''The ABC Afternoon Playbreak'' is an American television

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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,

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, Diane Baker,

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Episodes

Season 1 #"The Things I Never Said" (October 31, 1973) #"A Special Act of Love" (November 14, 1973) #"Mother of the Bride" (January 9, 1974) #"Miss Kline, We Love You" (February 27, 1974) #"Last Bride of Salem" (May 8, 1974) Season 2 #"Can I Save My Children?" (October 17, 1974) #"Heart in Hiding" (November 14, 1974) #"Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby..." (December 5, 1974) #"The Girl Who Couldn't Lose" (February 13, 1975)

ABC's Matinee Today

The series was preempted in December 1973 for the pilot of ''ABC's Matinee Today'', another dramatic anthology series. The pilot ran daily for five days, but never returned to the ABC schedule. The five episodes are frequently listed as part of ''The ABC Afternoon Playbreak''.Terrace, Vincent (2009). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007'' (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. . #"I Never Said Goodbye" (December 3, 1973) #"The Other Woman" (December 4, 1973) #"Alone with Terror" (December 5, 1973) #"My Secret Mother" (December 6, 1973) #"The Mask of Love" (December 7, 1973)

Awards

The 14 episodes of these two related anthologies won 18

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s and were nominated an additional 16 times.

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External links

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