DVD release for Martin Tahse's After School Specials from 1979-1980 An after school special is a type of American television program intended to be viewed by adolescents when they returned home from school, usually at about 4:00 pm. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...
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The ABC Network coined the term with a series of programs known as ABC After School Specials. CBS distributed its own productions as the CBS Schoolbreak Special. CBS had a program called Famous Classic Tales, which aired Australian cartoons that were adapted from literature books (similar to Family Classic Tales). NBC also had afterschool programs under the umbrella title Special Treat. The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
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ABC's name has since come to define the entire genre of programming designed for adolescents to view in the late afternoon. All three networks tended to use the young stars of their primetime programs in the specials. Other similar programs included the ABC Weekend Special. PrimeTime is a television newsmagazine from ABC News. ...
The ABC Weekend Special was a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children which aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. ...
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ABC began airing the specials in November 1972, the first of which was the Emmy Award-winning cartoon Last of the Curlews. CBS began its series of Schoolbreak Specials in 1984. The networks continued production of these series through the 1990s, finally ending their run in 1996. NBC discontinued Special Treat by the mid-80s, and as a result these programs are not remembered as well as the CBS and ABC programs. The American Broadcasting Company ( oftenly known as ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
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Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Despite their long runs, the revival of interest in these shows is often seen as a part of the 1970s and 1980s nostalgia. One may feel nostalgic for the familiar routine of school, conveniently forgetting the painful experiences such as bullying. ...
Format Typically, networks aired four to six after school specials sporadically throughout each year. Many of these were re-aired during subsequent seasons. Most specials were self-contained single episodes, but some were two-part stories. Summer Stories: The Mall (ABC-1992) was the only three-part miniseries. This is a list of television-related events in 1992. ...
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Much like a "very special episode" of a prime-time television sitcom, after school specials presented cultural issues of the day and moral lessons in a format meant to be accessible to teenagers and pre-teens. Some after school specials were well regarded by educators; during the 1980s and 1990s they were often videotaped and shown in the classroom. Indeed, some after school specials were documentaries or well-paced dramas with a humorous edge. However, the genre as a whole eventually gained a reputation for heavy-handed moralizing, not unlike the "scare" films of the 1950s in the U.S. This was in part due to the melodramatic handling of some topics as well as their penchant for overly literal and prosaic titles: This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
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By the 1990s, the popularity of syndicated talk shows (especially The Oprah Winfrey Show) airing in the same time slots made after school specials unprofitable. In addition, viewers complained about stations preempting the popular (and highly-rated) talk shows for a program not meant for a broad general audience. A more realistic treatment of teen issues in movies and prime time television of the 1990s also caused after school specials to fall out of favor. See also: 1972 in television, other events of 1973, 1974 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1973-74 American network television schedule. ...
The Boy Who Drank Too Much is a 1980s made for TV movie, initially distributed by CBS, starring Scott Baio as a high school hockey player struggling with alcoholism. ...
This is a list of television-related events in 1980. ...
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Nostalgia and some of the shows' lingering popularity have prompted the release of some episodes on DVD. Some of the issues appear to be dubs from lower-quality video recordings of the shows, rather than the master copies. A number have been re-titled. DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...
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Last of the Curlews is a novel, a fictionalized account of the life of the last Eskimo Curlew. ...
See also: 1971 in television, other events of 1972, 1973 in television and the list of years in television. For the American network television schedule, please see 1972-73 American network television schedule. ...
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Schoolhouse Rock! is a series of 46 educational shorts featuring rock songs about schoolroom topics, including grammar, science, economics and American history and politics. ...
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Public Information Films (known as PIFs) are a series of government commissioned short films, shown during television advertising breaks in the UK. The US equivalent is the Public Service Announcement (PSAs). ...
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References - Reviews of a DVD collection of ABC After School Specials
- The strange afterlife of the After School Special - by Joanna Weiss, Boston Globe January 1, 2006
- My Dad Lives In A Downtown Hotel: The Subtle Brilliance of the After School Special by Marisa Meltzer - Slate.com - July 20, 2006
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External links - Complete list of ABC After School Specials at IMDB.com
- Complete list of CBS Schoolbreak Specials at IMDB.com
- Partial list of NBC Special Treat episodes at IMDB.com
- Fan Site - with reviews and photos.
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