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Weekend Special

ABC Weekend Special
📅 1977 ⭐ 7.8 🕐 30m US US
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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.

Seasons & Episodes
Season 1 17 episodes ▼
E1
The Winged Colt (1) 1977-09-10
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E2
The Winged Colt (2) 1977-09-17
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E3
The Winged Colt (3) 1977-09-24
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E4
Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine 1977-10-15
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E5
The Ransom of Red Chief 1977-10-22
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E6
Portrait of Grandpa Doc 1977-11-05
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E7
Trouble River (1) 1977-11-12
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E8
Trouble River (2) 1977-11-19
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E9
Tales of the Nunundaga (1) 1977-11-26
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E10
Tales of the Nunundaga (2) 1977-12-10
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E11
The Haunted Trailer 1977-12-24
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E12
My Dear Uncle Sherlock 1977-12-31
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E13
The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (1) 1978-01-07
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E14
The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (2) 1978-01-14
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E15
The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (3) 1978-01-21
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E16
Soup and Me 1978-02-04
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E17
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy 1978-05-06
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Season 2 12 episodes ▼
E1
The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody 1978-09-09
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E2
The Contest Kid and the Big Prize 1978-09-16
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E3
If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You? (1) 1978-09-30
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E4
If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You? (2) 1978-10-07
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E5
The $1,000 Bill 1978-10-28
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E6
Little Lulu 1978-11-04
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E7
Soup for President 1978-11-18
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E8
Weep No More, My Lady 1979-02-10
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E9
The Horse That Played Center Field (1) 1979-02-24
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E10
The Horse That Played Center Field (2) 1979-03-03
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E11
The Baby with Four Fathers 1979-03-31
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E12
The Puppy's Great Adventure 1979-05-12
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Season 3 12 episodes ▼
E1
The Big Hex of Little Lulu 1979-09-15
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E2
The Contest Kid Strikes Again 1979-09-22
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E3
The Girl with ESP 1979-10-20
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E4
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Part 1)
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E5
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Part 2)
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E6
The Incredible Detectives 1979-11-17
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E7
The Revenge of Red Chief 1979-12-15
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E8
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue 1980-01-26
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E9
The Gold Bug (Part 1)
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E10
The Gold Bug (Part 2)
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E11
The Trouble with Miss Switch (Part 1) 1980-02-16
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E12
The Trouble with Miss Switch (Part 2) 1980-02-23
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Season 4 8 episodes ▼
E1
Scruffy (1) 1980-10-04
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E2
Scruffy (2) 1980-10-11
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E3
Scruffy (3) 1980-10-18
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E4
Arthur the Kid 1981-01-03
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E5
Zack and the Magic Factory (1) 1981-01-10
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E6
Zack and the Magic Factory (2) 1981-01-17
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E7
Mayday! Mayday! (1) 1981-01-24
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E8
Mayday! Mayday! (2) 1981-01-31
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Season 5 7 episodes ▼
E1
The Puppy Saves the Circus 1981-09-12
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E2
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 1981-09-19
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E3
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit 1982-01-09
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E4
Miss Switch to the Rescue (1) 1982-01-16
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E5
Miss Switch to the Rescue (Part 2) 1982-01-23
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E6
The Joke's on Mr. Little 1982-02-06
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E7
Stanley, the Ugly Duckling 1982-05-01
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Season 6 9 episodes ▼
E1
The Haunted Mansion Mystery (1) 1983-01-08
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E2
The Haunted Mansion Mystery (2) 1983-01-15
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E3
Red Room Riddle 1983-02-05
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E4
Frank and Fearless (1) 1983-02-12
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E5
Frank and Fearless (2) 1983-02-19
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E6
All the Money in the World 1983-03-19
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E7
The Secret World of Og (1) 1983-04-30
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E8
The Secret World of Og (2) 1983-05-07
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E9
The Secret World of Og (3) 1983-05-14
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Season 7 9 episodes ▼
E1
Cougar! (Part 1)
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E2
Cougar! (Part 2)
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E3
Cougar! (Part 3)
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E4
The Dog Days of Arthur Cane (Part 1)
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E5
The Dog Days of Arthur Cane (Part 2)
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E6
A Different Twist 1984-03-10
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E7
The Amazing Bunjee Venture (Part 1) 1984-03-24
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E8
The Amazing Bunjee Venture (Part 2) 1984-03-31
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E9
Bad Cat
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Season 8 8 episodes ▼
E1
Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost (1) 1984-12-08
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E2
Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost (2) 1984-12-15
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E3
The Bollo Caper 1985-02-02
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E4
The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (1) 1985-02-23
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E5
The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (2) 1985-03-02
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E6
The Return of the Bunjee (1) 1985-04-06
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E7
The Return of the Bunjee (2) 1985-04-13
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E8
The Velveteen Rabbit 1985-04-20
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Season 9 8 episodes ▼
E1
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn (1) 1985-09-07
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E2
The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn (2) 1985-09-14
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E3
Jeeter Mason and the Magic Headset 1985-10-05
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E4
Pippi Longstocking (1) 1985-11-02
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E5
Pippi Longstocking (2) 1985-11-09
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E6
Columbus Circle 1985-11-23
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E7
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (1) 1985-11-30
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E8
The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (2) 1985-12-07
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Season 10 9 episodes ▼
E1
Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1986-09-13
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E2
The Day the Kids Took Over (Part 1)
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E3
The Day the Kids Took Over (Part 2)
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E4
The Mouse and the Motorcycle
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E5
Liberty and the Littles (Part 2)
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E6
Liberty and the Littles (Part 3)
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E7
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Part 1)
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E8
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Part 2)
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E9
Santabear's First Christmas
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Season 11 2 episodes ▼
E1
Cap'n O. G. Readmore Meets Red Riding Hood 1988-04-02
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E5
Runaway Ralph
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Season 12 1 episode ▼
E1
Ralph S. Mouse 1992-09-13
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Season 13 1 episode ▼
E4
Commander Toad in Space
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Season 17 8 episodes ▼
E1
The Secret Garden 1994-11-05
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E2
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale 1994-02-25
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E3
P. J. Funnybunny: A Very Cool Easter 1996-03-30
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E4
The Magic Pearl (1) 1996-08-04
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E5
The Magic Pearl (2) 1996-08-11
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E6
The Magic Pearl (3) 1996-08-18
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E19
The Magic Flute (1) 1994-04-30
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E20
The Magic Flute (2) 1994-05-07
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Season 18 1 episode ▼
E21
Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale 1995-02-25
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Crew
Executive Producer Linda Gottlieb
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