Troubled TV Stars

Feel like a lot of troubled television stars, both past and present, are making headlines lately? It's not just you. Former Nickelodeon kids all grown up (and breaking bad), Fox sitcom stars getting old before their times -- even homicides. We've got eight of the biggest, and saddest, headline-makers right here. — Sarah D. Bunting, Yahoo! TV

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Taran Noah Smith, the youngest of the kids on "Home Improvement," left acting after the show went off the air in 1999. His DUI arrest in February led to his sentencing yesterday for "vehicular crime" and drug possession. He's been sentenced to a 12-hour program for the DUI, a six-month drug diversion program, and three years probation.
Taran Noah Smith, the youngest of the kids on "Home Improvement," left acting after the show went off the air in 1999. His DUI arrest in February led to his sentencing yesterday for "vehicular crime" and drug possession. He's been sentenced to a 12-hour program for the DUI, a six-month drug diversion program, and three years probation.