COLLECTION · Series · 1972
ABC Afterschool Special
Dramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers. Several episodes were either in animated form or presented as documentaries. Topics included illiteracy, substance abuse and teenage pregnancy.
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Episode 1. Afterschool Special Clip Reel of the Stars' Highlighted Moments
60 min
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Season 1
6 episodes · 1972
Episode 1. Last of the Curlews
1972-10-04 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Follow the North Star
1972-11-01 · 60 min
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Episode 3. Santiago's Ark
1972-12-06 · 60 min
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Episode 4. William
1973-01-03 · 60 min
Introduces William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.
Episode 5. The Incredible, Indelible Magical, Physical Mystery Trip
1973-02-07 · 60 min
A partially-animated special about two youngsters who are miniaturized, then travel through their Uncle's body to understand more about his health.
Episode 6. Alexander
1973-04-04 · 60 min
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Season 2
7 episodes · 1973
Episode 1. Rookie of the Year
1973-10-03 · 60 min
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Episode 2. My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel
1973-11-28 · 60 min
Divorce, as seen through the eyes of a young boy. The youngster - whose father has been ordered out of the house and is forced to take up permanent residence in a downtown hotel - is traumatized by the imminent divorce, and it is up to…
Episode 3. Pssst! Hammerman's After You
1974-01-16 · 60 min
A small-for-his-age sixth-grade student and his wild attempts to flee a bully after word gets around he thinks of him as a Neanderthal.
Episode 4. Cyrano
1974-03-06 · 60 min
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Episode 5. The Runaways
1974-03-27 · 60 min
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Episode 6. The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head
1974-05-15 · 60 min
Two youngsters are shrunk so they can enter their teenage sister's head, and discover how the mind works.
Episode 7. The Crazy Comedy Concert
1974-06-05 · 60 min
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Season 3
7 episodes · 1974
Episode 1. Sara's Summer of the Swans
1974-10-02 · 60 min
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Episode 2. The Bridge of Adam Rush
1974-10-23 · 60 min
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Episode 3. Winning and Losing: Diary of a Campaign
1974-11-06 · 60 min
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Episode 4. The Toothpaste Millionaire
1974-11-27 · 60 min
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Episode 5. The Skating Rink
1975-02-05 · 60 min
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Episode 6. Santiago's America
1975-02-19 · 60 min
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Episode 7. The Secret Life of T.K. Dearing
1975-04-27 · 60 min
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Season 4
7 episodes · 1975
Episode 1. It Must Be Love ('Cause I Feel So Dumb)
1975-10-08 · 60 min
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Episode 2. The Fawn Story
1975-10-22 · 60 min
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Episode 3. The Shaman's Last Raid
1975-11-19 · 60 min
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Episode 4. The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon
1976-02-04 · 60 min
This cute story centers around an insecure 6th grader, Duffy Moon (played by Ike Eisenmann), whose discovery of ""Cosmic Awareness"" leads him on a journey to self-discovery and confidence that he can do anything.
Episode 5. Me and Dad's New Wife
1976-02-18 · 60 min
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Episode 6. Blind Sunday
1976-04-21 · 60 min
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Episode 7. Dear Lovey Hart: I Am Desperate
1976-05-19 · 60 min
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Season 5
6 episodes · 1976
Episode 1. Francesca, Baby
1976-10-06 · 60 min
Semi-standard ABC Afterschool Special about Francesca James, a teenage daughter dealing with her alcoholic mother through the support group Ala-Teen.
Episode 2. P.J. and the President's Son
1976-11-10 · 60 min
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.
Episode 3. Mighty Moose and the Quarterback Kid
1976-12-01 · 60 min
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Episode 4. My Mom's Having a Baby
1977-02-16 · 60 min
My Mom's Having a Baby is an American television teen comedy/documentary that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on February 16, 1977. The program would be historic as it was the first television program of its kind in the United States…
Episode 5. The Horrible Honchos
1977-03-09 · 60 min
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Episode 6. Very Good Friends
1977-04-06 · 60 min
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Season 6
7 episodes · 1977
Episode 1. Hewitt's Just Different
1977-10-12 · 60 min
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Episode 2. The Pinballs
1977-10-26 · 60 min
Three diverse kids with different outlooks on life are sent to a foster home until family problems can be worked out.
Episode 3. Michel's Mixed-Up Musical Bird
1978-02-15 · 60 min
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Episode 4. It Isn't Easy Being a Teenage Millionaire
1978-03-08 · 60 min
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Episode 5. The Rag-Tag Champs
1978-03-22 · 60 min
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Episode 6. Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me
1978-04-05 · 60 min
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Episode 7. It's a Mile from Here to Glory
1978-05-03 · 60 min
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Season 7
6 episodes · 1978
Episode 1. One of a Kind
1978-09-27 · 60 min
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Episode 2. A Home Run for Love
1978-10-11 · 60 min
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Episode 3. Gaucho
1978-10-25 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Make-Believe Marriage
1979-02-14 · 60 min
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Episode 5. The Terrible Secret
1979-03-07 · 60 min
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Episode 6. The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid
1979-05-09 · 60 min
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Season 8
8 episodes · 1979
Episode 1. Which Mother is Mine?
1979-09-26 · 60 min
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Episode 2. A Movie Star's Daughter
1979-10-10 · 60 min
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Episode 3. A Special Gift
1979-10-04
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Episode 4. The Late Great Me
1979-11-14 · 60 min
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Episode 5. Dinky Hocker
1979-12-12 · 60 min
Dinky Hocker is an American television teen comedy/drama that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on December 12, 1979. It was based on the 1972 novel Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack by M.E. Kerr.
Episode 6. The Heartbreak Winner
1980-02-13 · 60 min
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Episode 7. Where Do Teenagers Come From?
1980-03-05 · 60 min
Where Do Teenagers Come From? was an American television teen comedy/documentary that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on March 5, 1980. The live action/animation program was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises and was a sequel to…
Episode 8. What Are Best Friends For?
1980-03-19 · 60 min
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Season 9
7 episodes · 1980
Episode 1. A Family of Strangers
1980-09-24 · 60 min
A widower's two teen-aged daughters resent their father's remarriage to a single mother, especially since the woman's 12-year-old daughter (who is several years younger) will now compete for the parents attention. This special focuses on…
Episode 2. Schoolboy Father
1980-10-15 · 60 min
High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.
Episode 3. The Gymnast
1980-10-29 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Stoned
1980-11-12 · 60 min
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Episode 5. A Matter of Time
1981-02-11 · 60 min
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Episode 6. Run, Don't Walk
1981-03-04 · 60 min
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Episode 7. My Mother Was Never a Kid
1981-03-16 · 60 min
My Mother Was Never a Kid is an American television teen fantasy/comedy/drama that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on March 16, 1981. It was based on the 1977 Francine Pascal novel Hangin' Out With CiCi, which in turn was the first…
Season 10
7 episodes · 1981
Episode 1. She Drinks a Little
1981-09-23 · 60 min
""She Drinks a Little"" ... or does she a lot, lot more? That's what Cindy's friends try to convince her as she denies that her mother may be a flat-out alcoholic. Eventually, Cindy sees that her mother indeed has a serious drinking…
Episode 2. Starstruck
1981-10-14 · 60 min
Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.
Episode 3. Tough Girl
1981-10-28 · 60 min
After juvenile delinquent Renie Lake is caught dealing drugs in a stolen van, she is court ordered to live with her father and rigid step-family. Despite living with a family that seems to dislike her, she re-enrolls in High School and…
Episode 4. The Color of Friendship
1981-11-11 · 60 min
The Color of Friendship is a 1981 film shown as part of the ABC Afterschool Special series. It's about the friendship between two 13-year-old boys, one black and one white, in a small town that has just started integrating its schools.
Episode 5. The Unforgivable Secret
1982-02-10 · 60 min
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Episode 6. Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now
1982-03-03 · 60 min
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Episode 7. Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother
1982-04-07 · 60 min
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Season 11
7 episodes · 1982
Episode 1. Amy and the Angel
1982-09-22 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Two Loves for Jenny
1982-10-27 · 60 min
A teen violinist is torn between her musical career and her boyfriend. (Also knowns as "Between Two Loves")
Episode 3. A Very Delicate Matter
1982-11-10 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Please Don't Hit Me, Mom
1983-01-19 · 60 min
Please Don't Hit Me, Mom is a TV episode that was nominated for Outstanding Children's Program in the 34th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Episode 6. Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?
1983-03-16 · 60 min
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Episode 7. But It's Not My Fault
1983-03-23 · 60 min
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Episode 8. The Wave
1983-03-30 · 60 min
The Wave, is a short made-for-TV movie directed by Alex Grasshoff, based on Ron Jones' The Third Wave experiment. Though more prominently featured as an episode of the ABC Afterschool Special series, this show debuted October 4, 1981,…
Season 12
8 episodes · 1983
Episode 1. It's No Crush, I'm in Love
1983-09-28 · 60 min
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Episode 2. The Hand Me Down Kid
1983-10-19 · 60 min
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Episode 3. The Dog Days of Arthur Cane
1984-02-18 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Andrea's Story: A Hitchhiking Tragedy
1983-12-07 · 60 min
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Episode 5. The Great Love Experiment
60 min
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Episode 6. Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia
1984-03-07 · 60 min
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Episode 7. The Hero Who Couldn't Read
1984-04-18 · 60 min
Teacher discovers that the star basketball player is illiterate, and makes it his mission to teach him how to read.
Episode 8. The Celebrity and the Arcade Kid
1983-11-19 · 60 min
Video-arcade whiz and teen movie star discover they are exact doubles and decide to switch identities.
Season 13
6 episodes · 1984
Episode 1. Summer Switch
1984-09-19 · 60 min
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Episode 3. The Almost Royal Family
1984-10-24 · 60 min
The Almost Royal Family is an American television teen comedy that aired as an ABC Afterschool Special on October 23, 1984. The program was based on the 1973 novel Meanwhile, Back At the Castle, by Hope Campbell.
Episode 4. Mom's On Strike
1984-11-14 · 60 min
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Episode 5. I Want to Go Home
1985-02-13 · 60 min
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Episode 6. First the Egg
1985-03-06 · 60 min
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Episode 7. One Too Many
1985-05-01 · 60 min
Four high school friends find their lives changed forever when one of the friends drives drunk with devastating results.
Season 14
6 episodes · 1985
Episode 1. No Greater Gift
1985-09-11 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
1985-10-09 · 60 min
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Episode 3. Don't Touch
1985-11-06 · 60 min
A teen-aged girl named Karen Anderson suspects that Molly Stewart, the 6-year-old girl she is baby-sitting, is behaving quite strangely around an adult friend of the Stewarts. Turns out that the man is likely molesting Molly. Karen tries…
Episode 4. Can a Guy Say No?
1986-02-12 · 60 min
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Episode 5. Are You My Mother?
1986-03-05 · 60 min
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Episode 6. Getting Even: A Wimp's Revenge
1986-03-19 · 60 min
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Season 15
8 episodes · 1986
Episode 1. A Desperate Exit
1986-09-17 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Wanted: The Perfect Guy
1986-10-01 · 60 min
A teen-aged boy and his girlfriend secretly place personal ads for his divorced mother, Ellie, in an effort to find Mr. Right. The two screen potential dates, but none of them seem right for Ellie. In the end, it is Ellie who finds the…
Episode 3. Teen Father
1986-10-22 · 60 min
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Episode 4. The Gift of Amazing Grace
1986-11-19 · 60 min
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Episode 5. Supermom's Daughter
1987-02-18 · 60 min
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Episode 6. Divorced Kids' Blues
1987-03-04 · 60 min
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Episode 7. Class Act: A Teacher's Story
1987-03-18 · 60 min
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Episode 8. Read Between the Lines
1987-06-03
When an illiterate toy maker has the right to his invention stolen, his grandson and the Harlem Globetrotters team up to get them back.
Season 16
6 episodes · 1987
Episode 1. Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story
1987-09-09 · 60 min
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Episode 2. The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story
1987-09-23 · 60 min
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Episode 3. The Day My Kid Went Punk
1987-10-23 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Seasonal Differences
1987-12-02 · 60 min
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Episode 5. The Terrible Things My Mother Told Me
1988-01-20 · 60 min
Terrible Things My Mother Told Me is a 1988 TV film starring Nicole Andrews, Ita DeMarco, Carol Goodheart, Beth Howland and Stephen James. This TV film is about a 16-year-old girl who doesn't realize that her mother is emotionally and…
Episode 6. Daddy Can't Read
1988-03-16 · 60 min
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Season 17
7 episodes · 1988
Episode 1. Date Rape
1988-09-15 · 60 min
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Episode 2. A Family Again
1988-10-13 · 60 min
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Episode 3. Tattle: When to Tell on a Friend
1988-10-26 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Taking a Stand
1989-01-19 · 60 min
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Episode 5. Just Tipsy, Honey
1989-03-16 · 60 min
A teenage girl is in total denial about her mother's drinking problem.
Episode 6. The Cheats
1989-03-30 · 60 min
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.
Episode 7. Torn Between Two Fathers
1989-04-20 · 60 min
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Season 18
3 episodes · 1989
Episode 1. My Dad Can't Be Crazy, Can He?
1989-09-14 · 60 min
A 16-year-old high school student tries to cope with his schizophrenic father's behavior, which takes its toll on his schoolwork, activities and reputation.
Episode 5. Over the Limit
1990-03-23 · 45 min
High school student Matt Thompson (Keith Coogan) must decide whether or not to come forward with the truth about a tragic drunk-driving accident. Co-starring Sam Rockwell.
Episode 6. The Perfect Date
1990-04-19 · 60 min
A 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
4 episodes · 1990
Episode 1. A Question About Sex
1990-09-13 · 60 min
A Question About Sex is a TV episode of ABC Afterschool Special.
Episode 2. Testing Dirty
1990-10-18 · 60 min
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Episode 3. Stood Up
1990-12-06 · 60 min
A teen-aged girl attempts to get even with her boyfriend who stood her up on prom night by suing him for the cost of the dress. When the small claims court docket is full, she takes her case to a high school student court.
Episode 4. The Less Than Perfect Daughter
1991-01-24 · 60 min
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Season 20
4 episodes · 1992
Episode 1. Summer Stories: The Mall (1)
1992-03-19 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Summer Stories: The Mall (2)
1992-04-02 · 60 min
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Episode 3. Summer Stories: The Mall (3)
1992-04-16 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Shades of a Single Protein
1993-01-28 · 60 min
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Season 21
4 episodes · 1993
Episode 1. Love Hurts
1993-09-16 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Montana Crossroads
1993-12-09 · 60 min
An art student enters the breach between her controlling mother and her stubborn, aging grandfather during a stay at her grandfather's Montana ranch.
Episode 3. I Hate the Way I Look
1994-03-21 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Jacqi's Dilemma
1994-05-02 · 60 min
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Season 22
4 episodes · 1994
Episode 1. Boys Will Be Boys
1994-09-15 · 60 min
A high-school sophomore has her reputation tarnished by some male students who scrawl malicious graffiti about her in the boys' restroom.
Episode 2. The Magical Makeover
1994-12-08 · 60 min
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Episode 3. Bonnie Raitt Has Something to Talk About
1995-03-16 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Notes for My Daughter
1995-04-06 · 60 min
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Season 23
5 episodes · 1995
Episode 1. Fast Forward
1995-09-21 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Magical Make-Over
1994-12-08
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.
Episode 3. Educating Mom
1996-03-14 · 60 min
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Episode 4. Daddy's Girl
1996-04-18 · 60 min
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Episode 5. Through Thick & Thin
1996-06-11 · 60 min
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Season 24
3 episodes · 1996
Episode 1. Too Soon for Jeff
1996-09-12 · 60 min
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Episode 2. Positive: A Journey Into AIDS
1995-12-07 · 60 min
Positive: A Journey Into AIDS is a 1995 documentary directed by Eamon Harrington and John Watkin. It was produced for the ABC Afterschool Special series. It followed actors Michael Sutton and Kimberly McCullough, who played Stone Cates…
Episode 3. Just Chill
1994-01-24 · 45 min
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 25
4 episodes · 1996
Episode 1. Too Soon for Jeff
1996-09-12
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Episode 2. Me and My Hormones
1996-10-24
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Episode 3. Teenage Confidential
1996-12-05
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Episode 4. Miracle at Trapper Creek
1997-01-23
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