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''ABC Afterschool Special'' is an American television
anthology series An anthology series is a radio, television, video game or film series that spans different genres and presents a different story and a different set of characters in each different episode, season, segment, or short. These usually have a dif ...
that aired on
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from October 4, 1972, to January 23, 1997, usually in the late afternoon on weekdays. Most 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. The series won 51
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s during its 25-year run. In 2004 and 2005, BCI Eclipse and Sunset Home Visual Entertainment issued six DVD collections of episodes from the series that had been produced by Martin Tahse, each collection containing four episodes. A boxed set, in the shape of a school bus, was also released containing all of the DVD releases, with a detailed information booklet of all the specials on the set and including an extra DVD of two specials that had previously not been released on DVD.


Episodes


Season 1 (1972–73)


Season 2 (1973–74)


Season 3 (1974–75)


Season 4 (1975–76)


Season 5 (1976–77)


Season 6 (1977–78)


Season 7 (1978–79)


Season 8 (1979–80)


Season 9 (1980–81)


Season 10 (1981–82)


Season 11 (1982–83)


Season 12 (1983–84)


Season 13 (1984–85)


Season 14 (1985–86)


Season 15 (1986–87)


Season 16 (1987–88)


Season 17 (1988–89)


Season 18 (1989–90)


Season 19 (1990–91)


Season 20 (1991–92)


Season 21 (1992–93)


Season 22 (1993–94)


Season 23 (1994–95)


Season 24 (1995–96)


Season 25 (1996–97)


Notes


Reception

In 1993, ''
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'' named the series the best kids' show of the 1980s.


See also

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ABC Weekend Special ''ABC Weekend Special'' is a weekly 30-minute American television anthology series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997, which featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to b ...
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The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie ''The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie'' — retitled ''The New Saturday Superstar Movie'' for its second season — is a series of one-hour animated made-for-television films (some of which also contained live action sequences), broadcast on the ABC ...
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After school special The American Broadcasting Company coined the term Afterschool Special in 1972 with a series of television films, usually dealing with controversial or socially relevant issues, that were generally broadcast in the late afternoon and meant to be ...
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CBS Schoolbreak Special ''CBS Schoolbreak Special'' is an American anthology series for teenagers that aired on CBS from December 1978 to January 1996. The series began under the title ''CBS Afternoon Playhouse'', and was changed during the 1984–85 season. The concept ...
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Special Treat ''Special Treat'' (also known as ''NBC Special Treat'') is an American anthology series of television specials on NBC that were geared toward teenagers, similar to ''ABC Afterschool Special''. It debuted in 1975 and ran through the 1985–86 seas ...
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