The ABC Afterschool Special

Arthur Allan Seidelman directed this adaptation of Joan Oppenheimer's novel My Other Mother. 16-year-old Alexandria (Melissa Sue Anderson) is stunned when her biological mother arrives to take Alex away from her adoptive parents. Co-starring Marion Ross and Woody Eney.

Shy teenager Dena (Trini Alvarado) enrolls in a new school and does not make friends easily, until it is discovered that her father is famous actor Hal McKain (Frank Converse). Overnight, she becomes the most popular student in school—but this brings its own problems.

14-year-old basketball player wants to be a ballet dancer, and is worried about what his friends and family will think.

A 15-year-old girl takes up drinking to impress a boy; instead, she soon develops a serious problem.

Bruce Malmuth directed this adaptation of Michael Bonadies's novel The Gold Test. Ambitious teenage figure skater Maggie MacDonald (Melissa Sherman) learns what champions are truly made of when she meets a paraplegic youngster.

12-year-old girl wonders about all of the changes that's happening to her body. Sequel to My Mom's Having a Baby.

Two 12-year-old girls going through a divorce make a pact never to divorce their friendship.