‘CBS Schoolbreak Special’ Explores Reactions of a Teen Whose World is Crashing Fast

A high school yearbook editor must deal with the consequences of a former boyfriend’s death in the season premiere of “CBS Schoolbreak Special,” the series that addresses serious issues facing teens and pre-teens. “Dedicated to the One I Love” is no exception: In the story, 17-year-old Amy Miller learns her former beau Ron has been killed in a car crash, then discovers that the crash was the result of drug abuse. While coping with this realization and with Ron’s death, Amy learns from Ron’s mother that he had tested positive for the AIDS virus--meaning Amy may have been exposed, too.

Lisa Dean Ryan, Georgeann Johnson (“The Trials of Rosie O’Neill”) and Joey Sciacca star.

“CBS Schoolbreak Special: Dedicated to the One I Love,” Tuesday 3-4 p.m. CBS. For 12- to 18-year-olds.

MORE KIDS’ SHOWS

Hans Christian Anderson’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is set to verse in Long Ago & Far Away (today 9-9:30 a.m. KCET). For 2- to 9-year-olds.

“The Griffin” and “The Frog Prince” are the fairy tales of the week on Grim Tales (today 2-2:30 p.m. Bravo). For all ages.

In the 1982 science-fiction adventure Tron (today 3-5 p.m. KTLA), a video-game designer gets sucked into computer games--literally--and must escape by battling his own creations. For ages 8 and up.

The Sword and the Stone (today 5-7 p.m. KCAL) is an animated version of the King Arthur Legend. For all ages.

“Aaaaaugh!” That’s what you’ll say if you miss the back-to-back showings of Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (today 6-7:30 p.m. KCOP) and Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown (today 7:30-9 p.m. KCOP), the feature-length cartoons starring the Peanuts gang. For all ages.

An episode of Q.E.D. (Monday 7:30-8 p.m. KCET) follows a pair of parents as they undergo courses at the “Better Baby Institute.” For parents.

A live-action version of “Hansel and Gretel,” (Wednesday 6:30-8 p.m. Disney Channel), part of the Disney Channel’s Storybook Cinema, includes music adapted from an opera by Englebert Humperdinck. For all ages.

A 13-year-old from the year 3000 accidentally goes back in time to the year 1990 in The Girl From Tomorrow (Wednesday 8-10 p.m. Disney Channel). Can she make it back to the future? For all ages.

A rebroadcast ABC Afterschool Special “Amy and the Angel” (Thursday 3-4 p.m.) opens the series’ new season. It deals with teen suicide via an “It’s a Wonderful Life”-like theme: An angel shows a teen what life would have been like if she’d never been born. Matthew Modine, Meg Ryan and Helen Slater star. For 12- to 17-year-olds.

The bad news: Fox preempts “Beverly Hills, 90210” this week. The good news: In its place, the special Idols (Thursday 9-10 p.m. Fox) profiles several of the 90210 crowd, plus plenty of other teen babes. For ages 11 and up.

With Halloween lurking around the corner, Scary Tales (Friday 7-8 p.m. Nickelodeon) is a new special about a group of kids sharing a spine-chilling tale around a campfire. For ages 8 and up.

A young boy indulges in superstition as Halloween nears on the Young People’s Special “Who Spooked Rodney?” (Saturday 5:30-6 a.m. KCBS). For 5- to 11-year-olds.

Nick or Treat Saturday (Saturday 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. Nickelodeon) features favorite episodes of Nickelodeon shows and some on-air surprises. For 6- to 13-year-olds.

Sean Penn plays the memorable surfer dude Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Saturday 6-8 p.m.), the 1982 comedy based on a reporter’s undercover work at a real high school. For ages 13 and up.