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• "90210": Who's Your Daddy? Part 2

  Here's where we left off:  Harry's long lost son, Sean, shows up just as Naomi and Annie are preparing to kill each other on the steps of the karaoke bar.  Harry takes the news with the appropriate level of uncertainty and proceed-with-caution attitude.  Mrs. Clark on the other hand is awkwardly enthusiastic and completely indifferent to anyone else's feelings per usual... Read More... Posted Nov 19 2008, 10:45 AM by Lindy Parker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: 90210

• "90210": Birthdays Are A Bitch

  So, when last we left these Beverly Hills kids, Naomi had just caught Ethan and Annie making out in a classroom during free period.  Okay, we get it.  That was a bummer.  But we're not sure it justifies Naomi doing this weird, slow, terrified walk through the hallways that's vaguely reminiscent of that scene from 28 Days Later when Cillian Murphy thinks he's the only man left alive in the city of London.  Again, overactor's anonymous wouldn't be the wrong choice for Naomi.  Turns out the last-woman-among-the-zombies face is meant to convey paranoia that everyone is talking about Ethan and Annie's hookup, but in reality the halls are actually buzzing over a Gossip Girl style text that George sent breaking the news about Kim and Ryan... Read More... Posted Nov 12 2008, 11:20 AM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Jennie Garth, Cillian Murphy, 28 Days Later

• OMG, Kelly Kapowski is that you?

  We know, we know, Tiffany Thiessen was on 90210 for a while.  And she had brief stints aboard the ill-fated series What About Brian and Fastlane.  But to us, she’ll always be Kelly Kapowski.  No post-Zack Morris project (the original 90210 included) has lived up to the campy glory that was Saved by the Bell.  Maybe this next one will . . . Read More... Posted Nov 10 2008, 04:20 PM by Olivia Purnell with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Fastlane, USA, Zack Morris, White Collar, Tiffany Thiessen, Kelly Kapowski, What About Brian

• Shut Up. They're Re-making "Melrose Place"

  There really is nothing new under the California sun.  A reprisal of that other 90210-era Aaron Spelling powerhouse, Melrose Place, is on its merry way back to our TV screens... Read More... Posted Oct 29 2008, 05:25 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, CW (The CW), Melrose Place, Aaron Spelling, Heather Locklear, Andrew Shue, Courtney Thorne-Smith

• Fresh Blood for "90210" November Sweeps

  In an effort to spice up November in Beverly Hills, 90210 has cast former Paris Hilton paramour, Josh Henderson, to play Principal Wilson's long lost, biological son. We could think of more exciting news, but to be honest, we're just grateful their not asking Paris (the very thought gives us a physical reaction and not in a good way), so we can afford to be generous.  Bring on the Desperate Housewives guy.  Couldn't make the show any worse. Posted Oct 21 2008, 03:20 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Paris Hilton, Desperate Housewives, Josh Henderson

• "90210": Forty Minutes of "Eh." Ten Seconds of AWESOME.

  The theme of this episode is:  awkward as possible.  The phrase "this is awkward" is actually uttered three times, generally at moments where it is incredibly awkward to do so.  Hang in there for a second, we need to vent... Read More... Posted Oct 08 2008, 11:20 AM by Lindy Parker with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: 90210, Shenae Grimes, Jessica Stroup

• Old-School "90210": Did Brenda and Brandon Have a Brotherly Boff?

  In a new interview, original 90210 temptress Shannen Doherty suggests that her relationship with Jason Priestley, who played her twin brother, may have gone beyond a bit of sibling roughhousing. Read More... Posted Oct 01 2008, 05:20 PM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Radar Magazine, Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley

• "90210": Always True to You in My Fashion

  It's a showdown at the 9021-OK Corral: Principal Wilson, Ryan, Kelly, and Brenda stage an intervention about druggie drama girl's meltdown at the play last week... Read More... Posted Oct 01 2008, 12:00 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry, Shenae Grimes, Jessica Stroup

• "Gossip Girl": Nobody Hates Babies

  Alright that's it.  We're starting to get a little tired of Blair.  Don't get us wrong, we LOVE her.  But we'd strongly prefer that she use her powers for good -- or at least the good kind of evil, rather than the pathetic kind. But, we're getting ahead of ourselves... Read More... Posted Sep 30 2008, 12:32 PM by Lindy Parker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: 90210, Gossip Girl, tim gunn

• Wake Up And Smile: No One's Watching TV But Us

  -- Add Knight Rider to the increasingly long list of shows that have underperformed this year... Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 09:28 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, The Office, Knight Rider, Ben Silverman, Jason Priestley, Luke Perry, The Venture Brothers, Heather Locklear, Jeff Zucker, GI Joe

• The Weekly Rewind: Playing Politics

  When did the political process turn into the world's biggest reality show? Now the candidates have become so much a part of our daily entertainment, they might as well be on The Hills. We'll look back at them and much, much more, as we review the many highlights of the week. We tried to figure out what makes David Spade such a stud with women, but couldn't do it. We tried to warn 90210 star Shenae Grimes about what happened to former 90210 star Shannen Doherty. And hoped Donnie Wahlberg wouldn't turn into Tara Reid. We imagined a Kanye West puppet show. We watched as Robot Chicken spoofed Heroes. Then we watched Heroes, and wondered why Dr. Suresh reminded us of Jeff Goldblum. We saw what would happen if William Shatner fought himself, and if Mr. Spock faced Dr. Spock. But when the old 90210 fought the new 90210, it was no contest. Read More... Posted Sep 26 2008, 05:50 PM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: Lost, Katie Couric, reality TV, reality television, jon stewart, 90210, Barack Obama, tara reid, Stephen Colbert, John McCain, David Letterman, Mad Men, Jeff Goldblum, Clay Aiken, Shannen Doherty, William Shatner, Bill Clinton, Heroes, Leonard Nimoy, Jimmy Kimmel, Will Ferrell, Robot Chicken, Emmy Awards, Christina Hendricks, Late Show With David Letterman, The West Wing, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, kanye west, Shenae Grimes, Salma Hayek, Josh Groban, Chris Rock, Kirk Cameron, David Cook, David Spade, Donnie Wahlberg

• Hey, Shenae Grimes, You're a Role Model Now -- Deal With It

  Smiley 90210 star Shenae Grimes is kind of miffed that people are criticizing her, not only for being too skinny but for smoking up a storm wherever she goes. Apparently she thinks it's unfair that she's expected to act like a role model, just because millions of young girls are watching her '90s-remake show for some reason. She even wrote about it on MySpace: Read More... Posted Sep 26 2008, 11:25 AM by Ben Kallen with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: 90210, CW (The CW), Shannen Doherty, Shenae Grimes, Jessica Stroup

• "Gossip Girl"/"90210" Crossover? We Say No

  Rumors have been flying around for a bit about the CW doing a Gossip Girl/90210 crossover episode, and we've been sitting here feeling that it's a pretty bad idea... Read More... Posted Sep 25 2008, 05:00 PM by Lindy Parker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: 90210, CW (The CW), Gossip Girl, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel

• Imaginary TV Fights: Old "90210" vs. New "90210"

  Here's the thing we've noticed about the new 90210 reboot: more people are paying attention to all the press about Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, and Tori Spelling -- whether they're coming back, if they're staying -- than to what's actually happening on the show. Should it really matter if Luke Perry won't come back when they've got all those other hunks on the new show. Well, maybe it does. Maybe it sounds to us like what people are really saying is they just want to know which series is better. Which one would win in a fight. ASKED AND ANSWERED, PEOPLE! Behold, the latest in our ongoing series of Imaginary TV Fights, brought to you by famed cryptopopculturalist and occasional Netflix junkie Jake Kalish, author of Santa vs. Satan: The Official Compendium of Imaginary Fights. Today's question: who would win in the Battle of Beverly Hills, Old 90210 or New 90210? Read More... Posted Sep 24 2008, 02:19 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Beverly Hills 90210, Shannen Doherty, Tori Spelling, Imaginary Fights, Jake Kalish

• "90210": The Curse of the Four Year Old Condom

  The Spring Awakening performance is looming, and acting out an on-stage sex scene has Ty and Annie all hot and bothered... Read More... Posted Sep 24 2008, 01:20 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty

• New Writer for "90210"

  We've made no secret over the past few weeks that although we previously had high hopes for the new 90210 based on our love of Freaks and Geeks writers Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, those hopes have been pretty much dashed by the fact that the writing of the episodes thus far has been, well, stupid.  Turns out the CW thinks so too, or so we assume, since word is they're bringing on Gilmore Girls' writer, Rebecca Kirshner.  While we still believe in the Sachs-Judah genius, we feel like some zippy Gilmore banter is needed to get them out of the rut-o-boring in which they've found themselves trapped.  Here's hoping. Posted Sep 23 2008, 05:00 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Gilmore Girls, Jeff Judah, Rebecca Kirshner, Gabe Sachs

• Jennie Garth Weighs In

  We have a question.  Is it possible that Jennie Garth looks even better now than she did when she and Dylan were sneaking around behind Brenda's back?  Seriously, we hope we look exactly like that after we've had three kids. Here's what Jennie had to say about the skinny girls on 90210 and her renewed friendship with Shannen Doherty...    Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 03:24 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty

• The Weekly Rewind: Sex and the Country

  The Emmys are almost here, and there are new or returning shows on just about every night -- basically, it's a great time to be a TV fan. But don't touch that dial! At least, not until we get to the highlights of the week. We watched as politics met culture, Tina Fey met Sarah Palin, and no one would stop talking about it. We learned that when it comes to shows like Gossip Girl and 90210, you really can be too rich and too thin. We saw Gossip Girl's very own audience magically appear on the show to give Dan and Serena a good tongue-lashing. We heard Megan Fox and Kristen Bell talk about sex, and pretty much stopped paying attention to anything else for a while. Read More... Posted Sep 19 2008, 05:20 PM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: reality TV, 90210, Gossip Girl, George Takei, Neil Patrick Harris, Tina Fey, Emmy Awards, The Weekly Rewind, Kristen Bell, Sarah Palin, Mike Bettes, lynne spears, Ryan O'Neal, Abigail Spencer, Cesar Milan, T.J. Thyne, Jada Pinkett Smith, Megan Fox, Hurricane Ike, Luke Perry, Kelly Taylor

• An Appeal to Luke Perry's Sense of Goodwill

  Even after this week's Dylan name-drop, Luke Perry still claims that Dylan won't return to the CW's new incarnation of the show that made him a star...   Read More... Posted Sep 19 2008, 01:23 PM by Lindy Parker with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: 90210, CW (The CW), Jennie Garth, Law & Order: SVU, Luke Perry, Hallmark Hall of Fame

• Everybody's Worried About the Skinny Girls of "90210"

  When the cast of Gossip Girl calls you too thin, you've really got a problem. But they're not the only ones. Suddenly everyone seems to be worried that the young female stars of the new 90210 are setting an unhealthy example for the show's teen audience. Let's take a look at what they're all saying: Read More... Posted Sep 19 2008, 10:25 AM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: Jennifer Love Hewitt, mariah carey, 90210, Entertainment Weekly, CW (The CW), Gossip Girl, US Weekly, penn badgley, Shenae Grimes, Jessica Stroup, AnnaLynne McCord

• Wake Up And Smile: We Mention Sarah Palin's Tits, You Decide

  -- In only the latest in an increasingly long list of instances where rightwingers demonstrate their complete inability to discuss sexism without revealing they actually know nothing about the subject, a female Bloomberg reporter on FOX & Friends said that the desire to vote for a pro-choice candidate might connect female voters to each other more than having "tits" would connect them to Sarah Palin. Which, you know, might be true -- but in the interest of a well-informed electorate, we invite Mrs. Palin to make her case. [via Videogum] Click through for more news on Grey's Anatomy's Katherine Heigl, Gossip Girl, 90210, Luke Perry, Rachel Maddow, and CSI: NY. (Oh admit it, you've seen that show a couple times...) Read More... Posted Sep 19 2008, 09:25 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: CNN, Larry King, 90210, MSNBC, boobs, Supernatural, ratings, Smallville, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, katherine heigl, Keith Olbermann, Fox & Friends, Sarah Palin, Yahoo! News, Party of Five, Luke Perry, Julia Ormond, CSI: NY, tits, Scott Wolf, Rachel Maddow, The NIne

• Sex and the Kiddies

  Kind of strange news from the literary world: Sex and the City, the newspaper column turned long-running HBO series turned hugely popular chick flick, is being reworked yet again, this time as a young-adult novel. The prequel, which is being written by original columnist (and basis for the "Carrie" character) Candace Bushnell, will follow teenage Carrie as she makes her way through her high-school years. Read More... Posted Sep 18 2008, 10:25 AM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: Sex and the City, HBO, 90210, New York City, Gossip Girl, New York Observer, Sarah Jessica Parker, Square Pegs, Candace Bushnell, Carrie Bradshaw, Alessandra Balzer

• "90210": Who's Your Daddy?

  Before we get into the episode stuff, this: Dear CW, Please give Brenda more to do. We're begging you.  Hugs and kisses, The Remote Island Okay, that's done.  Now, the episode... Read More... Posted Sep 17 2008, 11:00 AM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty

• Are the CW's Ultra-Rich Kids Destroying Our Nation's Youth?

  According to Salon.com TV writer Heather Havrilesky, pervasive sex and violence aren't what's harming our TV-watching teens -- it's pervasive wealth. On shows such as Gossip Girl, 90210 and Privileged, she writes, admiring depictions of the richest among us "make aspiring to own designer jeans and nice cars look hopelessly middle-class, compared to the fully serviced, spa-polished, couture lives of the truly wealthy." Havrilesky points out that TV has always given us escapist wealth fantasies, from Dallas to Dynasty to, let's say, Dirty Sexy Money. But "we were meant to pity these lost, soulless, trashy people, squabbling in their enormous but somehow claustrophobic mansions." With these new CW shows, on the other hand, being rich just makes people happy.  Read More... Posted Sep 16 2008, 02:25 PM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: Dirty Sexy Money, 90210, CW (The CW), Gossip Girl, The O.C., Salon, Heather Havrilesky, Dynasty, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Privileged, Dallas

• Wake Up And Smile: Sarah Palin's Visit To "Sesame Street" Ended Badly

  Get the story on this, TRL, 90210, 30 Rock, and how "I'm Fucking Matt Damon" is better than The Wire, after the jump... Read More... Posted Sep 16 2008, 09:32 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: the wire, 90210, TRL, 30 Rock, sesame street, Wake Up And Smile, Dragon*Con, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon"

• Wake Up And Smile: Sarah Palin Makes Even "SNL" Look Better Than It Is

  - Tina Fey did a pretty mean impression of McCain's Vice-Presidential nominee on Saturday Night Live's season premiere; too bad the rest of the show did an impression of every cruddy sports-figure-hosted episode ever. (Check out our review and video highlights, coming up next.) - 90210 is going to reveal the father of Kelly's baby tomorrow night. And then someone will probably get fellated. - I, Claudius fans: prepare to get so angry you'll have to breathe into your favorite PBS tote bag just to not hyperventilate. - Tim Gunn filled in last night on Project Runway for Jennifer Lopez, who had been scheduled to be a guest judge but cancelled due to a foot injury. This marked the first time Gunn has ever judged on PR, not to mention the first time that [INSERT WHITE MAN BUTT JOKE HERE]. - Those Seth McFarlane videos did gangbuster business last week, apparently cementing YouTube's position as "the thing that ensures we will someday hate the Internet." - Boy howdy, them Brits sure do love them some Daleks. Posted Sep 15 2008, 09:28 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Doctor Who, Saturday Night Live, Seth MacFarlane, Tina Fey, Project Runway, tim gunn, Sarah Palin, Wake Up And Smile, I Claudius

• The Weekly Rewind: Floating in a Sea of Television

  The new TV season is here, and so far it's going pretty well. None of the new shows have bowled us over yet, but that's okay, because we still have other things on our minds... such as politics, and stars' naked booties. Let's remember it all fondly with the highlights of the week. We gawked at the stars on the Video Music Awards, and examined what they were wearing. But we were glad host Russell Brand didn't offer Britney a drink. We saw far more than we should have of Julianna Margulies and Jessica Simpson. But Pam Anderson? We've seen it all before. Read More... Posted Sep 12 2008, 05:35 PM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: Charlie Gibson, MTV, 90210, Barack Obama, Gossip Girl, Fringe, Dollhouse, 24, David Letterman, True Blood, Britney Spears, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Tina Fey, Entourage, Roger Ebert, Blake Lively, Paris Hilton, Pam Anderson, Shirley Manson, Russell Brand, Sarah Palin, Video Music Awards, Jessica Simpson, Julianna Margulies, kanye west, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Marilyn Manson, The Wonder Years

• "90210": Bye-Bye, Brenda

  Almost as quickly as she appeared, Shannen Doherty will soon be leaving the revamped version of 90210. Read More... Posted Sep 11 2008, 02:25 PM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty

• "Fringe" Scores Meh Ratings While "90210" Viewership Drops

  If you'd have said to us last week that 90210's numbers would drop by 30 percent in Week 2, we'd have said "Sure." It had a ton of hype, got some of the best numbers the CW ever had -- and that couldn't happen every week. But we'd have fer sure thought that Fringe would have done a little better than "the best non-after-Idol premiere ratings for Fox since, um, Standoff." What does that even mean? So, taking True Blood's equally, um, mellow opening into account, we gotta know: is there gonna be a big hour-long drama hit this year AT ALL? PREVIOUSLY Did "True Blood" Tank? Posted Sep 11 2008, 10:34 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, ratings, Fringe, True Blood

• "90210": Bowling for Dollars

  It's family night in Beverly Hills, kids!  Pause to thank god that the CW didn't go with a cheesy subtitle (i.e. "The Next Generation," we all saw how that crashed and burned with Saved By The Bell:The New Class).  This week, Harry and Debbie want to re-instate the weekly family night tradition that made their Kansas evenings such a rockin' good time.  Little do they know Annie and Dixon have discovered a little thing called life in the fast lane... Read More... Posted Sep 10 2008, 10:20 AM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: 90210, Jennie Garth