90210 spin-off in the works

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080313/tv_nm/dc_2

The most popular zip code on television is back.

The CW network is developing a contemporary spinoff of Aaron Spelling's seminal 1990s teen soap "Beverly Hills, 90210," sources said.

Details on the project -- including which if any of the characters on the original series will make the transition to the spinoff -- remain sketchy.

The spinoff, which is close to getting a writer, has been put on the fast track by the network. It is expected to decide whether to order a pilot by the end of the month.

According to sources, "Beverly Hills, 90210" creator Darren Star is not involved.

This would be the second spinoff from the series about privileged teens living in Beverly Hills, which aired on Fox from 1990-2000. The first one, the Star-created "Melrose Place," had a successful seven-year run on Fox. It didn't feature any major characters from "Beverly Hills."

A teen soap set in posh Beverly Hills would be a perfect companion to the CW's buzzworthy freshman drama "Gossip Girl," which revolves around rich teens living in Manhattan.

Spinoffs are hot this development season. Fox is developing two: "Cleveland," centered on the henpecked character from the hit animated comedy "Family Guy," and a "Prison Break" offshoot set at a female prison.

Last year, ABC spun off its medical juggernaut "Grey's Anatomy" into "Private Practice."

The CW also has a spinoff on its schedule, the "Girlfriends" offshoot "The Game."

2008: The year of the spin-offs we don't need.....

[PAAATE]

Omg..

Melrose Place was a really great show..

Beverly Hills I've actually not seen yet, but I will someday..

This one..? Hmm..............

[Drtooth]

The CW? Your Honor, I rest my case!

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080319/tv_nm/dc_1

Meet the Mills, the three-generational Beverly Hills clan at the center of the CW's contemporary "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff. A detailed breakdown for the pilot, released Monday night, sheds more light on the plot and the characters of the untitled show.

Rob Thomas ("Dawson's Creek," "Veronica Mars") is writing the spinoff, which, like the original "90210," revolves around a family with two teen kids the same age -- a boy and a girl -- who recently moved from the Midwest to Beverly Hills.

But this time, the dad, Harry Mills, is a Beverly Hills High alum who moved after graduation and settled in East St. Louis. He is forced to come back when his 1970s movie star mother's alcohol problem gets out of control. Joining him are his wife, Celia, a former Olympic medalist; biological daughter Annie; and adopted son Dixon.

The script breakdown includes five other characters, four of them 16-year-old students at Beverly Hills High. None appears directly related to any of the characters on the original series, although 16-year-old Daphne Silver and her twentysomething brother, Max Silver, have the same last name as David Silver (Brian Austin Green), who married Donna Martin (Tori Spelling) in the original "90210" series finale.

Although Max may be too old to be David's son, it nevertheless is intriguing that he and his sister live alone in a mansion while their parents have been "on a cruise" for as long as anyone can remember.

The spinoff also reflects the current reality at Beverly Hills High, where about 40 percent of the students are of Persian descent: One of the students in the show is named Navid Shirazi.

To get the high-profile project ready for the network's "upfront" presentations to advertisers in May, CW and producing studio CBS Paramount Network TV began casting before the script's completion, a practice employed by other networks during the abbreviated post-writers'-strike pilot season.

They might as well just make this a Beverly Hills: The Next Generation with those 2 Silver kids.

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080505/tv_nm/dc_1

Tristan Wilds ("The Wire") has landed the male lead in the CW's "Beverly Hills, 90210" spinoff.

The show centers on the Mills, a three-generation Beverly Hills family whose teen kids, daughter Annie (Shenae Grimes) and adopted boy Dixon (Wilds) attend West Beverly Hills High.

Also joining the cast is Michael Steger ("The Winner"), who will play Navid, producer of the school's closed-circuit newscast and a consummate student politician.

[Raph's Girl]

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At Saturday's 90210 session, executive producer Gabe Sachs gave new details about Shannen Doherty reprising her role as Brenda Walsh on the new CW spin-off.

Walsh will return to West Beverly as — get this — the guest director of the high school musical. So I guess that Brenda-is-studying-drama-in-London-now write-off storyline came in handy. (I pray to Joe E. Tata that she has a Madonna-like British accent.) Co-executive producer Jeff Judah emphasized that Doherty's appearance is not a cameo, but rather a multi-episode arc. (For those keeping tabs: So will be the storylines of Donna, Kelly and Nat when they return.)

Sachs and Judah also mentioned that they were open to including appearances by other West Bev alums — as long as their stories made sense within the context of the new show.

Oh for gods sake....why don't they just call this a Beverly Hills 90210 reunion movie. Bringing back the original cast to be teachers is just weird...but knowing now that Shanon Doherty is gonna be in this? Im gonna pass on it...well for at least the story arc the biatch is in...ugh...I can't stand her and she looks like a freakish alien now.

[NameGoesHere1066]

why does every one hate Shanon Doherty so much? I think she is a really good actress.