The first season 90210 , the American television series, began on September 2, 2008. Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah were executive producers for the first season, after original producer Rob Thomas broke up to focus on other projects. The series aired up to 4.65 million viewers, and broke the record for The CW at the time, becoming their highest rated on viewership and at Adults 18-49 with a rating of 2.6. On September 22, 2008, after airing only four episodes, the network gave the series a full 24 episode sequence.
The season of one regular cast member includes Rob Estes, Shenae Grimes, Tristan Wilds, Jessica Stroup, Dustin Milligan, Ryan Eggold, Anna Lynne McCord, Michael Steger, Lori Loughlin, and Jessica Walter. Together with special guests from the original series, Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty, and Tori Spelling. Walter was replaced by Jessica Lowndes as a regular series on the thirteenth episode for "financial reasons". CW also hired Rebecca Sinclair to reuse this series as head writer. He took over entirely as executive producer at the end of the season, after Sachs and Judah resigned.
The end of the season aired on May 19, 2009 and was seen by 2 million viewers. The average season is 2.24 million viewers and is ranked 0.9 in the Adult demographic of 18-49.
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Cast
- ^ Note 1 : Jessica Walter is credited as a regular series until episode 13. From episode 14 onwards she is no longer credited.
- ^ Note 2 : Jessica Lowndes is credited as a guest star from episode 1 to 13. From episode 14 onwards she is credited as a regular series.
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Episode
Production
On March 13, 2008, it was announced that The CW developed the contemporary spin-off of Beverly Hills, 90210 , which first aired on Fox from October 1990 to May 2000. The project was placed on a fast lane by the network, and pilot orders are expected by the end of the month. The Beverly Hills, 90210 creator, Darren Star, was announced not to get involved with the project, as well as producer Aaron Spelling, who died in 2006. The only surviving element of the original series is Creative Agent Artist, agent talent that masterminded the idea of ​​a spin-off. The detailed details of the pilot written by Thomas were released on March 17, which contains information about the plot and characters of the series. No characters associated with the original series; However, the series' show the same premise: a family with two teenagers who recently moved from the Midwest to Beverly Hills. To reflect the situation at Beverly Hills school, where about 40 percent of students come from Persian descent, a student named Navid Shirazi was created. Thomas intends to introduce The Peach Pit, a restaurant from Beverly Hills, 90210 , but notes that it will not be featured in the pilot. The author considers giving siblings a job in the cinema, because he does not want them to use their parents' credit cards. On April 14, Thomas announced that he would leave the series to focus on his two pilots for ABC. Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah were hired as new executive producers and wrote new versions of the script by the end of April. Sachs says that although Thomas has a "great script", their script versions are more sophisticated.
On May 11, the day before the presentation of The CW in advance, the network officially took the series for the 2008-2009 television season. CW gave this series a full season sequence after showing only four episodes. After disagreeing with network executives over the series storyline, Sachs and Judah resign as writers. CW wants this series to have a women's perspective and focus more on money and glamor; However, Judah and Sachs are more comfortable writing for men. Instead, Judah began postproduction work, including editing and musical surveillance, while Sachs performed on-site production. CW hired Rebecca Rand Sinclair to retool the series as head writer. At the end of February 2009, Sinclair took over as executive producer.
Filming for the series usually takes place in many high schools in Torrance and El Segundo, although some scenes are recorded at Torrance High School because of their large auditorium.
Cast
With press releases for the 2008-09 CW season, Rob Estes, Shenae Grimes, Tristan Wilds, Anna Lynne McCord, Dustin Milligan, Ryan Eggold, Jessica Stroup, Michael Steger, Lori Loughlin and Jessica Walter were announced as regular customers for the first season.
Producers want to see "as many as possible original cast members", but be careful not to "park them all in pilots". After rumors of the cast of Beverley Hills, 90210 appeared in the spin-off, The CW insisted that Shannen Doherty would return in a recurring role as the original character. Sachs meets Doherty at dinner, and tells him about the spin-off. Over the next few weeks, they set up a backstory Brenda and Doherty agree to be a guest star in several episodes. Doherty and Garth told reporters that they were nervous about reuniting and filming the scene together for 90210 spin-offs. While starring in the original series, the actress was known for the clashes inside and outside the set, which caused Doherty to leave the series in 1994. The couple did not speak for years before filming their first scene together, and commented on the number of buildup and nerves heading to the first encounter they. Doherty commented, "I think when you're 18 years old, your personality is in conflict, then you meet 10 or 15 years later, and the playground is completely different and you're fine."
Other guest stars include Kellan Lutz, Meghan Markle, Maeve Quinlan as Constance's mother of Adrianna, Josh Henderson as Sean, a young man who claimed to be Harry's biological son with Tracy Clark, but really a scam artist, Lauren London as cheerleader Christina, and Aimee Teegarden as Rhonda, a pupil of West Beverley.
Jessica Walter was written out of the series in thirteen episodes for "financial reasons," while Jessica Lowndes was upgraded to a regular series in her place.
Story
Jeff Judah says that they are trying to underline their script in reality, with stories of real characters and emotional stories. The authors want the audience to relate to the character problem, which they want to be honest and emotional, but also comedy. Both are interested in telling multiple stories simultaneously, featuring many characters. Sachs and Judah find parents to be an important part of the series, and are designed to be contemporary parents. Because the producers were their second dad, they drafted the script to include a more prominent adult line of storyline and a strong view of parenting. Judah is interested in focusing on how families maintain their moral center when moving to Beverly Hills, and how parents handle their teenagers.
Reception
The series debuted up to 4.7 million viewers and 2.6 Adults 18-49, winning the night in all the key demos, to become CW's highest ranking. It also matches the 18-49 highs set by America's Next Top Model . The average season is 2.24 million viewers and 0.9 Adults 18-49 rating in the United States every week. The show also debuted strongly for E4 in the UK, with 468,000 viewers tuning for pilot episodes.
The first season holds a 46/100 rating on Metacritic, suggesting generally mixed reviews.
In New Zealand, 90210 made its debut on TV3 on October 15, 2008 at 7:30 pm, then on November 12, 2008, the event was diverted to the Fourth.
DVD release
The first season DVD release was released after the season was broadcast on television. It has been released in Areas 1, 2 and 4. As well as every episode of the season, DVD releases feature bonus material such as deleted scenes, gag scrolls and featurettes behind the scenes.
References
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