Young destinies
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Young destinies |
| Original title | ABC afterschool specials |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 1972-1997 |
| length | 60 minutes |
| Episodes | 154 in 25 seasons ( List ) |
| genre | Film drama |
| idea | Guy Fraumeni |
| First broadcast | October 4th, 1972 on ABC |
| occupation | |
Junge Schicksale (Original title: ABC Afterschool Specials ) is a television film series on the US television channel ABC .
Actions
The individual films repeatedly deal with problems faced by young people, such as unwanted pregnancy, drug problems, difficulties at school, etc. In addition, many films deal with environmental protection, life in different countries around the world, or historical events.
occupation
The cast is different in every film. Lance Kerwin, Samaria Graham, Mara Hobel and Alexa Kenin were seen in 5 episodes of a total of 154 episodes and thus had the most appearances. However, the majority of the actors are only represented in one episode.
In the ABC Afterschool Specials, established or future stars were repeatedly to be seen. The following stars appeared in the After School Specials: River Phoenix & Joaquin Phoenix ( Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia ), Cynthia Nixon (It's No Crush, I'm in Love), Sean Astin (Please Don't Hit Me, Mom), Val Kilmer & Michelle Pfeiffer (One Too Many), Matthew Modine , Meg Ryan & Helen Slater (Amy and the Angel), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Have You Ever Been Ashamed of Your Parents?), Helen Hunt (Desperate Lives), Seth Green (I Want to Go Home) and Ben Affleck (A Body to Die For)
background
The first film aired on October 4, 1972. It is based on the novel Last of the Curlews by Fred Bodsworth and covers the life of the last male Eskimo curlew in search of a mate. The audience accompanies the bird on its way from Antarctica to Argentina. The film won the Primetime Emmy Award in 1973 in the Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational / Factual category. The German film Die Welle was also shown in the ABC Afterschool Special a few years after it was first broadcast. The last film, Miracle at Trapper Creek , aired on January 23, 1997. In 1997, four of the films were shown on RTL in Germany. Some of the films were released on DVD in the US in 2004.
The ABC Afterschool Specials introduced the term after school special in North America for the first time . This describes a television film series that deals with controversial or socially relevant topics and whose target group is children and young people. The films are mostly broadcast in the afternoon.
Movies
A total of 156 films were broadcast in 25 seasons. Five episodes were dubbed in German. Four of the episodes were broadcast in 1997 in the Junge Schicksale series. In addition, eight episodes of the film series CBS Schoolbreak Specials were shown on RTL.
reception
The film series won 89 awards and 159 nominations, including 51 Daytime Emmy Awards .
Web links
- ABC Afterschool Specials in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Young fates at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Young Fates . Wishlist.de. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997). Full cast & crew. . Imdb.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ Louis Peitzman: 12 Celebrities You Didn't Know Were In After School Specials . Buzzfeed.com. January 10, 2013. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Joseph Barbera: My Life in "Toons": From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century . Turner Publishing, Atlanta, GA 1994, ISBN 1-57036-042-1 , pp. 191-192, 216.
- ^ The Last of the Curlews (1972) . In: ABC Afterschool Special . New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ↑ a b ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997). Awards . Imdb.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ The ABC Afterschool Special. The Wave . Tv.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997). Miracle at Trapper Creek. . Imdb.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ Young Fates . Wishlist.de. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ↑ 12 episodes (German episodes), episodes 1–12 . Fernsehserien.de. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ↑ Classic TV on DVD. ABC afterschool specials . Tvparty.com. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
- ^ Joanna Weiss: The strange afterlife of the After School Special . Boston Globe. January 1, 2006. Accessed July 21, 2014.