
Weekend Special
The ABC Weekend Special 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 Special 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 Special, 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.
Seasons
1. The Winged Colt (1)
Air Date: 1977-09-10
2. The Winged Colt (2)
Air Date: 1977-09-17
3. The Winged Colt (3)
Air Date: 1977-09-24
4. Homer and the Wacky Doughnut Machine
Air Date: 1977-10-15
5. The Ransom of Red Chief
Air Date: 1977-10-22
6. Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Air Date: 1977-11-05
7. Trouble River (1)
Air Date: 1977-11-12
8. Trouble River (2)
Air Date: 1977-11-19
9. Tales of the Nunundaga (1)
Air Date: 1977-11-26
10. Tales of the Nunundaga (2)
Air Date: 1977-12-10
11. The Haunted Trailer
Air Date: 1977-12-24
12. My Dear Uncle Sherlock
Air Date: 1977-12-31
13. The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (1)
Air Date: 1978-01-07
14. The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (2)
Air Date: 1978-01-14
15. The Escape of a One-Ton Pet (3)
Air Date: 1978-01-21
16. Soup and Me
Air Date: 1978-02-04
17. The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy
Air Date: 1978-05-06
1. The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody
Air Date: 1978-09-09
2. The Contest Kid and the Big Prize
Air Date: 1978-09-16
3. If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You? (1)
Air Date: 1978-09-30
4. If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You? (2)
Air Date: 1978-10-07
5. The $1,000 Bill
Air Date: 1978-10-28
6. Little Lulu
Air Date: 1978-11-04
7. Soup for President
Air Date: 1978-11-18
8. Weep No More, My Lady
Air Date: 1979-02-10
9. The Horse That Played Center Field (1)
Air Date: 1979-02-24
10. The Horse That Played Center Field (2)
Air Date: 1979-03-03
11. The Baby with Four Fathers
Air Date: 1979-03-31
In 1946 New York City, four 11-year-old boys (Al Billera, Patrick Piccininni, Albert Ferrara, Eric Gurry) encounter problems when they find an abandoned baby girl and decide to "adopt" her.
12. The Puppy's Great Adventure
Air Date: 1979-05-12
1. The Big Hex of Little Lulu
Air Date: 1979-09-15
2. The Contest Kid Strikes Again
Air Date: 1979-09-22
3. The Girl with ESP
Air Date: 1979-10-20
4. The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Part 1)
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5. The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Part 2)
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6. The Incredible Detectives
Air Date: 1979-11-17
7. The Revenge of Red Chief
Air Date: 1979-12-15
8. The Puppy's Amazing Rescue
Air Date: 1980-01-26
9. The Gold Bug (Part 1)
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10. The Gold Bug (Part 2)
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11. The Trouble with Miss Switch (Part 1)
Air Date: 1980-02-16
Rupert Brown (voiced by Eric Taslitz) and Amelia Daley (voiced by Nancy McKeon) are classmates who discover that their teacher, Miss Switch (voiced by Janet Waldo), is a witch with a magical talking cat named Bathsheba (voiced by June Foray).
12. The Trouble with Miss Switch (Part 2)
Air Date: 1980-02-23
Miss Switch and Bathsheba fly to Witch Mountain with Rupert and Amelia in their plan to stop the wicked witch Saturna (voiced by June Foray), who has condemned Miss Switch and taken control of the Witches' Council.
1. Scruffy (1)
Air Date: 1980-10-04
Scruffy (voiced by Nancy McKeon) is a lovable puppy struggling to survive in an unfamiliar world where she loses loved ones, battles fiendish foes and learns the value of loyal friends.
2. Scruffy (2)
Air Date: 1980-10-11
Scruffy – frightened and freezing – returns alone to the big city and finds an affectionate new master, a ragged but regal Shakespearean street performer named Tibbles (voiced by Hans Conried).
3. Scruffy (3)
Air Date: 1980-10-18
Scruffy meets a tough bulldog named Butch (voiced by Michael Bell) who takes her to join his family of strays who have set up a canine commune in an abandoned station wagon.
4. Arthur the Kid
Air Date: 1981-01-03
5. Zack and the Magic Factory (1)
Air Date: 1981-01-10
6. Zack and the Magic Factory (2)
Air Date: 1981-01-17
7. Mayday! Mayday! (1)
Air Date: 1981-01-24
8. Mayday! Mayday! (2)
Air Date: 1981-01-31
1. The Puppy Saves the Circus
Air Date: 1981-09-12
2. The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Air Date: 1981-09-19
3. Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
Air Date: 1982-01-09
After a family adopts an abandoned baby rabbit, Bunnicula, mysterious happenings lead the family cat Chester (voiced by Howard Morris) and dog Harold (voiced by Jack Carter) to suspect their new peer is a vampire.
4. Miss Switch to the Rescue (1)
Air Date: 1982-01-16
When Amelia (voiced by Nancy McKeon) is kidnapped by Mordo the warlock (voiced by Hans Conried), Miss Switch (voiced by Janet Waldo) returns to help Rupert (voiced by Eric Taslitz) rescue his friend.
5. Miss Switch to the Rescue (Part 2)
Air Date: 1982-01-23
Saturna the wicked witch (voiced by June Foray) is the real power behind this diabolical plot. Amelia begins to fade away and vanishes – a disappearance Miss Switch knows will be permanent, unless Amelia is rescued by nightfall.
6. The Joke's on Mr. Little
Air Date: 1982-02-06
7. Stanley, the Ugly Duckling
Air Date: 1982-05-01
1. The Haunted Mansion Mystery (1)
Air Date: 1983-01-08
2. The Haunted Mansion Mystery (2)
Air Date: 1983-01-15
3. Red Room Riddle
Air Date: 1983-02-05
4. Frank and Fearless (1)
Air Date: 1983-02-12
5. Frank and Fearless (2)
Air Date: 1983-02-19
6. All the Money in the World
Air Date: 1983-03-19
7. The Secret World of Og (1)
Air Date: 1983-04-30
This much sought after animated mini-series for nostalgic cartoon fans is based on Pierre Berton's best-selling children's book about five young siblings and their pets' discovery of a tunnel beneath their clubhouse floor. Penny, Pamela, Patsy, Peter, Pollywog, Yukie and Earless follow it and explore an underground make-believe world of Og, where little green creatures who can only say "OG" live a fantasy life based on comic books stolen from the world above.
8. The Secret World of Og (2)
Air Date: 1983-05-07
This much sought after animated mini-series for nostalgic cartoon fans is based on Pierre Berton's best-selling children's book about five young siblings and their pets' discovery of a tunnel beneath their clubhouse floor. Penny, Pamela, Patsy, Peter, Pollywog, Yukie and Earless follow it and explore an underground make-believe world of Og, where little green creatures who can only say "OG" live a fantasy life based on comic books stolen from the world above.
9. The Secret World of Og (3)
Air Date: 1983-05-14
This much sought after animated mini-series for nostalgic cartoon fans is based on Pierre Berton's best-selling children's book about five young siblings and their pets' discovery of a tunnel beneath their clubhouse floor. Penny, Pamela, Patsy, Peter, Pollywog, Yukie and Earless follow it and explore an underground make-believe world of Og, where little green creatures who can only say "OG" live a fantasy life based on comic books stolen from the world above.
1. Cougar! (Part 1)
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2. Cougar! (Part 2)
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3. Cougar! (Part 3)
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4. The Dog Days of Arthur Cane (Part 1)
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5. The Dog Days of Arthur Cane (Part 2)
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6. A Different Twist
Air Date: 1984-03-10
When movie star Phil Grey (Peter Gallagher) does a production of Oliver with boys only, 12-year-old Christi (Allison Smith) disguises herself as a boy to get into the show.
7. The Amazing Bunjee Venture (Part 1)
Air Date: 1984-03-24
Karen (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) and Andy (voiced by Robbie Lee) are accidentally transported back to the year 100,000,000 B.C. in their father's time machine. Trapped in the Age of Dinosaurs, the kids confront surly cavemen and are also rescued from a pterosaur by a lovable, orange-haired creature with an inflatable trunk named Bunjee (voiced by Frank Welker).
8. The Amazing Bunjee Venture (Part 2)
Air Date: 1984-03-31
Karen and Andy return to the modern world with Bunjee, who is hardly ready for civilization and soon a couple of Bunjee eggs hatch into pure prehistoric pandemonium.
9. Bad Cat
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1. Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost (1)
Air Date: 1984-12-08
Henry Hamilton (Steve Nevil) is a ghost who has graduated from Spiritual Specter University and gets his first haunting assignment.
2. Henry Hamilton, Graduate Ghost (2)
Air Date: 1984-12-15
3. The Bollo Caper
Air Date: 1985-02-02
Bollo (voiced by Michael Bell), a leopard brought to New York to be made into a fur coat, manages to escape to Washington to try to get Congress to declare him an endangered species.
4. The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (1)
Air Date: 1985-02-23
5. The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (2)
Air Date: 1985-03-02
6. The Return of the Bunjee (1)
Air Date: 1985-04-06
Bunjee (voiced by Frank Welker), Karen (voiced by Nancy Cartwright) and Andy (voiced by Robbie Lee) must use the time machine once again and set out on an adventure to find a mother for the Bunjee babies.
7. The Return of the Bunjee (2)
Air Date: 1985-04-13
Bunjee, Karen and Andy are transported back to medieval times where they must go through the obstacle of facing off against a malevolent sorceress and a three-headed dragon; eventually, they find a mother who also becomes Bunjee's mate named Bunjana and the kids return home to modern times.
8. The Velveteen Rabbit
Air Date: 1985-04-20
1. The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn (1)
Air Date: 1985-09-07
2. The Adventures of Con Sawyer and Hucklemary Finn (2)
Air Date: 1985-09-14
3. Jeeter Mason and the Magic Headset
Air Date: 1985-10-05
4. Pippi Longstocking (1)
Air Date: 1985-11-02
5. Pippi Longstocking (2)
Air Date: 1985-11-09
6. Columbus Circle
Air Date: 1985-11-23
7. The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (1)
Air Date: 1985-11-30
8. The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin (2)
Air Date: 1985-12-07
1. Cap'n O.G. Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Air Date: 1986-09-13
2. The Day the Kids Took Over (Part 1)
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3. The Day the Kids Took Over (Part 2)
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4. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
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The Mouse and the Motorcycle is a television program that was shown as part of the ABC Weekend Specials series.
5. Liberty and the Littles (Part 2)
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6. Liberty and the Littles (Part 3)
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7. The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Part 1)
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8. The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Part 2)
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9. Santabear's First Christmas
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1. Cap'n O. G. Readmore Meets Red Riding Hood
Air Date: 1988-04-02
Cap'n O.G. Readmore (voiced by Neil Ross) and his friends are holding their Friday Night Book Club meeting. Cap'n O. G. makes the mistake of underestimating the value of a good villain and ends up meeting Little Red Riding Hood as the new Big Bad Wolf.
5. Runaway Ralph
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4. Commander Toad in Space
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Rating
7.6/10
Release Date
1977-09-10
Episodes
111 (14 seasons)
Status
Ended