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ABC Weekend Specials

1977–1996 · 15 seasons

A gentle, varied Saturday-morning sampler of short stories, mixing live-action and cartoons, easy for young viewers to dip into.

Overview
The ABC Weekend Specials 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 Specials 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 Specials, 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.
How it feels
Brisk and easy to follow.
About
Coming-of-age, family, friendship, education
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Tone
    Pacing
    brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    kids
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism5
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness1
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight2

    Cast

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    Details

    Created by
    Charles August Nichols, Ernest Pintoff, Mark Cullingham, Rudy Larriva
    Written by
    Ann Elder, Jim Carlson, Mark Fink, Pierre Berton
    Starring
    Alan Young, Ike Eisenmann, Brad Savage, Janet Waldo, Charles Lane, Christian Slater, Melissa Joan Hart, David Doyle
    Length
    15 seasons, 112 episodes, 30 min each
    Network
    ABC
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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