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.
Showing Season 1 of 15
Season 1
1977
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01. The Winged Colt (1)
1977-09-10
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02. The Winged Colt (2)
1977-09-17
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03. The Winged Colt (3)
1977-09-24
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04. Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine
1977-10-15
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05. The Ransom of Red Chief
1977-10-22
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06. Portrait of Grandpa Doc
1977-11-05
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07. Trouble River (1)
1977-11-12
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08. Trouble River (2)
1977-11-19
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09. Tales of the Nunundaga (1)
1977-11-26
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10. Tales of the Nunundaga (2)
1977-12-10
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11. The Haunted Trailer
1977-12-24
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12. My Dear Uncle Sherlock
1977-12-31
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13. The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (1)
1978-01-07
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14. The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (2)
1978-01-14
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15. The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (3)
1978-01-21
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16. Soup and Me
1978-02-04
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17. The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy
1978-05-06
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