The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | |
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Genre | Anthology |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Running time | 90 mins. |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Monaural |
Original release | October 31, 1973 | – February 13, 1975
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak is an American television anthology series that was broadcast on ABC from 1973 to 1975. The ninety-minute dramas aired once a month and featured some of the more popular television and film stars of the 1970s (Diana Hyland, Bradford Dillman, Patty Duke, Diane Baker, David Hedison).
Season 1
Season 2
The series was preempted in December 1973 for the pilot of ABC's Matinee Today, another dramatic anthology series. The pilot ran daily for five days, but never returned to the ABC schedule. The five episodes are frequently listed as part of The ABC Afternoon Playbreak.
The 14 episodes of these two related anthologies won 18 Daytime Emmy Awards and were nominated an additional 16 times.