90210 Series Premiere

Ok it’s time to come clean…who was sitting in front of their TV’s last night watching the season premiere of 90210? The Blot is man enough to admit that I made sure to watch all two hours of 90210: The New Class and let me tell you, it was horrible!


Yes, I loved seeing Jennie and Shannen’s, I mean Kelly and Brenda’s, return to West Beverly High, but the storylines were predictable and the cheesiness made me sick. I understand it was a series premiere so they had to explain every character’s back-story through dialogue but it was just not well executed. What I want to know is, is the show really this bad or am I just too far removed from the show’s target demographic?

For an old timer like me the highlights were seeing Joe E. Tata’s Nat back behind the counter of the Peach Pit and the shout-outs the original series, like including Andrea Zuckerman’s daughter Hannah Zuckerman Vasquez as a student at West Beverly (and the anchor of the West Beverly Blaze) and having Kelly Taylor and David Silver’s little sister Erin “Silver” Silver as one of the show’s main characters. I thought Jessica Stroup as Silver was actually one of the show’s bright spots.

Another highlight of the new show was Tristan Wilds as Dixon Wilson a.k.a. Brandon Walsh. As opposed to most of the “students” at West Beverly, his character didn’t seem as forced and his storyline was somewhat believable. I was surprised to see how much of the show focused on the adults in the extended cast. I know Cindy and Jim Walsh were an intricate part to Beverly Hills 90210, but it felt like Harry and Debbie Wilson (Rob Estes and Lori Loughlin) were actually stars of the show. I guess this new version of 90210 is taking a page out of The O.C.’s playbook.

I can’t say for certain that I’ll be watching another episode of The CW’s latest masterpiece, but if I do it’ll be interesting to see how the show balances such a large extended cast, including three holdovers from the original series. It seems like almost too many characters for a show trying to establish its footing and gain an audience on a struggling network. Now if they could only give us an Ian Ziering appearance maybe they could get some of Dancing With The Stars’ audience to tune in!

But don’t just take my word on how bad 90210’s first episode was. Just check out all of these great reviews on what a train wreck series premiere was!

90210 airs every Tuesday night at 8/7c on The CW.

Dancing With The Stars Season 6 Cast Announced

The Blot has never seen Dancing with the Stars and I can’t quite figure out what the appeal is either, but someway somehow this show delivers huge ratings for ABC week in and week out. I keep waiting to see what the next group of B, C and D list stars ABC is going to drag out on the dance floor and wonder if the latest group of has-beens, wanna-bes and athletes is the group to finally entice me to watch an episode.


Once again, I don’t think this is the cast to do it. Although there are some memorable names from my childhood on the list, I was thoroughly disappointed their was not a single Beverly Hills 90210 alum on this year’s roster. What happened, have they finally run out of 90’s heartthrobs? They must have because they’ve had to go back even further and pull some 80’s “heartthrobs” out of retirement for Season 6. I guess my only question is does Steve Guttenberg even count as a heartthrob? I was pretty young back at the height of his popularity, so we’ll say that he was and go on.

Dancing with the Stars Season 6 Competitors
Actor and Radio Personality Adam Carolla (The Man Show)
Actress Shannon Elizabeth (American Pie)
Actor Cristian de la Fuente (CSI: Miami, The Class)
Actor Steve Guttenberg (Police Academy, Short Circuit, Three Men and a Baby)
Entertainer Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller)
Singer Mario
Actress Marlee Matlin (Children of a Lesser God, The West Wing)
Actress Priscilla Presley (Ex-wife of Elvis Presley, Dallas)
Tennis Star Monica Seles
Miami Dolphins Star Defensive End Jason Taylor
Tony Award Winning Actress Marissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray on Broadway)
Olympic Gold Medalist Skater Kristi Yamaguchi