Is ABC Weekend Specials still running?

No — ABC Weekend Specials has ended.

How many seasons does ABC Weekend Specials have?

ABC Weekend Specials has 15 seasons and 112 episodes, and first aired in 1977.

Is ABC Weekend Specials worth watching?

ABC Weekend Specials holds an average rating of 7.5/10 on TMDB. Join the discussion below to add your take.

ABC Weekend Specials

Name: ABC Weekend Specials
Released: 1977-09-10
Rating: 7.5

Ended

1977 - 1996

7.5

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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.