Television: When Teenage Angst Had Its Own ZIP Code

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Published 8/31/2008 by Joe B. at I Am A TV Junkie, A Blog For The Clicker Jockey
... Dave Itzkoff in his oral history of the classic with a look forward to the new CW Network buzz show: ...

90210 Not Cool in the 11211
Published 9/1/2008 by Jen Carlson at Gothamist
... The utterly unnecessary return of 90210 to the small screen tomorrow means the arrival of giant billboards displaying the new cast. ...

'90210′ Returns
Published 9/2/2008 by By The New York Times at TV Decoder
On Tuesday the CW unveils “90210,” a series that mixes a new roster of teenagers and parents with a few alumni of the original “Beverly Hills: 90210.” The 1990s series, Dave Itzkoff writes in Sunday’s New York Times, “made celebrities of its young actors and proved the viability of the struggling Fox network.” ...

90210: Jason Priestley's Peach Pit Betrayal And Tilly And The Wall's Censored Song
Published 9/3/2008 at Videogum
... because at least 90210 has some likable characters. It's just comforting, in this crazy chaotic anarchic world to know that Lori Loughlin and the guy who plays the dad have some things under control, like their perfect children, and that you always have a friendly face in Nat down at the Peach Pit. Speaking of Mr. Joe E. Tata, he participated in what I thought was the funniest part of the show, though unintentionally so. In Sunday's New York Times' oral history feature about 90210, Jason Priestley had this to say about why he rejected a cameo in ...

Why Can't There Be More Jason Priestleys?
Published 9/4/2008 at Videogum
... , including the hilarious work of 90210 producers to indelibly link Brandon Walsh with something called a megaburger or something, whether Jason Priestley wanted to play ball or not. Ridiculous. Good job, 90210, see me after class. That of course included this amazing Priestley quote from last weekend's New York Times article revisiting the original cast: ...