Irregularly scheduled 90-minute drama specials for the afternoon viewing audience.
Usually recorded on videotape, the dramas were generally broadcast in the 3:00 to 4:30 pm timeslot, preempting game shows and the soap operas General Hospital and One Life to Live.
Presentations included:
The Other Woman – The story of an unwed pregnant woman who wants to keep her baby despite embarrassment to her and the child’s married father.
A Mask of Love in which a biographer’s assistant searched for a deceased novelist’s personal papers – a treasure now jealously guarded by his last mistress.
Alone With Terror, starring Juliet Mills as Susan Maroni, a police lieutenants’ widow who attempts to prove that her husband was not on the take at the time of his apparent suicide.
Last Bride of Salem, telling the story of a young mother struggling to prevent demonic forces from possessing her husband and daughter, with Bradford Dillman (who won an Emmy for his performance) and Lois Nettleton
Heart In Hiding with Kay Lenz and Clu Gulager.
The Girl Who Couldn’t Lose, with Julie Kavner and Jack Carter.
Episodes
This Child Is Mine | I Never Said Goodbye | The Other Woman | Episode #4 | My Secret Mother | A Mask of Love | The Gift of Terror | The Things I Never Said | A Special Act of Love | Alone with Terror | Mother of the Bride | Miss Kline, We Love You | Last Bride of Salem | Can I Save My Children? | Heart in Hiding | Oh, Baby, Baby, Baby | The Girl Who Couldn’t Lose
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