Breaking Point

Breaking Point debuted on ABC on September 16, 1963. It was a spin-off of sorts from Ben Casey (its premiere episode was the second half of a story that began on Casey). Breaking Point was produced by George Lefferts, a writer who had served in an Army psychiatric ward during World War II. The series focused on two psychiatrists, young Dr. McKinley "Mac" Thompson (Paul Richards) and his boss, Dr. William Raymer (Eduard Franz), who practiced at an outpatient clinic located in a metropolitan hospital. Instead of the usual TV "psychopaths," their clientele consisted mainly of everyday people who'd reached a "breaking point" and needed help getting their lives back on track.Breaking Point featured teleplays by the likes of Robert Towne (who later wrote the film Chinatown) and guest actors (such as Robert Redford and Telly Savalas) who later became superstars. But, the series itself lasted only one season, and, unfortunately, it seems to be genera

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 77369
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired September 16, 1963
  • Recent April 27, 1964
  • Airs Monday, at 10:00pm
  • Network ABC (US)
  • Average Runtime 45 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country United States of America
  • Original Language English
  • On Other Sites IMDB
  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 0
Season 1 September 1963 April 1964 30
Unassigned Episodes 0
Season From To Episodes
Specials 0
Unassigned Episodes 30
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 0
Unassigned Episodes 30
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Barbara Merlin 2 12/16/1963 - 02/10/1964
Milton Merlin 2 12/16/1963 - 02/10/1964
Alvin Boretz 1 12/09/1963
Mort Fine 1 01/20/1964
Shimon Wincelberg 1 01/20/1964
Albert Sanders 1 11/18/1963
Mark Rodgers 1 10/14/1963
Allan Sloane 1 11/11/1963
George Lefferts 1 09/16/1963
Name Number of Episodes Dates
William A. Graham 2 11/18/1963 - 12/16/1963
Robert Ellis Miller 1 11/11/1963
Sydney Pollack 1 09/16/1963
Don Siegel 1 10/14/1963
Robert Stevens 1 02/10/1964

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