The Associated Press: '90210' debuts: The best surprise is no surprise

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‘90210′ — The Reviews Are In!
Published 9/3/2008 by Just Jared at Just Jared
... “All the expected ingredients were there: gorgeous teens, lots of style and extravagance, raging hormones, and always the potential for backstabbing, broken hearts and payback. Same old, same old at West Beverly Hills High School.”– AP ...

"90210" gets a passing grade, so far, from its target aud
Published 9/3/2008 by Variety.com * at Cynthia Littleton On The Air
... ; the AP's Frazier Moore declared "It didn't screw up!" Among the younger set that matters most to CW, "90210's" first two hours seemed to generally get a passing grade, judging by the blogosphere chatter. (Here's a ...

First Impressions: '90210' Gets Passing Grade
Published 9/3/2008 by TVWeek Blinkers at Blink
... : "The CW kept blathering how "90210" was "the most talked-about new show of the season. Safe to say after the premiere, it is no longer that." The AP : " '90210' " felt reassuringly familiar, probably even for viewers too young to have seen the series that inspired it." ...