MichaelKane20
09-28-2003, 07:59 PM
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THESE SPECIALS !!!
DOES ANYONE ONE HERE HAVE ANY VIDEOS TO SELL OF THESE SPECIALS
DOES ANYONE ONE HERE HAVE ANY VIDEOS TO SELL OF THESE SPECIALS
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View Full Version : what happened to the ABC Afterschool Special MichaelKane20 09-28-2003, 07:59 PM WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THESE SPECIALS !!! DOES ANYONE ONE HERE HAVE ANY VIDEOS TO SELL OF THESE SPECIALS TeeVeeCloset 09-28-2003, 09:35 PM I have about 25 of these afterschool specials including ones with kristy mcnichol, valerie bertinelli and leif garrett...all in perfect quality.......email me if interested...... Chocoholic 09-29-2003, 08:28 AM I remember thoise ABC afterschool specials. They were great. I wonder why they stopped them. Small Wonderian 09-29-2003, 01:28 PM Originally posted by alejandro17 WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THESE SPECIALS !!! DOES ANYONE ONE HERE HAVE ANY VIDEOS TO SELL OF THESE SPECIALS ABC discontinued it after August 30, 1997, but if you ask me, ABC needs to bring it back more than ever!!! hawaii five-o 09-29-2003, 07:47 PM Didn't Oprah have something to do with having these shows cancelled because ABC affiliates kept pre-empting her show to show them? musicradio77 09-29-2003, 09:09 PM Originally posted by amp2k3 ABC discontinued it after August 30, 1997, but if you ask me, ABC needs to bring it back more than ever!!! Here's a clip from the "ABC After School Special Promo" (http://www.toontracker.com/realvid/aftschsp.ram) from 1974. Small Wonderian 09-29-2003, 11:10 PM Originally posted by hawaii five-o Didn't Oprah have something to do with having these shows cancelled because ABC affiliates kept pre-empting her show to show them? I wouldn't be surprised if she did. :mad: She makes me so sick, sometimes. felicitylen 09-30-2003, 12:08 PM Originally posted by alejandro17 WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THESE SPECIALS !!! I used to watch those all time! ABC discontinued it after August 30, 1997, but if you ask me, ABC needs to bring it back more than ever!!! They really do! treky 10-01-2003, 12:55 AM Originally posted by Jen1982 Leif Garrett used to do ABC Afterschool Specials? All I know about him is that he dated Justine Bateman for two years. I 've never seen him in any tv shows or specials, except for the E! True Hollywood Story of Justine Bateman. Is he an actor? He was a musican at one point, if I remember correctly. Anyway, that's interesting. about those who were in the specials for ABC Afternoon. he also played Tony Ranndalls son on "The Odd Couple" Chocoholic 10-01-2003, 08:19 AM Originally posted by hawaii five-o Didn't Oprah have something to do with having these shows cancelled because ABC affiliates kept pre-empting her show to show them? Wouldn't surprise me if that was true. Oprah really bugs me. I agree. We do need them now more than ever. TV Guy 10-03-2003, 11:41 PM What happened was that in the mid 80s, a lot of ABC affiliates started showing "Oprah" at 4:00 and got huge ratings. The "Afterschool Special" was shown only once every two weeks, but the affiliates became reluctant to pre-empt "Oprah", which got higher ratings than the specials. For a while, Oprah actually produced some of the "Afterschool Specials" in the early 90s (those episodes tended to be talk or documentary episodes, rather than dramatic ones). I believe this was an effort on ABC's part to encourage the affiliates to carry the specials. But this effort was futile, and ABC eventually gave up and ended the specials. LILFACE23 10-04-2003, 12:18 AM I agree they need to bring them back. With everything that goes on in todays world, it could give kids piece of mind. I also agree that what happen to them is definitly TALK SHOWS. That's all that's ever on anymore. If you don't get cable, forget it. They really don't have shows anymore just for kids on reg. t.v. (local stations). donald snl 10-04-2003, 11:21 PM you can say that again. |