Top 10 Episodes of the ABC Afterschool Special
A list of the top episodes from the original ABC Afterschool Special.
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- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsLendon H. SmithShane SinutkoJarrod JohnsonCurious about his mom's pregnancy, a ten-year-old seeks answers to where babies come from.
- DirectorBeau BridgesStarsKelly WolfNiki ScaleraBlair BrownA 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.
- DirectorSandy SmolanStarsBetty BuckleyTim GriffinDan LauriaNeighborhood 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.
- 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.
- DirectorFern FieldStarsJay UnderwoodChristine BelfordBernie KopellA teen decides to become a punk rocker in order to stand out from the crowd.
- DirectorGwen ArnerStarsNancy McKeonToni SawyerTeenager stumbles upon a case of child abuse. She discovers a child she baby-sits is regular beaten by the mother.
- 1972–19971h8.1 (99)TV EpisodeDirectorAlexander GrasshoffStarsMadge SinclairRiver PhoenixJudy Farrell13-year-old boy has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.
- DirectorLarry ElikannStarsJodie FosterNed WilsonDennis McKiernanAn 11-year-old girl encounters opposition when she joins her brother's Little League Baseball team, which happens to be all male.
- DirectorRobert FuestStarsDanny AielloMaria TucciLauri HendlerA widower with two daughters marries a divorcee with one daughter, creating a blended family. Will they all get along?
- DirectorRobert LiebermanStarsRonnie ScribnerCharles LampkinAnne Gee ByrdIn 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.