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Season 1

Season 1, Episode 1: The Last of the Curlews

Original Air Date—4 October 1972
Animated special about a father and son who go hunting, and debate whether or not to kill an Eskimo curlew, which may become extinct.

Season 1, Episode 2: Follow the North Star

Original Air Date—1 November 1972
A young boy helps his friend escape slavery through the underground railway.

Season 1, Episode 3: Santiago's Ark

Original Air Date—6 December 1972
An early ABC Afterschool Speical about an imaginative and determined 14-year-old Puerto Rican boy who builds a sailing ship to sail around Central Park. Followed in 1975 by the sequel "Santiago's America."

Season 1, Episode 4: William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare

Original Air Date—3 January 1973
Special introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.

Season 1, Episode 5: The Incredible, Indelible, Magical Physical, Mystery Trip

Original Air Date—7 February 1973
Animated special about two youngsters who are miniaturized and travel through their Uncle's body, to understand more about his health.

Season 1, Episode 6: Alexander

Original Air Date—4 April 1973
The story of a retired clown and his undying love for children.

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1: Rookie of the Year

Original Air Date—3 October 1973
11-year-old girl encounters opposition when she joins her brother's Little League Baseball team, which happens to be all male.

Season 2, Episode 2: My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel

Original Air Date—28 November 1973
Son is shocked when his parents announce that they have decided to separate.

Season 2, Episode 3: Pssst! Hammerman's After You!

Original Air Date—16 January 1974
Sixth-grader insults the school bully who wants to meet with him after school.

Season 2, Episode 4: Cyrano

Original Air Date—6 March 1974
Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves in this animated version of Edmond Rostand's play.

Season 2, Episode 5: Runaways

Original Air Date—27 March 1974
A small-town teenage girl teams up with a younger but street-wise boy for survival.

Season 2, Episode 6: The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head

Original Air Date—15 May 1974
Two youngsters are shrunk so they can enter their teenage sister's head, and discover how the mind works.

Season 2, Episode 7: The Crazy Comedy Concert

Original Air Date—5 June 1974
Live action/animation special geared to educate young people about classical music.

Season 3

Season 3, Episode 1: Sara's Summer of the Swans

Original Air Date—2 October 1974
Teenage girl is forced to confront the problems involving her mentally challenged brother.

Season 3, Episode 2: The Bridge of Adam Rush

Original Air Date—23 October 1974
12-year-old city boy adjusts to a new way of life when his mother remarries and moves the whole family to the country.

Season 3, Episode 3: Winning and Losing: Diary of a Campaign

Original Air Date—6 November 1974
The 1972 Senate race is seen through the eyes of two teen aged girls, each a campaign volunteer for George McGovern (Democrat) and Leo Thorness (Republican).

Season 3, Episode 4: The Toothpaste Millionaire

Original Air Date—27 November 1974
12-year-old entrepreneur decides to create and sell his own brand of toothpaste.

Season 3, Episode 5: The Skating Rink

Original Air Date—5 February 1975
Teenager with a stuttering problem overcomes his shyness to become a championship figure skater.

Season 3, Episode 6: Santiago's America

Original Air Date—19 February 1975
Puerto Rican boy is invited to a prestigious conference in LA. With no money, he re-builds a broken Taxi to get there.

Season 3, Episode 7: The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing

Original Air Date—23 April 1975
12-year-old girl invites her grandfather to join her 'secret' club.

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 1: It Must Be Love ('Cause I Feel So Dumb!)

Original Air Date—8 October 1975
A 13-year-old boy has a crush on a cheerleader at his school and dreams up creative ways to try to impress her.

Season 4, Episode 2: Fawn Story

Original Air Date—22 October 1975
Brother and sister discover a wounded deer and proceed to nurse the animal back to health.

Season 4, Episode 3: The Shaman's Last Raid

Original Air Date—19 November 1975
Despite his failing health, a Native-American medicine man is determined to teach his great-grandchildren the traditions of the Apache nation.

Season 4, Episode 4: The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon

Original Air Date—4 February 1976
Tired of being short, a sixth-grader buys a magical book that enables him to "Think Big".

Season 4, Episode 5: Me and Dad's New Wife

Original Air Date—18 February 1976
12-year-old girl finds it hard to accept her new step-mother.

Season 4, Episode 6: Blind Sunday

Original Air Date—21 April 1976
In an effort to understand his blind girlfriend, a teenage boy decides to spend an entire Sunday blindfolded.

Season 4, Episode 7: Dear Lovey Hart: I Am Desperate

Original Air Date—19 May 1976
Teenaged girl decides to start an advice column for her school newspaper.

Season 5

Season 5, Episode 1: Francesca, Baby

Original Air Date—6 October 1976
Semi-standard ABC Afterschool Special about Francesca James, a teenage daughter dealing with her alcoholic mother through the support group Ala-Teen.

Season 5, Episode 2: P.J. and the President's Son

Original Air Date—10 November 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.

Season 5, Episode 3: Mighty Moose and the Quarterback Kid

Original Air Date—1 December 1976
Football coach tries to mediate a conflict between the star Quarterback and his father.

Season 5, Episode 4: My Mom's Having a Baby

Original Air Date—16 February 1977
Curious about his mom's pregnancy, a ten-year-old seeks answers to where babies come from.

Season 5, Episode 5: The Horrible Honchos

Original Air Date—9 March 1977
Neighborhood gang makes a pact to torment and bully the new kid on the street.

Season 5, Episode 6: Very Good Friends

Original Air Date—6 April 1977
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.

Season 6

Season 6, Episode 1: Hewitt's Just Different

Original Air Date—12 October 1977
16-year-old mentally retarded teen attempts to make friends with other kids in the neighborhood.

Season 6, Episode 2: The Pinballs

Original Air Date—26 October 1977
Three orphans from very different backgrounds find themselves living with the same foster couple while waiting to be adopted.

Season 6, Episode 3: Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird

Original Air Date—1 February 1978
Live-Action/animation special featuring Michel Legrand in a true story about the bird that inspired him while studying at the Paris Conservatory of Music.

Season 6, Episode 4: It Isn't Easy Being a Teenage Millionaire

Original Air Date—8 March 1978
14-year-old wins the lottery and thinks all her problems are over. But she quickly learns that her real problems are just beginning.

Season 6, Episode 5: The Rag Tag Champs

Original Air Date—22 March 1978
14-year-old baseball player and his uncle/baseball manager find themselves at odds over the philosophy 'Winning Is Everything'.

Season 6, Episode 6: Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me

Original Air Date—5 April 1978
Adolescent girl is ashamed to introduce her friends to her parents because they are deaf.

Season 6, Episode 7: It's a Mile from Here to Glory

Original Air Date—5 May 1978
High school track star is involved in a life threatening accident, and now must learn to depend on others for his day to day living.

Season 7

Season 7, Episode 1: One of a Kind

Original Air Date—27 September 1978
Free spirited mother realizes her daughter is no longer a little girl, and tries to give her more independence. Meanwhile the daughter is puzzled by her mother's lack of attention.

Season 7, Episode 2: A Home Run for Love

Original Air Date—11 October 1978
In 1947, a young white boy and an elderly black man enjoy a warm and wonderful friendship based on their mutual love of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson.

Season 7, Episode 3: Gaucho

Original Air Date—25 October 1978
A young Puerto Rican New York boy thinks his mother wants to move back to her homeland, so he takes a job as an errand boy for a small-time hood to pay for the move back to her Caribbean homeland.

Season 7, Episode 4: Dinky Hocker

Original Air Date—12 December 1979
Overweight teenage girl is obsessed with food and can stop eating. Only when she turns to a friend for help, does she start making changes in her eating habits.

Season 7, Episode 5: Make Believe Marriage

Original Air Date—14 February 1979
High school students take part in a marriage course where they are coupled up and must complete everyday married life tasks.

Season 7, Episode 6: The Terrible Secret

Original Air Date—5 March 1979
Teenage girl is involved in a hit and run and the guilt starts to take a toll on her everyday life.

Season 7, Episode 7: Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid

Original Air Date—9 May 1979
Lonely rich kid is suddenly granted seven wishes from a genie. He uses all of the wishes to impress a girl at school, but it doesn't work out the way he envisioned.

Season 8

Season 8, Episode 1: Which Mother Is Mine?

Original Air Date—26 September 1979
16-year-old girl is stunned when her biological mother arrives to take her away from her adoptive parents.

Season 8, Episode 2: A Movie Star's Daughter

Original Air Date—10 October 1979
Shy teen enrolls in a new school and doesn't make friends easily. Then overnight everyone wants to be her friend, once it is discovered that her father is a famous movie star.

Season 8, Episode 3: A Special Gift

Original Air Date—24 October 1979
14-year-old basketball player wants to be a ballet dancer, and is worried about what his friends and family will think.

Season 8, Episode 4: The Late Great Me! Story of a Teenage Alcoholic

Original Air Date—14 November 1979
15-year-old girl starts to drink liquor to impress a boy, and soon starts to develop a serious alcohol problem.

Season 8, Episode 5: The Heartbreak Winner

Original Air Date—13 February 1980
Teenage figure skater learns to true value of winning when she meets a paraplegic youngster.

Season 8, Episode 6: Where Do Teenagers Come From?

Original Air Date—5 March 1980
12-year-old girl wonders about all of the changes that's happening to her body. Sequel to My Mom's Having a Baby.

Season 8, Episode 7: What Are Friends For?

Original Air Date—19 March 1980
Two 12-year-old girls going through a divorce make a pact never to divorce their friendship.

Season 9

Season 9, Episode 1: A Family of Strangers

Original Air Date—24 September 1980
Widower with two daughters marries a widow with one daughter, creating a blended family.

Season 9, Episode 2: Schoolboy Father

Original Air Date—15 October 1980
High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.

Season 9, Episode 3: The Gymnast

Original Air Date—28 October 1980
16-year-old gymnast is determined to become a world-class athlete.

Season 9, Episode 4: Stoned

Original Air Date—12 November 1980
Jack 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?

Season 9, Episode 5: A Matter of Time

Original Air Date—11 February 1981
Teen Lisl Gilbert (Karlene Crockett) finds inner strength when she learns her mother (Rosemary Forsyth) is dying of cancer.

Season 9, Episode 6: Run, Don't Walk

Original Air Date—4 March 1981
Teenage 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.

Season 9, Episode 7: My Mother Was Never a Kid

Original Air Date—18 March 1981
Teenage girl is convinced her mother doesn't understand the younger generation. Through circumstance, she is sent back in time and meets her mother as a teenager.

Season 10

Season 10, Episode 1: She Drinks a Little

Original Air Date—23 September 1981
16-year-old girl is in denial about her mother's drinking problem and refuses to join Ala-Teen.

Season 10, Episode 2: Starstruck

Original Air Date—14 October 1981
Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.

Season 10, Episode 3: Tough Girl

Original Air Date—28 October 1981
Streetwise teenager is sent to live in the suburbs with her father new family.

Season 10, Episode 4: The Color of Friendship

Original Air Date—11 November 1981
Two teenagers, one black and one white, begin a friendship.

Season 10, Episode 5: The Unforgivable Secret

Original Air Date—10 February 1982
15-year-old girl is stunned when she discovers her deceased father is very much alive.

Season 10, Episode 6: Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now

Original Air Date—3 March 1982
12-year-old girl assumes responsibility for her two little brothers, after the passing of their mother.

Season 10, Episode 7: Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother

Original Air Date—7 April 1982
After the death of her father, a teenage girl struggles with her mother's total dependency on her.

Season 11

Season 11, Episode 1: Amy & the Angel

Original Air Date—22 September 1982
Amy, 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.

Season 11, Episode 2: Between Two Loves

Original Air Date—27 October 1982
Teen violinist is torn between her musical career and her boyfriend.

Season 11, Episode 3: A Very Delicate Matter

Original Air Date—10 November 1982
Teenage 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.

Season 11, Episode 4: Please Don't Hit Me, Mom

Original Air Date—19 January 1983
Teenager stumbles upon a case of child abuse. She discovers a child she baby-sits is regular beaten by the mother.

Season 11, Episode 5: The Woman Who Willed a Miracle

Original Air Date—9 February 1983
A blind, mentally retarded infant with cerebral palsey is left in the care of an elderly English woman who refuses to let him die.

Season 11, Episode 6: Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?

Original Air Date—16 March 1983
Two teenage girls, one rich and one middle-class, become best friends over the summer.

Season 11, Episode 7: But It's Not My Fault

Original Air Date—22 March 1983
A 16-year-old boy (Warlock) ends up in juvenile hall after trying to "prove" himself to his peers.

Season 11, Episode 8: The Wave

Original Air Date—30 March 1983
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.

Season 12

Season 12, Episode 1: It's No Crush, I'm in Love

Original Air Date—28 September 1983
A high school girl has a crush on a soap-opera star but she thinks she is in love with him. At school she meets her new English teacher who looks closely like the soap-opera star. Partly filmed at Lyndhurst Library

Season 12, Episode 2: The Hand Me Down Kid

Original Air Date—19 October 1983
Tired of receiving hand me downs from her sister, an 11-year-old girl borrows her bike. When the bike gets stolen, she tries to find it before her sister finds out.

Season 12, Episode 3: The Celebrity and the Arcade Kid

Original Air Date—19 November 1983
Video-arcade whiz and teen movie star discover they are exact doubles and decide to switch identities.

Season 12, Episode 4: Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy

Original Air Date—7 December 1983
Teenage girl is traumatized after being assaulted by a stranger whom she hitched a ride from.

Season 12, Episode 5: The Great Love Experiment

Original Air Date—8 February 1984
Teenagers lure a timid girl into a made-up experiment that gets her involved in affectionate ways.

Season 12, Episode 6: Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia

Original Air Date—7 March 1984
13-year-old boy has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.

Season 12, Episode 7: The Hero Who Couldn't Read

Original Air Date—18 April 1984
Teacher discovers that the star basketball player is illiterate, and makes it his mission to teach him how to read.

Season 13

Season 13, Episode 1: Summer Switch

Original Air Date—19 September 1984
Father and son magically switch personalities with comical results.

Season 13, Episode 2: Out of Step

Original Air Date—10 October 1984
Teenage girl wants to be a successful dancer, and has a chance to try out for a dance troupe. But fear of failure may keep her from auditioning.

Season 13, Episode 3: The Almost Royal Family

Original Air Date—24 October 1984
Family inherits a house on a tiny island between Canada and the US, and is not the jurisdiction of either country.

Season 13, Episode 4: Mom's on Strike

Original Air Date—14 November 1984
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.

Season 13, Episode 5: I Want to Go Home

Original Air Date—13 February 1985
Brother and sister go on the run with their divorced mom, not realizing until later that their mom has kidnapped them from their dad.

Season 13, Episode 6: First the Egg

Original Air Date—6 March 1985
A group of high school students take part in a parenting class where their first assignment is to 'parent' an egg.

Season 13, Episode 7: One Too Many

Original Air Date—1 May 1985
Four high school friends find their lives changed forever when one of the friends drives drunk with devastating results.

Season 14

Season 14, Episode 1: No Greater Gift

Original Air Date—11 September 1985
Two terminally ill boys strike up a friendship in a hospital ward. One of the boys decides to make the ultimate sacrifice to the other so he can have a chance at life.

Season 14, Episode 2: Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale

Original Air Date—9 October 1985
A contemporary remake of "Cinderella" aimed at a pre-teen audience, for an ABC (American Broadcasting Company) Afterschool Special.

Season 14, Episode 3: Don't Touch

Original Air Date—6 November 1985
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.

Season 14, Episode 4: High School Narc

Original Air Date—4 December 1985
22-year-old police officer poses as a student to find the identity of a drug supplier at an inner-city high school.

Season 14, Episode 5: Can a Guy Say No?

Original Air Date—12 February 1986
17-year-old boy finds looks can be deceiving when he becomes friends with the prettiest girl in school. Despite her beauty, he finds a very unhappy girl with a low self-esteem.

Season 14, Episode 6: Are You My Mother?

Original Air Date—5 March 1986
Teenage girl is stunned to discover that her mother is not deceased, but mentally ill living in an institution.

Season 14, Episode 7: Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge

Original Air Date—19 March 1986
Tired of being bullied at school, a boy start drawing a master scientist. He begins to imagine what it would be like, as the scientist, standing-up to the bullies at school.

Season 15

Season 15, Episode 1: A Desperate Exit

Original Air Date—19 September 1986
Teenager is stunned when his best friend commits suicide, and is left with one unanswered question - Why?

Season 15, Episode 2: Wanted: The Perfect Guy

Original Air Date—1 October 1986
Sensing his mom is lonely and looking for companionship, a 13-year-old places a personal ad for 'The Perfect Guy'

Season 15, Episode 3: Teen Father

Original Air Date—22 October 1986
College bound 18-year-old has his life turned upside down when his 16-year-old girlfriend announce she is pregnant.

Season 15, Episode 4: The Gift of Amazing Grace

Original Air Date—19 November 1986
Teenage girl is frustrated about her lack of singing ability in her gospel singing family. She writes a song about her problem, and soon finds where her musical talent lies.

Season 15, Episode 5: Supermom's Daughter

Original Air Date—18 February 1987
Career driven mother and her daughter don't see eye to eye when it comes to the daughter's future plans.

Season 15, Episode 6: Divorced Kids' Blues

Original Air Date—4 March 1987
15-year-old struggles through the politics of divorce as his parents split up.

Season 15, Episode 7: Class Act: A Teacher's Story

Original Air Date—18 March 1987
Rich businessman decides to return to teaching after working in the stock market. He inherits a class of under-achievers and sets out to make them winners.

Season 16

Season 16, Episode 1: Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story

Original Air Date—9 September 1987
Teenaged boy discovers he has been afflicted with AIDS after a blood transfusion.

Season 16, Episode 2: The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story

Original Air Date—23 September 1987
True story about a teen with Down's Syndrome who begins attending college classes.

Season 16, Episode 3: The Day My Kid Went Punk

Original Air Date—23 October 1987
Teen decides to make noticed from the rest of the crowd by becoming a Punk Rocker.

Season 16, Episode 4: Seasonal Differences

Original Air Date—2 December 1987
The separation of church and state is examined when a Christmas Nativity scene, being displayed at a high school, sparks debate and protest from the student body.

Season 16, Episode 5: Terrible Things My Mother Told Me

Original Air Date—20 January 1988
16-year-old girl doesn't realize that her mother emotionally and verbally abusive to her.

Season 16, Episode 6: Daddy Can't Read

Original Air Date—16 March 1988
Teenage girl doesn't understand why her father is against her campaign to promote literacy at his factory. Until she discovers that her father can't read.

Season 17

Season 17, Episode 1: Date Rape

Original Air Date—15 September 1988
Teenage girl is raped after accepting a date from the most popular boy in school.

Season 17, Episode 2: A Family Again

Original Air Date—15 October 1988
A family comes to grips with their own grief after the eldest daughter is killed.

Season 17, Episode 3: Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend

Original Air Date—26 October 1988
The tale of four friends who are members of a high school swimming team, and the threat to those bonds when two of them experiment with cocaine.

Season 17, Episode 4: Taking a Stand

Original Air Date—19 January 1989
Neighborhood starts examining their feelings of racism when one of the neighbors is caught vandalizing the home of a black family, and people start taking sides.

Season 17, Episode 5: Just Tipsy, Honey

Original Air Date—16 March 1989
Teenage girl is in total denial about her mother's drinking problem.

Season 17, Episode 6: The Cheats

Original Air Date—30 March 1989
Three girls steal the answers to their final exam. When the headmistress finds out, she gives those responsible one-day to confess. After that anyone participating in the cover-up will be expelled.

Season 17, Episode 7: Torn Between Two Fathers

Original Air Date—20 April 1989
The daughter of a divorced couple wages her own custody battle. After her natural mother dies in an accident, a teenager sues her natural father for the right to live with her disabled step-dad.

Season 18

Season 18, Episode 1: My Dad Can't Be Crazy... Can He?

Original Air Date—14 September 1989
Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

Season 18, Episode 2: Private Affairs

Original Air Date—26 October 1989
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.

Season 18, Episode 3: A Town's Revenge

Original Air Date—30 November 1989
Teenager tries to convince the town to farm without the use of pesticides, and finds many in the town resistant to change.

Season 18, Episode 4: All That Glitters

Original Air Date—25 January 1990
A group of high school students learn about ethics and the seduction of power when they start a cookie company for a class project.

Season 18, Episode 5: Over the Limit

Original Air Date—22 February 1990
High school student debates whether to come forward about the facts of a drunk-driving accident that turned tragic.

Season 18, Episode 6: The Perfect Date

Original Air Date—19 April 1990
16-year-old student is convinced his upcoming date with the school prom queen will be the perfect date. However it turns out to be anything but the perfect date.

Season 19

Season 19, Episode 1: A Question About Sex

Original Air Date—13 September 1990
Teenage girl who advocates sex education at her school finds herself butting heads with her mother who is seeking a spot on the school board.

Season 19, Episode 2: Testing Dirty

Original Air Date—18 October 1990
Having never used drugs in his life, a teenage boy is shocked to test positive for drugs.

Season 19, Episode 3: Stood Up!

Original Air Date—6 December 1990
After getting stood up for the school prom a high school girl sues her date.

Season 19, Episode 4: The Less Than Perfect Daughter

Original Air Date—24 January 1991
Mother and daughter are at odds when the daughter wants to be independent and less reliant on her mom.

Season 19, Episode 5: It's Only Rock & Roll

Original Air Date—21 March 1991
Teenage girl finds her song lyrics being scrutinized when some people find them too suggestive.

Season 20

Season 20, Episode 1: In the Shadow of Love: A Teen AIDS Story

Original Air Date—18 September 1991
Two high school journalists write a story about a teen HIV support group, and are stunned by some of the stories they hear.

Season 20, Episode 2: Summer Stories: The Mall - Part 1

Original Air Date—19 March 1992
Three part series about high school graduates contemplating their future, while working at the mall. In 'First Impressions' a girl is torn whether to meet her birth mother.

Season 20, Episode 3: Summer Stories: The Mall - Part 2

Original Air Date—2 April 1992
In 'Second Chances' a girl struggles with her feelings as her mother prepares to remarry, years after the death of her father.

Season 20, Episode 4: Summer Stories: The Mall - Part 3

Original Air Date—16 April 1992
In 'Temptations' the gang prepares to go their separate ways as the summer comes to a close. Meanwhile a recovering teenage alcoholic struggles to stay sober when an old drinking buddy shows up.

Season 21

Season 21, Episode 1: Surviving a Break-up

Original Air Date—1 October 1992
Oprah Winfrey moderates a panel of teens, celebrities and experts to discuss surviving the end of a relationship.

Season 21, Episode 2: Shades of a Single Protein

Original Air Date—28 January 1993
Oprah Winfrey moderates a panel of teens discussing race relations in America.

Season 21, Episode 3: Learning Not to Hurt

Original Air Date—18 March 1993
Roz Abrams hosts a special report on youth violence and later moderates a panel discussion.

Season 21, Episode 4: Girlfriend

Original Air Date—15 April 1993
Two teenage girls, one black and one white, become friends while working on a mural to honor a black classmate killed by random gunfire.

Season 22

Season 22, Episode 1: Love Hurts

Original Air Date—16 September 1993
16-year-old girl turns to a support group when her boyfriend begins to hit her.

Season 22, Episode 2: Montana Crossroads

Original Air Date—9 December 1993
Woman struggles with her daughter wanting to leave the nest, while at the same time trying to convince her father to enter a retirement home.

Season 22, Episode 3: I Hate the Way I Look

Original Air Date—21 March 1994
Oprah Winfrey moderates a panel of teens, celebrities and experts to discuss the obsession teens have with their appearance.

Season 22, Episode 4: Jacqui's Dilemma

Original Air Date—2 June 1994
A pregnant 16-year-old girl examines her choices over what to do with her unborn baby amidst interviews with teens, parents, educators, counselors, social workers and doctors that amplify the issues.

Season 23

Season 23, Episode 1: Boys Will Be Boys

Original Air Date—15 September 1994
After being the victim of sexually harassment by her male classmates, a teenage girl decides to sue the school for doing nothing to stop the harassment.

Season 23, Episode 2: Magical Make-Over

Original Air Date—8 December 1994
Teenage girl desperately wants to be popular. One day an angel grants her that wish, by giving her a new image every day. But soon she wishes she could just be herself.

Season 23, Episode 3: Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About

Original Air Date—16 March 1995
Whoopi Goldberg interviews musician/singer Bonnie Raitt about her life, career and future plans.

Season 23, Episode 4: Notes for My Daughter

Original Air Date—6 April 1995
Teenage girl struggles with her mother's illness from breast cancer.

Season 23, Episode 5: Long Road Home

Original Air Date—25 May 1995
Teen finds himself having to take a long road trip with his new stepmother, whom he dislikes. His resent begins to melt away as the two get to know one another.

Season 24

Season 24, Episode 1: Fast Forward

Original Air Date—21 September 1995
Teen travels to the future to see his future self, and is stunned to see how alcohol has shaped his life.
"ABC Afterschool Specials" (1972): Season 24: Episode 2 -- The film traces the story of the Chicago-born astronomer George Ellery Hale as he struggles to build the greatest telescopes of the 20th century.

Season 24, Episode 2: Positive: A Journey Into AIDS

Original Air Date—7 December 1995
Documentary following two actors from General Hospital as they research and talk to people living with HIV and AIDS.

Season 24, Episode 3: Just Chill

Original Air Date—24 January 1996
After the senseless death of his twin brother, a teen drug pusher decides to seek revenge against all who have wronged him in the neighborhood.

Season 24, Episode 4: Educating Mom

Original Air Date—14 March 1996
Soccer mom decides to get her high school diploma and ends up sharing classes with her teenage son.

Season 24, Episode 5: Daddy's Girl

Original Air Date—18 April 1996
Teenage girl meets up with her father for the first time in ten years, and yearns to reunite her family despite their opposition.

Season 24, Episode 6: Through Thick & Thin

Original Air Date—11 June 1996
Twin sisters, one slim and one overweight, magically switch personalities giving each a new appreciation of each other.

Season 25

Season 25, Episode 1: Too Soon for Jeff

Original Air Date—12 September 1996
High school senior finds his future plans turned upside down when his girlfriend tell him she is pregnant.

Season 25, Episode 2: Me and My Hormones

Original Air Date—24 October 1996
Three women of various generations deal with the many changes taking place in their lives.

Season 25, Episode 3: Teenage Confidential

Original Air Date—5 December 1996
Comedy about overprotective parents so concerned about their daughter's safety, they hire a private eye to follow her every move.

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