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.

90210 Trailer And Television Posters

Old friends. New faces. Same ZIP.

Ok, we all knew this 90210 sequel (remake? spin-off?) was coming to The CW, but I’ve been in some deep denial about it. What can I say? I was a Beverly Hills 90210 junkie back in the day. I guess it was all about being the right age at the right time. But now there is no denying the new 90210 series is legit with its debut set for Tuesday, September 2nd at 8/7c on The CW.

While I wasn’t happy to hear The CW was messing with my childhood, I did take some solace in knowing some popular old faces would be returning in the form of Kelly (Jennie Garth), Brenda (Shannen Doherty) and my favorite non-main cast member Nat (Joe E. Tata). Throw in a little Full House love with Lori Loughlin joining the cast of this new 90210 series and you have just enough to pique my interest.

While I’m sure everyone has heard about this new 90210 show, you may not have seen any of this new teen drama. So check out the show’s official television trailer and watch for the return of Kelly and Brenda to West Beverly High and the zip code they made so famous:



On a side note, The CW has decided not to send out screeners of its new series to the media before its premiere on September 2nd. (link) This is a particularly bad sign for the freshman drama as typically networks only refuse to send early copies of their shows to critics when they feel a show is especially bad and would be given negative reviews. Of course The CW is spinning it the opposite way saying “we’re not hiding anything…simply keeping a lid on 90210 until 9.02, riding the curiosity and anticipation into premiere night, and letting all our constituents see it at the same time.” (link)

Not exactly a ringing endorsement for the new series, but also not a bad game plan. I can understand The CW not wanting their show to get bogged down by bad reviews for a teen drama, and they are probably hoping strong ratings for the series premiere will hide some of the show’s inadequacies. Regardless, with this news I don’t see a long life in store for the new 90210.