Weekend Special
Weekend Special
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.
Series Cast
Status / Type
Ended (Scripted)
Seasons / Episodes
15 Seasons | 112 Episodes
Network
Genres
Seasons
Specials
3 Episodes •
Season 1
17 Episodes • 1977
Season 2
12 Episodes • 1978
Season 3
12 Episodes • 1979
Season 4
8 Episodes • 1980
Season 5
7 Episodes • 1981
Season 6
9 Episodes • 1983
Season 7
9 Episodes •
Season 8
8 Episodes • 1984
Season 9
8 Episodes • 1985
Season 10
9 Episodes • 1986
Season 11
2 Episodes • 1988
Season 12
1 Episodes • 1992
Season 13
1 Episodes •
Season 17
8 Episodes • 1994
Season 18
1 Episodes •
