''CBS Storybreak'' is a Saturday morning anthology

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that originally aired on the

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network from 1985 to 1989. Hosted by

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(and in its 1993 return by

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), the episodes are half-hour

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adaptations of

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s published at the time of airing, including '' How to Eat Fried Worms''. Other episodes included '' Dragon's Blood'' and ''

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''. The show grew out of a feature on Keeshan's ''

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'' series. Unique for an American television series, the series featured

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captioned by the National Captioning Institute for the hearing impaired during its 1993 reairing, instead of the usual

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. In addition to being a convenience for the hearing-impaired, this also allowed those who could hear to read along with the story. The episodes were produced by Australia's Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia for

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. One of its crew members,

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became the president of

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in 2002. Select episodes were released on

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in 1992 under the title ''Video Storybreak''. CBS' first in-house cartoon series since their original

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, it was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program in the 1985–1986 season. It continued in reruns until 1988 and returned to air in reruns (with Jamal-Warner replacing Keeshan as host) from the 1993–94 season to 1997–98 season. The series featured regular '' Read More About It'' project selections from the ''

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'' in Washington DC, that were highlighted at the end of show by both Keeshan and Jamal-Warner.

Episodes

Season 1 (1985)

Season 2 (1985)

Season 3 (1987–1989)

International syndication

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, Network Ten (Australia) * Channel 5 (

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)

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