Weekend Special
TV Show| Title | ABC Weekend Special |
| User score | 7.6 |
| Release date | Sep 10, 1977 |
| Release date of last episode | Aug 18, 1996 |
| Genre | |
| Production country | United States of America |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 14 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 111 |
| Run time | 30 min. |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS18.E21 ∙ Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale
Feb 25, 1995
S17.E20 ∙ The Magic Flute (2)
May 7, 1994
S17.E19 ∙ The Magic Flute (1)
Apr 30, 1994
S17.E6 ∙ The Magic Pearl (3)
Aug 18, 1996
S17.E5 ∙ The Magic Pearl (2)
Aug 11, 1996
S17.E4 ∙ The Magic Pearl (1)
Aug 4, 1996
S17.E3 ∙ P. J. Funnybunny: A Very Cool Easter
Mar 30, 1996
S17.E2 ∙ Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Feb 25, 1994
S17.E1 ∙ The Secret Garden
Nov 5, 1994
S13.E4 ∙ Commander Toad in Space
S11.E5 ∙ Runaway Ralph
S11.E1 ∙ Cap'n O. G. Readmore Meets Red Riding Hood
Apr 2, 1988
S10.E9 ∙ Santabear's First Christmas
S10.E8 ∙ The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Part 2)
S10.E7 ∙ The Mouse and the Motorcycle (Part 1)
S10.E6 ∙ Liberty and the Littles (Part 3)
S10.E5 ∙ Liberty and the Littles (Part 2)
S10.E4 ∙ The Mouse and the Motorcycle
S10.E3 ∙ The Day the Kids Took Over (Part 2)
S10.E2 ∙ The Day the Kids Took Over (Part 1)
