Patty?
Wanting to be accepted by her peers, a hearing-impaired teenager attempts to change her image. Co-starring Khrystyne Haje
Khrystyne Haje
Khrystyne Kamil Haje is an American television and film actress who is best known for her role as Simone Foster in the television series Head of the Class.-Biography:...
, Dedee Pfeiffer
Dedee Pfeiffer
Dedee Pfeiffer is an American film and television actress.Pfeiffer was born Dorothy D. Pfeiffer in Midway City, California, the daughter of Donna , a home-maker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor...
(sister of Michelle
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer is an American actress. She made her film debut in 1980 in The Hollywood Knights, but first garnered mainstream attention with her performance in Brian De Palma's Scarface . Pfeiffer has won numerous awards for her work...
), Heather Langenkamp
Heather Langenkamp
Heather Langenkamp is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Nancy Thompson from the A Nightmare on Elm Street films...
(A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first film of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film features Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his feature film...
, Just the Ten of Us
Just the Ten of Us
Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series was a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same...
) and Joseph Mascolo
Joseph Mascolo
Joseph Mascolo is an American musician and dramatic actor. During his long career, he has acted in numerous motion pictures and television series. He is best known for playing Stefano DiMera, a role he originated in 1982 on NBC's long running Days of our Lives.-Early life:Mascolo was born and...
("Stefano DiMera
Stefano DiMera
Stefano DiMera is a fictional character, a villain on the American soap opera Days of our Lives. Created by head writer Pat Falken Smith, he is portrayed by Joseph Mascolo...
" from Days of Our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...
).
- Babies Having Babies
Five pregnant teenage girls meet in the same group-counseling session. They discuss their varied feelings about their common situation. Directed by Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez , better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands and Apocalypse Now , and in the television series The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.He is considered one of the best actors never to be...
, whose real-life daughter Renee Estevez
Renée Estevez
-Early years:Estevez was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of artist Janet and actor Martin Sheen. Her father is of Spanish and Irish descent. Her three brothers are also actors: Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez and Charlie Sheen. Her husband, Jason Thomas Federico, has been a...
portrays one of the young moms-to-be. Also starring Eileen Ryan
Eileen Ryan
Eileen Ryan is an American actress who has appeared in a number of movies and TV series. She is the widow of actor and director, Leo Penn, and mother of singer, Michael Penn, and actors, Sean and, Chris Penn, who died in January 2006....
(whose sons are fellow actors Christopher and Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...
), Jill Whelan
Jill Whelan
Jill Whelan is an American actress.Whelan was born in Oakland, California. After attending summer acting camp at age 7, Whelan landed a series of commercials. At age 11, she was cast in the short-lived TV series Friends...
(of The Love Boat
The Love Boat
The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
fame) and a pre-Full House Lori Loughlin
Lori Loughlin
Lori Anne Loughlin is an American actress, best known for her role as Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House. As of 2011, she portrays the role of Debbie Wilson on 90210, the spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210...
.
- God, the Universe & Hot Fudge Sundaes
A teenage girl questions her religion after her sister is diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Season Four (September 10, 1986 - June 21, 1987)
- The Drug KnotThe Drug KnotThe Drug Knot is a 1986 CBS Schoolbreak Special, a cautionary tale about teenage drug dependency.-Plot summary:High-school student Doug Dawson has it all: a loving family , a terrific girlfriend, a rock band he plays in after school...and a drug habit...
Dermot Mulroney
Dermot Mulroney
-Early life:Mulroney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, the son of Ellen, a housewife and amateur actress originally from Manchester, Iowa, and Michael Mulroney, a law professor at Villanova University School of Law, originally from Elkader, Iowa. He has a sister, Moira, and three brothers, Conor,...
(who played a similar role in Shattered: If Your Kid's On Drugs) portrays a high school student who seems hopelessly addicted to drugs, until he's slapped with the most horrifying wake-up call imaginable. A pre-Married...With Children David Faustino
David Faustino
David Anthony Faustino is an American actor and rap artist primarily known for his role as Bud Bundy on the sitcom Married with Children.-Early life:...
co-stars as Mulroney's younger brother; Rick Nelson's daughter Tracy
Tracy Nelson (actress)
Tracy Kristine Nelson is an American actress.-Early life:Tracy Nelson is a third generation performer; her parents were Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Ricky Nelson and actress/artist Kristin Nelson . She has three younger siblings: Matthew Nelson, Gunnar Nelson of the '90s rock group Nelson,...
plays Dermot's girlfriend. Also starring Rance Howard
Rance Howard
Rance Howard is an American actor who has starred in film and on television.-Life and career:Howard was born Harold Rance Beckenholdt in Oklahoma, the son of Ethel Cleo and Engel Beckenholdt, a farmer. He changed his name to "Rance Howard" when he became an actor. He married Jean Speegle Howard...
(father of Clint Howard
Clint Howard
Clinton "Clint" Howard is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor with numerous brief appearances on television and films. He has played many bit parts in movies directed by his brother, actor-turned-director Ron Howard. He is also the uncle of actress Bryce Dallas Howard...
; grandfather of Bryce Dallas Howard
Bryce Dallas Howard
Bryce Dallas Howard is an American film actress and daughter of director Ron Howard. She made her acting debut in her father's 1989 movie Parenthood and went on to have small roles in films and make stage appearances for the next several years...
), and directed by Anson Williams
Anson Williams
Anson Williams is an actor and director, best known for his role as gullible but well intentioned singer Warren "Potsie" Weber on the television series Happy Days.-Biography:...
(who co-starred with Rance's other son, Ron Howard
Ron Howard
Ronald William "Ron" Howard is an American actor, director, and producer. He came to prominence as a child actor, playing Opie Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show for eight years, and later the teenaged Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days for six years...
, on Happy Days
Happy Days
Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....
).
- Little Miss Perfect
Not to be confused with the junior beauty pageant-reality show of the same title. Debbie Welker is upset over being forced into a new neighborhood and a new high school. Having a (seemingly) flawless, and oblivious (at first), single mother doesn't help at all. To cope with her problems, Debbie takes up binging and purging...which leads to an even greater problem, and to a long-overdue revelation from her mom. Co-starring April Lerman
April Lerman
April Lerman is an American former child actress who played the role of Kate, an orphan in the 1982 film of the musical Annie. She also was a regular cast member on the first season of Charles in Charge , where she played the character of Lila Pembroke.-Early life and career:Lerman was born in...
(of Charles In Charge
Charles in Charge
Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series which starred Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board...
fame) and Lisa Wilcox
Lisa Wilcox
Lisa E. Wilcox is an American actress who has starred in film and television.-Movie career:Wilcox's best known film role is in the 1988 hit horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master as Alice Johnson. In 1989, she reprised the role in the sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The...
(A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first film of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film features Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his feature film...
, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a 1989 American science fiction–comedy buddy film and the first film in the Bill & Ted franchise in which two metalhead slackers travel through time to assemble a menagerie of historical figures for their high school history presentation.The film was written by...
); directed by actress Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason is an American actress and television director.She received four Academy Award nominations as Best Actress for her performances in Cinderella Liberty, The Goodbye Girl, Chapter Two, and Only When I Laugh. She is also known for starring in the 1986 film Heartbreak Ridge.-Life:Mason was...
; co-written by actress Judy Strangis
Judy Strangis
Judy Strangis is a Los Angeles based actress who is best known for her TV roles in Room 222 and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl.-Acting:...
(she was the latter from Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl is a Sid and Marty Krofft live action children's television series from 1976. The series lasted 16 weeks as part of the umbrella series The Krofft Supershow. During the second season, it was dropped along with Dr. Shrinker...
).
- My Dissident Mom
Spouses' conflicting opinions on nuclear weapons-policy jeopardize not only the husband (Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
Ramón Gerardo Antonio Estévez , better known by his stage name Martin Sheen, is an American film actor best known for his performances in the films Badlands and Apocalypse Now , and in the television series The West Wing from 1999 to 2006.He is considered one of the best actors never to be...
)'s impending business deal, but their relationships with each other and their kids. Co-starring Lukas Haas
Lukas Haas
Lukas Daniel Haas is an American actor, known for roles both as a child and as an adult. His career has spanned more than 25 years during which time he has appeared in more than 36 feature films, as well as a number of television shows and theater productions.-Early life and career:Haas was born...
.
- The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
Uncomfortable with racist language in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", a high school student and his parents attempt to get the book removed from the school's library.
- What If I'm Gay?
The popular and macho captain of his high-school soccer team is forced to confront his homosexuality, after his buddies discover a male-pornography magazine in his bedroom. Co-starring a pre-Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210
Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise...
Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Carteris
Gabrielle Anne Carteris is an American actress known for her role as Andrea Zuckerman on the early seasons of the 1990s television series Beverly Hills, 90210.-Personal life:...
.
- Juvi
Teenager Susan Atherton (Traci Lind
Traci Lind
Traci Lind is an American film actress who is known for playing Alex Young in Fright Night II and Missy McCloud in My Boyfriend's Back. She also starred in The Road to Wellville and The End of Violence. She was billed in Fright Night II as Traci Lin...
) is wrongfully accused of theft by her stepfather, who has her arrested and placed in juvenile hall. Co-starring Khrystyne Haje
Khrystyne Haje
Khrystyne Kamil Haje is an American television and film actress who is best known for her role as Simone Foster in the television series Head of the Class.-Biography:...
(of Head of the Class fame). Written and directed by actress Joanna Lee
Joanna Lee
Joanna Lee was a Korean woman who was killed in December 2000 during a prolonged and violent exorcism carried out by Pastor Luke Lee of the Lord of All cult, in Auckland, New Zealand.-Early life:...
.
- An Enemy Among Us
Teen-ager is stunned to discover that he has contracted the AIDS virus after having a blood transfusion.
Season Five (October 20, 1987 - April 19, 1988)
- Soldier BoysSoldier BoysSoldier Boys is a 2001 novel by writer Dean Hughes. The story is set during the Second World War and tells the story of two teenagers, one American, the other German, who join their respective armies and fight at the Battle of the Bulge. Both the boy's families are saddened by their leaving, and...
Detective Robb (James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of substance, gravitas and leadership...
) investigates a club for teenage boys who take their "war game" fantasies into the real world.
- Never Say GoodbyeNever Say Goodbye"Never Say Goodbye" is the second single from Yoko Ono's 1982 album "It's Alright ". Like many of Ono's songs from this period, the lyrics deal with her emotional healing following the murder of her husband John Lennon...
After her grandmother is pronounced brain-dead following a stroke, a teenage girl must make the painful decision whether to continue life support.
- Home Sweet Homeless
After a series of bad luck, a single mother and her sons become homeless and are forced to live in their car. Co-starring Michael Faustino (brother of David
David Faustino
David Anthony Faustino is an American actor and rap artist primarily known for his role as Bud Bundy on the sitcom Married with Children.-Early life:...
) and Alfonso Ribeiro
Alfonso Ribeiro
Alfonso Lincoln Ribeiro is an American actor, director, dancer, game show host, and comedian. While he received attention for his performance in the title role of the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid and his appearance as a dancer in a Pepsi commercial featuring Michael Jackson, Ribeiro is best...
(Silver Spoons
Silver Spoons
Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987...
, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990 to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his aunt and uncle in their...
).
- Gangs
On leave from the army, a 19-year-old returns home to find his kid brother the leader of a gang. A gang he once led.
Season Six (October 18, 1988 - Aril 11, 1989)
- No Means NoNo Means NoNo means no can refer to:*"No means no", an anti-date rape slogan.*Nomeansno, a Canadian punk rock band....
When Megan Wells (Dana Barron
Dana Barron
Dana Barron is an American actress who has starred in film and on television. Barron is best known for her role as the original Audrey Griswold in the 1983 film National Lampoon's Vacation which she reprised in 2003's Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure for NBC television.-Early...
) becomes a date-rape victim, she and her brother Michael (Chad Lowe
Chad Lowe
Charles Conrad "Chad" Lowe is an American actor. He is the younger brother of fellow actor Rob Lowe. He won an Emmy Award for his supporting role in Life Goes On as a man suffering with HIV. He has also had recurring roles on ER, Melrose Place, and Now and Again...
) must deal with the fallout...which has lasting effects on their relationship with each other, and with the opposite sex in general. Co-starring Tracy Wells
Tracy Wells
Tracy Wells is an American actress. Wells was played a main character on the American sitcom Mr. Belvedere as Heather Owens. She won the Young Artist Award in the "Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Series" category for her work on that show. She was also a guest star on the show...
(of Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...
fame) and Lori Loughlin
Lori Loughlin
Lori Anne Loughlin is an American actress, best known for her role as Rebecca Donaldson-Katsopolis on the ABC sitcom Full House. As of 2011, she portrays the role of Debbie Wilson on 90210, the spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210...
(Rad
Rad (film)
Rad is a film about BMX racing, first released in the USA in 1986. The film was written by Sam Bernard and Geoffrey Edwards and directed by Hal Needham. It stars Bill Allen and Lori Loughlin. Parts of this movie were filmed in Cochrane in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada, Colonel Macleod Jr...
, The New Kids
The New Kids (film)
The New Kids is a 1985 American thriller film, directed by Sean S. Cunningham and starring Shannon Presby and Lori Loughlin. The film was released on January 18, 1985, in the US by Columbia Pictures...
).
- Gambler
A 17-year-old becomes addicted to gambling, which soon takes over his life. Not to be confused with the James Caan
James Caan
James Caan is an American actor. He is best known for his starring roles in The Godfather, Thief, Misery, A Bridge Too Far, Brian's Song, Rollerball, Kiss Me Goodbye, Elf, and El Dorado...
movie
The Gambler (1974 film)
The Gambler is a 1974 feature film starring James Caan, Lauren Hutton, and Paul Sorvino.The film is loosely based on the short novel The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and was filmed at a time when leading actor James Caan was battling his own addiction to cocaine...
of the same title, despite similar subject matter. Co-starring George Dzundza
George Dzundza
George Dzundza is an American television and film actor.-Personal life:Dzundza was born in Rosenheim, Germany, to a Ukrainian father and Polish mother who were forced into factory labour by the Nazis. He spent the first few years of his life in displaced persons camps with his parents and one...
(The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter
The Deer Hunter is a 1978 drama film co-written and directed by Michael Cimino about a trio of Russian American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Vietnam War. The film stars Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, Meryl Streep, John Savage, John Cazale, and George Dzundza...
).
- Words to Live By
Two teenage boys are suspended from school after distributing an underground newspaper on campus. Starring Ricky Paull Goldin
Ricky Paull Goldin
Richard "Ricky" Paull Goldin is an American actor. He is currently in the cast of All My Children as Jake Martin since April 2008...
.
- My Past Is My OwnMy Past is My OwnMy Past Is My Own is a made-for-television movie which aired as a CBS Schoolbreak Special on January 24, 1989. The film is centered around a sit-in in the early 1960s at a racially segregated lunch counter in the Southern United States...
Two black teenagers are sent through time to experience how blacks were treated during the civil rights movement. Co-starring CCH Pounder
CCH Pounder
Carol Christine Hilaria Pounder , known professionally as C. C. H. Pounder , is a Guyanese-American film and television actress...
.
- 15 and Getting Straight
A look at a drug addiction-treatment center for teenagers (including real-life victims Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
and Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman
Corey Scott Feldman is an American film and television actor. He became known during the 1980s, with roles in the Hollywood films Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, The Goonies, Stand by Me, The Lost Boys, License to Drive, Dream a Little Dream, Gremlins and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
), where the counselors are ex-addicts themselves.
- A Matter of Conscience
A teenager is stunned when his grandfather's Nazi past becomes known to his family. Co-starring Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach
Eli Herschel Wallach is an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly...
.
Season Seven (October 17, 1989 - April 24, 1990)
- The Frog Girl
A 15-year old school girl refuses to dissect a frog and sues her school district for not allowing her to do an alternative project.
- Flour BabiesFlour BabiesFlour Babies is a book written in 1992 by Anne Fine, aimed at older children, which won the Carnegie Medal.-Synopsis:The story centres around Simon Martin, a pupil in class 4C at an unnamed school. 4C is the class reserved for the school's worst students. As it so happens, a new student has...
A group of high school students take part in a parenting class where their assignment is to treat a sack of flour like a new-born baby.
- The Girl with the Crazy Brother
A teenage girl (Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette
Patricia T. Arquette is an American actress and director. She played the lead character in the supernatural drama series Medium for which she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series....
) struggles to cope when her brother is diagnosed as a schizophrenic. Co-starring Alex Desert
Alex Désert
Alex Désert is a Haitian-American actor and musician most known for his roles in the TV series The Flash, Becker, and Boy Meets World...
(Becker
Becker (TV series)
Becker is an American television sitcom that ran from 1998 to 2004 on CBS. Set in the New York City borough of The Bronx, the show starred Ted Danson as John Becker, a misanthropic doctor who operates a small practice and is constantly annoyed by his patients, co-workers, friends, and practically...
, The Heights
The Heights
The Heights or Heights may refer to:Places:*The Heights, Jersey City, New Jersey, US*Sterling Heights, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit also known as "The Heights"...
); Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Carlisle
Belinda Jo Carlisle is an American singer who gained worldwide fame as the lead vocalist of the Go-Go's, one of the most successful all-female bands and the first such group whose members wrote their own songs and played their own instruments...
contributes several songs from her album Runaway Horses
Runaway Horses (album)
-Peak Positions:- End of year chart :- Certifications :-Singles:The following singles were released from the album, with the highest charting positions listed.-Personnel:*Kenny Aronoff — drums*Bekka Bramlett — background vocals...
.
- American Eyes
Korean boy, who has been adopted by an American family, decides to attend a Korean-American summer camp to learn more about his heritage.
- Maggie's Secret
15-year-old Maggie Kingston must decide how to resolve not one two drinking problems: that of her father (Joseph Bottoms
Joseph Bottoms
Joseph Bottoms is an American actor who won the 1975 Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor for his role in The Dove...
- The Black Hole
The Black Hole
The Black Hole is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Gary Nelson for Walt Disney Productions. The film stars Maximilian Schell, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Anthony Perkins, and Ernest Borgnine, while the voices of the main robot characters are provided by Roddy...
, Born to Race
Born to Race
Born to Race is a 1988 film directed by James Fargo. It stars Joseph Bottoms and Marla Heasley.-Cast:*Joseph Bottoms as Al Pagura*Marla Heasley as Andrea Lombardo*Robert Logan as Theo Jennings*George Kennedy as Vincent Duplain...
); and that of her mother (Mimi Kuzyk - The Kiss
The Kiss (1988 film)
The Kiss is a horror/thriller film released in 1988 and set in the United States and Africa. The Kiss is a late occult-horror-voodoo style film starring Joanna Pacula, Meredith Salenger and Nicholas Kilbertus....
).
- Malcolm Takes a Shot
Teenage athlete Malcolm Jones is in denial about his epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain.About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases...
, as he strives for super-stardom on the basketball court. Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles
Mario "Chip" Cain Van Peebles is an American director and actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films. He is son of filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles.-Life and career:...
, who also has a cameo as Malcolm's doctor.
Season Eight (October 16, 1990 - April 2, 1991)
- The Fourth ManThe Fourth ManThe Fourth Man is a 1983 Dutch suspense film directed by Paul Verhoeven, based on the novel De vierde man by Gerard Reve. The film stars Jeroen Krabbé and Renée Soutendijk in the lead roles.-Plot:...
Not to be confused with the Paul Verhoeven movie of the same title. Seeking the respect of his star athlete-father, teenage computer-wiz Joey (Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley , also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor, director, and producer best known for his role as Ralphie in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story. He began his career as an infant, in television commercials.-Early life, family and...
) uses steroids to make his high school track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
team...and to win Heidi (Nicole Eggert
Nicole Eggert
Nicole Elizabeth Eggert is an American actress. Notable roles include Jamie Powell in the television series Charles in Charge and Summer Quinn in the TV Series Baywatch. She was most recently a contestant on the VH1 reality show Celebrity Fit Club.-Early life:Eggert was born in Glendale,...
), the class knockout, as his girlfriend. But soon those "roids" take their toll, both on Joey's social life and on his scholastic status...and, ultimately, on his body as well. Co-starring Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Barbeau
Adrienne Jo Barbeau is an American actress and the author of three books. Barbeau came to prominence in the 1970s as Broadway's original Rizzo in the musical Grease, and as Carol Traynor, the divorced daughter of Maude Findlay in the sitcom Maude...
(as Joey's mom), Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn
Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn is an American film actor, screenwriter, producer and comedian. He began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 movie Swingers...
(a frequent collaborator with Billingsley, as his best friend) and football great Lyle Alzado
Lyle Alzado
Lyle Martin Alzado was a professional American football defensive lineman of the National Football League famous for his intense and intimidating style of play....
(a real-life steroid victim, who passed away two years later). Co-scripted and directed by Joanna Lee
Joanna Lee
Joanna Lee was a Korean woman who was killed in December 2000 during a prolonged and violent exorcism carried out by Pastor Luke Lee of the Lord of All cult, in Auckland, New Zealand.-Early life:...
(she was "Tanna the Alien" in the cult classic Plan 9 From Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction film written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi...
), with a music score by TV host John Tesh
John Tesh
John Frank Tesh is an American pianist and composer of pop music, as well as a radio host and television presenter. His 10-year-old 'Intelligence for Your Life Radio Show' reaches 14.2 Million listeners/week, and is syndicated by Teshmedia on 400 stations in US, Canada, and the UK...
.
- Lies of the Heart
Following a hit-and-run
Hit and run (vehicular)
Hit-and-run is the act of causing a traffic accident , and failing to stop and identify oneself afterwards...
, wealthy high-school seniors Jordan Crane (Christopher Rydell, son of Joanne Linville and director Mark Rydell
Mark Rydell
Mark Rydell is an American actor, film director and producer.-Career:Rydell's initial training was in music. As a youth, he wanted to be a conductor. He began his career as an actor and first became known for his role as Walt Johnson on The Edge of Night and as Jeff Baker on As the World Turns,...
) and his best friend Kyle (Christopher Collet
Christopher Collet
Christopher Collet is an American actor who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Jake Livingston in the 1984 movie Firstborn, and for his lead role in the 1986 film The Manhattan Project....
- Prayer of the Rollerboys
Prayer of the Rollerboys
Prayer of the Rollerboys is a 1990 independent science fiction film, starring Corey Haim and Patricia Arquette.-Plot summary:Haim stars as Griffin, a rollerblader in the not so distant future of Los Angeles which is in a sad state, the city is deep in crime and drug activity in the wake of a...
, The Manhattan Project) are forced to deal with the consequences of their actions. It doesn't get any easier when Jordan, who was driving, falls in love with his victim's financially-struggling daughter...who has no idea (at first) that he's responsible. Also starring Tricia O'Neil
Tricia O'Neil
Tricia O'Neil is an American actress.Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, O'Neil began her career as a model and cover girl before turning to acting. She first appeared in television commercials, then was cast many popular television series. She played Dr...
(The Gumball Rally
The Gumball Rally
The Gumball Rally is a 1976 film directed and co-written by Chuck Bail about a coast-to-coast road race. It was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash run by Brock Yates which inspired several other films, including Cannonball and Cannonball Run.-Plot:Michael...
) as Jordan's mother; with Brooke Theiss
Brooke Theiss
Brooke Theiss-Genesse is an American actress who has starred in film and on television.Her first film role was in 1988's Little Nikita, but later that year, Brooke's big role came in the hit horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master as Debbie Stevens, where the character was...
(Just the Ten of Us
Just the Ten of Us
Just the Ten of Us is an American sitcom starring stand-up comedian Bill Kirchenbauer as Coach Graham Lubbock, a teacher and the head of a large Catholic family with eight children living in Eureka, California. The series was a spin-off of Growing Pains, in which Kirchenbauer portrayed the same...
; she also starred in the live-action segments of Maxie's World
Maxie's World
Maxie's World is an animated cartoon series about a teenage girl named Maxie in Surfside High School in California. Maxie was a straight A student who produced and hosted her own TV show part time...
) and Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn
Vincent Anthony "Vince" Vaughn is an American film actor, screenwriter, producer and comedian. He began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 movie Swingers...
.
- The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern
After a woman announces plans to move their family to another state, her 16-year-old daughter (Tammy Lauren
Tammy Lauren
Tammy Lauren is an American actress who has appeared in film and television. She starred in Wishmaster, portraying Alexandra Amberson, a young woman who accidentally awakens the Djinn, a powerful spirit more commonly known as a genie.-Career:To date, Wishmaster is the only feature film in which...
) - the title character - seeks legal emancipation so she won't have to leave the school and friends she's had for so many years. Ultimately, Lizzie gets what she fought for...but wins much more than she counted on.
- But He Loves Me
When teenager Cassie O'Brian (Kelli Williams
Kelli Williams
Kelli Renee Williams is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Lindsay Dole on the Legal drama The Practice and as psychologist and deception expert Dr. Gillian Foster on Lie to Me....
) hits it off with Charlie Tyler (Donovan Leitch), the most popular boy in her school, everything is wonderful... until he becomes violent towards her. Both take turns narrating this story, which has a memorable surprise ending. Co-starring Season Hubley
Season Hubley
-Biography:Hubley was born Susan Hubley in New York City, the daughter of Julia Kaul and Grant Shelby Hubley, a writer and entrepreneur. Her brother is actor Whip Hubley....
(Escape From New York
Escape from New York
Escape from New York is a 1981 American science fiction action film directed and scored by John Carpenter. He co-wrote the screenplay with Nick Castle. The film is set in the near future in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into a maximum security...
) and Robin Tunney
Robin Tunney
Robin Jessica Tunney is an American actress. She is best known for her lead roles in the movie The Craft and the television series Prison Break and The Mentalist.-Early life:...
(The Craft
The Craft (film)
The Craft is a 1996 American supernatural teen horror film directed by Andrew Fleming and starring Robin Tunney, Rachel True, Fairuza Balk and Neve Campbell. The film's plot centers on a group of four teenage girls who pursue witchcraft and use it for their own gain...
, End of Days, Vertical Limit
Vertical Limit
Vertical Limit is a 2000 thriller action film directed by New Zealander Martin Campbell starring, among others, Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney and Scott Glenn...
).
- Abby, My Love
Teenager Chip Fulton (Josh Hamilton
Josh Hamilton (actor)
Josh C. Hamilton is an American actor.Hamilton was born in New York City, New York. His father is actor Dan Hamilton, and his stepmother is actress Stephanie Braxton...
) is determined to help his new girlfriend Abby Morris (Cara Buono
Cara Buono
Cara Buono is an American actress, screenwriter and director, probably best known for her role as Dr. Faye Miller in the fourth season of the AMC drama series Mad Men.-Early life:...
) when he learns she is being sexually abused at home. Anthony Heald
Anthony Heald
Philip Anthony Mair Heald, known professionally as Anthony Heald , is an American actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jail nemesis, Dr. Frederick Chilton in The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon, and for playing assistant principal Scott Guber in David E. Kelley's Boston Public...
(Deep Rising
Deep Rising
Deep Rising is a 1998 action horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. It was distributed by Hollywood Pictures and Cinergi Pictures, and was released in the United States on January 30, 1998.-Plot:...
) and Veronica Cartwright
Veronica Cartwright
Veronica A. Cartwright is an English-born American actress who has worked mainly in American film and television. She is best known for her role of Lambert in Alien, for which she won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress....
(Alien
Alien (film)
Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which...
) portray Abby's parents.
Season Nine (October 22, 1991 - April 7, 1992)
- Dedicated to the One I LoveDedicated to the One I Love"Dedicated to the One I Love" is the name of a song written by Lowman Pauling and Ralph Bass. Pauling was the guitarist of The "5" Royales, the group that recorded the original version of this song, Bass was the producer. A version by The Shirelles was a minor hit for them in 1959. The "5" Royales...
Teenage Amy Miller (Lisa Dean Ryan
Lisa Dean Ryan
Lisa Dean Ryan is an American actress.Ryan played Wanda Plenn, the girlfriend of the titular character in the series Doogie Howser, M.D. Shortly afterwards she played Jessica Cohen on the short lived series Class of '96...
) is stunned to discover what killed her beloved boyfriend: AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. With Joely Fisher
Joely Fisher
Joely Fisher is an American actress best known for her work on television as Paige Clark on Ellen as well as Joy Stark in the Fox sitcom Til Death, and also on stage and in films.-Background:...
(sister of Carrie
Carrie Fisher
Carrie Frances Fisher is an American actress, novelist, screenwriter, and lecturer. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy, her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge, for which she wrote the screenplay to the film of the same name, and her...
).
- Two Teens and a Baby
Two teenage brothers (one of them portrayed by Brice Beckham
Brice Beckham
James Brice Beckham is an actor most famous for his role as Wesley T. Owens in the television sitcom Mr. Belvedere and for his role as Corey in I Hate My 30's. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is a member of LA's Namaste theater group.-Biography:Beckham attended Walter B...
from Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Belvedere
Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...
) are stunned when their mother announces that she is expecting a daughter. Co-starring Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo
Robert Picardo is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayals of Dr. Dick Richards on ABC's China Beach, the Emergency Medical Hologram , also known as The Doctor, on UPN's Star Trek: Voyager, The Cowboy in Innerspace, Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years , Ben Wheeler in Wagons East, and as...
(as the boys' dad) and Maureen Flannigan
Maureen Flannigan
Maureen Osborne Flannagan , credited as Maureen Flannigan, is an American actress noted for her role as teenager Evie Ethel Garland TV sitcom Out of This World, which ran from 1987 to 1991 and also starred Donna Pescow. She began acting professionally in 1985.-Personal:She attended the University...
(of Out of This World
Out of This World (TV series)
Out Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in U.S. syndication on September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991. It was first broadcast in the UK on the ITV network on April 9, 1990, usually at...
and Push
Push (TV series)
Push is a short-lived American prime time soap opera about a group of young Olympic hopefuls in training at California Southern University. It aired on ABC from April 6, 1998 to August 6, 1998...
fame).
NOTE: despite a popular misconception, the sequel Two Teens and a Little Lady does not exist.
- 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth
Special featuring 50 things young people can do to save the earth.
- Please, God, I'm Only Seventeen
Young Michael Leland is critically injured in an automobile accident, which teaches both his sister (Roxana Zal
Roxana Zal
Roxana Zal is an American actress.Zal was born and raised in Malibu, California, the daughter of Maureen and Hossein Zal, a Los Angeles investor. She was on her High School tennis team. Her first acting role was a guest spot on Hart to Hart at age 12. She has had several other guest roles since...
) and his best friend Steve (Stan Kirsch
Stan Kirsch
Stanley Benjamin Kirsch is an American actor, screenwriter and director.His first acting job was at the age of 4 when he appeared in some Campbell's soup television commercials...
) never to take life for granted. Co-starring Randolph Mantooth
Randolph Mantooth
Randolph Donald Mantooth is an American character actor of stage, film and television. Mantooth is best known for his work in the 1970s medical drama, Emergency!, as Johnny Gage, a Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedic...
(of Emergency!
Emergency!
Emergency! is an American television series that combines the medical drama and action-adventure genres. It was produced by Mark VII Limited and distributed by Universal Studios...
fame) and Talia Shire
Talia Shire
Talia Shire is an American actress most known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather films and Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series.-Personal life:...
(from the Rocky
Rocky
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
movies) as Michael's parents.
- Different Worlds: A Story of Interracial Love
Two teens from racially different background begin a relationship after witnessing the murder of a mutual friend.
Season Ten (October 20, 1992 - April 13, 1993)
- Sexual Considerations
Teenager Jen (Heather McAdam
Heather McAdam
Heather McAdam is an American actress and yoga instructor.McAdam's major acting projects have included the roles of Catherine "Cat" Margolis in the television series Sisters , Dwana Pusser in Walking Tall , and Michelle Ryan in Salvage 1...
) blows the whistle on sexual harassment by a classmate, so a student court is hand-picked to straighten things out. Co-starring football great-turned-blaxploitation
Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation or blacksploitation is a film genre which emerged in the United States circa 1970. It is considered an ethnic sub-genre of the general category of exploitation films. Blaxploitation films were originally made specifically for an urban black audience, although the genre's audience...
legend Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey
Bernard Terry "Bernie" Casey is a professional actor who initially had a career as an interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional football player. Casey was also a record-breaking track and field athlete for Bowling Green State University...
, mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
champion Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, having held the title from April 14, 2000 to September 26, 2003. Along with fighters like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, he was one of the sport's early stars...
and Hudson Leick
Hudson Leick
Heidi Hudson Leick is an American actress, known for her role as villain Callisto in the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess. She is a certified Yoga instructor and intuitive counselor at the Healing Heart Yoga Center.-Biography:...
(of Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess is an American–New Zealand supernatural fantasy adventure series that aired in syndication from September 4, 1995 until June 18, 2001....
fame; she was Callisto
Callisto (Xena)
Callisto is a fictional character in the fantasy TV series Xena: Warrior Princess. She features as the most frequently recurring villainess on that show. She also makes appearances on three episodes of the parent show Hercules: The Legendary Journeys...
).
- Words Up!
An illiterate 25-year-old (Kadeem Hardison
Kadeem Hardison
Kadeem Hardison is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dwayne Wayne on A Different World, a spin-off of the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.-Childhood:...
) returns to high school, posing as a teenager so he can learn to read. Co-starring Richard Moll
Richard Moll
Charles Richard Moll is an American actor and voice artist,best known for playing Bull Shannon, the bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1983 to 1992...
, David Faustino
David Faustino
David Anthony Faustino is an American actor and rap artist primarily known for his role as Bud Bundy on the sitcom Married with Children.-Early life:...
and Vanna White
Vanna White
Vanna White is an American television personality and film actress best known as the hostess of Wheel of Fortune since 1982.-Early life:...
(as herself).
- Love Off Limits
Two youngsters cry censorship when their school demands that they edit out "inappropriate" portions of their student film. Co-starring Steve Guttenberg
Steve Guttenberg
Steven Robert "Steve" Guttenberg is an American actor and comedian. He became well known during the 1980s, after a series of starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy, and Short Circuit.-Early life:Guttenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, the...
(who also directed) and John Savage
John Savage (actor)
John Savage is an American film actor, producer, production manager, and composer.- Acting career :...
.
- Big Boys Don't CryBig Boys Don't CryBig Boys Don't Cry should refer to:* "Big Boys Don't Cry", a song from Extreme* "Big Boys Don't Cry" -See also:* Boys Don't Cry * Big Girls Don't Cry...
High-school wrestler Tony suspects - correctly - that his younger brother is being molested by their uncle Paul (Robert Pine
Robert Pine
Robert Pine is an American actor who has starred on television and in film. He is probably best known for his role as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the hit NBC television series CHiPs from 1977 to 1983.-Personal life:...
of CHiPs
CHiPs
CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
fame). For Tony, this causes painful memories of his own sexual abuse as a child by Paul...which all but destroys Tony's life, when his parents refuse to believe him and his wrestling coach doesn't care. Co-starring Mario Lopez
Mario López
Mario Michael Lopez, Jr. is an American actor who has appeared on several television series, in films, and on Broadway. He is best known for his portrayal of the character A.C. Slater on Saved By The Bell, which he also portrayed as a regular on Saved by the Bell: The College Years...
as a fellow wrestler (and the only person who's sympathetic to Tony's plight).
- Crosses on the Lawn
A community begins to take sides when an affirmative action program is introduced.
Season Eleven (October 12, 1993 - April 12, 1994)
- Other Mothers
Charles In Charge
Charles in Charge
Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series which starred Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board...
star Justin Whalin
Justin Whalin
Justin Garrett Whalin is an American actor best known for his role as Jimmy Olsen in the American television series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.-Early life:...
portrays a teenage basketball player who has been raised by a lesbian couple. Now he must contend with the conservative views of his new high school. Co-starring Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy is an American film and television actress. She is known for her role as the replicant Zhora in the Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner...
, Meredith Baxter
Meredith Baxter
Meredith Baxter , also known for some years as Meredith Baxter-Birney, is an American actress and producer. She is known for her acting roles including three television series: Family , an ABC television-network drama, Family Ties , an NBC television-network situation comedy, and Dan Vs. , a...
of Family Ties
Family Ties
Family Ties is an American sitcom that aired on NBC for seven seasons, from 1982 to 1989. The sitcom reflected the move in the United States from the cultural liberalism of the 1960s and 1970s to the conservatism of the 1980s. This was particularly expressed through the relationship between young...
fame (who would come out years later with the release of her autobiography Untied) and Judith Ivey
Judith Ivey
Judith Lee Ivey is an American actress and director.-Personal life:Ivey was born in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Dorothy Lee , a teacher, and Nathan Aldean Ivey, a college instructor and dean. She spent 1965-1968 in Dowagiac, Michigan, where she attended Union High School through tenth grade...
.
- If I Die Before I Wake
High school students must ultimately pick up the pieces when their entire track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
team is killed in an airplane crash. (similar to We Are Marshall
We Are Marshall
We Are Marshall is a 2006 American drama film directed by Joseph McGinty Nichol about the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 37 football players on the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team as well as five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters and...
?) Co-starring Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod
Gavin MacLeod is an American actor most notable for playing Happy Haines on McHale's Navy, Murray Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Captain Merrill Stubing on The Love Boat...
(of The Love Boat
The Love Boat
The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24,1977, until May 24,1986.The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain...
fame), Tammy Lauren
Tammy Lauren
Tammy Lauren is an American actress who has appeared in film and television. She starred in Wishmaster, portraying Alexandra Amberson, a young woman who accidentally awakens the Djinn, a powerful spirit more commonly known as a genie.-Career:To date, Wishmaster is the only feature film in which...
and Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, having held the title from April 14, 2000 to September 26, 2003. Along with fighters like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, he was one of the sport's early stars...
.
- Love in the Dark Ages
Teenage girl is stunned to discover that her boyfriend has given her an STD.
- Same DifferenceSame DifferenceSame Difference can refer to:* Same Difference, a British singing duo* Same Difference , an album by Swedish death metal band Entombed* Same Difference , a show which aired on Channel 4...
Two teens from different cultural backgrounds face opposition from their parents when they begin to date.
Season Twelve (October 11, 1994 - May 30, 1995)
- The Writing on the WallThe writing on the wall"The writing on the wall" , an idiom, is a portent of doom or misfortune. It originates in the Biblical book of Daniel—where supernatural writing foretells the demise of the Babylonian Empire...
Three teens (one portrayed by Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley
Peter Billingsley , also known as Peter Michaelsen and Peter Billingsley-Michaelsen, is an American actor, director, and producer best known for his role as Ralphie in the 1983 movie A Christmas Story. He began his career as an infant, in television commercials.-Early life, family and...
) are arrested for defacing a Jewish temple. The indomitable rabbi (Hal Linden
Hal Linden
Hal Linden is an American stage and television actor and television director, best known for his role in the television comedy series Barney Miller and as presenter on the ABC educational series Animals, Animals, Animals....
) - who prides himself on never writing anybody off, and on never blowing his cool (except, he admits, when the Mets
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
lose) - persuades the judge (Steven Gilborn
Steven Gilborn
Steven Neil Gilborn was an American television and film actor.Gilborn was born in New Rochelle, New York. He attended Swarthmore College, where he was awarded a bachelor's degree in English and earned a Ph.D...
) to give the boys 25 hours of Holocaust/Judaism "Tolerance" education...which the rabbi himself will teach. Based on a true story.
- My Summer as a Girl
Desperate for a summer job, a teenage boy masquerades as a girl (a la Tootsie
Tootsie
Tootsie is a 1982 American comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to extreme lengths to land a job. The movie stars Dustin Hoffman and Jessica Lange, with a supporting cast that includes Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman,...
) to land a chambermaid job at a swanky hotel.
- What About Your FriendsWhat About Your Friends"What About Your Friends" is TLC's third single from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip. The single was released in the fall of 1992. "What About Your Friends" reached #7 on the Billboard Hot 100 becoming the group's third top-ten single....
A unique look at the senior year successes - and failures - of three high school girlfriends (one of them portrayed by Lark Voorhies
Lark Voorhies
Lark Voorhies is an American actress who rose to fame playing Lisa Turtle in Saved by the Bell, for which she was nominated for the Young Artist Award four times, winning in 1990 and 1993. She also portrayed the role as a regular on Good Morning, Miss Bliss.-Acting career:Voorhies made her acting...
of Saved By the Bell
Saved by the Bell
Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...
fame) as they prepare for college.
- Kids Killing Kids
Four separate stories are dramatized showing the tragic consequences when teens use guns to solve their problems, and how they can solve the same problem without guns.
- Between Mother and Daughter
Anna Leone (Lindsay Crouse
Lindsay Crouse
-Early life:Crouse was born in New York City, the daughter of Anna and Russel Crouse, a playwright. Her full name—Lindsay Ann Crouse—is an intentional tribute to the Broadway writing partnership of Lindsay and Crouse. Her father and his writing partner, Howard Lindsay, wrote much of...
) is dying of breast cancer. Her husband Joe (Dan Lauria
Dan Lauria
Daniel Joseph "Dan" Lauria is an American television and film actor.-Early life:Lauria, an Italian-American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Carmela and Joseph J. Lauria. He also lived in Lindenhurst, New York...
from Terror in the Family
Terror in the Family
Terror in the Family is a 1996 television film directed by Gregory Goodell and starring Joanna Kerns, Dan Lauria and Hilary Swank. The film is about a parents' struggle with the raising of their teenage daughter whose rebellious temperament erupts into violence...
and The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. It ran for six seasons on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988 after ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII....
) has trouble dealing with this, as do their teenage offspring Scott (Christopher Daniel Barnes
Christopher Daniel Barnes
Christopher Daniel Barnes , also known professionally as C.D. Barnes and C.B. Barnes, is an American actor. He is best known for providing the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1990s Fox television series Spider-Man: The Animated Series, and for his portrayal of Greg Brady in the films The...
) and - especially - Carla (A.J. Langer from Drexell's Class
Drexell's Class
Drexell's Class is an American sitcom aired by Fox as part of its 1991-92 lineup. The show was created by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers.-Synopsis:...
, My So-Called Life
My So-Called Life
My So-Called Life is an American teen drama television series created by Winnie Holzman and produced by Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. It originally aired on ABC from August 25, 1994, to January 26, 1995 and was distributed by The Bedford Falls Company with ABC Productions. Set at the...
and The People Under the Stairs
The People Under the Stairs
The People Under the Stairs is a 1991 horror film directed by Wes Craven and starring Brandon Adams, Everett McGill, Wendy Robie, A. J. Langer, Ving Rhames and Sean Whalen.- Plot :...
).
- Stand Up
Teenager wants to be a stand-up comic and go on tour, despite her father's objection.
Season Thirteen (October 24, 1995 - January 23, 1996)
- My Indian Summer
Native American teenager decides to learn more about her culture by spending the summer on the Indian Reservation where her mother was born.
- Children Remember the Holocaust
Keanu Reeves hosts this special where celebrities narrate letters, diaries, and published stories of children who have lived through the Holocaust.
- CrosstownCrosstownCrosstown may refer to:* Crosstown Shootout, an annual college basketball game between the University of Cincinnati and Xavier University* IND Crosstown Line, a subway line in New York, New York, United States...
When her parents split up, a teenage girl must move out of the suburbs and into the big city. Co-starring Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne was an American actor and director, known for his rich voice and dignified bearing.-Biography:Browne was the fourth son of a Baptist minister, Sylvanus S. Browne, and his wife Lovie...
(Logan's Run
Logan's Run
Logan's Run is a novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Published in 1967, it depicts a dystopic ageist future society in which both population and the consumption of resources are maintained in equilibrium by requiring the death of everyone reaching a particular age...
, Forest Warrior
Forest Warrior
Forest Warrior is a straight-to-video 1996 American action film starring Chuck Norris. The film was directed by Chuck Norris's brother Aaron Norris.- Plot summary :...
).
See also
- ABC Afterschool SpecialABC Afterschool SpecialThe ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were...
- NBC Special Treat
- After School SpecialAfter school specialThe American Broadcasting Company coined the term after school special in 1972 with a series of made for television movies, usually dealing with controversial or socially relevant issues, that were generally broadcast in the late afternoon and meant to be viewed by school age children, particularly...