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The ABC Weekend Special was a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children which aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories in both the live-action and animated realms. In the 1980s, puppet character O. G. Readmore served as the host of this series, as well as starring in five animated episodes.

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18x21 Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale Aired: Feb. 25, 1995

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ABC Weekend Specials is Canceled/Ended
The show had 18 seasons and 98 episodes air between 1977 and 1997.

Series Info

Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Sep. 10, 1977
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
Aired:
1977 - 1997
To-Date:
18 Seasons
98 Episodes
Network
ABC TV Network

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