Teen Angel (1997 TV series)

Infobox Television
show_name = Teen Angel


caption =
format = Sitcom/Fantasy
runtime = 22 minutes
creator = Al Jean
Mike Reiss
starring = Mike Damus
Corbin Allred
Maureen McCormick
Katie Volding
Jordan Brower
Conchata Ferrell
Ron Glass
country = USA
network = ABC
first_aired = September 26, 1997
last_aired = February 13, 1998
num_seasons = 1
num_episodes = 17
imdb_id = 0118487
tv_com_id = 1338

"Teen Angel" is an American sitcom that was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss of "The Simpsons" fame. The show aired on ABC's TGIF Friday night lineup from 1997 to 1998.

ynopsis

"Teen Angel" followed a high school boy, Steve Beauchamp (Corbin Allred), and his recently-deceased best friend, Marty DePolo, (Mike Damus) who, after dying from eating a six-month-old hamburger from under Steve's bed, hangs around as a kind of a dimwitted guardian angel to Allred's character. Ron Glass played God's cousin, Rod. Maureen McCormick, who played Steve's mother, Judy, left the series halfway through its run.

Marty, as a supernatural being, would frequently break the fourth wall. One example being prior to the opening credits of the episode, "Grumpy Young Men", Marty explained the absence of Steve's mother and the return of his father to the viewers.

The series was created and placed in the TGIF lineup by ABC in an attempt to capitalization on the success on another ABC supernatural series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch". The series, however, failed to gain an audience and was canceled by ABC after 17 episodes. [cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/14/entertainment/ca-19340|title=‘TGIF’? Well, ABC’s Not So Sure Anymore|last=Lowry|first=Brian |date=2000-04-14|publisher="The Los Angeles Times"|accessdate=2008-08-31] [cite book|last=Houran|first=James |coauthors=Lange, Rense|others=Beloff, John |title=Hauntings and Poltergeists: Multidisciplinary Perspectives|publisher=McFarland|date=2001|pages=90|isbn=0-786-40984-3]

Cast

* Corbin Allred.....Steve Beauchamp
* Mike Damus.....Marty DePolo
* Ron Glass.....Rod The Head
* Maureen McCormick.....Judy Beauchamp
* Tommy Hinkley.....Casey Beauchamp
* Katie Volding.....Katie Beauchamp
* Jordan Brower.....Jorden Lubell
* Conchata Ferrell.....Aunt Pam
* Jerry Van Dyke.....Grandpa Jerry Beauchamp

Episodes

Award nominations

ee also

*List of television series that include time travel

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0118487|title=Teen Angel
*Tv.com show|id=1338|title=Teen Angel