ABC Afterschool Specials Private Affairs (Season 18, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

ABC Afterschool Specials

Private Affairs (Season 18, Episode 2)

TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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.

Director

Neal Baer

Writers

Neal Baer | Brenda Wilson

Producers

Karen S. Shapiro | Brenda Wilson

Composer

Jonathan Wolff

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 26, 1989

Release date

Oct 26, 1989 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 90 wins & 158 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
14 cast members

Name	Known for
Kerri Green Madeline Green Madeline Green See fewer	The Goonies (1985)
Kay Lenz Bonnie Green Bonnie Green See fewer	House (1985)
Dean Butler Matthew Green Matthew Green See fewer	Little House on the Prairie (1974)
Amy Lynne Lindy Lindy See fewer	Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Christopher Daniel Barnes Boyd Boyd See fewer	The Little Mermaid (1989)
Elizabeth Savage Doreen Doreen See fewer	Hunter (I) (1984)
Michael Warren Dr. Hawkins Dr. Hawkins See fewer	Anderson's Cross (2010)
Nancy Kulp Aurora Aurora See fewer	The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Lynne Thigpen Mrs. Meeks Mrs. Meeks See fewer	The Warriors (1979)
Christopher Collet Nickel Nickel See fewer	Sleepaway Camp (1983)
Wendy Brainard Tina Tina See fewer	They Live (1988)
Joe Bratcher Richard Richard See fewer	Lunch Ladies (2017)
Zero Hubbard Randall Randall See fewer	Hill Street Blues (1981)
Chris Demetral Allen Allen See fewer	Dolly Dearest (1991)