The ABC Afterschool Special (a Titles & Air Dates Guide)

The ABC Afterschool Special

(a Titles & Air Dates Guide)

Last updated: Tue, 5 May 2020 -1:00

Show Details:

Start date: Oct 1972
End date: Oct 1996
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): ABC (US)
Run time: 60 min
Episodes: 150 eps
Genre(s): drama, kids

Credits:

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Episode #		Original Air Date	Titles

Season 1

1.	1-1	04 Oct 72	Last of the Curlews
2.	1-2	03 Feb 73	The Incredible, Indelible Magical, Physical Mystery Trip
3.	1-3	06 Dec 72	Santiago's Ark
4.	1-4	04 Apr 73	Alexander

Season 2

5.	2-1	03 Oct 73	Rookie of the Year
6.	2-2	28 Nov 73	My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel
7.	2-3	16 Jan 74	Pssst! Hammerman's After You
8.	2-4	27 Mar 74	The Runaways
9.	2-5	05 Jun 74	The Crazy Comedy Concert

Season 3

10.	3-1	27 Nov 74	The Toothpaste Millionaire
11.	3-2	02 Oct 74	Sara's Summer of the Swans
12.	3-3	23 Oct 74	The Bridge of Adam Rush
13.	3-4	06 Nov 74	Winning and Losing: Diary of a Campaign
14.	3-5	05 Feb 75	The Skating Rink
15.	3-6	18 Feb 76	Me and My Dad's New Wife
16.	3-7	27 Apr 75	The Secret Life of T. K. Dearing

Season 4

17.	4-1	08 Oct 75	It Must Be Love ('Cause I Feel So Dumb)
18.	4-2	22 Oct 75	Fawn Story
19.	4-3	19 Nov 75	The Shaman's Last Raid
20.	4-4	04 Feb 76	The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon
21.	4-5	21 Apr 76	Blind Sunday
22.	4-6	19 May 76	Dear Lovey Hart: I Am Desperate

Season 5

23.	5-1	06 Oct 76	Francesca, Baby
24.	5-2	10 Nov 76	P.J. and the President's Son
25.	5-3	01 Dec 76	Mighty Moose and the Quarterback Kid
26.	5-4	16 Feb 77	My Mom's Having a Baby
27.	5-5	09 Mar 77	The Horrible Honchos
28.	5-6	06 Apr 77	Very Good Friends

Season 6

29.	6-1	12 Oct 77	Hewitt's Just Different
30.	6-2	26 Oct 77	The Pinballs
31.	6-3	08 Mar 78	It Isn't Easy Being a Teenage Millionaire
32.	6-4	22 Mar 78	The Rag-Tag Champs
33.	6-5	05 Apr 78	Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me
34.	6-6	05 May 78	It's a Mile from Here to Glory
35.	6-7	12 Nov 77	Trouble River

Season 7

36.	7-1	07 Sep 78	One of a Kind
37.	7-2	11 Oct 78	Thank You, Jackie Robinson
38.	7-3	25 Oct 78	Gaucho
39.	7-4	14 Feb 79	Make-Believe Marriage
40.	7-5	07 Mar 79	The Terrible Secret
41.	7-6	09 May 79	The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid

Season 8

42.	8-1	26 Sep 79	My Other Mother (Which Mother is Mine?)
43.	8-2	10 Oct 79	A Movie Star's Daughter
44.	8-3	24 Oct 79	A Special Gift
45.	8-4	14 Nov 79	The Late Great Me
46.	8-5	12 Dec 79	Dinky Hocker
47.	8-6	13 Feb 80	The Gold Test (The Heartbreak Winner)
48.	8-7	05 Mar 80	Where Do Teenagers Come From?
49.	8-8	19 Mar 80	What Are Best Friends For?

Season 9

50.	9-1	24 Sep 80	A Family of Strangers
51.	9-2	15 Oct 80	Schoolboy Father
52.	9-3	29 Oct 80	The Gymnast
53.	9-4	12 Nov 80	Stoned
54.	9-5	11 Feb 81	A Matter of Time
55.	9-6	04 Mar 81	Run, Don't Walk
56.	9-7	19 Mar 81	My Mother Was Never a Kid

Season 10

57.	10-1	23 Sep 81	She Drinks a Little
58.	10-2	14 Oct 81	Starstruck
59.	10-3	28 Oct 81	Tough Girl
60.	10-4	11 Nov 81	The Color of Friendship
61.	10-5	10 Feb 82	The Unforgivable Secret
62.	10-6	03 Mar 82	Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now (The Night Swimmers)
63.	10-7	07 Apr 82	Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother

Season 11

64.	11-1	22 Sep 82	Amy and the Angel
65.	11-2	27 Oct 82	Two Loves for Jenny
66.	11-3	10 Nov 82	A Very Delicate Matter
67.	11-4	19 Jan 83	Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
68.	11-5	09 Feb 83	The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
69.	11-6	16 Mar 83	Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?
70.	11-7	23 Mar 83	But It's Not My Fault
71.	11-8	30 Mar 83	The Wave

Season 12

72.	12-1	09 Nov 83	The Celebrity and the Arcade Kid
73.	12-2	07 Dec 83	Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy
74.	12-3	18 Feb 84	The Dog Days of Arthur Cane
75.	12-6	17 Mar 84	Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

Season 13

76.	13-1	19 Sep 84	Summer Switch
77.	13-2	24 Oct 84	The Almost Royal Family
78.	13-3	14 Nov 84	Mom's on Strike
79.	13-4	13 Feb 85	I Want to Go Home
80.	13-5	02 Apr 85	Ace Hits the Big Time

Season 14

81.	14-1	09 Oct 85	Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
82.	14-2	11 Sep 85	No Greater Gift
83.	14-3	06 Nov 85	Don't Touch
84.	14-4	12 Feb 86	Can a Guy Say No?

Season 15

85.	15-1	17 Sep 86	Face at the Edge of the World
86.	15-2	01 Oct 86	Wanted: The Perfect Guy
87.	15-3	18 Feb 87	Supermom's Daughter
88.	15-4	04 Mar 87	Divorced Kids' Blues
89.	15-5	18 Mar 87	Class Act: A Teacher's Story

Season 16

90.	16-2	09 Sep 87	Just a Regular Kid: An A.I.D.S. Story
91.	16-3	16 Mar 88	Daddy Can't Read
92.	16-4	23 Sep 87	The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story
93.	16-5	23 Oct 87	The Day My Kid Went Punk
94.	16-6	02 Dec 87	Seasonal Differences
95.	16-7	20 Jan 88	The Terrible Things My Mother Told Me

Season 17

96.	17-1	26 Oct 88	Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend
97.	17-2	15 Sep 88	Date Rape
98.	17-3	15 Oct 88	A Family Again
99.	17-4	19 Jan 89	Taking a Stand
100.	17-5	16 Mar 89	Picking Up the Pieces
101.	17-6	20 Apr 89	Torn Between Two Fathers

Season 18

102.	18-1	14 Sep 89	My Dad Can't Be Crazy, Can He?
103.	18-2	26 Oct 89	Private Affairs
104.	18-3	30 Nov 89	A Town's Revenge
105.	18-4	25 Jan 90	All That Glitters
106.	18-5	22 Feb 90	Over the Limit
107.	18-6	19 Apr 90	The Perfect Date

Season 19

108.	19-1	13 Sep 90	A Question About Sex
109.	19-2	18 Oct 90	Testing Dirty
110.	19-3	06 Dec 90	Stood Up
111.	19-4	24 Jan 91	The Less Than Perfect Daughter

Season 20

112.	20-1	19 Mar 92	Summer Stories: The Mall (1)
113.	20-2	02 Apr 92	Summer Stories: The Mall (2)
114.	20-3	16 Apr 92	Summer Stories: The Mall (3)
115.	20-4	28 Jan 93	Shades of a Single Protein

Season 21

116.	21-1	16 Sep 93	Love Hurts
117.	21-2	09 Dec 93	Montana Crossroads
118.	21-3	21 Mar 94	I Hate the Way I Look
119.	21-4	02 May 94	Jacqi's Dilemma

Season 22

120.	22-1	15 Sep 94	Boys Will Be Boys
121.	22-2	08 Dec 94	The Magical Makeover
122.	22-3	16 Mar 95	Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About
123.	22-4	06 Apr 95	Notes for My Daughter

Season 23

124.	23-1	21 Sep 95	Fast Forward
125.	23-2	07 Dec 95	Positive: A Journey Into A.I.D.S.
126.	23-3	14 Mar 96	Educating Mom
127.	23-4	18 Apr 96	Daddy's Girl
128.	23-5	11 Jun 96	Through Thick & Thin

Season 24

129.	24-1	12 Sep 96	Too Soon for Jeff
130.	24-2	24 Oct 96	Me and My Hormones

Season 25

131.	25-4	01 Jul 97	Miracle at Trapper Creek

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