Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.
ABC Afterschool Special (Season 9)
A Family of Strangers 0.0
Air date: 1980-09-24
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A widower's two teen-aged daughters resent their father's remarriage to a single mother, especially since the woman's 12-year-old daughter (who is several years younger) will now compete for the parents attention. This special focuses on the parents' attempts to unite the new stepsisters into a loving family.
Schoolboy Father 0.0
Air date: 1980-10-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.
The Gymnast 0.0
Air date: 1980-10-29
Runtime: 60 min
Stoned 0.0
Air date: 1980-11-12
Runtime: 60 min
A Matter of Time 0.0
Air date: 1981-02-11
Runtime: 60 min
Run, Don't Walk 0.0
Air date: 1981-03-04
Runtime: 60 min
My Mother Was Never a Kid 0.0
Air date: 1981-03-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: My Mother Was Never a Kid is an American television teen fantasy/comedy/drama that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on March 16, 1981. It was based on the 1977 Francine Pascal novel Hangin' Out With CiCi, which in turn was the first teen novel in the "Victoria Martin" trilogy series. It was also the first of two Pascal teen novels that were adapted into Afterschool Specials for the network, the other being The Hand-Me-Down Kid.
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