Weekend Special

Name: Weekend Special
Released: 1977-09-10
Rating: 7.5

ABC Weekend Special

~30 min

Ended⭐ 7.51977-09-10

Seasons

15 Seasons

Episodes

112 Episodes

First Aired

1977-09-10

Last Aired

1996-08-18

Network

ABC

Country

Language

Rating

7.5 / 10

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.

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Seasons

Season 1

17 eps · 1977-09-09

Season 2

12 eps · 1978-09-08

Season 3

12 eps · 1979-09-14

Season 4

8 eps · 1980-10-03

Season 5

7 eps · 1981-09-11

Season 6

9 eps · 1983-01-07

Season 7

9 eps

Season 8

8 eps · 1984-12-07

Season 9

8 eps · 1985-09-06

Season 10

9 eps · 1986-09-13

Season 11

2 eps · 1988-04-02

Season 12

1 eps · 1992-09-13

Season 13

Weekend Special airing schedule, episode calendar, cast, and synopsis. Weekend Special airs on ABC.