ABC Weekend Specials

The story

The ABC Weekend Specials 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 Specials 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 Specials, 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.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1977 · 17 episodes Season details＋

Sept. 9, 1977

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Season 2 Season 2 1978 · 12 episodes Season details＋

Sept. 8, 1978

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Season 3 Season 3 1979 · 12 episodes Season details＋

Sept. 14, 1979

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Season 4 Season 4 1980 · 8 episodes Season details＋

Oct. 3, 1980

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Season 5 Season 5 1981 · 7 episodes Season details＋

Sept. 11, 1981

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Season 6 Season 6 1983 · 9 episodes Season details＋

Jan. 7, 1983

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Season 7 Season 7 9 episodes Season details＋

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Season 8 Season 8 1984 · 8 episodes Season details＋

Dec. 7, 1984

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Season 9 Season 9 1985 · 8 episodes Season details＋

Sept. 6, 1985

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Season 10 Season 10 1986 · 9 episodes Season details＋

Sept. 13, 1986

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Season 11 Season 11 1988 · 2 episodes Season details＋

April 2, 1988

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Season 12 Season 12 1992 · 1 episode Season details＋

Sept. 13, 1992

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Season 13 Season 13 1 episode Season details＋

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Season 17 Season 17 1994 · 8 episodes Season details＋

Nov. 5, 1994

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Season 18 Season 18 1 episode Season details＋

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Special episodes

Specials 3 episodes Season details＋

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Cast

A Alan YoungMr. Monroe / Storekeeper (voice) F Frank Cady M Mark HamillThe Admiral (voice) · Prince Tamino (voice) J Jane Withers M Michael YorkKing Sarastro (voice) I Ike Eisenmann B Brad Savage J Janet Waldo C Charles Lane C Christian Slater M Melissa Joan Hart D David Doyle

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L Lee Patterson J John Karlen N Noah Beery Jr. M Melvyn DouglasGrandpa Doc B Billy Jayne B Brian Bloom O Olivia Barash J Juanita Moore T Tristine Skyler I Inga Swenson F Frank Aletter M Mabel King W Willie TylerHimself - Host R Rossie Harris R Richard RomancitoBlack Eagle K Knowl JohnsonWalt Cribbens G George SimonelliCab Driver R Robert OliveriRyan R Rita TushinghamMrs Prysselius