About this season
The ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. Similar to both the ABC Afterschool Special and The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie that had started five years previous, the ABC Weekend Special differed in that it was primarily aimed at younger viewers following ABC's Saturday Morning cartoon lineup, whereas the ABC Afterschool Special was known for its somewhat more serious, and often dramatic storylines dealing with issues concerning a slightly older teen and pre-teen audience. With the debut of the ABC Weekend Special, some of the early ABC Afterschool Specials that had been targeted towards younger viewers were subsequently repackaged and re-run instead as ABC Weekend Specials.
Episodes (12)
1. The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody
Aired 9 September 1978 • 30 min
2. The Contest Kid and the Big Prize
Aired 16 September 1978 • 30 min
3. If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You? (1)
Aired 30 September 1978 • 30 min
4. If I'm Lost, How Come I Found You? (2)
Aired 7 October 1978 • 30 min
5. The $1,000 Bill
Aired 28 October 1978 • 30 min
6. Little Lulu
Aired 4 November 1978 • 30 min
7. Soup for President
Aired 18 November 1978 • 30 min
8. Weep No More, My Lady
Aired 10 February 1979 • 30 min
9. The Horse That Played Center Field (1)
Aired 24 February 1979 • 30 min
10. The Horse That Played Center Field (2)
Aired 3 March 1979 • 30 min
11. The Baby with Four Fathers
Aired 31 March 1979 • 30 min
In 1946 New York City, four 11-year-old boys (Al Billera, Patrick Piccininni, Albert Ferrara, Eric Gurry) encounter problems when they find an abandoned baby girl and decide to "adopt" her.
12. The Puppy's Great Adventure
Aired 12 May 1979 • 30 min