'90210' spinoff: We have a matriarch!

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Lucille heading to 90210
Published 4/29/2008 at OH NO!!
... Beverly Hills, 90210 spinoff in the works at CW. Jessica Walter, who played the nutty, booze-soaked Lucille Bluth on the Emmy-winning Fox comedy, will play Tabitha, the grandmother, in the highly-anticipated drama from executive producer Rob Thomas. The spinoff is expected to revolve around the Mills family of Beverly Hills whose matriarch, Tabitha, is a 60-something has-been actress and alcoholic. Tabitha's adult son, Harry, moves back to Beverly Hills to care for his mother  source I'm sorry but NOTHING will ever top Lucille Bluth. And cue favorite ...

Jessica Walter joins the 90210 cast
Published 4/29/2008 by Isabelle Carreau at TV Squad
... and Entertainment Weekly confirmed earlier today that the actress was cast in the lead role of Tabitha Mills, an actress who had her career prime in the 70s and who is now best friends with a liquor bottle. Worried about his mother's well-being, her son Harry moves his family to Beverly Hills. ...

The More You Know: White trash takes over the Student Association edition
Published 4/30/2008 by John at TiFaux
... pilot Venture Brothers will be back June 1st, check out a teaser for the new season here NY Times catches up with the star of new CW series Farmer Wants a Wife Top Chef Scorecard: Check the stats here, looks like Mark, Spike, and Nikki are at the bottom, while Dale, Richard, and Stephanie are the ones to beat In case you’re interested, Top Chef is casting for next season Lucille Bluth (Jessica Walter) joins the cast of 90210, while Degrassi star takes role offered to Hillary Duff ...

90210, Tune In For the Kids, Stay for Jessica Walter Being Rip-Roaringly Nasty
Published 8/5/2008 by Joe B. at I Am A TV Junkie, A Blog For The Clicker Jockey
... And apparently, drunk as well. Yes, I know you would all rather watch Arrested Development reruns (or, rather, a movie version, or a new season of eps) but this is all I got for you today. Lynette Rice in EW: Jessica Walter, who played the nutty, booze-soaked Lucille Bluth on the Emmy-winning Fox comedy, will play Tabitha, the grandmother, in the highly-anticipated drama from executive producer Rob Thomas. The spinoff is expected to revolve around the Mills family ...

Ohhh. Myyyy. GAAAAH! You guys, Yahoo! TV ... [90210]
Published 8/13/2008 by Kyle Buchanan at Defamer
... , and Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development. Still, if you're keen to see teenaged refugees from Degrassi: The Next Generation and Nip/Tuck (like AnnaLynne McCord, pictured above) party it up at LA hotspots like Boulevard 3, make with the clicking. Just don't say we didn't warn you, ...

New '90210' Trailer Reveals Brenda, Kelly, Still No Lucille Bluth [High School Reunion]
Published 8/15/2008 by Kyle Buchanan at Defamer
... ), we must again protest the severe lack of screen time for the performer we really want to see: Jessica Walter, who is essentially reprising her soused Lucille Bluth character from Arrested Development. Tell you what, CW: if you guys can promise to release a scene where a withering Walter sniffs at the snacking Jennie Garth and says, ...