← ABC Afterschool Special

Season 9

7 episodes · 1980

  1. 1

    A Family of Strangers

    Sep 24, 198060 min★ 7.8

    A widower's two teen-aged daughters resent their father's remarriage to a single mother, especially since the woman's 12-year-old daughter (who is several years younger) will now compete for the parents attention. This special focuses on the parents' attempts to unite the new stepsisters into a loving family.

  2. 2

    Schoolboy Father

    Oct 15, 198060 min★ 7.4

    High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.

  3. 3

    The Gymnast

    Oct 29, 198060 min★ 8.7

  4. 4

    Stoned

    Nov 12, 198060 min★ 5.8

  5. 5

    A Matter of Time

    Feb 11, 198160 min★ 7.5

  6. 6

    Run, Don't Walk

    Mar 4, 198160 min★ 7.6

  7. 7

    My Mother Was Never a Kid

    Mar 16, 198160 min★ 7.2

    My Mother Was Never a Kid is an American television teen fantasy/comedy/drama that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on March 16, 1981. It was based on the 1977 Francine Pascal novel Hangin' Out With CiCi, which in turn was the first teen novel in the "Victoria Martin" trilogy series. It was also the first of two Pascal teen novels that were adapted into Afterschool Specials for the network, the other being The Hand-Me-Down Kid.