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E1
7.3
7.3
6.4
7.6
5.8
6.8
7.4
5.8
7.1
6.9
7.2
6.9
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E2
4.8
6.6
6.2
5.5
7.2
6.7
6.5
7.0
5.9
5.9
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E3
4.5
7.3
7.3
7.7
6.3
6.7
7.0
7.0
5.9
5.8
E4
6.0
6.2
6.5
5.5
7.7
7.1
6.9
6.2
7.5
7.1
E5
6.6
6.2
6.5
7.7
6.2
7.6
5.8
6.8
5.8
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E6
8.2
7.2
6.5
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5.4
7.0
6.9
5.8
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E7
6.2
7.3
5.4
6.6
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7.6
6.9
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7.5
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E8
6.2
6.4
6.7
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6.8
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E9
7.2
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7.4
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E10
5.1
6.8
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E11
6.8
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7.4
E12
6.9
6.8
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E13
5.1
E14
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E15
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E16
6.8
E17
6.9
AVG
6.3
6.8
6.6
6.8
6.6
6.8
6.8
6.6
6.5
6.4
7.2
6.9
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Overview
The ABC Weekend Specials 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 Specials 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 Specials, 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.
NetworkABC
Runtime~30 min
Seasons15
ABC Weekend Specials holds an IMDb rating of 7.8 from 436 votes. Across its 80 rated episodes, the highest-rated is S1E6 "Portrait of Grandpa Doc" at 8.2, and the lowest is S1E3 "The Winged Colt (3)" at 4.5. Season 2 is the strongest, averaging 6.8 per episode. Explore the full episode ratings graph below, season by season.
Peak8.2
S1E6Portrait of Grandpa Doc
Low point4.5
S1E3The Winged Colt (3)
Averages 6.6 across 80 rated episodes — strongest run is Season 2 at 6.8.
Average by season
Season 16.315 eps
Season 26.810 eps
Season 36.610 eps
Season 46.86 eps
Season 56.65 eps
Season 66.87 eps
Season 76.87 eps
Season 86.67 eps
Season 96.57 eps
Season 106.44 eps
Season 117.21 eps
Season 126.91 eps
Top-rated episodes
1S1E6Portrait of Grandpa Doc8.2
2S4E3Scruffy (3)7.7
3S4E5Zack and the Magic Factory (1)7.7
4S5E4Miss Switch to the Rescue (1)7.7
5S4E1Scruffy (1)7.6
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