Beverly Hills, 90210 is being revived with a twist: many of the original cast members are returning, but they’ll be playing themselves.
Announced by Fox, this will be a six-episode event series, and will reunite cast members Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling. Notably, Luke Perry and Shannen Doherty have not been announced for the revival, which is scheduled to air in Summer 2019.
Written and executive produced by Chris Alberghini and Mike Chessler, the show will feature the returning actors as “heightened versions” of themselves in an irreverent drama that is inspired by their real lives and relationships.
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\r\nBarr had courted online controversy a number of times prior to ABC\u0027s revival of the hit sitcom Roseanne, but that didn\u0027t stop the show\u0027s new season from becoming a massive ratings smash. However, after Barr posted a particularly offensive tweet aimed at former government official Valerie Jarrett, ABC swiftly canceled the series in May 2018. President Channing Dungey described Barr\u0027s words as \u0022abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values.\u0022″,”height”:2529,”width”:4495,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/roseanne-barr-1527774898242.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/roseanne-barr-1527774898242_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:”02″,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Brett Butler (Grace Under Fire)\r\n
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\r\nButler played the lead role in Grace Under Fire for five years, but the show was brought to a swift end in February 1998. Butler\u0027s increasingly erratic on-set behavior, exacerbated by a history of substance abuse issues, convinced ABC to pull the plug on the series mere weeks into production on the final season.”,”height”:674,”width”:1199,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/brett-butler-1527774898204.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/brett-butler-1527774898204_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:”03″,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Jeremy Clarkson (Top Gear)\r\n
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\r\nClarkson had a long history of controversial behavior on the set of Top Gear, but he was ultimately suspended by the BBC in March 2015 after a confrontation wherein Clarkson both physically and verbally assaulted a producer. The BBC elected not to renew Clarkson\u0027s contract, and Top Gear as most fans knew it came to an abrupt end. However, the following year, Clarkson and his co-hosts debuted a similar series on Amazon\u0027s Prime Instant Video service called The Grand Tour, while the BBC attempted to revive Top Gear with Matt LeBlanc and British TV host Chris Evans, but the new iteration has so far failed to recapture the original line-up\u0027s popularity.”,”height”:1235,”width”:2195,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/jeremy-clarkson-1527774898229.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/jeremy-clarkson-1527774898229_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:”04″,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Clayne Crawford (Lethal Weapon)\r\n
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\r\nCrawford was fired after the second season of Lethal Weapon due to what appears to be a pattern of abusive and violent behavior on-set. Sean William Scott has been hired to replace Crawford in the lead role alongside Damon Wayans, though Scott will be playing a new character rather than taking over the role of Martin Riggs.”,”height”:730,”width”:1296,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/clayne-crawford-1527806809138.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/clayne-crawford-1527806809138_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:”05″,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Paula Deen (The Food Network)\r\n
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\r\nDeen was hit with a lawsuit in 2013 by Lisa Jackson, a former manager of Deen\u0027s restaurant Uncle Bubba\u0027s Seafood and Oyster House. The lawsuit alleged that Jackson had been the victim of both sexual and racial discrimination. While the lawsuit was eventually dismissed, Deen\u0027s admission of past racist behavior was enough to severely damage her reputation. The Food Network cut ties with the frequent host, and various other companies and publishers pulled contracts and endorsement deals.”,”height”:720,”width”:1279,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/paula-deen-1527774898240.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/paula-deen-1527774898240_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:”06″,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Shannen Doherty (Beverly Hills, 90210 & Charmed)\r\n
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\r\nDoherty has the unusual distinction of being fired from two different Aaron Spelling-produced TV series. She was fired during the fourth season of Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1994, following a pattern of hard partying, chronic lateness and conflicts with her co-stars (some of which would later be detailed in actor Jason Priestly\u0027s memoir). Doherty was then fired from Charmed in 2001 after clashing repeatedly with co-star Alyssa Milano.”,”height”:800,”width”:1421,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/shannon-doherty-1527774898244.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/shannon-doherty-1527774898244_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:”07″,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds)\r\n
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\r\nGibson was suspended from this CBS crime drama in August 2016 after physically assaulting a producer. Given his prior history of violent on-set behavior and anger management problems, the network elected to terminate his contract. Gibson\u0027s character was quietly written out of the series shortly after.”,”height”:1163,”width”:2068,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/thomas-gibson-1527774898248.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/thomas-gibson-1527774898248_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:”08″,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Matt Lauer (The Today Show)\r\n
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\r\nLongtime Today Show host Matt Lauer was fired by the network in November 2017 after an unidentified NBC employee accused him of a history of sexual harassment dating back to the 2014 Winter Olympics. That led to a number of allegations against Lauer by current and former colleagues. Lauer later issued a public apology, saying \u0022Some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized, but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed.\u0022 “,”height”:1408,”width”:2500,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/matt-lauer-1527774898237.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/matt-lauer-1527774898237_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:”09″,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Danny Masterson (The Ranch)\r\n
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\r\nFour women came forward in March 2017 accusing Masterson of raping them in the early 2000\u0027s. That prompted an investigation by the LAPD, but it wasn\u0027t until December 2017 that Netflix, facing mounting pressure amid the #MeToo movement, fired Masterson from The Ranch. Masterson\u0027s character was written out of the series in Season 3. “,”height”:1124,”width”:1998,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/danny-masterson-1527774898221.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/danny-masterson-1527774898221_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:10,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Mackenzie Phillips (One Day at a Time)\r\n
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\r\nPhillips\u0027 ongoing struggles with drug addiction resulted in her being fired from the long-running CBS sitcom One Day at a Time on two separate occasions. The first incident came in 1980, following a 1977 arrest for disorderly conduct and increasingly erratic behavior on the set. Phillips eventually returned to the series for its ninth and final season but was quickly fired again after collapsing on the set and refusing a drug screening. Phillips later made a guest appearance on the rebooted version of the series in 2017.”,”height”:998,”width”:1776,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/mackenzie-phillips-1527774898235.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/mackenzie-phillips-1527774898235_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:11,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Charlie Rose (CBS This Morning & Charlie Rose on PBS)\r\n
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\r\nIn November 2017, The Washington Post published a story wherein eight different former or aspiring employees accused Rose of sexual harassment, with some incidents dating back to the 1990\u0027s. PBS and CBS both terminated Rose\u0027s contract almost immediately. Rose\u0027s former co-hosts at CBS This Morning strongly denounced his behavior, saying Rose \u0022\u0022does not get a pass here\u0022 for his actions.”,”height”:675,”width”:1200,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/charlie-rose-1527774898209.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/charlie-rose-1527774898209_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:12,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men)\r\n
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\r\nSheen has long had a reputation for bad behavior behind the scenes, but it ultimately cost him his job as the highest-paid actor on TV. Production on Two and a Half Men went into hiatus in January 2011 as Sheen underwent in-home drug rehabilitation, but the remainder of the season was canceled after Sheen publicly insulted creator Chuck Lorre and found himself banned from the Warner Bros. lot. Sheen\u0027s character was written out of the series (to be replaced by Ashton Kutcher), but Sheen himself remained in the headlines thanks to his infamous public meltdown that followed.\r\n”,”height”:1327,”width”:2361,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/charlie-sheen-1527774898210.jpeg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/charlie-sheen-1527774898210_{size}.jpeg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:13,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Columbus Short (Scandal)\r\n
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\r\nShort was let go from Scandal after the series\u0027 third season wrapped in 2014. The firing came in response to multiple arrests and charges of domestic violence and child abuse. Short\u0027s character was quietly killed off on the series. Short himself supported the decision, saying \u0022[ABC] did the right thing, but I think it takes time to rebuild.\u0022″,”height”:730,”width”:1296,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/columbus-short-1527774898215.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/columbus-short-1527774898215_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:14,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Kevin Spacey (House of Cards)\r\n
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\r\nSpacey was fired from the political thriller House of Cards in October 2014, days after actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of sexually harassing him when Rapp was 14. Netflix went on to terminate its relationship with Spacey entirely, also shelving the Gore Vidal biopic Gore. Production on Season 6 of House of Cards was suspended, and the season was eventually rewritten to eliminate Spacey\u0027s character entirely.”,”height”:1686,”width”:2997,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/kevin-spacey-1527774898231.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/kevin-spacey-1527774898231_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:15,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent)\r\n
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\r\nTambor was accused of sexual misconduct by his former assistant in November 2017, prompting other women to come forward with similar allegations. Tambor\u0027s official firing was announced in February 2018, though the series will continue for a fifth and final season.\r\n
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\r\nIt\u0027s unclear how these allegations will impact Tambor\u0027s future role on Arrested Development, which wrapped production on Season 5 just as the allegations surfaced. Co-star Jessica Walter revealed in a New York Times interview that Tambor had verbally harassed her on-set, saying, \u0022In like almost 60 years of working, I\u2019ve never had anybody yell at me like that on a set.\u201d\r\n”,”height”:1163,”width”:2068,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/jeffrey-tambor-1527774898227.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/jeffrey-tambor-1527774898227_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:16,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Isaiah Washington (Grey\u0027s Anatomy)\r\n
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\r\nRumors surfaced in October 2006 that Washington insulted co-star T.R. Knight by using a homophobic slur, resulting in Knight publicly coming out. Washington issued an apology, but exacerbated the situation by repeating the slur during a red carpet interview at the 2007 Golden Globes. ABC elected not to renew Washington\u0027s contract in June 2007, and his character was written out of the series. Washington did briefly return in a 2014 episode, however.”,”height”:1151,”width”:2047,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/isaiah-washington-1527774898222.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/isaiah-washington-1527774898222_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:17,”albumTotalCount”:18},{“caption”:”Brian Williams (NBC Nightly News)\r\n
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\r\nIn February 2015, NBC Nightly News anchor Williams recanted a story about being in a helicopter that was brought down by RPG fire during the Iraq War. Williams was placed on a six-month suspension by NBC and eventually demoted. This scandal prompted newfound scrutiny of several of Williams\u0027 other reports.”,”height”:1078,”width”:1917,”url”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/brian-williams-1527774898206.jpg”,”styleUrl”:”https:\/\/assets1.ignimgs.com\/2018\/05\/31\/brian-williams-1527774898206_{size}.jpg”,”credit”:””,”objectRelationName”:””,”objectRelationUrl”:””,”albumName”:”17 TV Stars Who Were Fired for Unacceptable Behavior”,”relativePosition”:18,”albumTotalCount”:18}]’
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The show’s plot will follow the actors reuniting after the original 90210 ended 19 years ago, with one suggesting they do a reboot of the series. “What will happen when first loves, old romances, friends and frenemies come back together, as this iconic cast – whom the whole world watched grow up together – attempts to continue from where they left off?”
“Beverly Hills, 90210 left an indelible impact on pop culture and an entire generation,” said FOX Entertainment president Michael Thorn. “Its powerful legacy is an important part of our network’s DNA – bold stories not told anywhere else and bigger-than-life-characters – and we’re honored to bring back the beloved original cast members for 90210.”
Beverly Hills, 90210 debuted in 1990, spanning 10 seasons. Following two spinoff series, Melrose Place and Models Inc., a successor simply titled 90210 ran for five seasons on CBS from 2008-2013.
For more on Beverly Hills, 90210 check out which of its actors was fired for unacceptable behavior. (Hint: it rhymes with Dhannen Soherty).
Colin Stevens is a news writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.