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UPDATE: Tori Spelling To Join Jennie Garth For CW's New 90210!! ‘We’re Going To Take This Show To A Whole New Level!!’

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UPDATE!! Wanda Two Saints over at E! reports Tori Spelling is joining Jennie Garth for The CW's 90210 sequel, and that somebody named Ian Ziering wants in too. Read it all here.

The original “Beverly Hills 90210” was so poorly written even the series’ surfeit of fabulous young actresses could not keep me tuned in. Darren Star, who created the show, turned out to be the hackiest hack in hackdom. The show's enduring popularily continues to confound me.

Mind you, I thought perfectly viable the concept of following around a bunch of high school kids with more money than God.

A few months ago we got word that Rob Thomas, who created and oversaw two truly great series – “Cupid” and “Veronica Mars” – was creating a sequel to “90210” for The CW.

But when the CW announced its fall schedule last week, Thomas’ name was not on the press release. Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, who rewrote Thomas’ pilot, are to serve as “90210” showrunners.

Sachs and Judah were on the writing staff of the short-lived and Judd Apatow-steered “Freaks and Geeks,” one of the funniest shows about high school ever forged.

But then Sachs and Judah went off on their own to oversee “Life As We Know It,” a shorter-lived high school hourlong I, for one, didn’t like nearly as much as “Freaks and Geeks.”

The crazy grandma from “Arrested Development” plays the horny grandma in the new show. The hot girl from “Full House” plays a hot mom. The kid who played Michael in the last two seasons of “The Wire” plays the adopted son of a rich guy.

See if the promo, which seems to contain zero footage from any episode, inspires anticipation or disdain:



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by JBouganim1
May 19th, 2008
04:11:55 PM
FIRST by the way
by JBouganim1
May 19th, 2008
04:12:10 PM
9021NO
by ArcadianDS
May 19th, 2008
04:12:30 PM
Why, God, Why?!
by Sithdan
May 19th, 2008
04:15:52 PM
This is cool news because..........?
by Grando
May 19th, 2008
04:16:18 PM
bleh
by Snizitch
May 19th, 2008
04:17:50 PM
more like aintitGAYnews
by Mr.Meanie
May 19th, 2008
04:26:25 PM
This show...
by jimmy rabbitte
May 19th, 2008
04:26:30 PM
I hate it already.
by IAmMrMonkey!
May 19th, 2008
04:34:23 PM
i wonder...
by Bouncy X
May 19th, 2008
04:45:19 PM
Um...yeah
by mnoelio
May 19th, 2008
04:46:02 PM
I want to hate this sooo much...
by RaveX
May 19th, 2008
04:46:34 PM
Sweet Jesus "Eden!"
by red1701
May 19th, 2008
04:50:10 PM
ANOTHER show like this?!?
by Playkins
May 19th, 2008
04:50:13 PM
wait... goddamnit, why does Lori Loughlin have to be in it?!?
by Playkins
May 19th, 2008
04:52:36 PM
I want to hate it too. I don't agree with most remakes.
by happybunni
May 19th, 2008
04:53:36 PM
This will be AWESOME!!!
by KnowItAllFuckHead
May 19th, 2008
05:03:17 PM
Ease up on the links
by Jinxo
May 19th, 2008
05:06:31 PM
ashoko
by slkboxrman
May 19th, 2008
05:07:21 PM
jennie garth
by Dradis Contact
May 19th, 2008
05:07:55 PM
Never watched 90210
by buffywrestling
May 19th, 2008
05:16:31 PM
I'm sure this is Cool..
by ShogunMaster
May 19th, 2008
05:23:35 PM
Run! Its the 7th sign of the Apocolypse!
by MachThree
May 19th, 2008
05:24:27 PM
slkboxrman...
by RaveX
May 19th, 2008
05:25:16 PM
She expresses her fierce independents
by Quin the Eskimo
May 19th, 2008
05:25:26 PM
My god
by bod33
May 19th, 2008
05:27:46 PM
You people slam all Star Wars, the New Indy and more and think t
by crankyoldguy
May 19th, 2008
05:36:29 PM
I'm glad they pointed out how cool they are.
by Pops Freshemeyer
May 19th, 2008
05:41:20 PM
dumb asses shoulda grabbed all of the cast of degrassi
by bacci40
May 19th, 2008
06:05:51 PM
the tag line
by Spacekicker2001
May 19th, 2008
06:14:28 PM
for the love of thor, eden's in this!
by Holodigm
May 19th, 2008
06:20:17 PM
if i read lots of posts about how cute shenae is
by bacci40
May 19th, 2008
06:25:42 PM
Prediction: Highest ratings for a show on CW
by tehBIGIvan
May 19th, 2008
06:29:25 PM
Why not...
by WickedJester
May 19th, 2008
06:35:43 PM
got about 17 seconds into that promo....
by chromedome
May 19th, 2008
06:50:05 PM
This makes me want to...
by smact_again
May 19th, 2008
06:52:17 PM
Wow. That was painful.
by ZeroCorpse
May 19th, 2008
06:57:35 PM
CAN'T F'N WAIT!!!
by SkidMarkedUndies
May 19th, 2008
07:00:29 PM
Crankyoldguy...
by ZeroCorpse
May 19th, 2008
07:00:55 PM
Question: Didn't they try this already . . .
by SkidMarkedUndies
May 19th, 2008
07:04:38 PM
The show's enduring popularily continues to confound me.
by SylarEatsBrains
May 19th, 2008
07:08:47 PM
Where
by Pennsy
May 19th, 2008
07:18:32 PM
Where's the Gossip Girl talkback?
by Pennsy
May 19th, 2008
07:19:04 PM
ZeroCorpse and SylarEatsBrains, you officially suck
by WillowFan2001
May 19th, 2008
07:19:12 PM
90210-INO! 90210-INO! 90210-INO! 90210-INO!
by Pennsy
May 19th, 2008
07:19:42 PM
chromedome
by slkboxrman
May 19th, 2008
07:24:40 PM
that trailer
by alex138
May 19th, 2008
07:27:22 PM
I thought that was a SNL sketch at first
by slappy jones
May 19th, 2008
07:33:05 PM
Georgina Sparks must go down, and she must go down hard.
by Pennsy
May 19th, 2008
07:33:54 PM
Where Everyone has a Secret...
by bradyboulanger
May 19th, 2008
07:34:07 PM
Disdain...
by digitalcos
May 19th, 2008
07:36:29 PM
Huge!
by Pogue Mahone
May 19th, 2008
07:36:47 PM
Georgina is a fantastic bad guy though
by slappy jones
May 19th, 2008
07:37:32 PM
"Whole New Level"
by chromedome
May 19th, 2008
07:41:12 PM
Shenae Grimes: new Degrassi, new 90210, what's next?
by Flim Springfield
May 19th, 2008
07:42:10 PM
omg....that is michael
by bacci40
May 19th, 2008
07:44:46 PM
If they all live in 90210....
by TheHichhiker
May 19th, 2008
07:55:50 PM
gossip girl
by JackDonkey
May 19th, 2008
08:01:26 PM
TheHichhiker...here are the ages of the actors
by bacci40
May 19th, 2008
08:07:41 PM
I have to admit, I was curious about this show
by Big Jim
May 19th, 2008
08:12:34 PM
I had sex with a dude today.....
by LHombreSiniestro
May 19th, 2008
08:20:14 PM
So , a bunch of 20 something's playing "kids"
by TheHichhiker
May 19th, 2008
08:20:37 PM
I lasted 10 seconds before I hit the pause button.
by Pennsy
May 19th, 2008
08:35:22 PM
"We're gonna take this show to a whole new level..."
by tylerzero
May 19th, 2008
08:40:57 PM
I hope it's ANIMATED!
by mistergreen
May 19th, 2008
08:42:11 PM
So wait, this isn't a Dollhouse talkback?
by chrth
May 19th, 2008
08:44:38 PM
oh, my dear slkboxrman...
by RaveX
May 19th, 2008
09:13:04 PM
From someone called "willowfan"
by ZeroCorpse
May 19th, 2008
09:44:11 PM
So I guess...
by Don Lockwood
May 19th, 2008
09:54:03 PM
I thought the title of the series was "Superficiality"...
by FilmCritic3000
May 19th, 2008
10:24:20 PM
Don Lockwood...all my friends watch degrassi
by bacci40
May 19th, 2008
10:27:12 PM
Jessica Walter... noooo...!
by iamnicksaicnsn
May 19th, 2008
10:30:35 PM
ZeroCorpse - So, Whedon was never cool...and
by crankyoldguy
May 19th, 2008
11:03:40 PM
And thus, a network implodes
by Harry Weinstein
May 19th, 2008
11:24:34 PM
Tssh!
by ollerom
May 19th, 2008
11:29:22 PM
The producers are overlooking...
by snowpuff
May 19th, 2008
11:31:06 PM
In one word: Fascist.
by wowsah156
May 20th, 2008
12:08:31 AM
I hope this is a forgettable failure.
by pomophobe
May 20th, 2008
12:37:06 AM
Bring back Emily Valentine!
by BauerJackBauer
May 20th, 2008
01:20:09 AM
"My character has attitude! He's edgy, he's in your face!"
by newc0253
May 20th, 2008
02:53:09 AM
If they bring this back then...
by mrfan
May 20th, 2008
05:10:02 AM
Going from The Wire and Arrested Development
by methosb
May 20th, 2008
05:37:55 AM
Wraith of Brenda
by Dazzler69
May 20th, 2008
06:36:38 AM
Ugh
by Sebilrazen
May 20th, 2008
07:08:31 AM
90210 is decimated by Tony Almeida
by turketron
May 20th, 2008
07:14:04 AM
Ages
by GdawgCLT
May 20th, 2008
07:54:38 AM
hmm while i was alittle too young and black for 90210
by thareign23
May 20th, 2008
08:15:24 AM
why not just change the name of the site to...
by TheBaxter
May 20th, 2008
09:32:11 AM
square pegs > geeks n freaks
by ArcadianDS
May 20th, 2008
10:29:23 AM
Tristan Wilds as Dixon Mills
by QuemaPueblos
May 20th, 2008
10:37:21 AM
TOO.....SOON.
by Skyfly
May 20th, 2008
10:43:07 AM
ArcadianDS that show would be degrassi then
by bacci40
May 20th, 2008
11:18:41 AM
SUPER-GAWD-DAMN-NATURAL is the best show on CW.
by Shermdawg
May 20th, 2008
11:21:49 AM
ZeroCorpse, trust me...
by WillowFan2001
May 20th, 2008
12:15:51 PM
I wonder what she's talking aboot
by Freakemovie
May 20th, 2008
12:16:00 PM
I weep for this generation.........
by DirkAngerReloaded23
May 20th, 2008
12:18:04 PM
Fuck all you haters.
by Sailor Rip
May 20th, 2008
01:17:37 PM
Holy fuck that looks gay
by Iamagoodguy
May 20th, 2008
01:45:20 PM
Hmmm
by dancinggopher01
May 20th, 2008
02:41:24 PM
Where is Happy Days?
by EbertsFatThumb
May 20th, 2008
03:42:16 PM
Shermdawg
by Quin the Eskimo
May 20th, 2008
05:35:19 PM
This column
by MeshGearFoxx
May 20th, 2008
06:18:58 PM
raveX
by slkboxrman
May 20th, 2008
07:00:21 PM
I wonder if Tori's dad is spinning in his grave.
by theonecalledshoe
May 20th, 2008
07:00:38 PM
AICN = Chick News?
by the podosphere
May 20th, 2008
08:20:19 PM
Hot chick from Full House?
by Bass Ackwards
May 20th, 2008
10:39:32 PM
Ziering wants in, too...
by jimmy rabbitte
May 20th, 2008
10:47:10 PM
AS IF I NEEDED A GOOD REASON NOT TO WATCH.
by alice 13
May 20th, 2008
11:02:19 PM
I Like Rob Thomas and Veronica Mars and Everything But
by DKT
May 20th, 2008
11:19:33 PM
As excited as I am about this updated 90210...
by Pops Freshemeyer
May 21st, 2008
01:09:41 AM
The teachers at West Beverly are HOT!
by Madeline Ashton
May 21st, 2008
02:52:58 AM
This just in....
by seniorspeilbergio
May 21st, 2008
03:09:52 AM
Gee, I wonderhow Tori Spelling
by thegreatwhatzit
May 21st, 2008
03:41:44 AM
Wow fantastic casting news!
by Yeti
May 21st, 2008
06:00:24 AM
We’re Going To Take This Show To A Whole New Level!!
by ColloquiallyBorn
May 21st, 2008
06:02:29 AM
Oh and about that Ziering guy...
by ColloquiallyBorn
May 21st, 2008
06:09:11 AM
Paging Tom Bodet...
by The Selecter
May 21st, 2008
07:24:42 AM
Meh
by geodesigns
May 21st, 2008
08:35:24 AM
this has EPIC FAIL written all over it
by mthrndr
May 21st, 2008
10:40:20 AM
It's the Knight Rider of high school shows!
by Christopher3
May 21st, 2008
10:52:39 AM
Regarding Ziering
by Big Jim
May 21st, 2008
10:55:20 AM
ZZZZ.....Needs giant robots
by CarmillaVonDoom
May 21st, 2008
11:23:35 AM
Lori Loughlin saying that the parents are
by Big Jim
May 21st, 2008
01:04:37 PM
If they put Brian Austin Greens character on a rotiserrie
by Knobules
May 21st, 2008
01:23:30 PM
so i'm totally gay
by Mr_X
May 21st, 2008
01:25:42 PM
Tori "I'll enforce the rights I inherited to this show if you do
by The Gipper
May 21st, 2008
01:43:05 PM
Crossover with Sarah Connor Chronicles
by The Gipper
May 21st, 2008
01:44:33 PM
the subject cut off the rest of the quote
by palooka_boy
May 21st, 2008
11:57:32 PM
and TheGipper
by palooka_boy
May 21st, 2008
11:58:02 PM
Ian Zering
by vandarkmoor
May 22nd, 2008
12:03:07 AM
9021Oh NO!
by frakthetoasters
May 22nd, 2008
10:38:28 AM

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