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ABC Afterschool Specials

  • Watchlist
  • 1972-1997
  • 25 Seasons
  • ABC
  • Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
  • TV-14
  • Watchlist

A teen drama anthology that often touched on social issues of the day.

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Cast & Crew See All

Lance Kerwin
Adam Rush
Samaria Graham
Marla Clayton
Mara Hobel
Sarah Charney

Season 25 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Too Soon for Jeff

Thu, Sep 12, 199643 mins

A high school senior finds his future plans turned upside down when his girlfriend tells him she is pregnant.

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Awards

  • 1974 - Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Entertainment Children's Special - winner
  • 1974 - Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Entertainment Children's Special - nominated
  • 1976 - Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Entertainment - Children's Special - nominated
  • 1976 - Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Entertainment - Children's Special - nominated

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Seeing the TV-movie Moms on ...

Question: Seeing the TV-movie Moms on Strike got me thinking (no small feat). Wasn't there an Afterschool Special back in the '80s that dealt with the same subject? If memory serves, Yeardley Smith played the daughter.Answer: Memory does indeed serve, Rhonda. Matter of fact, that 1984 Afterschool Special was called... Mom's on Strike. Based on Stephanie S. Tolan's book The Great Skinner Strike, it starred Mary Kay Place (folk singer Loretta on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman) as a put-upon housewife whose husband and kids refused to help out around the house. When pitching a fit didn't get any results, she pitched a tent in the front yard and began picketing for more respect. After Dad (Stephen Keep) made the mistake of dumping the chores on his two daughters (Ms. Smith, who would later become an animation l

Thu, Mar 23, 2006