ABC Afterschool Specials

- Season 9

(1980)

Widower with two daughters marries a widow with one daughter, creating a blended family.

High school senior discovers his summer girlfriend has given birth to his child, and decides to fight for custody.

16-year-old gymnast is determined to become a world-class athlete.

Jack is a motivated high school student who smokes cannabis for the first time, and falls in with a fast crowd. Will he wake up and realize what he's doing with his future before it's too late?

Teen Lisl Gilbert (Karlene Crockett) finds inner strength when she learns her mother (Rosemary Forsyth) is dying of cancer.

Teenage girl is in denial about being in a wheelchair when an accident leaves her paralyzed. She begins to change when she becomes friends with a boy in the same situation.

In 1981, a teenage girl named Victoria Martin is convinced that her mother doesn't understand the younger generation. After she bangs her head, Victoria is sent back in time to 1944 and meets her mother as a teenager.