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The ABC Afterschool Special

Season 11 1982 - 1983

  • 1982-09-22T21:00:00Z on ABC
  • 45m
  • 7h 45m (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Drama
Occasional educational shows broadcast in the afternoon. EMost episodes were 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.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

1982-09-22T21:00:00Z

11x01 Amy and the Angel

Season Premiere

11x01 Amy and the Angel

  • 1982-09-22T21:00:00Z1h

1982-10-27T21:00:00Z

11x02 Two Loves for Jenny

11x02 Two Loves for Jenny

  • 1982-10-27T21:00:00Z1h

Teen violinist is torn between her musical career and her boyfriend.

1982-11-10T22:00:00Z

11x03 A Very Delicate Matter

11x03 A Very Delicate Matter

  • 1982-11-10T22:00:00Z1h

Teenage girl is shocked when a former boyfriend tells her he has gonorrhea. Not only does she get tested, she must tell her current boyfriend to get tested as well. Co-starring Zach Galligan.

1983-01-19T22:00:00Z

11x04 Please Don't Hit Me, Mom

11x04 Please Don't Hit Me, Mom

  • 1983-01-19T22:00:00Z1h

Teenager Nancy Parks (Nancy McKeon) stumbles upon a case of child abuse. It turns out her new boyfriend's (Lance Guest) younger brother is regularly beaten by their mom (Patty Duke, whose real-life son Sean Astin portrays the victim in question).

A blind, mentally retarded infant with cerebral palsy is left in the care of an elderly English woman who refuses to let him die. Starring Cloris Leachman, M. Emmet Walsh, James Noble and Kirk Cameron.

Kari Michaelsen and Jennifer Jason Leigh star as two teenagers—one rich, the other middle-class—who become best friends over the summer. Co-starring Marion Ross and Julie Piekarski.

1983-03-23T22:00:00Z

11x07 But It's Not My Fault

11x07 But It's Not My Fault

  • 1983-03-23T22:00:00Z1h

Billy Warlock portrays 16-year-old Craig Foster, whose efforts to prove himself to his peers land him in juvenile hall. Co-starring Al White.

Season Finale

1983-03-30T22:00:00Z

11x08 The Wave

Season Finale

11x08 The Wave

  • 1983-03-30T22:00:00Z1h

A high school history teacher's lesson on Nazi Germany soon turns out to be a real-life lesson in mind-control and fascism at the school. It us up to school administrators to stop the game of psychological control before things go too far.

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