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The ABC Afterschool Special

Season 9 1980 - 1981

  • 1980-09-24T21:00:00Z on ABC
  • 45m
  • 7h (7 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.

7 episodes

Season Premiere

1980-09-24T21:00:00Z

9x01 A Family of Strangers

Season Premiere

9x01 A Family of Strangers

  • 1980-09-24T21:00:00Z1h

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.

1980-10-15T21:00:00Z

9x02 Schoolboy Father

9x02 Schoolboy Father

  • 1980-10-15T21:00:00Z1h

High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.

1980-10-29T22:00:00Z

9x03 The Gymnast

9x03 The Gymnast

  • 1980-10-29T22:00:00Z1h

Holly Gagnier stars as 16-year-old Ginny Coker, who's determined to become a world-class athlete.

1980-11-12T22:00:00Z

9x04 Stoned

9x04 Stoned

  • 1980-11-12T22:00:00Z1h

Jack (Scott Baio) is a motivated high schooler, until he experiments with marijuana and falls in with a fast crowd; soon he's dabbling in harder drugs, such as LSD, quaaludes, and cocaine. Will he wise up before it's too late? Co-starring Largo Woodruff and Anthony C Sena.

1981-02-11T22:00:00Z

9x05 A Matter of Time

9x05 A Matter of Time

  • 1981-02-11T22:00:00Z1h

Teen Lisl Gilbert finds inner strength when she learns her mother is dying of cancer.

1981-03-04T22:00:00Z

9x06 Run, Don't Walk

9x06 Run, Don't Walk

  • 1981-03-04T22:00:00Z1h

A teenage girl does not know how to deal with being in a wheelchair, after an accident leaves her paralyzed. Then she befriends a boy in the same situation, and the future suddenly looks brighter for both of them. Starring Toni Kalem, Scott Baio, Dee Wallace and Hal Williams.

Season Finale

1981-03-19T22:00:00Z

9x07 My Mother Was Never a Kid

Season Finale

9x07 My Mother Was Never a Kid

  • 1981-03-19T22:00:00Z1h

A 13 year-old girl with a fetish for trouble takes a trip back to the 1940s, when her mother was her age. She then realizes that her mother was just like her.

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