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90210 Is Moving

Postby shannen90210prue » Fri Feb 06, 2009 12:08 am

90210 Is Moving To 9:00pm

It seemed like a surefire recipe: Take the No. 1 teen drama in TV history, update it, stoke the publicity fires with news of returning favorite characters from the original, and The CW would land a huge hit.

But 90210 is suffering a serious case of adolescent angst. Instead of becoming prime time¡s cocky homecoming king, the series developed more like the shy, insecure kid with no date to the dance.

Then, to make matters worse, there has been that mean girl American Idol to contend with. Running Tuesday at 8 p.m. opposite the most popular show on television cost 90210 a sizable chunk of its audience.

Looking to woo those viewers back, The CW will move the show to 9 p.m. out of Idol¡sdestructive path after a six-week hiatus that begins Feb. 17.

Even before it had to compete with Idol, 90210 was struggling to get out of Gossip Girl¡s shadow, especially with initial reviews that were lukewarm at best. The new show settled into just-acceptable ratings after debuting to the largest premiere audience in CW history.

“The show may have tried out more voices than most other first-year shows, ” said executive producer Rebecca Rand Kirshner Sinclair, who took over the show in September and is “90210’s ” third steward since its development.

“The only solution, and my challenge, is to have time to fix and develop story lines organically. ”

Throughout the fall, the series made news only when “Beverly Hills, 90210 ” stars Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were due on set – or when one of the actors in the new cast acted out. Those headlines have focused primarily on 19-year-old actress Shenae Grimes, who plays good girl Annie, the show’s lead character. The New York Post’s Page Six reported in September that Grimes was often rude on set and was once overheard saying, “This is my show – everyone else is riding my coattails. ” Grimes also has become a target of gossip blogger Perez Hilton.

At a recent “90210 ” party, Grimes said she didn’t pay attention to the negative press, because “you’d go nuts if you did. ” But some of her co-stars and producers said the intense coverage hurt the young cast, especially a recent US Weekly cover story about the thinness of Grimes and her co-stars Jessica Stroup and AnnaLynne McCord and what kind of example that set for the show’s young viewers.

“I like that people are talking about the show, but not when it hurts the kids, ” executive producer Gabe Sachs said.

The nostalgia hook also is proving problematic for the show. Doherty’s Brenda announced she was ready to become a mom in her last appearance, but the actress has not signed on for more episodes. Garth’s Kelly, now a guidance counselor at West Beverly High, is slated for just one more, and Tori Spelling’s Donna Martin will be back for a limited run.

In some respects, the old characters that attracted wistful viewers have proved to be a distraction.

“The show got so much attention for being a ‘90210′ update that it’s really taken some time to explain to the teens that this is their ‘90210,’ too, ” Ostroff said.

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Postby misscruz17 » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:59 pm

Thanks for posting.
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Postby shannen46 » Sun Feb 08, 2009 6:28 pm

Thanks for sharing
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Postby marissalu415 » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:45 pm

haha 'that mean girl American Idol'
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