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ABC Afterschool Special
Genre	Children's programs
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	25
No. of episodes	154
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC
Picture format	Color
Original run	October 4, 1972 – December 5, 1996

This article is about the ABC television series. For other uses, see After School Special (disambiguation).

The ABC Afterschool Special is an American television anthology series that aired on ABC from 1972 to 1996, usually in the late afternoon on week days. Most of the episodes were dramatic presentations of situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers.^[1] Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.

The series won 51 Daytime Emmy Awards during its 24-year run.^[2]

In 2004 and 2005, BCI Eclipse and Sunset Home Visual Entertainment issued six DVD collections of the series, each collection containing four episodes.

[edit] References

^ Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.
^ Awards for ABC Afterschool Special (1972), http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202179/awards, retrieved 2009-04-13

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

ABC Afterschool Special at the Internet Movie Database
ABC Afterschool Special at TV.com

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[0] Terrace, Vincent (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007 (Volume 1). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6.

[1] Awards for ABC Afterschool Special (1972), http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202179/awards, retrieved 2009-04-13

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