His friend Johnny Depp, a teen idol at the end of the 1980s due primarily to his work on the hit TV series 21 Jump Street, was cast in the title role of Edward, who was the creation of an eccentric and old-fashioned inventor ( played by Vincent Price in one of his last screen appearances ).

He continued through the time when Menudo had the number 1 hit Indianapolis and when Menudo started making it to the covers of Tiger Beat and other major teen magazines, and also when Menudo became famous in the Philippines and Japan.

Produced by Bob Rock, the album generated the hit lead single " Volcano Girls ", which gained exposure as the opening theme to the teen comedy film Jawbreaker.

Nelson was the first teen idol to utilize television to promote hit records.

He had a hit with the 2002 release Big Fat Liar, which teamed him with teen actress Amanda Bynes as a pair of students seeking revenge on a sleazy movie producer ( played by Paul Giamatti ).

In 1980, the EP Too Much Too Young ( credited to The Special AKA ) was a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart, despite controversy over the song's lyrics, which reference teen pregnancy and promote contraception.

With three hit shows in its roster, the WB Television Network continued to build its teen fanbase the following season with college drama Felicity and the wicca-themed Charmed, both of which set new records for the network when they premiered with 7. 1 and 7. 7 million viewers, respectively.

" Robert Christgau gave the album an A + and reviewed it as: " An album worthy of an Irish R & B singer who wrote a teen hit called " Mystic Eyes " ( not to mention a Brill Building smash called Brown Eyed Girl.

His first big hit film was WarGames, a summer hit in 1983 he played the main role of David Lightman, a Seattle teen hacker.

" Supermodel " ( sample lyric: " I didn't eat yesterday ... and I'm not gonna eat today ... and I'm not gonna eat tomorrow ... ' Cause I'm gonna be a supermodel ") managed to both send up and celebrate American teenage lifestyles, and became well known after its inclusion in 1995's hit teen comedy film Clueless.

The New York Post called Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead the best teen hit of 1991.

Wannsee lake is well known as the number-one bathing and recreation spot for western Berlin, especially from a 1951 Schlager hit by teen idol Cornelia Froboess.

They produced Hannah Montana: The Movie, based on the smash hit Disney Channel Series, starring teen phenom Miles Cyrus.

The follow-up single, " I Don't Want to Wait ," was a # 11 pop hit single, its popularity in part due to its usage as the theme song for the hit teen drama series Dawson's Creek.

She guest starred on the hit Fox teen drama Party of Five in its first season in 1994 as a woman named Annie Alcott.

In the show's middle seasons, Fabares sang what became a # 1 teen pop hit " Johnny Angel ", and Petersen had above average success with the song " My Dad ", also introduced during the course of the series.

" Dave Denby in New York rechristened the film " Schlockdance ", writing: " Footloose may be a hit, but it's trash-high powered fodder for the teen market ...

He earned his most prominent success as the frontman for the hard rock / glam metal band Mr. Big, a supergroup ( currently reunited ) who scored a big hit in the early 1990s with " To Be with You ," a song that Martin wrote during his teen years.

A starring role alongside Katie Holmes in hit teen TV drama, Dawson's Creek ( 1998 – 2003 ), helped raise them both to prominence.

She recently guest-starred in the popular CW hit teen drama series 90210 as the character ' Marla ', an aging Hollywood actress with signs of dementia and thoughts of assisted suicide.

In the early 1960s the song became a continental hit in Latin America performed by the Mexican band Los Teen Tops, whose lead singer was teen idol Enrique Guzman, and sung in Spanish under the title, " La Plaga " (" The Plague "), which actually is a Mexican Spanish slang word referring to " the gang " ( as in the " gang one hangs out with ").

In January 2009, Crook featured in the second and third episodes of the third series of the E4 hit teen cult drama Skins.

In 2009, Voight played Jonas Hodges, the villain, in the seventh season of the hit Fox drama 24, a role that many argue is based on real life figures Alfried Krupp, Johann Rall and Erik Prince.

She appeared in an episode of the hit television drama Dynasty to underscore support for the anti-drug campaign.

The early 1990s cult hit Twin Peaks is seen as a major influence on the show's dark atmosphere and its often surreal blend of drama and irony.

Opening to rave reviews, From Here to Eternity proved to be an instant hit with critics and the public alike, the Southern California Motion Picture Council extolling: " A motion picture so great in its starkly realistic and appealing drama that mere words cannot justly describe it.

This role gave Burr another hit series, the first crime drama show ever to star a disabled police officer.

O ' Toole appeared in the second season of Showtime's hit drama series The Tudors, portraying Pope Paul III, who excommunicates King Henry VIII from the church ; an act that leads to a showdown between the two men in seven of the ten episodes.

Executive producer Sara Colleton's credits include the Showtime hit drama Dexter.

After her appearance as lust incarnate in the hit Bedazzled, she returned to the U. S. and appeared in the Western film Bandolero !, with James Stewart and Dean Martin, which was followed by the private-eye drama Lady in Cement with Frank Sinatra.

After Odets ' one-act play Waiting for Lefty became a surprise hit, the Group announced it would mount a production of his full length drama Awake and Sing.

Clooney achieved stardom when he played Dr. Doug Ross, alongside Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, and Noah Wyle, on the hit NBC drama ER from 1994 to 1999.

In 2010 and 2011, she appeared as Isobel Crawley in the first and second series of the hit period drama Downton Abbey.

In 2009, Nine started relatively strongly due to the top rating Australian drama Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and the Twenty20 Cricket series, but could not hold its audience after Network Ten's Masterchef became a hit.

He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons, and currently stars as railroad magnate Thomas Durant on AMC's hit drama series Hell on Wheels.

The former Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company Shipyard continues to operate, constructing offshore oil rigs and as a TV studio, productions from there include the hit ITV drama Vera starring Brenda Blethyn and Inspector George Gently starring Martin Shaw.

Her prime time Apprentice spin-off received poor ratings, which some attribute to popular dislike for the opportunistic tone of the network's massive promotional campaign and to NBC's slotting the show up against the hit drama Lost.

Cusack currently recurs on the Showtime hit drama / comedy Shameless, as Sheila Jackson for which she has received two Emmy Award nominations.

He also co-wrote " The Show ", the theme song to the 1985 ITV drama series Connie, which became a top 30 hit for vocalist Rebecca Storm.

In September 2005, she appeared in two episodes of hit BBC drama series Spooks, playing Tash, a waitress who witnesses a terrorist bombing.

* Mary Newell Abbott on Hometown ( 1985 ), a comedy / drama on CBS directly adapted from the 1983 hit movie The Big Chill

* Also in 2005, Wyclef appeared in 4 episodes of the hit NBC prime time television drama " Third Watch " as the recurring character, Marcel Hollis, a gang leader responsible for blowing up the police precinct house in the final episode of the series.

He also currently stars in hit American TV drama, Grey's Anatomy.

Schultz's television career includes the CBC Television hit drama Street Legal, the medical drama Side Effects, and the role of Conrad Black in CTV's Shades of Black.