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| Breaking Away | |
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| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | Steve Tesich |
| Based on | Breaking Away |
| Starring | Shaun Cassidy Jackie Earle Haley Barbara Barrie |
| Composer | Lance Rubin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (1 unaired) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Peter Yates |
| Producer | Sam Manners |
| Cinematography | Brianne Murphy |
| Editors | Artie Mandelberg Gene Ruggiero |
| Running time | 1 hour (inc. commercials) |
| Production company | 20th Century Fox Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | November 29, 1980 – January 10, 1981 |
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Breaking Away is a 1980 American comedy-drama television series. Based on the 1979 film of the same name, it was created by Steve Tesich, who wrote the original film, and the film's director Peter Yates served as executive producer.
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As a prequel, the series was set during the year prior to the events of the film. Shaun Cassidy took over the role of Dave Stohler (played by Dennis Christopher in the film), [1] a young man crazy about bicycle racing and all things Italian. Barbara Barrie, Jackie Earle Haley, and John Ashton reprised their roles from the film. [2] The television series was set in Bloomington, Indiana, but was actually shot in Athens, Georgia.
The series was caught up in the 1980 Screen Actors Guild strike and did not begin production until that fall. While heavily promoted by ABC, it was overlooked by TV audiences once it got onto the air and suffered low ratings. It was canceled after eight episodes were filmed though only seven episodes aired during its original run. [3] ABC showed reruns of the series during the summer of 1981, and it was also rerun by A&E during 1985–1987.