She was a series regular as the teenage daughter of a military family in the short-lived television series "Call to Glory" between 1984 and 1985, which she followed in 1986 starring alongside Terence Stamp in the British horror film "Link". In 1987 Shue appeared in the television movie "Double Switch" (part of the "Disney Sunday Movie" series), co-starring with George Newbern, who would go on to support her in her first star vehicle, the hugely popular "Adventures in Babysitting", in the same year.