Return to "Beverly Hills, 90210"
By Lia Haberman

TV's favorite ZIP code is gearing up for a comeback. Beverly Hills, 90210 will bring together its infamous alumni for a 10-year reunion special next month.

Among the actors making an appearance on Fox's Beverly Hills, 90210: 10-Year High School Reunion May 11 are some you'd never imagine--specifically Shannen Doherty who left under a dark cloud (and was blurred out of a 1996 retrospective)--and others you know wouldn't miss the get-together, including Jason Priestley, Luke Perry (news), Jennie Garth (news) and Gabrielle Carteris (news).

But the Peach Pit party is missing several VIPs. The most glaring absence is Tori Spelling (news), who played good girl Donna Martin, (even her pops, Aaron, came back as an exec producer on this special). Ian Ziering (news) and Brian Austin Green (news) are also among the regulars MIA.

Calls to Fox were not returned.

During the special, actors will reminisce about the days when they were teen idols and speculate on the moment they were pigeonholed for the rest of their lives, or, as the Fox news release puts it, they'll "discuss how the show has impacted their careers," accompanied by plenty of favorite scenes. There'll even be interviews with Brenda and Brandon's folks, Jim and Cindy Walsh (played by James Eckhouse and Carol Potter).

The teen soap, Fox's longest-running drama yet, said goodbye to the kids of West Beverly in 2000 after 10 years of scheming, backstabbing, implants, eating disorders and good ol' fashioned teen sex (or Donna's lack thereof).

Hard to imagine then that the series, which put a fledgling Fox on the map and introduce us to vixens like Doherty and Tiffany Thiessen (not on the RSVP list), was originally a critical dud with low expectations.

But fans tuned in every week to watch pale-faced Minnesota twins, Brandon (Priestley) and Brenda (Doherty), negotiate the bizarre local customs in sunny Southern California; in its heyday, the show drew 20 percent of the nation's teen viewers. By the end, however, Brenda and Brandon were long gone and the show was only averaging 7.9 million viewers per week.

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Got me thinking, I went to my 10 year reunion... it was pretty cool.

My 20th is around the corner... I'll probably go to that one too... Did you go to yours?

Oh - ... and I'll probably watch the fucking tv show too.

yay!!!

I'll probably watch it, I always thought Brandon "Jason Priestley" was pretty cute for a white boy.

how could anyone wanna miss this...the sheer camp of it is reason enough to watch!

hey, wait...it's the only reason to watch!

As a 90210 fan :redface: I can tell you that they have already had this show on or around the 300 episode. The cast and crew of the show got together and talked about how crazy making the show was in the beginning and how it had effected their lives.

I would much prefer an episode where the actual characters go to a High School Reunion.

lovemachine said:

DITTO! A two-hour special. With everybody there, too!

I'll come out of the closet as a 90210 viewer. I used to watch that fucking show religiously! I know it was bad, but I just felt...compelled to watch!

Isn't Ian Z like 42 now? How is he gonna explain that receeding...

rdhull said:

Well 10 years out of high school would put him at 28 and of course 28 year olds can have receeding hairlines.

lovemachine said:

Yeah Im aware of that..but the actor is actually damn near 40 so his hair will "really" be receeding etc. for a "ten" year reunion.

rdhull said:

Luke Perry's hair was receeding while he was supposed to be a sophomore in high school

lovemachine said:

yeah I know heh..and Gabriella was ten eyars outta high school also ..she's probably going to be going through menopause on the reunion.

yes!!

one of my all time faves.
i still have the high school graduation episode on tape.
& the bought video of the pilot movie length episode.

always good 4 nostalgia.

Christine Elise was the hottest of them all tho

i never watched that show the entire time it wuz on. when the show wuz still hot, my peers thought it wuz the coolest thing since butter beans...me, i lived 4 "in living color".


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