Relative newcomer AnnaLynne McCord told Entertainment Weekly that, "It's very scary to think of committing to any show for six years." McCord plays the super rich, super bitch Naomi on the CW's newly revamped 90210. I hate to be the bearer of bad news for you, Miss McCord, but honestly, I don't think your six-year contract is anything to split your pretty blond hairs over. Not when you are one of the stars of fall's first big disappointment.
In theory, what wasn't to love about 90210? The fish-out-of-water premise was already there - a family moves to the posh city of Beverly Hills from the bumbling hills of the Midwest. The CW's latest track record with the melodramatic teen scene has been successful with everyone's favorite juvenile delinquents on Gossip Girl. But CW President Dawn Ostroff does not beat around the bush when it comes to the importance of 90210 not sucking. The CW cannot afford another flop with just one hit show and fledgling fans of old favorites like One Tree Hill. Unfortunately, it seems that 90210 is destined to be the flop they can't afford. From the lackluster first episode to the equally disappointing second episode, 90210 took a huge 30 percent hit in its ratings.
I can chalk the failure up to two different factors. Writing is a big one, but it may not necessarily be the writers' faults. Behind the scenes of 90210 has been a battle of wills when it comes to the show's script. Rewrites have to go through not only the show's producers, but executives of the CW and CBS Productions. This has caused a change from what one of the writers described as a Breakfast Club-like script, to a collection of babbled soliloquies filled with the word "like." Really? They thought The Breakfast Club was a step down from this version of the show?
The other factor in the downgrade of 90210 is the cast. While the original Beverly Hills 90210 cast members were never known as future Oscar winners, the new set of actors is just plain horrible. The girls are anorexic shadows that deliver their lines about as convincingly as Lynne Spears delivers advice about motherhood. The male actors are no better, with their only redeeming quality being their jailbait good looks. And as far as that may carry me with any other show, not even a cute 20-something playing a sexed-up teenager could keep me tuning into the debacle that is 90210.
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