''Teen Angel'' is an American teen

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television series that aired on The Disney Channel. Starring

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, 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.

Synopsis

Priestley stars as a 1950s teenage

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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.

Sequel: ''Teen Angel Returns''

''Teen Angel'' was followed by a sequel series, ''Teen Angel Returns'', also starring Priestley and future ''

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'' co-star

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, which aired from October 2 to October 22, 1989. The theme for both series was from the recording by Mark Dinning. Parts of the series were filmed in

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, Bountiful High School Gym (Utah), and Ogden, Utah.

Cast

as Buzz Gunderson * Adam Biesk as Dennis Mullen * Nancy Borgenicht as Mrs. Henderson * Hunter Mackenzie Austin as Carolyn *

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as Nancy Nichols *

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as Jason

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Sequel: ''Teen Angel Returns''

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