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{{Short description|American TV series (1990–2000)}}
{{about|the TV series|the series' whole franchise|Beverly Hills, 90210 (franchise)}}
{{Distinguish|90210 (TV series)|BH90210}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Beverly Hills 90210 (logo).svg
| image_class          = skin-invert
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| image_upright        = 0.75
| genre                = {{Plainlist|
* [[Teen drama]]
* [[Soap opera]]
}}
| creator              = [[Darren Star]]
| starring             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jason Priestley]]
* [[Shannen Doherty]]
* [[Jennie Garth]]
* [[Ian Ziering]]
* [[Gabrielle Carteris]]
* [[Luke Perry]]
* [[Brian Austin Green]]
* [[Douglas Emerson]]
* [[Tori Spelling]]
* [[Carol Potter (actress)|Carol Potter]]
* [[James Eckhouse]]
* [[Joe E. Tata]]
* [[Mark Damon Espinoza]]
* [[Kathleen Robertson]]
* [[Tiffani-Amber Thiessen]]
* [[Jamie Walters]]
* [[Hilary Swank]]
* [[Vincent Young (actor)|Vincent Young]]
* [[Lindsay Price]]
* [[Daniel Cosgrove]]
* [[Vanessa Marcil]]
}}
| theme_music_composer = John E. Davis
| composer             = [[Jay Gruska]]
| open_theme            =
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 10
| num_episodes         = 293
| list_episodes        = List of Beverly Hills, 90210 episodes
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* [[Aaron Spelling]]
* [[E. Duke Vincent]]
* [[Charles Rosin]]
* [[Darren Star]]
* Steve Wasserman
* Jessica Klein
* Paul Waigner
* Larry Mollin
* [[Jason Priestley]]
* Laurie McCarthy
* [[John Eisendrath]]
* Doug Steinberg
* Michael Braverman
* Brian Austin Green
* Ian Ziering
}}
| camera               = [[Film]]; [[Single-camera]]
| runtime              = 45–95 minutes
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* 90210 Productions
* [[Propaganda Films]]
* [[Spelling Television]]
}}
| channel              = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Patricia |date=December 23, 1990 |title='Beverly Hills, 90210' |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1990/12/23/beverly-hills-90210/81d66b95-1226-45b1-b8f4-647d9b958e4d/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425235011/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1990/12/23/beverly-hills-90210/81d66b95-1226-45b1-b8f4-647d9b958e4d/ |archive-date=April 25, 2018}}</ref>
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1990|10|04}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2000|05|17}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[Melrose Place]]''
* ''[[90210 (TV series)|90210]]''
* ''[[BH90210]]''
}}
}}

'''''Beverly Hills, 90210''''' (often referred to as '''''90210'''''<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |last=Martel |first=Jay |title=Scenes From the Cast Struggle in Beverly Hills 90210 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/scenes-from-the-cast-struggle-in-beverly-hills-90210-196815/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McLaughlin |first=Katie |date=May 15, 2014 |title=Jason Priestley: I regret leaving '90210' |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/05/14/showbiz/jason-priestley-memoir/index.html |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fretts |first=Bruce |title=The prodigal stars return |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/09/18/prodigal-stars-return/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref>) is an American [[teen drama]] television series created by [[Darren Star]] and produced by [[Aaron Spelling]] via his production company [[Spelling Television]]. The series ran for 10 seasons on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from October 4, 1990, to May 17, 2000, and is the first of six television series in the [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (franchise)|''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise]]. The series follows the lives of a group of friends living in [[Beverly Hills, California]], as they transition from high school to college and into the adult world. "90210" refers to one of the city's five [[ZIP codes]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 31, 2008 |title=DARREN STAR, creator, 'Beverly Hills 90210' |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/arts/television/31star.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819062029/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/31/arts/television/31star.html |archive-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>

The initial premise of the show was based on the adjustment and culture shock that twins [[Brandon Walsh|Brandon]] ([[Jason Priestley]]) and [[Brenda Walsh (Beverly Hills, 90210)|Brenda Walsh]] ([[Shannen Doherty]]) experienced when they and their parents, Jim ([[James Eckhouse]]) and Cindy ([[Carol Potter (actress)|Carol Potter]]), moved from [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], to Beverly Hills, California.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Beverly Hills, 90210 – The Complete First Season |publisher=DVD Talk |url=https://dvdtalk.com/reviews/24728/beverly-hills-90210-the-complete-first-season/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510081631/http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/24728/beverly-hills-90210-the-complete-first-season/ |archive-date=May 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Quintanilla |first=Michael |date=October 3, 1991 |title=Trends: Real Beverly Hills kids say they like '90210' and its plots. What they don't like is being portrayed as snobs. |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-10-03-vw-4511-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20100824160751/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-03/news/vw-4511_1_beverly-hills-high |archive-date=August 24, 2010}}</ref> In addition to chronicling the characters' friendships and romantic relationships, the show addressed topical issues such as [[sex]], [[date rape]], [[homophobia]], [[animal rights]], [[alcoholism]], [[drug abuse]], [[domestic violence]], [[eating disorders]], [[racism]] (including [[antisemitism]]), [[teenage suicide]], [[teenage pregnancy]], and [[AIDS]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=James |first=Caryn |date=August 4, 1991 |title=TV VIEW; '90210' Goes To the Head Of the Class |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/04/arts/tv-view-90210-goes-to-the-head-of-the-class.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219193312/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/04/arts/tv-view-90210-goes-to-the-head-of-the-class.html |archive-date=December 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Bernstein |first=Sharon |date=February 6, 1992 |title=Beverly Hills' Teen-Agers Petition for Condoms |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-02-06-ca-1903-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20100826030616/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-02-06/entertainment/ca-1903_1_beverly-hills |archive-date=August 26, 2010}}</ref>

After poor ratings during its first season, the series gained popularity during the summer of 1991, when Fox aired a special "summer season" of the show while most other series were in reruns.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Herbert |first=Steven |date=July 13, 1991 |title=Fox 'Hills' Strategy Pays Off |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-07-13-ca-1884-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=November 14, 2010 |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20101116101951/http://articles.latimes.com/1991-07-13/entertainment/ca-1884_1_beverly-hills |archive-date=November 16, 2010}}</ref> Viewership increased dramatically, and ''90210'' became one of Fox's top shows when it returned that fall. The show became an international pop culture phenomenon with its cast members, particularly Priestley and [[Luke Perry]], who became [[teen idol]]s; the series also made actresses Doherty and [[Jennie Garth]] household names in the United States. The show is credited with creating or popularizing the teen soap genre that many other successful television shows followed in the years to come.

The show had many cast changes; Garth, [[Tori Spelling]], [[Brian Austin Green]], and [[Ian Ziering]] were the only actors to appear during its entire run and appeared on the first episode of the spin-off ''[[Melrose Place]]''. On February 27, 2019, it was announced that a six-episode reboot had been ordered by Fox and that the show would simply be titled ''[[BH90210]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Ausiello |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Ausiello |date=February 27, 2019 |title=90210 'Revival' Officially Greenlit: Fox Orders 6-Episode Summer Event Series |url=https://tvline.com/2019/02/27/90210-revival-fox-reboot-premiere-summer-premiere-date/ |access-date=March 2, 2019 |website=TVLine}}</ref><ref name="Name Change">{{Cite web |date=April 26, 2019 |title=Shannen Doherty to Join "BH90210," A Six-Episode Event Series, Airing Summer 2019 on FOX |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2019/04/26/shannen-doherty-to-join-bh90210-a-six-episode-event-series-airing-summer-2019-on-fox-40412/20190426fox01/ |website=[[The Futon Critic]]}}</ref> The revival premiered on Fox on August 7, 2019, and was cancelled on November 7, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 7, 2019 |title='Beverly Hills, 90210' Revival Canceled at Fox |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/beverly-hills-90210-revival-canceled-at-fox-1253285/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref>

==Series overview==
{{Main|List of Beverly Hills, 90210 episodes}}
{{:List of Beverly Hills, 90210 episodes}} The series begins with the introduction of the Walsh family—Jim, Cindy, Brandon, and Brenda—who have recently moved from [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota, to [[Beverly Hills]], California, as a result of Jim's job promotion. In the first episode, Brandon and Brenda begin attending West Beverly Hills High School, where they befriend several classmates: the self-centered and promiscuous Kelly Taylor, carefree and spoiled Steve Sanders, smart and driven Andrea Zuckerman, ditzy and virtuous Donna Martin, brooding loner Dylan McKay, and younger and naive students David Silver and Scott Scanlon. The show follows the siblings as they bear witness and take part in the dramatic lives that their wealthy and privileged peers lead.<ref name="MSNoverview">{{Cite news |title=''Beverly Hills, 90210'' overview |work=[[MSN]] |url=http://tv.msn.com/tv/series/beverly-hills-90210/ |url-status=dead |access-date=July 15, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912234557/http://tv.msn.com/tv/series/beverly-hills-90210/ |archive-date=September 12, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Horovitz |first=Bruce |date=December 22, 1992 |title=Marketers Rethink Show's Teen Appeal |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-12-22-fi-2407-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20100826150209/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-12-22/business/fi-2407_1_teen-talk |archive-date=August 26, 2010}}</ref>

==Characters==

{{Main|List of Beverly Hills, 90210 characters}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Character
! rowspan="2" | Actor
! colspan="10" | Seasons
|-
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 1)|1]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 2)|2]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 3)|3]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 4)|4]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 5)|5]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 6)|6]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 7)|7]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 8)|8]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 9)|9]]
! style="width:7%;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 (season 10)|10]]
|-
| [[Brandon Walsh]]
| [[Jason Priestley]]
| colspan="9" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Priestley departs in "Brandon Leaves" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.5).}}
| colspan="1" {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| [[Brenda Walsh (Beverly Hills, 90210)|Brenda Walsh]]
| [[Shannen Doherty]]
| colspan="4" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="6" {{CNone}}
|-
| [[Kelly Taylor]]
| [[Jennie Garth]]
| colspan="10" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Steve Sanders
| [[Ian Ziering]]
| colspan="10" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| [[Andrea Zuckerman]]
| [[Gabrielle Carteris]]
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| David Silver
| [[Brian Austin Green]]
| colspan="10" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Scott Scanlon
| [[Douglas Emerson]]
| {{CMain|Main}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="8" {{CNone}}
|-
| Cindy Walsh
| [[Carol Potter (actress)|Carol Potter]]
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="1" {{CNone}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
|-
| [[Donna Martin]]
| [[Tori Spelling]]
| colspan="10" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Jim Walsh
| [[James Eckhouse]]
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="3" {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
|-
| [[Dylan McKay]]
| [[Luke Perry]]
| colspan="6" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Perry is added to the cast in "The Green Room" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 1.2). He departs in "One Wedding and a Funeral" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 6.10).}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Perry returns from "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.7), credited in the opening credits as "special guest star".}}
|-
| Jesse Vasquez
| [[Mark Damon Espinoza]]
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="5" {{CNone}}
|-
| Valerie Malone
| [[Tiffani Thiessen|Tiffani-Amber Thiessen]]
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Thiessen departs in "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.7).}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
|-
| Nat Bussichio
| [[Joe E. Tata]]
| colspan="5" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="5" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|After "Tainted Love" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 10.13), Tata is credited only in episodes that he appears.}}
|-
| Ray Pruit
| [[Jamie Walters]]
| colspan="4" {{CNone}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Walters departs in "Courting" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 6.13). He returns as a guest star in "Ray of Hope" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 6.30).}}
| {{CGuest|Guest}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
|-
| Clare Arnold
| [[Kathleen Robertson]]
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
| colspan="2" {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
| colspan="3" {{CNone}}
|-
| Carly Reynolds
| [[Hilary Swank]]
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
| {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Swank departs in "The Elephant's Father" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 8.17).}}
| colspan="2" {{CNone}}
|-
| Noah Hunter
| [[Vincent Young (actor)|Vincent Young]]
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
| colspan="3" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Janet Sosna
| [[Lindsay Price]]
| colspan="7" {{CNone}}
| {{CRecurring|Recurring}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}
|-
| Matt Durning
| [[Daniel Cosgrove]]
| colspan="8" {{CNone}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Cosgrove is added to the cast from "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.4).}}
|-
| Gina Kincaid
| [[Vanessa Marcil]]
| colspan="8" {{CNone}}
| colspan="2" {{CMain|Main}}{{efn|Marcil is added to the cast from "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 9.7). She departs in "Doc Martin" ({{Abbr|ep.|episode}} 10.17).}}
|}

;Cast notes
{{notelist}}

==Casting==
Torand Productions was used by the production company for several seasons on the show. "Torand" is derived from the first several letters of Aaron Spelling's first and second children, Tori and Randy.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

The original name for the show, used during shooting of the original pilot in March and April 1990, was ''Doing Time in Beverly Hills'';<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Inventory of the Aaron Spelling Collection #1759 |url=https://www.bu.edu/library/gotlieb-center/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812221325/http://archives.bu.edu/finding-aid/finding_aid_122812.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University |page=46}}</ref> later, the tentative title for the show changed to ''Class of Beverly Hills''. The show's episodes were issue-based until the producers decided it should become a teen soap opera. In the first season, the teenage characters (aside from David Silver and Scott Scanlon) were said to be in the eleventh grade, but due to the success of the show, their ages were [[retconned]] to be one year younger in the second season, making them tenth graders in the first.

[[Jennie Garth]] had to audition five times for the role of Kelly Taylor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jennie Garth |url=http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/dale/16/jennie.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910001503/http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/dale/16/jennie.html |archive-date=September 10, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009 |website=fortunecity.com}}</ref> and was the first to be cast on the show.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gliatto |first=Tom |date=May 11, 1992 |title=The Other Garth |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20112651,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607082722/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20112651,00.html |archive-date=June 7, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref> [[Gabrielle Carteris]] felt that she was too old to play a high school student. She first auditioned for Brenda because she thought that being a real-life twin would help her chances, but the producers felt that she would be better for the part of Andrea.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shaw |first=Jessica |date=May 19, 2000 |title=90210: Their Number's Up |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/05/19/90210s-last-episode-aired-may-17th |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427165201/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276155,00.html |archive-date=April 27, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref> [[Alicia Silverstone]] was offered an unspecified role, but she turned it down to focus on a film career instead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/03/31/making-alicia-silverstone/|title=The making of Alicia Silverstone: Inside the star's rise from Aerosmith videos to 'Clueless'|website=EW.com}}</ref>

When [[Tori Spelling]] ([[Aaron Spelling]]'s daughter) auditioned for the show, she used the name Tori Mitchell and auditioned for the role of Kelly Taylor, but she was eventually recognized and was instead cast as [[Donna Martin]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gliatto |first=Tom |date=August 24, 1992 |title=Tori De Force! |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20108463,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204083034/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20108463,00.html |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref> Tori Spelling brought [[Shannen Doherty]] to her father's attention after seeing Doherty's movie ''[[Heathers]]'' and being impressed with her performance.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Return to Westerburg High 20th Anniversary Featurette |type=dvd |publisher=Boulevard Entertainment |year=2010}}</ref>

[[Lyman Ward (actor)|Lyman Ward]] was originally cast as Jim Walsh in the pilot but was replaced by [[James Eckhouse]], and Ward's scenes were cut and re-shot with Eckhouse. [[Kristin Dattilo]] was also up for the role of Brenda Walsh, but she turned it down. She later guest starred as Melissa Coolidge in an episode of the first season.

Additionally, [[Luke Perry]] had auditioned for the role of Steve Sanders, but the role eventually went to [[Ian Ziering]] before Perry was cast as Dylan McKay. Perry's character was not an original cast member of the show, and he was first featured in the show's second episode. He was originally intended to only appear in one story arc, for one or two episodes. Fox was initially reluctant to have him included as a regular, but Aaron Spelling felt differently and gave Perry a bigger role during the first two years until the network was won over.

In the first season, when Donna tries out for school D.J., she is referred to as Donna Morgan. Throughout the rest of the show, her name is Donna Martin.

In addition, in the first season Donna's mother was named Nancy Martin and played by actress Jordana Capra. When she was reintroduced in season two, she was named Felice Martin and was played by actress [[Katherine Cannon]].

In the pilot episode, the role of Jackie Taylor was played by Pamela Galloway and by [[Ann Gillespie]] for the rest of the series. Terence Ford and Arthur Brooks portrayed Dylan's father, Jack McKay, in two episodes before [[Josh Taylor (actor)|Josh Taylor]] assumed the role.

===Departures===
The departure of Shannen Doherty at the end of season 4 came after a period of strife between Doherty, the other cast members, and the show's producers. Executive producer Charles Rosin commented in 2000 that Doherty "had habitual lateness, her lateness was appalling, and she had a callous attitude and an indifference."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shaw, Jessica |date=May 19, 2000 |title=''90210''{{'s}} last episode aired May 17 |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/05/19/90210s-last-episode-aired-may-17th/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref> Trouble between Doherty and her co-stars, Jennie Garth in particular, was also widely reported in the media.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Associated Press">{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2008 |title=Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty Make Nice While Filming New '90210' |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/jennie-garth-shannen-doherty-make-nice-while-filming-new-90210 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |via=[[Fox News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2010 |title=The View (November 4, 2010) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO_N7UoXPiQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309034916/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO_N7UoXPiQ&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=March 9, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> Doherty, who was struggling in her personal life with her father's illness, came to an agreement with the producers to phase her out of the show at the beginning of season 4, when Brenda returns to Minnesota for college. It was planned to reduce her appearances from that point, but Doherty had a change of heart and requested to remain as a main cast member.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Beverly Hills, 90210 Season 4: A Look Back with Charles Rosin |type=dvd |publisher=Paramount DVD |year=2008}}</ref> However, as the fourth season wore on Doherty's attitude deteriorated and her friction with the other cast members intensified. When she caused continuity problems by cutting her hair halfway through filming an episode, the producers and cast requested from Aaron Spelling that she be fired.<ref name="EW">{{Cite news |last=Kickham |first=Dylan |date=October 4, 2015 |title=12 things you never knew about 'Beverly Hills, 90210' |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/10/04/beverly-hills-90210-things-you-never-knew/ |access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref>

In season 5, the production accommodated Gabrielle Carteris' pregnancy by reluctantly writing a pregnancy storyline for Andrea. The producers were unhappy with the more adult direction of the character, and Carteris was written off the show at the end of the season.<ref name="EW" /><ref name="Rosin">{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2010 |title=Exclusive: Beverly Hills 90210 Producer Talks College Years, Slams New 90210 |url=https://teendramawhore.com/2010/01/17/beverly-hills-90210-producer-talks-college-years-slams-new-90210/ |access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> Also in season 5, [[Jamie Walters]] was introduced as Donna's boyfriend Ray, who later begins abusing her. The writers intended to "rehabilitate" the character in season 6, and Walters signed a $1 million contract. However, the show received such a flood of negative mail from fans complaining about Donna being "stupid" for staying with her abuser, that an angry Aaron Spelling ordered that Walters should be fired. Producer Larry Mollin said of the incident that "he [Walters] got to walk away with his money. But it was still devastating for him. We left him as being a beater, which stayed with him, unfortunately. People thought he was a beater. It was just terrible."<ref name="Rosin" />
In Season 9 Jason Priestley left the show after starring in 4 episodes.

==Locations==
[[Image:THS court.jpg|thumb|[[Torrance High School]] was used as a primary filming location for the fictional West Beverly High School's location.]]
The series was produced in [[Van Nuys]], [[Los Angeles]], California. During the 10 years the series was in production it was filmed in a warehouse complex in Van Nuys, the interiors of the series as well as the exteriors of the Peach Pit parking lot and P.P.A.D. club entrance were all located off the 15000 block of Calvert Street. An unmarked gated studio entrance now stands at this address, but the exterior brick facing of the P.P.A.D. is still visible down the alley, on the side of the building.

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The studio building complex has since been the home to various projects including the 2006 [[CBS]] series ''[[Jericho (2006 TV series)|Jericho]]'', which guest starred James Eckhouse in one episode. Until February 2010, [[the CW]] series [[Melrose Place (2009 TV series)|''Melrose Place'']] was also produced at the original ''90210'' Calvert studios.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Calvert Studios – Sound Stages, Production Offices, Television and Film Sound Stages in Los Angeles |url=http://www.thecalvertstudios.com/history.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913012114/http://www.thecalvertstudios.com/history.html |archive-date=September 13, 2015 |website=Calvert Studios}}</ref> [[Post-production]] services for ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' were provided by [[LaserPacific]] for all seasons.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Many changes were made after the pilot episode. The producers first used a location that was used only once during the pilot episode for the Walsh house, that was located in a gated community of [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} After the pilot episode the Walsh house was moved to [[Altadena, California]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} The house used for Dylan's home in the show is located in the same Altadena neighborhood.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

Three locations were used for the frontage of The Peach Pit during the show's ten-year history. The original location, on [[Pico Boulevard]] in Los Angeles, was used in only the first few episodes of season one and was changed to a different location for the rest of that season. When the Peach Pit was fictionally remodeled during season two, the producers used Rose City Diner in [[Pasadena]], California, to film the exterior of the gang's hangout, and it remained the same throughout the rest of the show's run.{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}}

Most of the filming during the second season of the summer season at the Beverly Hills Beach Club took place in [[Santa Monica]], at the old Sand and Sea Beach Club. The beach club used in the show was the very same beach club that was used during one summer season of ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Rothman |first1=Michael |last2=Messer |first2=Lesley |date=August 20, 2019 |title='Saved by the Bell' turns 30: Here are 30 things you probably didn't know behind the scenes |url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/saved-bell-turns-30-30-things-scenes-64997729 |access-date=October 26, 2021 |website=[[Good Morning America]] |publisher=[[Good Morning America|GMA]]}}</ref>

The filming location for West Beverly High School was in the middle class community of [[Torrance, California|Torrance]] at [[Torrance High School]], located in the 90501 zip code. Torrance High can also be seen in other shows such as ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.

When the ''90210'' characters began attending the then-fictitious California University in the show's fourth season, the scenes around campus were actually filmed at [[Occidental College]] in [[Eagle Rock, California|Eagle Rock]]. Kelly and Donna's beach house used in the show is located in [[Hermosa Beach]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TV Locations of the 90s |url=http://www.inthe90s.com/generated/tvlocation.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715231543/http://www.inthe90s.com/generated/tvlocation.shtml |archive-date=July 15, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009 |website=inthe90s.com}}</ref> The [[Golden Oak Ranch]], outside [[Santa Clarita]], was also used for filming.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Golden Oak Ranch – News and History |url=http://studioservices.go.com/goldenoakranch/history_and_news.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207164743/http://studioservices.go.com/goldenoakranch/history_and_news.html |archive-date=December 7, 2016 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |website=studioservices.go.com}}</ref>

==Broadcast==
''Beverly Hills, 90210'' originally aired from October 4, 1990, to May 17, 2000, on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in the United States. The show aired Thursday at 9:00 pm for the first two seasons and Wednesday at 8:00 pm for the rest of its run.

Prior to the premiere of ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', ''[[Glory Days (1990 TV series)|Glory Days]]'' was airing on Thursdays at 9:00 pm. After the show had moved to Wednesday, where Fox did not have regular programming, ''[[The Heights (American TV series)|The Heights]]'' took over the timeslot. After ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' left Fox in 2000, it went to air reruns on syndication and was replaced by ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' and ''[[Normal, Ohio]]''.

Seasons 2 and 3 featured all new summer episodes that aired during July and August before the regular fall episodes started in September. At the beginning of the third season, in July and August 1992, all new summer episodes of ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' were playing during the series new time slot of Wednesdays at 8pm but viewers could see repeats from ''Beverly Hills, 90210''{{'s}} first season in the original time slot of Thursdays at 9pm. The Fox Network was heavily promoting the new time slot so viewers could find the show. The seventh season started earlier than usual because of the [[1996 Olympics]] and the MLB Playoffs on [[Fox Major League Baseball|Fox]] during the month of October.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

At various times since 1998, reruns of the show have aired in syndication, on [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] until 2005. Later [[SoapNet]] aired reruns of the show seven days a week until 2013. The syndicated episodes featured the show's original music, unlike the DVD and [[Hulu]] releases. Since 2014, [[Pop (American TV channel)|Pop]] airs reruns of the show with two back-to-back episodes, sometimes three or four. The syndicated episodes that are featured on this network however, do not use the show's original music with the content mostly taken from the DVD releases.

===Specials===
{{Contradicts other|List of Beverly Hills, 90210 episodes|date=March 2025}}
A number of specials were produced during and after the show's run.

{{Episode table |background=#449DFB |overall= |title= |airdate= |episodes=
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 1
| Title           = 90210: Behind the Zip Code
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1992|09|18}}
| ShortSummary    = A direct-to-video documentary released on VHS on September 18, 1992.
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 2
| Title           = Beverly Hills, 90210: Behind the Scenes
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1993|05|26}}
| ShortSummary    = A special that aired after the high school graduation episode.
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 3
| Title           = Beverly Hills, 90210: A Christmas Special
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1994|12|19}}
| ShortSummary    = A special in which fifth-season cast members discuss what their plans for their Christmas holiday would include.
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 4
| Title           = The Best Moments of Beverly Hills, 90210
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|01|24}}
| ShortSummary    = A 1996 retrospective of the first five and a half seasons hosted by [[Tori Spelling]].
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 5
| Title           = Beverly Hills, 90210: Our Favorite Moments
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1998|10|14}}
| ShortSummary    = A 1998 retrospective of the first eight seasons hosted by [[Ian Ziering]].
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 6
| Title           = Beverly Hills, 90210: The Final Goodbye
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|05|10}}
| ShortSummary    = A retrospective of the series and its finale.
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 7
| Title           = Beverly Hills, 90210: 10 Year High School Reunion
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2003|05|11}}
| ShortSummary    = Set in a mockup of the Walsh family living room, it featured all of the primary cast members that were on the show in May 1993, and was the first reunion of Shannen Doherty with her former castmates in nine years. This reunion is available on the 2013 Complete Box Set of ''Beverly Hills, 90210''. with [[Shannen Doherty]], [[Gabrielle Carteris]], [[Jason Priestley]], [[Ian Ziering]], [[Luke Perry]], [[Jennie Garth]], [[Carol Potter (actress)|Carol Potter]], [[James Eckhouse]] and [[Joe E. Tata]].
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 8
| Title           = Beverly Hills, 90210: Fox 25th Anniversary Special
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|04|22}}
| ShortSummary    = Retrospective of TV shows that aired on Fox. It ran for an hour and 35 minutes and there was a 3-minute 15 second segment on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' with interviews from [[Shannen Doherty]], [[Gabrielle Carteris]], [[Jason Priestley]], and [[Ian Ziering]].
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber   = 9
| Title           = Beverly Hills, 90210: Behind Closed Doors
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|05|17}}
| ShortSummary    =
| LineColor       = 449DFB
}}
}}

==Reception==

===U.S. ratings===
{{More citations needed|section|reason=The last two tables are entirely unsourced, and the first table has just one probably unreliable source.|date=September 2022}}
After poor ratings in the first season, the episodes' average ratings per season increased, constantly maintained above 11% from season two until season five, despite [[Shannen Doherty]]'s departure at the end of season four. From season six until the end of the series the average rating gradually decreased, and the final blow to the show was the early ninth season's departures of [[Jason Priestley]] and [[Tiffani Thiessen]] (both season peaks at 8.1%). Since then no episode reached 8% again in ratings until the series finale, despite [[Luke Perry]]'s return, with average ratings falling to 6.9% in season nine and 5.9% in the last season. During the entire series, the episodes with the highest ratings peaked at 14.1%, and included the closing episodes of seasons two and three, and the opening episode of season five.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Ratings table
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Season
! Time slot
! Season premiere
! Season finale
! TV season
! Rank
! Viewers <br />{{Small|(in millions)}}
! Ratings<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ratings |url=http://www.bh90210.co.uk/ratings/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130104248/http://www.bh90210.co.uk/ratings/ |archive-date=November 30, 2012 |access-date=December 22, 2012 |publisher=bh90210.co.uk }}</ref>
|-
| style="text-align:center" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 1|1]]
| style="font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%;" rowspan="2" | Thursday 9:00 P.M.{{br}}(October 4, 1990 – May 7, 1992)
| October 4, 1990
| May 9, 1991
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1990–91 United States network television schedule|1990–1991]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #88
| style="text-align:center;" | 14.2
| style="text-align:center;" | 6.35
|-
| style=" text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 2|2]]
| July 11, 1991
| May 7, 1992
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1991–92 United States network television schedule|1991–1992]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #48
| style="text-align:center;" | 17.6
| style="text-align:center;" | 11.73
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 3|3]]
| style="font-weight:normal; text-align:left; line-height:110%;" rowspan="8" | Wednesday 8:00 P.M.{{br}}(July 15, 1992 – May 17, 2000)
| July 15, 1992
| May 19, 1993
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1992–93 United States network television schedule|1992–1993]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #42
| style="text-align:center;" | 18.3
| style="text-align:center;" | 11.14
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 4|4]]
| September 8, 1993
| May 25, 1994
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1993–94 United States network television schedule|1993–1994]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #41
| style="text-align:center;" | 21.7
| style="text-align:center;" | 11.40
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 5|5]]
| September 7, 1994
| May 24, 1995
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1994–95 United States network television schedule|1994–1995]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #46{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 14.7{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 11.21
|-
| style=" text-align:center;" | [[List of Beverly Hills, 90210 episodes#Season 6: 1995–1996|6]]
| September 13, 1995
| May 22, 1996
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1995–96 United States network television schedule|1995–1996]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #53{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 14.5{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.83
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[List of Beverly Hills, 90210 episodes#Season 7: 1996–1997|7]]
| August 21, 1996
| May 21, 1997
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1996–97 United States network television schedule|1996–1997]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #61{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 13.2{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}
| style="text-align:center;" | 8.35
|- style=""
| style=" text-align:center;" | [[Deadline (Beverly Hills, 90210)|8]]
| September 10, 1997
| May 20, 1998
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1997–98 United States network television schedule|1997–1998]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #59<ref name="9798season" />
| style="text-align:center;" | 11.4<ref name="9798season">{{Cite news |date=May 29, 1998 |title=The Final Countdown |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] Published in issue #434 May 29, 1998 |url=https://ew.com/article/1998/05/29/what-ranked-and-what-tanked/ |url-status=live |access-date=December 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924184101/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C283382%2C00.html |archive-date=September 24, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 8.35
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[List of Beverly Hills, 90210 episodes#Season 9: 1998–1999|9]]
| September 16, 1998
| May 19, 1999
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1998–99 United States network television schedule|1998–1999]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #75<ref name="9899season" />
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.7<ref name="9899season">{{Cite news |date=June 4, 1999 |title=TV Winners & Losers: Numbers Racket A Final Tally Of The Season's Show (from Nielsen Media Research) |publisher=[[GeoCities]] |url=http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html |access-date=December 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091029011819/http://geocities.com/Hollywood/4616/ew0604.html |archive-date=October 29, 2009}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" | 6.83
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[List of Beverly Hills, 90210 episodes#Season 1: 1999-2000|10]]
| September 8, 1999
| May 17, 2000
| style="text-align:center;" | [[1999–2000 United States network television schedule|1999–2000]]
| style="text-align:center;" | #82<ref name="9900season" />
| style="text-align:center;" | 8.33<ref name="9900season">{{Cite news |title=Top TV Shows For 1999–2000 Season |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/index.asp?layout=chart_pass&charttype=chart_topshows99&dept=TV |url-status=live |access-date=December 2, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120065741/http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=chart_pass&charttype=chart_topshows99&dept=TV |archive-date=January 20, 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center" | 5.88
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Highest rated episode per season
|-
! Season
! Peak episode
! Rating <br />(%)
! Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 1|1]]
| Episode 22: "Home Again" Aired: May 9, 1991
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.2
| Season finale
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 2|2]]
| Episode 28: "Wedding Bell Blues" Aired: May 7, 1992
| style="text-align:center;" | 14.1
| Season finale
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 3|3]]
| Episodes 29 & 30: "Commencement (Part 1 & Part 2)" Aired: May 19, 1993
| style="text-align:center;" | 14.1
| Season finale (two episodes aired together).
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 4|4]]
| Episode 31 & 32: "Mr. Walsh Goes To Washington (Part 1 & Part 2)" Aired: May 25, 1994
| style="text-align:center;" | 13.9
| Season finale (two episodes aired together); final episode of [[Shannen Doherty]]
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 5|5]]
| Episode 1: "What I Did On My Summer Vacation & Other Stories" Aired: September 7, 1994
| style="text-align:center;" | 14.1
| Season premiere; debut of [[Tiffani Thiessen]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 6|6]]
| Episode 10: "One Wedding And A Funeral" Aired: November 8, 1995
| style="text-align:center;" | 12.9
| Final episode of [[Luke Perry]] until he returns in season 9.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 7|7]]
| Episode 21: "Straight Shooter" Aired: February 26, 1997
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.8
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 8|8]]
| Episodes 31 & 32: "The Wedding Part 1 & Part 2" Aired: May 20, 1998
| style="text-align:center;" | 10.0
| Season finale (two episodes aired together).
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 9|9]]
| Episode 5: "Brandon Leaves" Aired: November 4, 1998
| style="text-align:center;" | 8.1
| Departure of [[Jason Priestley]].
|-
| Episode 7: "You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello" Aired: November 18, 1998
| style="text-align:center;" | 8.1
| Departure of [[Tiffani Thiessen]] and return of [[Luke Perry]].
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 10|10]]
| Episodes 26 & 27: "The Penultimate" and "Ode to Joy" Aired: May 17, 2000
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.6
| Series finale (two episodes aired together).
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Lowest rated episode per season
|-
! Season
! Low episode
! Rating <br />(%)
! Notes
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 1|1]]
| Episode 7: "Perfect Mom" Aired: November 22, 1990
| style="text-align:center;" | 4.1
| Lowest rated episode of the series
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 2|2]]
| Episode 2: "The Party Fish" Aired: July 18, 1991
| style="text-align:center;" | 10.0
| Lowest rated episode of season 2 but this episode achieved higher ratings than every episode in seasons 1, 7, 9, and 10.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 3|3]]
| Episodes 3: "Too Little, Too Late/Paris 75001" Aired: July 29, 1992
| style="text-align:center;" | 8.8
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 4|4]]
| Episode 4: "Greek To Me" Aired: September 29, 1993
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.8
|
|-
| Episode 15: "Somewhere In The World It's Christmas" Aired: December 22, 1993
| style="text-align:center;" | 9.8
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 5|5]]
| Episode 29: "The Real McCoy" Aired: May 10, 1995
| style="text-align:center;" | 8.4
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 6|6]]
| Episode 29: "Ticket To Ride" Aired: May 8, 1996
| style="text-align:center;" | 8.4
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 7|7]]
| Episode 11: "If I Had A Hammer" Aired: November 27, 1996
| style="text-align:center;" | 6.0
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 8|8]]
| Episodes 28: "Skin Deep" Aired: April 29, 1998
| style="text-align:center;" | 6.8
|
|-
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 9|9]]
| Episode 20: "Fortune Cookie" Aired: April 7, 1999
| style="text-align:center;" | 5.9
|
|-
| Episode 23: "The End Of The World As We Know It" Aired: April 28, 1999
| style="text-align:center;" | 5.9
|
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | [[Beverly Hills, 90210 season 10|10]]
| Episode 18: "Eddie Waitkus" Aired: March 1, 2000
| style="text-align:center;" | 4.6
|
|}
* Debut: [[Class of Beverly Hills]]/Pilot – 7.2 rating
* [[Series finale]]: 16.8 million viewers; 9.6 rating (8 pm – 10 pm)
* Specials:
** Behind the Scenes (Season 3): 8.2 rating
** Best Moments of 90210 (Season 6): 8.4 rating
** Our Favorite Moments of 90210 (Season 9): 5.3 rating
** Final Goodbye (Season 10): 6.8 rating
** 10-Year High School Reunion (7 million viewers, 4.5 rating) (repeat on August 7, 2003: 3.3 million; 2.1 rating)

===Series finale===
Ratings for the tenth season declined to an average of 10 million viewers per episode (according to a May 2000 issue of ''[[Us Weekly]]''). The ratings were low compared to previous seasons. The lower ratings, along with the high costs associated with any television show in its later seasons, led Fox to end the series in January 2000. Though there were many cast changes, over 25 million people tuned in to watch the final episode, which aired in May 2000. Tiffani Thiessen returned in the series finale.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brownfield |first=Paul |date=May 17, 2000 |title=Class Dismissed! |page=6 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-17-ca-30803-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220827080136/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-may-17-ca-30803-story.html |archive-date=August 27, 2022}}</ref>

==Impact==
In 2008, ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' named the show #20 on its list of top 100 TV shows in the past 25 years.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=June 27, 2008 |title=The New Classics: TV |url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207339,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424115846/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207339,00.html |archive-date=April 24, 2012}}</ref> The magazine also named the theme music #15 on its list of top 25 TV themes in the past 25 years,<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 13, 2008 |title=25 Perfect TV Theme Songs |publisher=EW.com |url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207394_20206750,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171741/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207394_20206750,00.html |archive-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> and the "90210 Sideburns" #50 on its list of Pop Culture Moments that Rocked Fashion.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=June 17, 2008 |title=50 Pop Culture Moments That Rocked Fashion |url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207369,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021171746/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20207076_20207387_20207369,00.html |archive-date=October 21, 2012}}</ref> The show was named one of the Best School Shows of All Time by [[AOL TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 26, 2008 |title=Best School Shows of All Time |url=http://www.aoltv.com/2008/08/26/best-school-shows/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517075223/http://www.aoltv.com/2008/08/26/best-school-shows |archive-date=May 17, 2013 |access-date=September 14, 2012 |website=[[AOL TV]] |publisher=Aol, Inc}}</ref>

The first-season episode "Spring Dance" caused outrage from many parents after the character of Brenda loses her [[virginity]] to Dylan. Parents were offended by the fact that Brenda suffers no consequences and shows no remorse for having had sex, something unusual for network television in 1991.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Meltzer |first=Marisa |date=December 7, 2006 |title=When Brenda Walsh Was Young: The Revolutionary First Season of Beverly Hills, 90210 |url=https://slate.com/culture/2006/12/the-revolutionary-first-season-of-beverly-hills-90210.html |magazine=[[Slate Magazine]] |access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref> After a slew of angry phone calls to the network, Fox decided to placate upset viewers by featuring a pregnancy scare for Brenda and Dylan in the second season, as a means of "punishing" the teenagers for their decision.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title="Spring Dance" Episode Commentary by Producer Darren Star |type=dvd |publisher=Paramount DVD |year=2006}}</ref> Executive Producer [[Charles Rosin]] criticized this decision, saying "Someday I will write a long article about the censorship that occurred after Brenda lost her virginity at the Spring Dance to her boyfriend (who had been AIDS tested) because she was happy and not full of remorse."<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 4, 2009 |title=Executive Producer Charles Rosin Reflects on 90210's Early Years |url=https://teendramawhore.com/2009/10/04/exclusive-executive-producer-charles-rosin-reflects-on-90210s-early-years/ |access-date=November 20, 2018}}</ref>

In February 1992, at the height of the show's popularity, the three main stars [[Jason Priestley]], [[Shannen Doherty]] and [[Luke Perry]] were featured on the cover of ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 12, 2004 |title=RS624: Beverly Hills, 90210: Luke Perry, Shannen D |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/1992-rolling-stone-covers-230471/rs624-beverly-hills-90210-luke-perry-shannen-d-36067/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=August 27, 2022}}</ref>

===Parodies===
The rap duo [[Insane Clown Posse]] released an EP titled ''[[Beverly Kills 50187]]'' which featured a song titled "Beverly Kills" describing member [[Violent J]] killing the series' characters for being rich and prejudiced toward the "lower class".

The short-lived ''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]'' did a parody of this show, ''[[The Heights (American TV series)|The Heights]]'' and ''[[Melrose Place]]'' called ''Melrose Heights 90210-2420'' that portrayed the cast as superficial, self-absorbed, and self-pitying, as well as introducing each of the stereotypical cast along with "Akeem, [[tokenism|the black guy]]". A typical episode's "issue" was a character getting a headache, which affected all the other characters. Each episode would end with the same upbeat song (resembling ''The Heights'' hit single "How Do You Talk to an Angel") performed by the whole cast with new lyrics for each episode.

When Jason Priestley guest-hosted ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' in 1992, one of that episode's sketches, which parodied ''Beverly Hills 90210'', involved that town's zip code being changed to 90218 due to the 1990 Census redistricting. Several of the characters take offense to the fact that Beverly Hills will be absorbed into poorer communities and convene at the Peach Pit, where a Hispanic busboy expresses pride that his native community of Reseda now shares the same zip code as the ''90210'' cast. The gang lashes out in different ways, with Dylan getting drunk and Donna and Kelly going impulse shopping. Priestley, in his role of Brandon, confiscates all their keys and puts them in a lockbox and gives them a tag to reclaim them when they regain self-control. The sketch ends with the zip code "Beverly Hills, 90210" retained as their rich and powerful parents lobbied the U.S. government not to redistrict.

The Fox sketch show ''[[The Edge (Fox TV series)|The Edge]]'' did a parody of ''90210'' that mocked Tori Spelling. During the sketch, the character of Tori constantly says, "I can do whatever I want because this is my Daddy's show." Aaron Spelling took offense to this, and asked for an apology from the producers of the show.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lippman |first=John |date=October 19, 1992 |title=Television: The Fox network is in the position of having offended its top program supplier. |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-19-ca-466-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20110712144852/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-10-19/entertainment/ca-466_1_tori-spelling |archive-date=July 12, 2011 }}</ref> ''Saturday Night Live'' also did a Tori Spelling parody as well, where [[Melanie Hutsell]] spoofed Spelling, which was met with less protest.

''[[The All-New Mickey Mouse Club|The Mickey Mouse Club]]'' did a parody sketch called ''Beverly Hillbillies 90210'', combining the characters of both ''90210'' and ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]''. In 1999, [[Christina Aguilera]] from the Mickey Mouse Club made a cameo performance on ''Beverly Hills 90210'' as herself performing at the PPAD for David Silver's surprise birthday party, season 10 episode 2: "Let's Eat Cake". Music from former MMC members [[Justin Timberlake]] and [[JC Chasez]] of [['N Sync]] also was originally used during several opening title sequences during the mid-to-late seasons of ''90210''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

''[[MADtv]]'' made its own parodies of the show as ''Beverly Hills, 90210 B.C.'' set in [[prehistoric]] Beverly Hills. When Luke Perry made his high-profile return to the series, MADtv did a second parody titled ''Beverly Hills 9021-H20'' which had the characters being stalked and killed off by Luke Perry ([[Pat Kilbane]]), who had rejoined the cast as a masked killer who was a parody of [[Michael Myers (Halloween)|Michael Myers]] of the ''[[Halloween (1978 film)|Halloween]]'' film series.

The Czech [[TV Nova (Czech Republic)|TV Nova]] parody show ''Tele Tele'' made a parody of the show known as ''Heverly Debils''. Three mini-episodes (about 10 minutes each) were filmed.

[[GZA]] of the Wu-Tang Clan released a song called "[[Liquid Swords|Killah Hills 10304]]", a reference to the show's title in a song about crime and a rough neighborhood.

A [[VH1]] promo for ''[[I Love the '90s (American TV series)|I Love the 90s]]'' featured [[Hal Sparks]] and [[Michael Ian Black]] sitting in the Peach Pit, with ''Beverly Hills, 90210''{{'s}} theme music playing. Joe E. Tata also appears in the promo as Nat.

In 2009, ''[[The Simpsons]]'' aired an episode called "[[Waverly Hills, 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]", which features Lisa wanting to go to a better school and finding it in the very posh town of Waverly Hills.

===In pop culture===
In 2021, ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' was one of the shows featured on season 1, episode 3 of [[Vice Media]]'s ''[[Dark Side of the 90's]]'' entitled "TV for Teens."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Topel |first=Fred |date=July 29, 2021 |title='Dark Side of the '90s' Exposes '90210,' 'Melrose Place,' and More 'TV for Teens' |url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/dark-side-of-the-90s-90210-melrose-place-tv-for-teens.html/ |access-date=September 27, 2021 |publisher=Showbiz Cheat Sheet}}</ref>

==Soundtracks releases==
{{Main|Beverly Hills, 90210 (soundtrack)}}

Three [[soundtrack album]]s were released:
* [[Music of Beverly Hills, 90210#Beverly Hills, 90210: The Soundtrack|Beverly Hills, 90210: The Soundtrack]]
* [[Music of Beverly Hills, 90210#Beverly Hills 90210: The College Years|Beverly Hills 90210: The College Years]]
* [[Music of Beverly Hills, 90210#Beverly Hills 90210: Songs from the Peach Pit|Beverly Hills 90210: Songs from the Peach Pit]].

==Home media==

The following is a list of all home video releases for ''Beverly Hills, 90210'':

===VHS===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! VHS name
! Ep #
! Tape
! Region 1 (USA)
! VHS special features
! Distributor
|-
| Beverly Hills 90210 Behind the Zip Code
| style="text-align:center;" | 0
| 1
| September 18, 1992
| None
| [[Video Treasures]]
|-
| Beverly Hills 90210: Graduation
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| 1
| 1993
| Behind The Scenes
| [[Worldvision Enterprises|World Vision Home Video]] Inc.
|-
| Beverly Hills 90210: Pilot Movie
| style="text-align:center;" | Film
| 1
| 1993
| None
| World Vision Home Video Inc.
|}

===DVD===
[[CBS DVD]] (distributed by [[Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount]]) has released all ten seasons on DVD in Regions 1, 2 & 4.  Due to music licensing issues, most of the original music has been replaced on these DVD releases.<ref name="Music">{{Cite web |title=Trad Mag Reports That Some Tunes Will Be Replaced |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6373 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061123015411/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=6373 |archive-date=November 23, 2006 |access-date=September 1, 2006 |website=TVShowsonDVD.com}}</ref> Deleted songs include "[[Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover]]", "[[Losing My Religion]]", and "In the Mood". Starting with Season 2, some episodes are edited from their original broadcast versions.

For reasons that were never made clear, the first three-season releases used promotional pictures from their succeeding seasons instead of the actual promotional pictures that were taken while the seasons aired. Due to the group pictures from the fourth season being used on the third season DVD and the absence of [[Shannen Doherty]] in later seasons, a collage of still photos was used on the fourth season. [[Jamie Walters]] was not featured on the covers of any of the seasons that he regularly appeared in (although he did appear in some of the DVD menu still shots for seasons 5 and 6).  [[Kathleen Robertson]] was only featured on the cover of the seventh season, even though she had been a regular since season 6, recurring in the entirety of season 5 and made her first appearance towards the end of season 4 (her photo was, however, used in one of the inner cases for the season 6 release).

[[Hilary Swank]], who was cast as a main star in the eighth season, is featured on the cover of the DVD, even though she left halfway through her only season on the show, while [[Vincent Young (actor)|Vincent Young]], who joined the cast that same year, is not on the cover at all, or on the cover of the ninth season (he is, however, featured on the tenth season cover), but [[Lindsay Price]], [[Vanessa Marcil]] and  [[Luke Perry]] were all featured on the cover, as were [[Jason Priestley]] and [[Tiffani-Amber Thiessen]] who both departed the series after a few episodes. [[Daniel Cosgrove]] was not featured on the Season 9 cover either even though he was a regular also (he is featured on the season 10 cover).

For seasons 1–8, the DVDs were packaged in individual slim plastic cases which were then housed in a large outer cardboard box. Beginning with season 9, the discs were fitted into a singular standard-sized DVD case. Initial copies came with an outer cardboard slipcase.

The ninety-minute pilot episode was released separately on June 15, 2004.

On November 5, 2013, Paramount ([[CBS Home Entertainment]]) released ''Beverly Hills, 90210 – The Complete Series'' on DVD in Region 1, with extra bonuses not available on the season sets.<ref name="complete">{{Cite web |title=Date, Cost, New Packaging, New Bonus Disc for '''The Complete Series''' |url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Beverly-Hills-90210-The-Complete-Series/18811 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130810232453/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Beverly-Hills-90210-The-Complete-Series/18811 |archive-date=August 10, 2013 |access-date=August 6, 2013 |website=TVShowsOnDVD.com}}</ref>

On May 18, 2021, Paramount (CBS Home Entertainment) released ''Beverly Hills, 90210 – The Ultimate Collection'' on DVD in Region 1, which includes the 2019 reboot ''[[BH90210]]'' along with the season sets and bonus extras from the previous release.

{| class="wikitable"
!
! Season
! Episode count
! Broadcast year
! Region 1
! Region 2
! Region 4
! # of discs
|-
|bgcolor="#F660AB" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''Pilot'''
|align="center"| Pilot
|align="center"| 1990
|align="center"| June 15, 2004
|align="center"| N/A
|align="center"| N/A
|align="center"| 1
|-
|bgcolor="#F660AB" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''1'''
|align="center"| 22
|align="center"| 1990–1991 
|align="center"| November 7, 2006 
|align="center"| November 15, 2006
|align="center"| November 1, 2006
|align="center"| 6
|- 
|bgcolor="#98AFC7" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''2''' 
|align="center"| 28 
|align="center"| 1991–1992
|align="center"| May 1, 2007
|align="center"| July 27, 2007
|align="center"| May 3, 2007
|align="center"| 8
|- 
|bgcolor="#D462FF" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''3''' 
|align="center"| 29 
|align="center"| 1992–1993
|align="center"| December 11, 2007
|align="center"| March 24, 2008 
|align="center"| December 6, 2007
|align="center"| 8
|- 
|bgcolor="#5EFB6E" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''4''' 
|align="center"| 31 
|align="center"| 1993–1994
|align="center"| April 29, 2008
|align="center"| September 1, 2008 
|align="center"| June 5, 2008
|align="center"| 8
|- 
|bgcolor="#82CAFA" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''5''' 
|align="center"| 31 
|align="center"| 1994–1995 
|align="center"| July 29, 2008
|align="center"| February 9, 2009 
|align="center"| October 2, 2008
|align="center"| 8
|- 
|bgcolor="#FBB117" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''6''' 
|align="center"| 32 
|align="center"| 1995–1996 
|align="center"| November 25, 2008 
|align="center"| May 21, 2009 
|align="center"| April 2, 2009
|align="center"| 7
|- 
|bgcolor="#50EBEC" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''7''' 
|align="center"| 31 
|align="center"| 1996–1997
|align="center"| April 7, 2009 
|align="center"| September 14, 2009
|align="center"| October 1, 2009
|align="center"| 7
|- 
|bgcolor="#7F38EC" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''8''' 
|align="center"| 31 
|align="center"| 1997–1998
|align="center"| November 24, 2009 
|align="center"| March 22, 2010
|align="center"| May 6, 2010
|align="center"| 7
|- 
|bgcolor="#FDD017" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''9''' 
|align="center"| 26 
|align="center"| 1998–1999
|align="center"| February 2, 2010
|align="center"| June 21, 2010
|align="center"| July 1, 2010
|align="center"| 6
|- 
|bgcolor="red" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''10''' 
|align="center"| 27 
|align="center"| 1999–2000
|align="center"| November 2, 2010
|align="center"| August 30, 2010
|align="center"| September 16, 2010
|align="center"| 6
|-
|bgcolor="#98AFC7" height="10px"| 
|align="center"| '''The Complete Series''' 
|align="center"| 293
|align="center"| 1990–2000
|align="center"| November 5, 2013<ref name="complete" />
|align="center"| TBA
|align="center"| TBA
|align="center"| 72
|}

===Remaster===
On October 2, 2025, [[Paramount Home Entertainment]] announced the entire series would be released on [[4K resolution|4K]] [[Ultra-high-definition television|UHD]] digitally on October 20.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Andaloro |first1=Angela |title=''Beverly Hills, 90210'' fans are reintroduced to Brenda and Brandon Walsh for the first time in 4K trailer (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/beverly-hills-90210-4k-trailer-exclusive-11821544 |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=October 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20251003161039/https://people.com/beverly-hills-90210-4k-trailer-exclusive-11821544 |archive-date=October 3, 2025 |location=United States |language=en |date=October 2, 2025 |issn=0093-7673 |oclc=794712888 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Spin-offs and other media==
{{Main|Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise}}

=== ''Melrose Place'' ===
{{Main|Melrose Place}}

The series ''Melrose Place'' was a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] from the show, as actor [[Grant Show]] (who played Jake on ''Melrose Place'') appeared for a multi-episode run at the end of the series second season as Kelly's love interest, and a friend of Dylan's. Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Brian Austin Green and Ian Ziering made appearances as their ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' characters in the first few episodes of ''Melrose Place''.

=== ''Models Inc'' ===
{{Main|Models Inc.}}

''Models Inc.'', a series about the personal and professional struggles of several young models, spin-off from ''Melrose Place''. The series was introduced via the characters Hillary Michaels, the mother of ''Melrose Place''{{'s}} Amanda Woodward, and model Sarah Owens—both of whom had appeared in a multi-episode run on ''MP''. In addition to his role in ''Melrose Place'', Jake Hanson was the only character to appear in both ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' and ''Models Inc''.

=== ''90210'' ===
{{Main|90210 (TV series)}}

A third spin-off premiered on [[The CW]] Network on September 2, 2008, focusing on a family from Kansas who move to Beverly Hills when the children's grandmother has an alcohol addiction.

In guest appearances, [[Jennie Garth]], [[Shannen Doherty]] and [[Tori Spelling]] reprised their roles as Kelly Taylor, Brenda Walsh and Donna Martin, respectively. [[Joe E. Tata]] also reprised his role as Nat, owner of the Peach Pit, diner turned coffee house, for a couple of episodes at the beginning of the show's first season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=August 25, 2022 |title=Joe E. Tata Dies: 'Beverly Hills, 90210 Actor' Was 85 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/joe-e-tata-dies-beverly-hills-90210-actor-was-85-1235100344/ |access-date=March 20, 2023 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>  [[Ann Gillespie]] also reprised her role as Jackie Taylor, Kelly's mom, in the first 2 seasons.  Jackie dies of cancer early in season 2.

The series was canceled by The CW on February 28, 2013, after five seasons.

=== ''Melrose Place'' (2009) ===
{{Main|Melrose Place (2009 TV series)}}
A fifth series was officially picked up by The CW on May 21, 2009. The show is an updated version of ''Melrose Place'', featuring a group of young adults living in a West Hollywood apartment complex. ''[[Smallville]]'' producers [[Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer]] wrote the pilot script and became the executive producers on the series. The series was canceled on May 20, 2010.

===Novelizations===
Several books [[List of television series made into books|based on the scripts]] were written by [[Mel Gilden]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beverly Hills 90210 |url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/series/beverly-hills-90210/55018/ |access-date=August 24, 2022 |website=[[thriftbooks]]}}</ref>

=== ''Unauthorized Story'' ===
{{Main|The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story}}
On October 3, 2015, a television movie called ''[[The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story]]'' was aired on the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] network.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Berkshire |first=Geoff |date=October 2, 2015 |title=TV Review: 'The Unauthorized Beverly Hills 90210 Story' |url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/reviews/the-unauthorized-beverly-hills-90210-story-review-1201607864/ |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The film purports to dramatize the behind-the-scenes making of the series.<ref name=":2" />

==Reboot==
{{Main|BH90210}}
In December 2018 it was reported on ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]'' that a reboot of ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' was being shopped around to different networks.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=December 20, 2018 |title=''Beverly Hills, 90210'' Series Reboot With Original Cast Shopped To Networks |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/beverly-hills-90210-reboot-series-original-cast-stars-shopped-jennie-garth-tori-spelling-jason-priestley-ian-ziering-brian-austin-green-and-gabrielle-carteris-1202524313/ |access-date=January 10, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> The project was initially developed by [[Tori Spelling]] and [[Jennie Garth]] in conjunction with [[CBS Television Studios]], and was first hinted at by Spelling on her [[Instagram]] page the previous March.<ref name="Huffington">{{Cite web |last=Dicker |first=Ron |date=December 21, 2018 |title=''Beverly Hills 90210'' Reboot With Original Cast Is In The Works |url=https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c1cd318e4b0407e9079ac93/amp |access-date=January 10, 2019 |website=[[HuffPost]]}}</ref> The bulk of the original cast is attached, including Garth, Spelling, Shannen Doherty, Jason Priestley, Ian Ziering, Brian Austin Green and Gabrielle Carteris. CBS confirmed on December 18 that the project was in "early development", adding "We aren't confirming much detail except that it is an untraditional take on a reboot with some of the original cast".<ref name="Huffington" />

On February 1, 2019, Spelling confirmed that a reboot of the show was underway, stating,
{{blockquote|
It is the OG crew back together, and we're playing heightened versions of ourselves. The fans will be pleasantly surprised, though, because we will intercut that with scenes from the show. So it'll be a whole ensemble cast.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Erin Crabtree |date=2019-01-01 |title=Tori Spelling: '90210' Revival With Some of the Original Cast Is 'Confirmed' |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/tori-spelling-90210-revival-with-some-of-the-original-cast-is-confirmed/ar-BBT3MPA?OCID=ansmsnnews11 |magazine=US Weekly |access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref>
}}
She added that "almost everybody" from the original cast was set to return, with Luke Perry's participation initially presumed to be limited because of his work on ''[[Riverdale (American TV series)|Riverdale]]'' until his death on March 4.

Following Perry's death, CBS Television executive David Stapf said the new series would honor him in some way.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spiro |first=Amy |date=March 11, 2019 |title='Beverly Hills 90210' Reboot Will Find a Way to Honor Luke Perry |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/beverly-hills-90210-reboot-tori-spelling-luke-perry-1203160060/ |access-date=March 15, 2019 |website=Variety |language=en}}</ref> Stapf also confirmed Spelling pitched the idea of a new TV show reuniting the original cast.

On February 27, 2019, it was announced that a six-episode reboot had been ordered by [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]].<ref name=":0" /> According to a press release on April 26, 2019, the revival — retitled as BH90210 — would feature the cast playing "heightened versions of themselves" in an irreverent drama "inspired by their real lives and relationships with each other."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Thorne |first=Will |date=April 26, 2019 |title=Shannen Doherty Returning for 'BH90210' at Fox |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/shannen-doherty-bh90210-return-1203199145/ |magazine=Variety |access-date=May 17, 2019}}</ref> On May 8, 2019, it was announced that the reboot would premiere on August 7, 2019, at 9/8c on Fox.<ref name="BH90210 Premiere Date">{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=May 8, 2019 |title='BH90210' Gets Premiere Date On Fox & First Promo As 'Beverly Hills' Cast Reunites |url=https://deadline.com/video/bh90210-premiere-date-fox-first-promo-beverly-hills-cast/ |access-date=May 9, 2019 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> It was announced on November 7, 2019, that there would not be a season 2 of the reboot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Aquilina |first=Tyler |date=November 7, 2019 |title='BH90210' will not return for a second season on Fox |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/11/07/bh90210-not-renewed-season-2-fox/ |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Awards and nominations for ''Beverly Hills, 90210''
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Year
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Award
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Result
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Category
! style="background:#bcbcbc;"|Recipient
|-
| rowspan=5| 1991 || rowspan=15|[[Young Artist Awards]] || '''Nominated''' || Best New Family Television Comedy Series || {{center|–}}
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"|
| '''Won''' || Best Young Actor Supporting or Re-Occurring Role for a TV Series || [[Douglas Emerson]]
|-
| '''Nominated''' || Best Young Actor Supporting or Re-Occurring Role for a TV Series || [[Brian Austin Green]]
|-
| '''Nominated''' || Best Young Actress Supporting or Re-Occurring Role for a TV Series || [[Jennie Garth]]
|-
| '''Nominated''' || Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Series || [[Shannen Doherty]]
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"|
| rowspan=5| 1992 || '''Won''' || Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Television Series || {{center|–}}
|-
| '''Nominated''' || Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series || Shannen Doherty
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"|
| '''Won''' || Best Young Actor Co-starring in a Television Series || Brian Austin Green
|- style="background:#eaeaea;"|
| '''Won''' || Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Television Series || Jennie Garth
|-
| '''Nominated''' || Best Young Actress Co-starring in a Television Series || [[Tori Spelling]]
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| rowspan=3| 1993 || '''Won''' || Favorite Young Ensemble Cast in a Television Series || [[Jason Priestley]], Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, [[Ian Ziering]], [[Gabrielle Carteris]], [[Luke Perry]], Brian Austin Green, Tori Spelling
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| '''Nominated''' || Best Young Actor Recurring in a Television Series || [[Cory Tyler]]
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| '''Won''' || Best Young Actress Recurring in a Television Series || [[Dana Barron]]
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| 1994 || '''Nominated''' || Best Youth Actress Guest Starring in a Television Show || Sabrina Wiener
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| 1998 || '''Nominated''' || Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Guest Starring Young Actress || Danielle Keaton
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| 1992 || rowspan=4|[[Golden Globe Award]] || '''Nominated''' || Best TV-Series – Drama || {{center|–}}
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| rowspan=2|1993 || '''Nominated''' || Best TV-Series – Drama || {{center|–}}
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| '''Nominated''' || Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Drama || Jason Priestley
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| 1995 || '''Nominated''' || Best Performance by an Actor in a TV-Series – Drama || Jason Priestley
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| 1992 || rowspan=2|[[TP de Oro]] || '''Won''' || Best Foreign Series || {{center|–}}
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| 1993 || '''Won''' || Best Foreign Series || {{center|–}}
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| 1995 || [[ASCAP]] Film and Television Music Awards || '''Won''' || Top TV Series || {{center|–}}
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| 1995 || [[Emmy Award]] || '''Nominated''' || Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series || [[Milton Berle]]
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| 1996 || [[Broadcast Music, Inc.|BMI]] Film & TV Awards || '''Won''' || BMI TV Music Award || {{center|–}}
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| 1999 || [[Teen Choice Awards]] || '''Nominated''' || TV – Choice Actress || Jennie Garth
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| rowspan=2|2004 || rowspan=4|[[TV Land Awards]] || '''Nominated''' || Favorite Greasy Spoon || {{center|–}}
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| '''Nominated''' || Favorite Teen Dream – Male || Luke Perry
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| 2006 || '''Nominated''' || Most Happening Greasy Spoon or Hangout || {{center|–}}
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| 2007 || '''Nominated''' || Break Up That Was So Bad It Was Good || Luke Perry and Shannen Doherty
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| 2019 || [[2019 Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Awards]] || '''Nominated''' || Choice Throwback TV Show || Beverly Hills, 90210
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==References==
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==External links==
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