Release Date

10 Sep, 1977

Runtime

00:30: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

111/17

Synopsis

The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to both the ABC Afterschool Special and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie that had started five years previous, the ABC Weekend Special differed in that it was primarily aimed at younger viewers following ABC's Saturday Morning cartoon lineup, whereas the ABC Afterschool Special was known for its somewhat more serious, and often dramatic storylines dealing with issues concerning a slightly older teen and pre-teen audience. With the debut of the ABC Weekend Special, some of the early ABC Afterschool Specials that had been targeted towards younger viewers were subsequently repackaged and re-run instead as ABC Weekend Specials.

Original Title

ABC Weekend Special

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Specials

Season 1

09 Sep, 1977

Season 2

08 Sep, 1978

Season 3

14 Sep, 1979

Season 4

03 Oct, 1980

Season 5

11 Sep, 1981

Season 6

07 Jan, 1983

Season 7

Season 8

07 Dec, 1984

Season 9

06 Sep, 1985

Season 10

13 Sep, 1986

Season 11

02 Apr, 1988

Season 13

Season 17

05 Nov, 1994

Season 18

Actors

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