Weekend Special

Sep 10, 1977 (en) [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 10, 1977
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    71.67%
  • Original title
    ABC Weekend Special
  • Release
    Sep 10, 1977
  • en
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Specials ( )

Valentine's Second Chance

Episode: 1

My Dear Uncle Sherlock

Episode: 3

Homer & The Wacky Doughnut Machine

Episode: 4

Season 1 ( 1977-09-09)

The Winged Colt (1)

Episode: 1

The Winged Colt (2)

Episode: 2

The Winged Colt (3)

Episode: 3

Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine

Episode: 4

The Ransom of Red Chief

Episode: 5

Portrait of Grandpa Doc

Episode: 6

Trouble River (1)

Episode: 7

Trouble River (2)

Episode: 8

Tales of the Nunundaga (1)

Episode: 9

Tales of the Nunundaga (2)

Episode: 10

The Haunted Trailer

Episode: 11

My Dear Uncle Sherlock

Episode: 12

The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (1)

Episode: 13

The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (2)

Episode: 14

The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (3)

Episode: 15

Soup and Me

Episode: 16

The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy

Episode: 17

Season 2 ( 1978-09-08)

The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody

Episode: 1

The Contest Kid and the Big Prize

Episode: 2

If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You? (1)

Episode: 3

If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You? (2)

Episode: 4

The $1,000 Bill

Episode: 5

Little Lulu

Episode: 6

Soup for President

Episode: 7

Weep No More, My Lady

Episode: 8

The Horse That Played Center Field (1)

Episode: 9

The Horse That Played Center Field (2)

Episode: 10

The Baby with Four Fathers

Episode: 11

The Puppy's Great Adventure

Episode: 12

Season 3 ( 1979-09-14)

The Big Hex of Little Lulu

Episode: 1

The Contest Kid Strikes Again

Episode: 2

The Girl with ESP

Episode: 3

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Part 1)

Episode: 4

The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Part 2)

Episode: 5

The Incredible Detectives

Episode: 6

The Revenge of Red Chief

Episode: 7

The Puppy's Amazing Rescue

Episode: 8

The Gold Bug (Part 1)

Episode: 9

The Gold Bug (Part 2)

Episode: 10

The Trouble with Miss Switch (Part 1)

Episode: 11

The Trouble with Miss Switch (Part 2)

Episode: 12

Season 4 ( 1980-10-03)

Scruffy (1)

Episode: 1

Scruffy (2)

Episode: 2

Scruffy (3)

Episode: 3

Arthur the Kid

Episode: 4

Zack and the Magic Factory (1)

Episode: 5

Zack and the Magic Factory (2)

Episode: 6

Mayday! Mayday! (1)

Episode: 7

Mayday! Mayday! (2)

Episode: 8

Season 5 ( 1981-09-11)

The Puppy Saves the Circus

Episode: 1

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Episode: 2

Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit

Episode: 3

Miss Switch to the Rescue (1)

Episode: 4

Miss Switch to the Rescue (Part 2)

Episode: 5

The Joke's on Mr. Little

Episode: 6

Stanley, the Ugly Duckling

Episode: 7

Season 6 ( 1983-01-07)

The Haunted Mansion Mystery (1)

Episode: 1

The Haunted Mansion Mystery (2)

Episode: 2

Red Room Riddle

Episode: 3

Frank and Fearless (1)

Episode: 4

Frank and Fearless (2)

Episode: 5

All the Money in the World

Episode: 6

The Secret World of Og (1)

Episode: 7

The Secret World of Og (2)

Episode: 8

The Secret World of Og (3)

Episode: 9

Season 7 ( )

Cougar! (Part 1)

Episode: 1

Cougar! (Part 2)

Episode: 2

Cougar! (Part 3)

Episode: 3

The Dog Days of Arthur Cane (Part 1)

Episode: 4

The Dog Days of Arthur Cane (Part 2)

Episode: 5

A Different Twist

Episode: 6

The Amazing Bunjee Venture (Part 1)

Episode: 7

The Amazing Bunjee Venture (Part 2)

Episode: 8

Bad Cat

Episode: 9

Season 8 ( 1984-12-07)

Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost (1)

Episode: 1

Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost (2)

Episode: 2

The Bollo Caper

Episode: 3

The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (1)

Episode: 4

The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (2)

Episode: 5

The Return of the Bunjee (1)

Episode: 6

The Return of the Bunjee (2)

Episode: 7

The Velveteen Rabbit

Episode: 8

Season 9 ( 1985-09-06)

The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn (1)

Episode: 1

The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn (2)

Episode: 2

Jeeter Mason and the Magic Headset

Episode: 3

Pippi Longstocking (1)

Episode: 4

Pippi Longstocking (2)

Episode: 5

Columbus Circle

Episode: 6

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (1)

Episode: 7

The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (2)

Episode: 8

Season 10 ( 1986-09-13)

Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Episode: 1

The Day the Kids Took Over (Part 1)

Episode: 2

The Day the Kids Took Over (Part 2)

Episode: 3

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Episode: 4

Liberty and the Littles (Part 2)

Episode: 5

Liberty and the Littles (Part 3)

Episode: 6

The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Part 1)

Episode: 7

The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Part 2)

Episode: 8

Santabear's First Christmas

Episode: 9

Season 11 ( 1988-04-02)

Cap'n O. G. Readmore Meets Red Riding Hood

Episode: 1

Runaway Ralph

Episode: 5

Season 13 ( )

Commander Toad in Space

Episode: 4

Season 17 ( 1994-11-05)

The Secret Garden

Episode: 1

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

Episode: 2

P. J. Funnybunny: A Very Cool Easter

Episode: 3

The Magic Pearl (1)

Episode: 4

The Magic Pearl (2)

Episode: 5

The Magic Pearl (3)

Episode: 6

The Magic Flute (1)

Episode: 19

The Magic Flute (2)

Episode: 20

Season 18 ( )

Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale

Episode: 21
Sep 10, 1977 (en)
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 10, 1977
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 71.67%
Original Title ABC Weekend Special
en

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer