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The Nickelodeon

HALL OF FAME

It’s 24 years since Kenan & Kel first aired on Nickelodeon. But while Kenan returns

in Trolls World Tour this month, what’s happened to your other teen idols?

Still a comedy
legend

COMEDY KINGS FROM SABRINA TO SITCOM TWINCEPTION

Orange soda, anyone? Kenan (above, Melissa Joan Hart shot to fame playing Starring as twins with very different lives in
right) and Kel were the inseparable BFFs the title character in Clarissa Explains It Sister, Sister (1994-1999), real-life twins
we all loved. After wrapping the fourth All, tackling coming-of-age-issues with Tia and Tamera Mowry continued as a
season in 2000, Kenan continued in sass and sarcasm, but it was her role as work duo, writing book series Twintuition
comedy, joining Saturday Night Live in Sabrina The Teenage Witch (1996-2003) and landing their own reality-TV show, Tia
2003 before appearing in Snakes On A that turned her into a household name. & Tamera, which ended in 2013. They’ve
Plane and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Since then, she’s starred in sitcom Melissa since gone their separate ways: Tamera
Meanwhile, Kel tried his hand at Dancing & Joey, a host of Christmas movies and, (right) co-hosts US talk show The Real and
With The Stars last year, before revealing most recently, the Netflix comedy series No Tia presents a cooking show, Tia Mowry At
on Instagram that he’s become a youth Good Nick. Netflix launched The Chilling Home. While rumours of a Sister, Sister
pastor in an unlikely career move. Talk Adventures Of Sabrina in 2018, but sadly reboot have fizzled, Tia still says “never
about a man of many talents. the OG witch (now 43) didn’t return. say never”. *Keeping everything crossed*

In a Sweet
new series

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SHE’S THE (A)MAN(DA) BESTIES TO NEMESES? ZOEY 2020

Catapulted into the spotlight aged 13, Classmates-turned-stepbrothers Drake Britney’s little sister Jamie Lynn Spears
as the host of comedy sketch series and Josh, one a guitar-playing ladies’ stole our hearts as the titular California
The Amanda Show, Amanda Bynes went man and the other an Oprah-loving boarding-school student in Zoey 101,
on to have success on the big screen in straight-A student, graced our screens which ran for four seasons until 2008.
She’s The Man, Hairspray and Easy A. from 2004 to 2007. Riding the Drake Jamie then turned her hand to country
Bynes then took an indefinite hiatus from and Josh wave into the 2020s, both are music – releasing one solitary EP,
acting in 2010 (and hasn’t appeared in now 33 years old and Josh Peck (above, The Journey. Switching back to acting,
anything since), and endured a public left) is a YouTuber and podcaster, while Jamie is set to appear in Netflix’s
battle with addiction and depression. The Drake Bell is pursuing his music career. upcoming romance drama series
33-year-old dramatically returned in After a brief rift in 2017 when Drake Sweet Magnolias in possibly the most
2018 with a Paper magazine cover where wasn’t invited to Josh’s wedding, the anticipated resurrection since Jesus
she spoke candidly about her breakdown. two later made up at that year’s VMAs. Christ himself. Maybe…

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