CW Tuesday 8pm
	debuts Tuesday, September 2, 8pm. 2 hour premiere.
	concept from An edgy, contemporary spin-off of the iconic drama "Beverly Hills, 90210," the new 90210 looks at life through the eyes of Annie Mills (Shenae Grimes, "Degrassi: The Next Generation") and her brother Dixon (Tristan Wilds, "The Wire"), whose first day at West Beverly Hills High School leaves no doubt they're not in Kansas anymore. The Mills family, including dad Harry (Rob Estes) and mom Debbie (Lori Loughlin, "Summerland"), has relocated to Beverly Hills to keep an eye on Harry's mother Tabitha (Jessica Walter, "Arrested Development"), a feisty-but-faded former television star and a charter member of the Betty Ford Clinic. For Annie and Dixon, the awkwardness of being the new kids is made worse by the fact that their dad has taken a job as the high school principal. The Mills family has just begun to realize how much their lives are about to change.  stars Shenae Grimes (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Tristan Wilds (The Wire), Rob Estes (Women's Murder Club), Lori Loughlin (Summerland), Jessica Walter (Arrested Development), AnnaLynne McCord (Nip/Tuck), Dustin Milligan (Runaway), Jessica Stroup (The Hills Have Eyes 2), Michael Steger (The Winner), Ryan Eggold (Dirt) producers Rob Thomas, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah studio CBS Paramount Network Television

my take Beverly Hills, 90210 meets a Gossip Girled 2008. Thank the TV gods this isn't a "re-imagining." It's a perfect fit for the CW, but with the CW not providing the pilot to the media, it makes me nervous. The cast is pretty, as you'd expect. The big question is where are they taking it? It doesn't seem all that long ago to me that the original ended. One thought I've had is wondering if they are going to take old ideas and update them. This has got the biggest buzz of any new show and it could become a (CW-sized) hit on the order of Gossip Girl or collapse under its own buzz. The slot is perfect and with encore plays (yeah, yeah: repeats) on Wednesdays for a few weeks, the CW is positioning this to be big. It's a watch and see if Annie and Dixon give viewers the same feeling as Brandon and Brenda.

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