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- Rich businessman decides to return to teaching after working in the stock market. He inherits a class of under-achievers and sets out to make them winners.
- Teacher discovers that the star basketball player is illiterate, and makes it his mission to teach him how to read.
- 1972–19971h6.2 (10)TV EpisodeSpecial introducing William Shakespeare to young people through sketches, readings and music.
- Live action/animation special geared to educate young people about classical music.
- Despite his failing health, a Native-American medicine man is determined to teach his great-grandchildren the traditions of the Apache nation.
- Underprivileged and troubled teens join the Trapper Creek Jobs Corp in Montana to learn a trade, work in the wilderness and achieve a solid work ethic.
- 1972–19971h7.6 (12)TV EpisodeThree part series about high school graduates contemplating their future, while working at the mall. In 'First Impressions' a girl is torn whether to meet her birth mother.
- Tired of receiving hand me downs from her sister, an 11-year-old girl borrows her bike. When the bike gets stolen, she tries to find it before her sister finds out.
- 1972–19973.6 (12)TV EpisodeWhoopi Goldberg interviews musician/singer Bonnie Raitt about her life, career and future plans.
- Puerto Rican boy is invited to a prestigious conference in LA. With no money, he re-builds a broken Taxi to get there.
- 1972–19975.0 (12)TV EpisodeLive-Action/animation special featuring Michel Legrand in a true story about the bird that inspired him while studying at the Paris Conservatory of Music.
- Three girls steal the answers to their final exam. When the headmistress finds out, she gives those responsible one-day to confess. After that anyone participating in the cover-up will be expelled.
- A teenager who tries to convince his town to farm without using pesticides finds many of the residents resistant to change.
- A 15-year-old struggles through the politics of divorce as his parents split up.
- 1972–19975.9 (13)TV EpisodeTrue story about a teen with Down's Syndrome who begins attending college classes.
- 16-year-old girl turns to a support group when her boyfriend begins to hit her.
- College bound 18-year-old has his life turned upside down when his 16-year-old girlfriend announce she is pregnant.
- 14-year-old baseball player and his uncle/baseball manager find themselves at odds over the philosophy 'Winning Is Everything'.
- 15-year-old girl is stunned when she discovers her deceased father is very much alive.
- A 16-year-old boy (Warlock) ends up in juvenile hall after trying to "prove" himself to his peers.
- Brother and sister discover a wounded deer and proceed to nurse the animal back to health.
- High school students take part in a marriage course where they are coupled up and must complete everyday married life tasks.
- Teen travels to the future to see his future self, and is stunned to see how alcohol has shaped his life.
- Teenage girl struggles with her mother's illness from breast cancer.
- Comedy about overprotective parents so concerned about their daughter's safety, they hire a private eye to follow her every move.
- 1972–19971h5.7 (15)TV EpisodeSon is shocked when his parents announce that they have decided to separate.
- Free spirited mother realizes her daughter is no longer a little girl, and tries to give her more independence. Meanwhile the daughter is puzzled by her mother's lack of attention.
- Teenage girl is stunned to discover that her mother is not deceased, but mentally ill living in an institution.
- Family inherits a house on a tiny island between Canada and the US, and is not the jurisdiction of either country.
- Teen finds himself having to take a long road trip with his new stepmother, whom he dislikes. His resent begins to melt away as the two get to know one another.
- Career driven mother and her daughter don't see eye to eye when it comes to the daughter's future plans.
- 1972–199746m6.6 (15)TV EpisodeTired of being bullied at school, a boy start drawing a master scientist. He begins to imagine what it would be like, as the scientist, standing-up to the bullies at school.
- A group of high school students learn about ethics and the seduction of power when they start a cookie company for a class project.
- 1972–19971h7.8 (15)TV Episode12-year-old girl wonders about all of the changes that's happening to her body. Sequel to My Mom's Having a Baby.
- 1972–199745m7.3 (15)TV Episode15-year-old girl starts to drink liquor to impress a boy, and soon starts to develop a serious alcohol problem.
- A departure from most ABC Afterschool Specials, this one focuses on Madeline Green, a teenage girl who discovers her father's affair with a friend of her mother, and struggles to keep it from tearing her family apart.
- 12-year-old entrepreneur decides to create and sell his own brand of toothpaste.
- Teenage girl wants to be a successful dancer, and has a chance to try out for a dance troupe. But fear of failure may keep her from auditioning.
- Teenage girl who advocates sex education at her school finds herself butting heads with her mother who is seeking a spot on the school board.
- Teenage girl is in total denial about her mother's drinking problem.
- After getting stood up for the school prom a high school girl sues her date.
- A young boy helps his friend escape slavery through the underground railway.
- Teenage girl is frustrated about her lack of singing ability in her gospel singing family. She writes a song about her problem, and soon finds where her musical talent lies.
- A high school girl has a crush on a soap-opera star but she thinks she is in love with him. At school she meets her new English teacher who looks closely like the soap-opera star. Partly filmed at Lyndhurst Library
- 1972–19971h6.8 (18)TV Episode14-year-old wins the lottery and thinks all her problems are over. But she quickly learns that her real problems are just beginning.
- The daughter of a divorced couple wages her own custody battle. After her natural mother dies in an accident, a teenager sues her natural father for the right to live with her disabled step-dad.
- Three women of various generations deal with the many changes taking place in their lives.
- A group of high school students take part in a parenting class where their first assignment is to 'parent' an egg.
- 1972–19971h7.8 (19)TV EpisodeTeenaged boy discovers he has been afflicted with AIDS after a blood transfusion.
- Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.