VH1'S 100 Greatest Kid Stars (June 13-17)

[Pavan]

VH1 Premieres '100 Greatest Kid Stars' In A 5-Night Series Hosted By
Christopher Knight Beginning Monday June 13 9PM*

NEW YORK, June 9 -- VH1 has crowned Gary Coleman, of
"Diff'rent Strokes" fame, the number one kid star. Macaulay Culkin, Mary Kate
& Ashley Olsen, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, Emmanuel Lewis, Ron Howard,
Corey Feldman, Maureen McCormick and Danny Bonaduce round out the top ten on
the list.
Premiering on Monday, June 13 at 9 P.M.* and hosted by Christopher Knight,
"100 Greatest Kid Stars" is a five-night special that follows the tradition of
VH1's successful "100 Greatest ... " franchise. VH1 has assembled the
definitive list of child stars, and counts them down using new, exclusive
interviews with many of the stars themselves and that golden footage from way
back when ...





THE FULL LIST ...




S P O I L E R ! ! !








VH1 "100 GREATEST KID STARS"
1. Gary Coleman (DIFF'RENT STROKES)
2. Macaulay Culkin (HOME ALONE)
3. Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen (FULL HOUSE)
4. Jodie Foster (TAXI DRIVER, FREAKY FRIDAY)
5. Drew Barrymore (E.T.)
6. Emmanuel Lewis (WEBSTER)
7. Ron Howard (THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW)
8. Corey Feldman (STAND BY ME, GOONIES)
9. Maureen McCormick (THE BRADY BUNCH)
10. Danny Bonaduce (THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY)
11. The Jackson Five
12. Brooke Shields (PRETTY BABY)
13. Jonathan Lipnicki (JERRY MAGUIRE)
14. Tatum O'Neal (PAPER MOON)
15. Kirk Cameron (GROWING PAINS)
16. Dustin Diamond (SAVED BY THE BELL)
17. Molly Ringwald (16 CANDLES)
18. Ricky Schroder (THE CHAMP, SILVER SPOONS)
19. Keshia Knight Pulliam (THE COSBY SHOW)
20. Christopher Knight (THE BRADY BUNCH)
21. Joey Lawrence (GIMME A BREAK!)
22. Barry Williams (THE BRADY BUNCH)
23. Kim Fields (THE FACTS OF LIFE)
24. Henry Thomas (E.T.)
25. Jonathan Taylor Thomas (HOME IMPROVEMENT)
26. Corey Haim (LUCAS, THE LOST BOYS)
27. Fred Savage (THE WONDER YEARS)
28. Alyssa Milano (WHO'S THE BOSS?)
29. Valerie Bertinelli (ONE DAY AT A TIME)
30. Lisa Whelchel (THE FACTS OF LIFE)
31. Melissa Gilbert (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE)
32. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (THE COSBY SHOW)
33. New Edition
34. Susan Olsen (THE BRADY BUNCH)
35. Soleil Moon Frye (PUNKY BREWSTER)
36. Linda Blair (THE EXORCIST)
37. Jaleel White (FAMILY MATTERS)
38. Sara Gilbert (ROSEANNE)
39. Sarah Jessica Parker (SQUARE PEGS)
40. Todd Bridges (DIFF'RENT STROKES)
41. Anthony Michael Hall (16 CANDLES)
42. Mike Lookingland (THE BRADY BUNCH)
43. Mindy Cohn (THE FACTS OF LIFE)
44. Joey McIntyre (NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK)
45. Butch Patrick (THE MUNSTERS)
46. Tina Yothers (FAMILY TIES)
47. Leann Rimes
48. David Faustino (MARRIED ... WITH CHILDREN)
49. Kristy McNichol (FAMILY)
50. Danielle Brisebois (ALL IN THE FAMILY)
51. Tempest Bledsoe (THE COSBY SHOW)
52. Michael Fishman (ROSEANNE)
53. Mayim Bialik (BLOSSOM)
54. Quinn Cummings (THE GOODBYE GIRL)
55. Danica McKellar (THE WONDER YEARS)
56. Danny Pintauro (WHO'S THE BOSS?)
57. Danielle Spencer (WHAT'S HAPPENING!!)
58. Brian Bonsall (FAMILY TIES)
59. Kirsten Dunst (INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE)
60. Jason Bateman (SILVER SPOONS)
61. Eve Plumb (THE BRADY BUNCH)
62. Wil Wheaton (STAND BY ME)
63. Peter Billingsley (A CHRISTMAS STORY)
64. Lara Jill Miller (GIMME A BREAK!)
65. Heather O'Rourke (POLTERGEIST)
66. Jill Whelan (THE LOVE BOAT)
67. Jonathan Ke Quan (INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM)
68. Michael Oliver (PROBLEM CHILD)
69. Edward Furlong (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY)
70. Jerry O'Connell (STAND BY ME)
71. Erin Moran (HAPPY DAYS)
72. Jason Hervey (THE WONDER YEARS)
73. Adam Rich (EIGHT IS ENOUGH)
74. Tatyana Ali (THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR)
75. Elijah Wood (AVALON)
76. Robbie Rist (THE BRADY BUNCH)
77. Diane Lane (A LITTLE ROMANCE)
78. Peter Ostrum (WILLY WONKA & THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY)
79. Menudo
80. Justin Henry (KRAMER VS. KRAMER)
81. Nancy McKeon (THE FACTS OF LIFE)
82. Lance Kerwin (JAMES AT 15)
83. Jeremy Miller (GROWING PAINS)
84. Raven-Symone (THE COSBY SHOW)
85. Scott Schwartz (THE TOY, A CHRISTMAS STORY)
86. Shannen Doherty (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE)
87. Jackie Earle Haley (THE BAD NEWS BEARS)
88. Cynthia Nixon (LITTLE DARLINGS)
89. Amy Linker (SQUARE PEGS)
90. Kris Kross
91. Dana Plato (DIFF'RENT STROKES)
92. Lecy Goranson (ROSEANNE)
93. Anna Paquin (THE PIANO)
94. Jenna Von Oy (BLOSSOM)
95. Alfonso Ribeiro (SILVER SPOONS)
96. Alison Arngrim (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE)
97. Christina Ricci (MERMAIDS)
98. Hanson
99. Lacey Chabert (PARTY OF FIVE)
100. Candace Cameron (FULL HOUSE)

*all times ET/PT

[robby76]

Great to see Punky in the Top 40!

[USTVFanFromUK]

Just when you thought VH1 couldn't get more pathetic with its 100 Lists .....

Child stars? Who cares?

[Pavan]

11am and 8pm next day.

[tvje]

It is a good list. Most of the people I would put on the list made the list. Though maybe they should have packaged all of the Cosby show kids into one spot and give other child stars a chance to make the list.

Only complant, is Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell (All That, Kenan and Kel, Good Burger) did not make the list. Those guys were hillarous.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by tvje

It is a good list. Most of the people I would put on the list made the list. Though maybe they should have packaged all of the Cosby show kids into one spot and give other child stars a chance to make the list.

Only complant, is Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell (All That, Kenan and Kel, Good Burger) did not make the list. Those guys were hillarous.

Maybe it's just for child stars that were on Network TV

[JT]

Then why do they have music stars and movie stars as well?

A kid star is a kid star is a kid star...

[robby76]

Was there an age limit? The people on the list seem very young (maybe not Nancy McKeon). Is everyone under 12 or under 16? Maybe that's why no Kenan & Kel... although you have to admit, you can't put everyone in.

[tvje]

Of course not everyone can make it. That is what make these lists so much fun, the discussion afterwords of who was snubbed, and who should have been higher on the list, lower on the list, and left off the list.

I think the age limit is 18 years old.

[db108108]

Wow, Sara Gilbert at number 38? Proof positive that most of these lists are garbage. She was one of the most realistic teens ever on television. And Lecy Goranson and Michael Fishman should be switched. Fishman shouldn't be on the list at all.

[barwars]

Kel could be argued, but Kenan should have most definitely made the list. And he should have been up high too. He's gone on to SNL and has starred in a hit movie. 90% of the people on that list don't have a track record like that.

[tvje]

I agree, but I think Kenan and Kel are a package deal. If they made the list, they should have made it as a duo.

[JT]

Where the hell is David Cassidy?!

[bschmale1113]

I don't liked the list Garry Coleman number one to me if you going to be the greatest child-star you had to have successful Adult career as well which means you should be number one Ron Howard beacuse started out on the Andy Griffith Show to me at least the best sitcom in the 1960s then I oringaly got his own series Happy Days But Henry Winkler took that away from him but it became One of the most Successful TV Series in the 1970s after Happy Days he became one of the Best Directers in Hollywood that Did Garry Coleman did after Diff'rent Strokes Be a Secricty Guard and makeing camos on bad reality shows to be they should be doing long term

[Dean Winchester]

Originally Posted by bschmale1113

I don't liked the list Garry Coleman number one to me if you going to be the greatest child-star you had to have successful Adult career as well which means you should be number one Ron Howard beacuse started out on the Andy Griffith Show to me at least the best sitcom in the 1960s then I oringaly got his own series Happy Days But Henry Winkler took that away from him but it became One of the most Successful TV Series in the 1970s after Happy Days he became one of the Best Directers in Hollywood that Did Garry Coleman did after Diff'rent Strokes Be a Secricty Guard and makeing camos on bad reality shows to be they should be doing long term

well, this is about "child stars", not "people who started out as child stars and had great adult careers". While there are people like Ron Howard, Jodie Foster and Drew Barrymore who belong on both lists... Gary Coleman was probably the biggest child star of all time. While Ron Howard was memorable as Opie, his success from Happy Days and as a director happened as an adult. Gary Coleman may be treated as a joke and a cautionary tale about having the world and losing it, but for the time he was on Diff'rent Strokes, he was one of the biggest actors around. I remember reading that only Alan Alda, Carroll O'Connor and Henry Winkler were making MORE than him at one point on television. Time has relegated him to a joke, but he WAS huge on Diff'rent Strokes. Same with Macauley Culkin who is #2, he might be a joke now, but when he was popular, he was one of the top actors in Hollywood and getting paid more than many established actors 3-4 times older than him at his height.