My First TV Crush

Following this post from the Vulture...

I started getting hooked on TV as kid. But since my favorite shows were mostly animated, even while I occasionally watched primetime drama with my grandmother and the rest of the family, I didn't have a real TV crush.

Until this boy came to TV...

I was 16 years old when Dylan McKay swept every 16-year old's heart. It's stereotypical, really. What girl can't resist a troubled boy who, deep down, is actually so vulnerable? :P My love affair for characters like that all started with him.

And for a while, I carried myself looking like dorky Brenda. Because that's who Dylan loved:

Went as far as trying to talk, dress and walk like her. IT WAS SILLY! (Hey, I was 16 and stupid!)

This scene remains so fresh in my memory:




I think this was the scene that made me pine for Dylan.

Months later, with no internet or Google to do our researches then, I learned the actor playing him (Luke Perry), wasn't really a teenager but a guy in his mid-20's, which was old to me. My illusion was crushed.

And then I slowly started losing interest for Beverly Hills 90210, when all of their true ages were revealed. I completely stopped watching the show when Brenda said her goodbyes. And by that time, I was also saying goodbye to my youth. I was preparing to land my first job.

Several years later, I see Luke Perry on TV looking like Uncle Sean from The Big C:

And I'm like..."What happened to my Dylan??!!!"

So, what about you? Who was your first TV crush?

9021-nu-uh!

So I did say I was going to watch the pilot episode of 90210 just to see how Brenda and Kelly are doing. Saw it. Now over it.

There's so many things I feel sorry for about this show. But I'm just going to mention one --- Jessica Walters. Find this woman a better show! I'm checking out Privileged when it premieres next week and here I am thinking --- can she also play Grandma on that one instead? She would be so much fun playing Grandma to the lead character there.

Anyway, to be fair.... 90210 of the 90's wasn't exactly the best thing on television the year it came out. The pilot episode then was just as uneven, maybe even worse. And that one lasted 10 friggin years!

Maybe this new version has hope.

Maybe not.

The only thing I know for sure --- I'm not sticking around to find out if it will last even 10 months.

90210's Newest Promo with Brenda and Kelly

Did you spot how many times more Kelly appeared on this clip than Brenda?

Somewhere in California, Shannen Doherty is probably pissed Jennie Garth got more airtime than her.

Rob Thomas To Do 90210 Spin-Off

The CW has tapped Veronica Mars creator, Rob Thomas, for the spin-off to Beverly Hills 90210:

Details about the spin-off -- including which if any of the characters on the original series will make the transition to the new show -- remain sketchy. The CW is expected to make a decision whether to order a pilot by the end of the month.

The spin-off is being produced by CBS Paramount Network TV, which absorbed original series producer Spelling TV two years ago.

This would be the second spinoff from "90210," which aired on Fox from 1990-2000. "Melrose Place" had a successful seven-year run on Fox. It didn't feature any major characters from "90210.

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