Genre: | Fantasy serial drama |
Creator: | The Walt Disney Company |
Director: | Max Reid |
Starring: | Jason Priestley |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Num Episodes: | 12 |
Producer: | William Shippey |
Runtime: | 45–48 minutes |
Company: | The Disney Channel |
Related: | Teen Angel Returns The All-New Mickey Mouse Club |
Teen Angel is an American teen fantasy drama television series that aired on The Disney Channel. Starring Jason Priestley, the series was first broadcast on The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (MMC) on April 24, 1989, and ended its run on May 22, 1989.[1]
Priestley stars as a 1950s teenage guardian angel named Buzz Gunderson who was killed in a car wreck in 1959. Buzz was given various assignments and tasks he was to complete in order to get into heaven.
Teen Angel was followed by a sequel series, Teen Angel Returns, also starring Priestley and future Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Jennie Garth, which aired from October 2 to October 22, 1989.[2] [3] The theme for both series was from the recording by Mark Dinning. Parts of the series were filmed in Salt Lake City, Utah,[4] Bountiful High School Gym (Utah), and Ogden, Utah.