Under its original name, the Afternoon Playhouse aired a handful of made-for-TV films, the most notable of which was the 1983 release of Revenge of the Nerd.

A suburban kid from the Midwest, his dad, and a Colorado Apache must join forces to try to survive in the Rocky Mountains.

A suburban kid from the Midwest, his dad, and a Colorado Apache must join forces to try to survive in the Rocky Mountains.

A suburban kid from the Midwest, his dad, and a Colorado Apache must join forces to try to survive in the Rocky Mountains.

A suburban kid from the Midwest, his dad, and a Colorado Apache must join forces to try to survive in the Rocky Mountains.

After their plane crashes in Death Valley, a group of teenagers struggle to survive the searing heat, while waiting for help to arrive.

The special was perhaps the best known of the Schoolbreak programs, due to the release a year later of the similarly named film Revenge of the Nerds.