1980s anthology shows
A comprehensive (read: not completely complete) list of episodes of 1980s Anthology shows. Exceptions: TV Plays, feature-length stuff that functions as TV Movies (including two-part presentations) failed pilots, specials, etc. No rules are stiff; The entirety of CBS Summer Playhouse is excised because it's explicit that they are failed pilots. Mr. Boogedy, an episode of The Wonderful World of Disney, is included because it aired as part of an anthology series despite also being a failed pilot. This list is more meant to reflect Amazing Stories/Twilight Zone style shows than anything else.
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- DirectorBruce MalmuthStarsMelissa ShermanChris HaganTammy TaylorTeenage figure skater learns to true value of winning when she meets a paraplegic youngster.
- 1972–19971h7.8 (15)TV EpisodeDirectorLarry ElikannStarsLendon H. SmithRachel LongakerShane Sinutko12-year-old girl wonders about all of the changes that's happening to her body. Sequel to My Mom's Having a Baby.
- DirectorStephen GyllenhaalStarsMelora HardinDana HillSusan AdamsTwo 12-year-old girls going through a divorce make a pact never to divorce their friendship.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsRob LoweDana PlatoSharon SpelmanHigh school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.
- DirectorRobert FuestStarsDanny AielloMaria TucciLauri HendlerA widower with two daughters marries a divorcee with one daughter, creating a blended family. Will they all get along?
- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsHolly GagnierZina BethuneJack Knight16-year-old gymnast is determined to become a world-class athlete.
- DirectorJohn HerzfeldStarsScott BaioVincent BufanoLargo WoodruffJack is a motivated high school student who smokes cannabis for the first time, and falls in with a fast crowd. Will he wake up and realize what he's doing with his future before it's too late?
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsKarlene CrockettRosemary ForsythKate ZentallTeen Lisl Gilbert (Karlene Crockett) finds inner strength when she learns her mother (Rosemary Forsyth) is dying of cancer.
- DirectorJohn HerzfeldStarsScott BaioDee WallaceHal WilliamsTeenage girl is in denial about being in a wheelchair when an accident leaves her paralyzed. She begins to change when she becomes friends with a boy in the same situation.
- DirectorRobert FuestStarsRachel LongakerMary-Beth ManningHolland TaylorIn 1981, a teenage girl named Victoria Martin is convinced that her mother doesn't understand the younger generation. After she bangs her head, Victoria is sent back in time to 1944 and meets her mother as a teenager.
- DirectorAlexander GrasshoffStarsMelinda CuleaPatricia ElliottRuth WarrickAfter the death of her father, a teenage girl struggles with her mother's total dependency on her.
- DirectorJeff BlecknerStarsMallie JacksonTrey WilsonBetty Beaird12-year-old girl assumes responsibility for her two little brothers, after the passing of their mother.
- DirectorAlexander GrasshoffStarsBarbara FeldonAmanda PlummerDanny Aiello15-year-old girl is stunned when she discovers her deceased father is very much alive.
- DirectorStan LathanStarsJames Bond IIIChris BarnesMary AliceTwo teenagers, one black and one white, begin a friendship.
- DirectorRobert C. ThompsonStarsKarin ArgoudAnne SeymourBibi BeschStreetwise teenager is sent to live in the suburbs with her father new family.
- DirectorClaude KervenStarsTrini AlvaradoJoanna MerlinLee CurreriAspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsAmanda WyssBonnie BartlettMichael LeClair16-year-old girl is in denial about her mother's drinking problem and refuses to join Ala-Teen.
- High School teacher decides to conduct a social experiment, asking his students to take part. But what they don't know is that the experiment is on mind control.
- DirectorVictor LoblStarsBilly WarlockJay VarelaRay Anthony WilliamsA 16-year-old boy (Warlock) ends up in juvenile hall after trying to "prove" himself to his peers.
- 1972–199745m6.6 (43)TV EpisodeDirectorHarry HarrisStarsMarion RossJennifer Jason LeighCarol LawrenceTwo teenage girls, one rich and one middle-class, become best friends over the summer.
- 1972–199745m8.8 (66)TV EpisodeDirectorSharron MillerStarsCloris LeachmanM. Emmet WalshLeif GreenA blind, mentally retarded infant with cerebral palsy is left in the care of an elderly English woman who refuses to let him die.
- DirectorGwen ArnerStarsNancy McKeonToni SawyerTeenager stumbles upon a case of child abuse. She discovers a child she baby-sits is regular beaten by the mother.
- DirectorClaude KervenStarsLori-Nan EnglerZach GalliganMarta KoberTeenage girl is shocked when a former boyfriend tells her he has gonorrhea. Not only does she get tested, she must tell her current boyfriend to get tested as well.
- DirectorRobert C. ThompsonStarsKarlene CrockettLance GuestBarbara TarbuckTeen violinist is torn between her musical career and her boyfriend.
- DirectorRalph RosenblumStarsHelen SlaterAlbert MacklinJames Earl JonesAmy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy how important she is to the people in her life.