25 TV Shows That Helped Launch A Young Actor’s Career

Sean O'Connell

26 June 2024 at 8:30 pm

Everyone has to start somewhere.

Long ago, there was a separation between film and television. Actors who excelled in one rarely transitioned over to the other. The industry catered to Movie Stars and Television stars, and all was right with the world. Gradually, more TV stars started to make the leap to movie stardom. Many of them failed, but several broke out, and continue to enjoy massive success to this day. (Fascinatingly, movie actors also started to go back to television during the advent of the streaming service, but that’s a different topic). Here are TV shows that helped launch a young actor’s career. How many have you seen?

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From Friends and Growing Pains to Silver Spoons and Freaks and Geeks, these are the TV shows that introduced us to our major stars.

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