Judging by the CW’s new 90210 promo (below), which introduces the cast and characters of this fall’s reboot, I’m guessing the show will please fans of the original more than the younger viewers who are its ostensible audience, since the whole thing has a squeaky-clean, sunny, turn-of-the-’90s vibe that recalls the old show’s earliest years more than it does the mercenary, jaded, up-to-the-minute sensibility of Gossip Girl. Yeah, I know, the actors tell us that every character has a secret; I think the secret is that they’re all clones of characters from old 90210 episodes and John Hughes movies. There’s the fish-out-of-water nice girl dipping her toes into the supposed shark pool of West Beverly, her even fishier brother, the Heather, the goofy jock, the boho chick, the media-savvy ethnic striver, the cool mom, and the cooler grandma — thank heavens for Jessica Walter. (Alas, no sign of Melrose Place alum Rob Estes, whose casting as the cool dad apparently occurred after this promo was shot, or returning West Beverly grad Jennie Garth.) So the show could be really dated or really fun, especially if we raise a glass in honor of the former Lucille Bluth and start thinking up 90210 drinking games now.
May 20
2008
03:20 PM ET
'90210' introduces its cast and characters
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“If you want to live in the zip, you’ve gotta live by the code”
wow
And now, a live blog by Dan Daoust:
“The new 90210. Cooler.”
Uh, oh.
“Sexier.”
Stop it.
“More provocative.”
Oh, for f***’s sake.
“Where every story’s intriguing.”
Shoot me now.
“Every character has a secret.”
Jeeeezus.
“And nothing is what you expect.”
Where the f***’s the remote?
Agreed. The beginning of that infomercial was one of the least cool ads I have ever seen.
Yikes. I smell the first big bomb of the fall season. That lame promo looked like a Proactive commercial. I kept waiting for Jessica Simpson’s zits to pop up on my screen.
I can hear the “clever” reviews in my head already:”it’s
Peach Pitiful” and “9021Uh-Oh!”
Was that an SNL skit? Was that for real?
why do these teenagers look so old
Anybody ever see “South of Nowhere” on The N? This is apparently going to be the exact same show, except with fewer gay people. Much more so than “South of Nowhere” was a knock-off of the original “90210″…
My one wish would be for this show to be the campiest campfest in the history of Television…that’d be amazing.
Oh, and Jeffrey Tambor and/or Tony Hale need to make cameo appearances in the show, just so that we could have a mini “Arrested Development” reunion.
Just thinking about what this show could possibly be makes me excited.
No, no, no, it’s NOTHING like the old “90210″–this one has a black guy! See, he’s right there in the promos! And there’s a girl who wears a shoelace as a headband! Can’t you guys see that that means she’s totally hardcore and cool and indie? OMG tHis show is gunna be so sweEt OMG i cnt waitt!
The actors look bored talking about the show.
Oh, god, the lack of originality never ceases to amaze me. This show was a PRODUCT OF THE 90′S. You can’t reproduce it, just as you can’t suddenly wear a flannel button down shirt to school.
Screw this rehash, bring back Popular!
“You wanna live in the zip, you gotta live by the code.” Hahahahahahaa. OMG. Funniest line ever.
I can’t breathe. How did the announcer get through that?
this is either going to suck or be a completely awesome guilty pleasure or perhaps a weird combo of the two. This is such a rehash of the old show and “South of Nowhere” I truly hope that Rob Thomas works his magic on the show and brings a little originality. anyone else weirded out by the fact that all the actors look 25 and not 16? obviously this happens all the time but it seems especially egregious in this case.
I think we should bet over and under on how long this show will last. I’m saying four episodes.