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Beverly Hills 90210 was a popular primetime television soap opera that aired from 1990 to 2000 on the Fox Network. The show followed the lives of a group of teenagers living in the posh, star-studded Southern California community of its title. The show was created by producers Aaron Spelling and Darren Star. The "90210" in the title refers to the suburb's zip code. The original central characters were twins Brandon (played by Jason Priestley) and Brenda Walsh (played by Shannen Doherty), who moved with their parents, Jim and Cindy, from the Twin Cities to Beverly Hills.
Although the first season had low ratings, Fox stuck by 90210, even re-launching it in 1991 with an innovative summer mini-season. Viewership increased dramatically and cast members Priestley and Luke PerryLuke Perry ( October 11, 1965), American actor, is best known for his role as the brooding rebel Dylan McKay in the TV series Beverly Hills 90210''. His career after leaving the series (first in 1995 and then in 2000) has been less stellar. He appeared as became instant teen idolsA teen idol is a famous person who generates attention from large numbers of teenagers, who follow their every move. The term means idol for teens; a teen idol is often young, but in many cases no longer a teen. However, some performers are very young, e..
The infamous Melrose PlaceMelrose Place is a TV series that ran between 1992 and 1999, created by Aaron Spelling and Darren Star. A spinoff from Beverly Hills 90210 (though not featuring any permanent cast members crossing over), Melrose Place is an apartment block in the West Hol was initially a spinoff from the show. In latter seasons, the success of Melrose Place's development into an ultra-sensationalistic soap opera influenced the direction of its predecessors, which also headed off into the same direction.
Star's later series Grosse Pointe satirised the production a high-school soap opera, set in Los Angeles. The show-within-a-show was clearly intended to represent "90210".
The show's characters and their problems included:
- Brandon Walsh (Played by Priestley, drinking, gambling, unknowingly took Euphoria drug, friend was killed in a car accident.)
- Brenda Walsh (Played by Doherty, car accident, leaves for MexicoThis article is about the country Mexico. For other meanings, see Mexico (disambiguation The United Mexican States or Mexico ( Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico regarding the use of the variant spelling Mejico see section The name below) is a co with Dylan and gets caught, smokes, gets involved in a love triangleA love triangle refers to a romantic relationship involving three people. It is usually used to imply that the relationship is unsatisfactory in some way to one or more of the people involved. There are a number of possible combinations of sexes and sexua, almost dies in a plane crash, gets arrested for raiding an animal test lab.)
- Kelly Taylor (Played by Jennie GarthJennie Garth (born April 3, 1972) is an American actress. Born Jennifer Eve Garth she is best known for her role as the beleaguered Kelly Taylor on the television series Beverly Hills 90210''. At various points in the series, Garth's character was involve, involved in love triangle with Dylan and Brenda, diet pill abuser, was stuck in a fire at Steve's house, became involved in a cultThis article discusses only religious or sociological cultist groups, and small or new religious groups considered harmful or strange by the public, media or anti-cult activists. This article does not discuss "cult" in its original sense of "religious pra, uses cocaine, is date-raped and has a miscarriage. May never be able to have children.)
- Steve Sanders (Played by Ian Ziering, steals tests, falsely accused of date rape, searches for roots, finds out mother was killed in car crash, steroids, hacker, his house caught fire, steals Brandon's tests, pot user.)
- Andrea Zuckerman (played by Gabrielle Carteris, the school nerd and newspaper editor, attends out of district school, breaks legs in car crash, unplanned pregnancy, marital problems.)
- Dylan McKay (Played by Perry, surfing accident, alcohol, school dropout, wrongly accused of cheating on SAT tests, father dies in car bombing right in front of his eyes, involved in triangle with Brenda and Kelly, gets into coke and heroin, has car accident, marries daughter of the reputed mob figure who arranged his father's murder, wife gets killed by gunmen hired by her father in an attempt to kill him, later finds out his father really isn't dead.)
- David Silver (Played by Brian Austin Green, takes Steve's car without a license and crashes it, friend dies in accidental shooting, psychologically unstable mother, uses speed and crack, gambling. On a positive note, David marries Donna in the final episode of the series.)
- Donna Martin (Played by Tori Spelling (daughter of Aaron Spelling) , low SAT score, learning disability, drinking, gets expelled from school, almost raped and pushed down stairs by abusive boyfriend, held at gun point on TV station, loses her virginity to David Silver after holding out for a very long time, has memory blockage and walks out during college final exam, grandmother and father die of heart attacks, drugs, frequently stalked.)
- Valerie Malone (Played by Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, pot smoker, tries to steal $100,000, tries to commit suicide, enemy of Kelly Taylor.)
