AFTERSCHOOL and SCHOOLBREAK Specials on Youtube
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1.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Tough Girl
(1981)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Streetwise teenager is sent to live in the suburbs with her father new family.
Director: Robert C. Thompson | Stars: Karin Argoud, Anne Seymour, Bibi Besch, Lin McCarthy
Votes: 38
2.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Francesca, Baby
(1976)
45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Semi-standard ABC Afterschool Special about Francesca James, a teenage daughter dealing with her alcoholic mother through the support group Ala-Teen.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Carol Jones, Melendy Britt, Dennis Bowen, Tara Talboy
Votes: 52
3.
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Episode:
Home Sweet Homeless
(1988)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
After a series of bad luck, a single mother and her sons become homeless and are forced to live in their car.
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Linda Kelsey, Rossie Harris, Kelley Dunn, Chance Michael Corbitt
Votes: 14
4.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
It's Only Rock & Roll
(1991)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Teenage girl finds her song lyrics being scrutinized when some people find them too suggestive.
Director: Allen Coulter | Stars: Alison Bartlett, William McNamara, Carole King, Davy Jones
Votes: 19
5.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?
(1983)
45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two teenage girls, one rich and one middle-class, become best friends over the summer.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Marion Ross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Carol Lawrence, James Karen
Votes: 41
6.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Schoolboy Father
(1980)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Rob Lowe, Dana Plato, Sharon Spelman, Nancy McKeon
Votes: 88
7.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
What Are Friends For?
(1980)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Two 12-year-old girls going through a divorce make a pact never to divorce their friendship.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal | Stars: Melora Hardin, Dana Hill, Susan Adams, Michael Currie
Votes: 62
8.
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Episode:
15 and Getting Straight
(1989)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Drug-addiction treatment center for teenagers where the counselors are ex-addicts themselves.
Director: Joanna Lee | Stars: Tatum O'Neal, Corey Feldman, Dante Basco, Monica Calhoun
Votes: 58
9.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
She Drinks a Little
(1981)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
16-year-old girl is in denial about her mother's drinking problem and refuses to join Ala-Teen.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Amanda Wyss, Bonnie Bartlett, Michael LeClair, Peggy Stewart
Votes: 28
10.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Don't Touch
(1985)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teenager babysitting a young girl discovers that she is being molested by a family friend when harrowing memories of her own past molestation by her uncle come to the surface.
Director: Beau Bridges | Stars: Kelly Wolf, Niki Scalera, Blair Brown, Lenny von Dohlen
Votes: 60
11.
CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984–1996)
Episode:
The Drug Knot
(1986)
Unrated | 46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
High school teen is heavily addicted to drugs such as Cocaine and can't seem to stop, until he is faced with a tragedy.
Director: Anson Williams | Stars: David Toma, Mary Ellen Trainor, Lawrence Pressman, David Faustino
Votes: 34
12.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Testing Dirty
(1990)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Having never used drugs in his life, a teenage boy is shocked to test positive for drugs.
Director: Lynn Hamrick | Stars: Christopher Daniel Barnes, Lisa Dean Ryan, Alley Mills, Christopher Rich
Votes: 38
13.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
A Matter of Time
(1981)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Teen Lisl Gilbert (Karlene Crockett) finds inner strength when she learns her mother (Rosemary Forsyth) is dying of cancer.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Karlene Crockett, Rosemary Forsyth, Kate Zentall, Carrie Freeman
Votes: 30
14.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Very Good Friends
(1977)
Not Rated | 45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A sensitive young girl (Melissa Sue Anderson) gradually comes to terms with the accidental death of her younger sister. Based on the award-winning young adult novel by Constance Greene.
Director: Richard C. Bennett | Stars: Melissa Sue Anderson, Katy Kurtzman, Sparky Marcus, Pamela Nelson
Votes: 63
15.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Me and Dad's New Wife
(1976)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
12-year-old girl must deal with her new stepmother being more of a presence in her life than she had expected.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Lance Kerwin, Melendy Britt, Betty Beaird
Votes: 48
16.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
A Special Gift
(1979)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
14-year-old basketball player wants to be a ballet dancer, and is worried about what his friends and family will think.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman | Stars: Steve Austin, Bill Sorrells, Alice Hirson, Deirdre Sheehan
Votes: 57
17.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
The Pinballs
(1977)
45 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three orphans from very different backgrounds find themselves living with the same foster couple while waiting to be adopted.
Director: Richard C. Bennett | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Johnny Doran, Sparky Marcus, Priscilla Morrill
Votes: 94
18.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
A Family of Strangers
(1980)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A widower with two daughters marries a divorcee with one daughter, creating a blended family. Will they all get along?
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Danny Aiello, Maria Tucci, Lauri Hendler, Laura Dean
Votes: 23
19.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
A Desperate Exit
(1986)
48 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Teenager is stunned when his best friend commits suicide, and is left with one unanswered question - Why?
Director: Martin Tahse | Stars: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Rob Stone, Nadia DeLeye, Allison Balson
Votes: 52
20.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Rookie of the Year
(1973)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An 11-year-old girl encounters opposition when she joins her brother's Little League Baseball team, which happens to be all male.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Jodie Foster, Ned Wilson, Dennis McKiernan, David Perkins
Votes: 87
21.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing
(1975)
50 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A 12-year-old girl invites her grandfather to join her 'secret' club.
Director: Harry Harris | Stars: Jodie Foster, Eduard Franz, Leonard Stone, Zoe Karant
Votes: 52
22.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Dear Lovey Hart: I Am Desperate
(1976)
46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Teenage girl reluctantly takes on an advice column for her school newspaper.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Susan Lawrence, Meegan King, Barbara Timko, Elyssa Davalos
Votes: 47
23.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy
(1983)
30 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A teenage girl is traumatized after being assaulted by a stranger from whom she hitched a ride.
Director: Robert Mandel | Stars: Michele Greene, Moosie Drier, Robert DoQui, Carrie Snodgress
Votes: 52
24.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Mom's on Strike
(1984)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
An ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Afterschool Special, about an overworked housewife, who, as the title suggests, goes on strike, in order to persuade the rest of her family to share household chores.
Director: Joan Darling | Stars: Mary Kay Place, Stephen Keep Mills, Yeardley Smith, George Gaynes
Votes: 169
25.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
Trouble River
(1977)
TV-Y | 41 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Relates the adventures of a boy and his grandmother as they ride a makeshift raft down a dangerous river to escape from a group of renegades.
Director: Roger Flint | Stars: Nora Denney, Michael LeClair, Geno Silva, Mike Howden
Votes: 27
26.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Private Affairs
(1989)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A departure from most ABC Afterschool Specials, this one focuses on Madeline Green, a teenage girl who discovers her father's affair with a friend of her mother, and struggles to keep it from tearing her family apart.
Director: Neal Baer | Stars: Kerri Green, Kay Lenz, Dean Butler, Amy Lynne
Votes: 15
27.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
The Contest Kid and the Big Prize
(1978)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Harvey Small enters a contest to win a big prize but faces some challenges along the way.
Director: Harvey S. Laidman | Stars: Pat Petersen, John Williams, Ronnie Scribner, William Bogert
Votes: 28
28.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Dinky Hocker
(1979)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Overweight teenage girl is obsessed with food and can't stop eating. Only when she turns to a friend for help, does she start making changes in her eating habits.
Director: Tom Blank | Stars: June Lockhart, Jon Walmsley, Gary Springer, Maureen Teefy
Votes: 34
29.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
Starstruck
(1981)
60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.
Director: Claude Kerven | Stars: Trini Alvarado, Joanna Merlin, Lee Curreri, Miriam Colon
Votes: 19
30.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
Soup for President
(1978)
TV-G | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rob helps Soup run for class president.
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Shane Sinutko, Christian Berrigan, Mary Margaret Patts, Annrae Walterhouse
Votes: 26
31.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe
(1979)
TV-Y | 48 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Poor James Harrison! Everyone is upset with him - his parents, the next-door neighbor, even the town sheriff - but he didn't do anything wrong! The real culprit is Thomas Kempe, a sorcerer ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Chenault | Stars: Shane Sinutko, Robert Sampson, Madelyn Cain, Garrett O'Connor
Votes: 33
32.
ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode:
The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon
(1976)
46 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Tired of being short, a sixth-grader buys a magical book that enables him to "Think Big".
Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Lance Kerwin, Ike Eisenmann, Jim Backus, Jerry Van Dyke
Votes: 101
33.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
Jeeter Mason and the Magic Headset
(1985)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Claude Kerven | Stars: Kim Hauser, Lily Nell Warren, Sally Stark, Jimmy Shea
Votes: 10
34.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
All the Money in the World
(1983)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
A young boy gets a wish from a leprechaun, and wishes for all the money in the world. He then learns about the real-life ramifications of such a wish.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Robert Carnegie, Kim Hamilton, Nyles Harris, Mabel King
Votes: 33
35.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
Little Lulu
(1978)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An ABC Weekend Special, based on the 1935 single-panel comic strip by Marjorie Henderson Buell.
Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Lauri Hendler, Annrae Walterhouse, Kevin King Cooper, Robbie Rist
Votes: 52
36.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
P.J. Funnybunny
(1989)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
P.J. escaping a boring family reunion to become famous by contacting alien beings with his friends. However, with the villainous Weasel Brothers looking to cause trouble, P.J. and company have to get creative to battle the wicked bullies.
Director: Marija Miletic Dail | Stars: Charlie Adler, Valri Bromfield, Nancy Cartwright, Christine Cavanaugh
Votes: 11
37.
CBS Storybreak (1984– )
Episode:
Max and Me and the Time Machine
(1987)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Family
Stars: Darleen Carr, Frank Welker
38.
ABC Weekend Specials (1977–1995)
Episode:
Cap'n O.G. Readmore's Jack and the Beanstalk
(1985)
TV-Y | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Director: Rick Reinert | Stars: Lucille Bliss, Stan Jones, Ilene Latter, Neil Ross
Votes: 11
39.
CBS Storybreak (1984– )
Episode:
Mama Don't Allow
(1987)
TV-Y7 | Animation, Short, Family
Stars: Jeff Altman, Hamilton Camp, Roger C. Carmel, Michael Dees
Votes: 9
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