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.
Weekend Special (Season 3)
The Big Hex of Little Lulu (Episode 1)
Air date: 1979-09-15
Runtime: 30 min
The Contest Kid Strikes Again (Episode 2)
Air date: 1979-09-22
Runtime: 30 min
The Girl with ESP (Episode 3)
Air date: 1979-10-20
Runtime: 30 min
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Part 1) (Episode 4)
Runtime: 30 min
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Part 2) (Episode 5)
Runtime: 30 min
The Incredible Detectives (Episode 6)
Air date: 1979-11-17
Runtime: 30 min
The Revenge of Red Chief (Episode 7)
Air date: 1979-12-15
Runtime: 30 min
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue (Episode 8)
Air date: 1980-01-26
Runtime: 30 min
The Gold Bug (Part 1) (Episode 9)
Runtime: 30 min
The Gold Bug (Part 2) (Episode 10)
Runtime: 30 min
The Trouble with Miss Switch (Part 1) (Episode 11)
Air date: 1980-02-16
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Rupert Brown (voiced by Eric Taslitz) and Amelia Daley (voiced by Nancy McKeon) are classmates who discover that their teacher, Miss Switch (voiced by Janet Waldo), is a witch with a magical talking cat named Bathsheba (voiced by June Foray).
The Trouble with Miss Switch (Part 2) (Episode 12)
Air date: 1980-02-23
Runtime: 30 min
Overview: Miss Switch and Bathsheba fly to Witch Mountain with Rupert and Amelia in their plan to stop the wicked witch Saturna (voiced by June Foray), who has condemned Miss Switch and taken control of the Witches' Council.