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The ABC Afterschool Special

Season 8 1979 - 1980

  • 1979-09-26T21:00:00Z on ABC
  • 45m
  • 6h 45m (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

1979-09-26T21:00:00Z

8x01 My Other Mother (Which Mother is Mine?)

Season Premiere

8x01 My Other Mother (Which Mother is Mine?)

  • 1979-09-26T21:00:00Z1h

Arthur Allan Seidelman directed this adaptation of Joan Oppenheimer's novel My Other Mother. 16-year-old Alexandria (Melissa Sue Anderson) is stunned when her biological mother arrives to take Alex away from her adoptive parents. Co-starring Marion Ross and Woody Eney.

1979-10-10T21:00:00Z

8x02 A Movie Star's Daughter

8x02 A Movie Star's Daughter

  • 1979-10-10T21:00:00Z1h

Shy teenager Dena (Trini Alvarado) enrolls in a new school and does not make friends easily, until it is discovered that her father is famous actor Hal McKain (Frank Converse). Overnight, she becomes the most popular student in school—but this brings its own problems.

1979-10-24T21:00:00Z

8x03 A Special Gift

8x03 A Special Gift

  • 1979-10-24T21:00:00Z45m

14-year-old basketball player wants to be a ballet dancer, and is worried about what his friends and family will think.

A 15-year-old girl takes up drinking to impress a boy; instead, she soon develops a serious problem.

Bruce Malmuth directed this adaptation of Michael Bonadies's novel The Gold Test. Ambitious teenage figure skater Maggie MacDonald (Melissa Sherman) learns what champions are truly made of when she meets a paraplegic youngster.

12-year-old girl wonders about all of the changes that's happening to her body. Sequel to My Mom's Having a Baby.

1980-03-19T22:00:00Z

8x07 What Are Friends For?

8x07 What Are Friends For?

  • 1980-03-19T22:00:00Z1h

Two 12-year-old girls going through a divorce make a pact never to divorce their friendship.

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