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ABC Afterschool Special

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Summary

ABC Afterschool Special is a series of television specials[1]. It draws 2,373 Wikipedia views per month (series of television specials category, ranking #1,727 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: television series[3]
  • Genre: drama television series[4], anthology series[5]
  • Language of work or name: English[6]
  • Original broadcaster: American Broadcasting Company[7]
  • Country of origin: United States[8]
  • Has part(s): ABC Afterschool Special, season 1[9], ABC Afterschool Special, season 20[10]
  • Start time: October 4, 1972[11]
  • End time: July 1, 1997[12]
  • Number of episodes: 139[13]
  • List of episodes: list of ABC Afterschool Special episodes[14]
  • Duration: 60 minutes[15]
  • Number of seasons: 25[16]
  • Camera setup: single-camera setup[17]

Why It Matters

ABC Afterschool Special has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved . fernsehserien.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . dbpedia.org. Retrieved . dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20h ago · Mannivu · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → series of television specials, television series
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: television series"
  2. 1d ago · Trollface 2006ALT · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → series of television specials, television series
    Wikipedia languages → ['de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'sv', 'zh']
    Logo image → ABC Afterschool Special text logo.svg
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: series of television specials"
  3. 22w ago · Zestier · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → ABC Afterschool Special, season 1, ABC Afterschool Special, season 20
    End time → —
    Original broadcaster → American Broadcasting Company
    List of episodes → list of ABC Afterschool Special episodes
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Tv maze series id: 9159"
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