Beverly Hills, 90210 

A group of friends living in Beverly Hills, California make their way through life from their school days into adulthood.

Creator:

Darren Star

Stars:

Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Luke Perry

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 14 wins & 19 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Jennie Garth	...	Kelly Taylor / ... 292 episodes, 1990-2000
Ian Ziering	...	Steve Sanders / ... 292 episodes, 1990-2000
Brian Austin Green	...	David Silver / ... 292 episodes, 1990-2000
Tori Spelling	...	Donna Martin / ... 292 episodes, 1990-2000
Jason Priestley	...	Brandon Walsh / ... 245 episodes, 1990-2000
Joe E. Tata	...	Nat Bussichio / ... 238 episodes, 1990-2000
Luke Perry	...	Dylan McKay / ... 199 episodes, 1990-2000
Gabrielle Carteris	...	Andrea Zuckerman / ... 147 episodes, 1990-2000
Carol Potter	...	Cindy Walsh / ... 147 episodes, 1990-1998
James Eckhouse	...	Jim Walsh / ... 146 episodes, 1990-1998
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Valerie Malone 136 episodes, 1994-2000

Storyline

Originally based around the lives of a group of high school students living in the wealthy Beverly Hills neighborhood, then later moving on to their college days as they got older. The kids become friends and enemies, fall in and out of love, and go through an endless series of crises as this small group somehow becomes personally involved in every newsworthy social issue from alcoholism to South African apartheid to pregnancy to AIDS.

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Plot Keywords:

high school | beverly hills california | 1990s | high school newspaper | high school friends | 

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Taglines:

New faces and dangerous places!

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite being a soap opera, and with it the need to couple and uncouple as many people as possible, an enduring plot thread was how Donna Martin stayed a virgin for years after all of her friends had all hooked up with each other. The reason was not to present a positive view of abstinence or anything like that, but because the executive producer of the show was Aaron Spelling, and Donna Martin was played by his daughter, Tori Spelling. He didn't want to see his daughter having sex, even pretend sex. Of course, when Donna finally did copulate with David Silver, it was event television.

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Goofs

In the first season, when Donna tries out for school DJ, she is referred to as Donna Morgan. Throughout the entire show, her name is Donna Martin.

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Quotes

Dylan McKay: David are you okay?
David Silver: Yeah I'm fine.
Dylan McKay: Listen David do yourself a favor, do us all a favor, the next time somebody asks you how you're feeling tell them.
Kelly Taylor: You can be honest with us. We'll still be your friends.

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Alternate Versions

During the original run and earlier syndication airings, the show featured a lot of music from up to the time the episode takes place. However, due to issues with rights regarding the songs, all DVD and Hulu versions change the majority of the original soundtrack with generic replacements. There are also episodes with scenes edited out that would mention certain songs or music artists. It is not known if there will ever be a future release that retains the original music with unedited episodes.

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Connections

Referenced in Getaway: Episode #16.39 (2007)

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Soundtracks

Theme From Beverly Hills, 90210
by John E. Davis

User Reviews

Seasons 1-5 Amazing, Seasons 6-10 Meh

I admit I haven't watched this show for years, so am going on memory here. I watched every episode of Seasons 1-5. When the quality took a nosedive after Season 4 (but Andrea was still around) I started watched it less and less. From what I gathered the plotlines just got more and more ridiculous. The new main actors were all plain like vanilla, like Vincent Young, Jamie Walters, Lindsay Price, Vanessa Marcil, etc. None of the new replacements excited me at all. (Daniel Cosgrove was not bad).

But, in terms of pure gold, the Brenda years, love or hate the actress, Seasons 1-4, were the best. Season 5 clocked in some golden moments too although I hated what happened to Andrea's character, going from brainy nerd to reluctant mother. After that I wouldn't watch anything as a repeat or catch up on what I missed.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 October 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Class of Beverly Hills

Filming Locations:

Calvert Studios - 15001 Calvert Street, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

90210 Productions, Fair Dinkum Productions, Propaganda Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min 60 min 60 min (293 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1