The ABC Afterschool Special

  • Premiered: Oct 1972
  • Episodes: 159
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Unknown
  • Adventure Comedy Drama Family

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Season 5
5x1
Francesca, Baby
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 06, 1976
Semi-standard ABC Afterschool Special about Francesca James, a teenage daughter dealing with her alcoholic mother through the support group Ala-Teen.
5x2
P.J. and the President's Son
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 10, 1976
Update of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. Delivery boy and President's son discover they are exact doubles of one another, and decide to swap identities.
5x3
Mighty Moose and the Quarterback Kid
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 01, 1976
A football coach (Dave Madden) tries to mediate a conflict between his star quarterback (Brandon Cruz) and the boy's father (Joseph Mascolo). Co-starring Alex Karras.
5x4
My Mom's Having a Baby
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 16, 1977
Story explaining the facts of human reproduction using drama, animation, and a videotaped birth sequence showing Candace Farrell giving birth to her child.
5x5
The Horrible Honchos
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 09, 1977
The neighborhood youth gang makes a pact to bully and torment the new kid on their 17th Street turf. Based on Emily Cheney Neville's novel The 17th Street Gang. Starring Kim Richards.
5x6 Season finale
Very Good Friends
Episode overview
Air date
Apr 06, 1977
A teen-aged girl bitterly grieves the death of her beloved 11-year-old sister in an accident.

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