So, another installment of the new "90210" down, and only a few more pieces of juicy gossip for us crazed fans to relish. We found out this week that the father of Kelly's son Sam is someone she was involved with in high school. Apparently, they became involved again four years ago, the mystery man played father for a bit, then some issues got in the way, and he decided not to be a part of her son's life anymore. I sat on the edge of my seat with this new information. Is it Dylan? Brandon? WHICH ONE!? Read more...
A new "Beverly Hills, 90210"? Well, that seems a stretch for what I saw last night. Yes, seeing that famous Beverly Hills High sign was comforting and watching a 6,256-year-old Nat make coffee at the Peach Pit felt familiar, but one of the first scenes is Ethan (who surfs but is not nearly as hot as Dylan McKay) receiving oral sex outside of school. Dylan would never do that! What's incredible to me is that even though the old series would never insinuate such activities, it still seemed more exciting, daring and juicy than the new "90210." With the exception of "Gossip Girl" and "The Hills," it seems that shows about young adults that try desperately to keep up with the times generally fall short.
I'm certainly not saying that I've given up on the new series — in fact, I'm excited about it. Brenda in town for a month to help with the play? Brandon is in Belize? (Of course he is.) And Kelly is totally going to have an affair with the principal — how rude! In full disclosure, I've been reunited with my childhood crush as well — Lori Loughlin a.k.a. Aunt Becky from "Full House" — not to mention my all-time favorite actress, Jessica Walter, who was brilliant and true to form. Another highlight was Hannah Zuckerman-Vasquez, about whom sexy teacher and lacrosse coach Mr. Matthews commented, "Wait, is that girl 30?!" — a fantastic and hilarious reference to Gabrielle Carteris' character on the old series, Andrea Zuckerman. Read more...
With so many of the original castmembers returning to their former ZIP code (or not, depending on the latest report), you might be wondering, "Will a revamped 'Beverly Hills, 90210' be any good?"
The former David Silver has the same question. When we caught up with Brian Austin Green at San Diego's Comic-Con — where he was promoting his show, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" — we asked him what he thought about the show coming back.
"Is there a '90210' booth here?" he teased. "Doesn't matter. [Comic-Con is] not their crowd. I'm curious to see if it's rebooted on the same level as Batman. I don't think it'll be up to par, but it'll be interesting." Read more...
A little piece of all of us disappeared in 2000, when the amazing drama that was "Beverly Hills, 90210" left the air after 10 sideburned seasons.
But soon, we'll get a bit of the magic back in a new "90210" series set for the CW. Of course, we've known for a while that Jennie Garth would return as Kelly Taylor, now a guidance counselor. But this week we found out that Shannen Doherty is moving back to our fav zip code as Brenda Walsh. Read more...
There are a few surreal things about the remake/spin-off/whatever of "90201," set to hit the venerable CW this fall: 1) it has been produced; 2) it stars Lucille from "Arrested Development" as the tipsy-but-wealthy grandma; and 3) we repeat, it has been produced.
Oh, wait -- there's more. And here's the point of this post:
The new series stars Tristan Wilds from "The Wire" as one of the Beverly Hills crew. Yeah, that's right: the kid from "The Wire".
How is this possible? What the heck kind of nightmare of a career misstep is this? Wilds goes from playing a breakout role in THE GREATEST TELEVISION SERIES OF ALL TIME (admit it: "The Sopranos" trailed off, and you know it), and he parlays that into playing a brat on a remake of a teen soap that was kind of major for the 90s generation? Oof. Who's his agent? And will be receiving counseling from Jennie Garth...?