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  • 1990
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  • FOX
  • 1990
  • TV-PG
  • FOX

Summary This long-running drama dealt with the experiences of a group of young people in Beverly Hills, CA as they navigated high school, college and ultimately the real world. The series focused on their travails as they tried to maintain their friendship while dealing with romances, family and personal crises, tragedies and countless drug addi...

Created By: Darren Star

  • 1990
  • TV-PG
  • FOX
  • 1990
  • TV-PG
  • FOX

Beverly Hills, 90210

10 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: Oct 4, 1990
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 87 User Ratings
7.8
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Summary This long-running drama dealt with the experiences of a group of young people in Beverly Hills, CA as they navigated high school, college and ultimately the real world. The series focused on their travails as they tried to maintain their friendship while dealing with romances, family and personal crises, tragedies and countless drug addi...

Created By: Darren Star

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Jason Priestley

Brandon Walsh, Jeweler, Will Edwards

Shannen Doherty

Brenda Walsh, Wendy Edwards

Luke Perry

Dylan McKay, Billy McCoy, Peter Brinkley

Jennie Garth

Kelly Taylor, Michelle Carlson

Ian Ziering

Steve Sanders, Ronnie Robertson

Brian Austin Green

David Silver, Seth Brown, Young John Martin Sr.

Tori Spelling

Donna Martin, Donna Martin-Silver, Maryanne Bagley

Joe E. Tata

Nat Bussichio, Sal Bussichio

Gabrielle Carteris

Andrea Zuckerman, Andrea Zuckerman-Vasquez, Pregnant Hippy Chick

Carol Potter

Cindy Walsh, Mrs. Edwards

James Eckhouse

Jim Walsh, Dr. Edwards

Tiffani Thiessen

Valerie Malone

Kathleen Robertson

Clare Arnold

Vincent Young

Noah Hunter

Lindsay Price

Janet Sosna, Janet Sosna-Sanders

Ann Gillespie

Jackie Taylor

Daniel Cosgrove

Matt Durning

Mark D. Espinoza

Jesse Vasquez

Jamie Walters

Ray Pruit

Katherine Cannon

Felice Martin

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
53
38% Positive
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 13 Critic Reviews
53
38% Positive
5 Reviews
38% Mixed
5 Reviews
23% Negative
3 Reviews

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80
Jun 28, 2013
Given Fox's proclivity for outrageousness, Beverly Hills, 90210 (the number refers to the California city's ZIP code) is like totally tame, dudes. Though its premiere does include a teenage champagne-fueled romp in a hot tub, a near loss of virginity, and much conversation about sex, it treats the subject with uncommon sensitivity and understanding. [4 Oct 1990, p.C19]
By Rick Kogan FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 11, 2013
That life has gone on satisfactorily in the zip code even after the departure of the enjoyably moody, intense Brenda Walsh (Shannen Doherty) is one of the great strengths of 90210.
By Lisa Schwarzbaum FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 87 User Ratings
7.8
72% Positive
63 Ratings
18% Mixed
16 Ratings
9% Negative
8 Ratings

User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 87 User Ratings
7.8
72% Positive
63 Ratings
18% Mixed
16 Ratings
9% Negative
8 Ratings

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63
Jun 28, 2013
A stylish but familiar high school story, one that's considerably easier to take than two of this TV season's other back-to-school efforts: "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" and "Ferris Bueller". And, it's less frenetic than "Hull High". The show's greatest assets are Priestley and Doherty, who are appealing even when the storylines aren't. [4 Oct 1990, p.G1]
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 28, 2013
In a season where all high schools look the same, with sun-drenched campuses trolled by smart-alecky know-it-alls, Beverly Hills, 90210 looks like yet another tired breath of smoggy, sunny California air...But beyond its stock characters - the freshman dweebs, the rich deb with a new nose job, the peripheral parents, the mousy scribe - there's a sweet sister-brother bond here, on a par with the better John Hughes youth- pandering flicks. [4 Oct 1990, p.3D]
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
50
Jun 28, 2013
It is based on the assumption, so common among show-biz people who meet each other for lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel, that they are not only the cultural center of the Western world, but the envy of everybody who is not part of their glittery ZIP code. The whole production just reeks of L.A. smugness. [4 Oct 1990, p.C-11]
By Robert P. Laurence FULL REVIEW
30
Jun 28, 2013
A ZIP code for stereotypes and stock characters, Beverly Hills, 92010 is nothing if not predictable, with the twins each facing moral choices and ultimately doing the right thing, presumably because they're from Minneapolis. [4 Oct 1990, p.F11]
By Howard Rosenberg FULL REVIEW
10
Jun 28, 2013
It's apparently part of a new experiment in comatose television -- a show where things almost happen but never quite do. You keep checking your pulse to make sure you haven't died. (...) They've created a vacuum, a perfect void, a black hole in the already vast and empty TV schedule. Not so much a black hole actually as a beige one. [4 Oct 1990, p.D12]
By Tom Shales FULL REVIEW
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Production Company:
  • 90210 Productions
  • Fair Dinkum Productions
  • Propaganda Films
  • Spelling Television
  • Torand Productions
Initial Release Date: Oct 4, 1990
Number of seasons: 10 Seasons
Rating: TV-PG
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 4 Nominations
Young Artist Awards
• 7 Wins & 19 Nominations
TV Land Awards
• 4 Nominations

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