The series outlived its first two spin-offs, Melrose Place and Models Inc., and would spawn additional spin-offs- 90210 and a new Melrose Place-in 20. The final episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 aired on May 17, 2000. In addition, the music video for "Hold On" by Jamie Walters, who starred in the series as Ray Pruit, was also featured. Among these artists were Shanice, Jeremy Jordan, and Vanessa Williams & Brian McKnight. Additionally, their accompanying music videos aired during the end credits of various episodes. As the show grew in popularity, several successful musicians of the '90s contributed to Beverly Hills, 90210: The Soundtrack. Among the topics covered were adoption, estrangement, safe sex, substance abuse, romantic affairs, love triangles, race-related school incidents, and budding romances between longtime friends. Throughout the show's high school and college years, stories largely centered around the love lives, academic matters, career aspirations, and parental issues of the younger cast. In addition, many new characters were introduced during the course of the series' run, and several guest stars appeared in recurring roles.
Several of these characters were developed over time, revealing subsequent layers as they matured. The story initially presented Brandon as a flawed boy scout, Brenda as a good-hearted rebel, Kelly as a good-natured snob, Steve as a laid-back thrill-seeker, Andrea as a strait-laced smart girl, Dylan as a sensitive loner, David as a geeky musician, and Donna as a quirky, socially awkward girl. As a result of Jim’s job reassignment, the family moved from Minnesota to Beverly Hills, California. īeverly Hills, 90210 began with the introduction of the Walsh family-parents Jim and Cindy (played by James Eckhouse and Carol Potter), and their teenage twins Brandon ( Jason Priestley) and Brenda ( Shannen Doherty). The show explores the realities and myths of social classes in Beverly Hills while at the same time exposing the strains this lifestyle can put on family relationships. If you like that kind of thing, you probably won't be disappointed.Beverly Hills, 90210 focuses on the assimilation of a solid, value-oriented Midwestern family into an accelerated Beverly Hills lifestyle. They're completely different, I agree, yet it's still the same: love, hatred, family, friendship etc. I don't know, it's not that bad, for me it's another show like Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls, O.C. For a few reasons: the characters don't look like they're 16 (I know, they never do, but 23-year old actors are too much for me) it's giving a non-existing picture of what it looks like in high school, it could be set in college, so that 15-year-old girls wouldn't get such a messed up picture. The thing I don't like is the fact that it's all set in high school. The characters and plot developed faster, bringing speed and interesting situations. But the last episodes got my attention back. The first episodes started off a bit lame, it reminded me of 7th Heaven with all the we're-one-big-happy-family thing. Personally, I see it as a whole new project and I don't care much about the old one.
It has not much to do with it, except for the setting and some of the original characters (that I believe were put in just to grab attention). As I see it, everyone is comparing it too much with the original series.