TV Guide Magazine's Top 60 Child/Teen TV stars

[punk13]

TV Guide has been doing top 60 lists as part of its 60th Anniversary(top 60 game shows, top 60 soap opera moments, sci-fi shows, etc.), here's the latest list they did of the top 60 child/teenage TV characters:

Top 10
1) Kevin Arnold, The Wonder Years
2) Alex P. Keaton, Family Ties
3) Angela Chase, My So-Called Life
4) Bart Simpson, The Simpsons
5) Buffy Summers, Buffy The Vampire Slayer
6) Arnold Jackson, Diff'rent Strokes
7) Darlene Conner, Roseanne
8) Eric Cartman, South Park
9) Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, Leave It To Beaver
10) Sam Weir, Freaks And Geeks

The rest in alphabetical order:
Wednesday Addams, The Addams Family
Kathy Anderson, Father Knows Best
Vinnie Barbarino, Welcome Back, Kotter
George Michael Bluth, Arrested Development
Marcia Brady, The Brady Bunch
Punky Brewster, Punky Brewster
Kelly Bundy, Married With Children
Chris, Everybody Hates Chris
Barbara Cooper, One Day At A Time
Eddie Corbett, The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Wesley Crusher, Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sally Draper, Mad Men
Luke Dunphy, Modern family
Patty Greene, Square Pegs
Stewie Griffin, Family Guy
Carl Grimes, The Walking Dead
Eddie Haskell, Leave It To Beaver
Sue Heck, The Middle
David Hogan, Valerie/The Hogan Family
Doogie Howser, Doogie Howser, M.D.
Rudy Huxtable, The Cosby Show
Steven Hyde, That 70's Show
Laura Ingalls, Little House on the Prairie
Patty Lane, The Patty Duke Show
Buddy Lawrence, Family
Parker Lewis, Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Webster Long, Webster
Malcolm, Malcolm in the Middle
Veronica Mars, Veronica Mars
Mark McCain, The Rifleman
Samantha Micelli, Who's The Boss?
Dennis Mitchell, Dennis The Menace
Zack Morris, Saved By The Bell
Eddie Munster, The Munsters
Ricky Nelson, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Buffy Patterson-Davis, Family Affair
Jo Poiniaczek, The Facts of Life
Blossom Russo, Blossom
Matt Saracen, Friday Night Lights
Mike Seaver, Growing Pains
Will Smith, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Meadow Soprano, The Sopranos
Arya Stark, Game of Thrones
Justin Suarez, Ugly Betty
Opie Taylor, The Andy Griffith Show
Corky Thacher, Life Goes On
Dee Thomas, What's Happening!!
Steve Urkel, Family Matters
Wallace, The Wire
Brenda Walsh, Beverly Hills, 90210

The list is missing Cory Matthews & Carlton Banks.

 

[John McHenry]

Alfonso was 20 at the time Fresh Prince started filming though that doesn't really explain why Will is on the list. After the first two the list isn't really worth a damn.

 

[Keith]

Seems a good list althrough there is a lot I have not seen there.

Really pleased they included Angela Case, My So Called Life was one hell of a show and Clare Daines is awesome in it.

Think someone from Daria should have been included.

 

[Troy]

Not really that keen on them including cartoon characters on the list, don't know how they qualify as child stars. Very happy to see Alex P. Keaton so high up the list, brilliant character played so well by Michael J Fox.

 

[Keith]

Not really that keen on them including cartoon characters on the list, don't know how they qualify as child stars. Very happy to see Alex P. Keaton so high up the list, brilliant character played so well by Michael J Fox.

True but I didn't know if the list was more about the characters than people who played them. Also the likes of Buffy and Chase are teenagers so their not really children either.

 

[Troy]

True but I didn't know if the list was more about the characters than people who played them. Also the likes of Buffy and Chase are teenagers so their not really children either.

I read the article again and saw that it did say characters so that is my bad for reading it wrong. I would still have preferred a list that only lists child/teen stars because it is more impressive to see a young person play a character well than have an adult voice a kids character in a cartoon.

 

[Rated R Superstar]

For characters, this is a fine list. I'd probably take Kenny over Cartmen simply because Kenny always took one for the team.

 

[Deezy]

Why the fuck is Urkel not in the top ten? His "Do the Urkman" song was waaaay better than "Do the Bartman".

Stop rating my childhood and getting it wrong.

And seriously, what was Parker Lewis can't lose? Never heard of it.