Worse, for their first seasons at least, the replacement characters, Vincent Young ("Noah Hunter"), Lindsay Price ("Janet Sosna"), Daniel Cosgrove ("Matt ) and Vanessa Marcel ("Gina") while all fine actors, did not bring the missing ingredients to their characters. Luke Perry (Dylan McKay) brought a lot of romance to the show Jason Priestly ("Brandon Walsh") brought a brash, crusading spirit and Tiffan-Amber Thiessan brought a wholesome, mature sexiness that was sometimes at odds with the character she played. The departures of Luke Perry, Jason Priestly and Tiffani-Amber Thiessan badly shook the show, but for very different reasons.
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The final blow to the series happened over two seasons. The show also lost it's innocence when Donna (Tori Spelling) lost hers to David (Brian Austin Green). This happens in life as well as young adults leave school and are out on there own. The show lost a lot of it's warmth with Kathleen's departure, as well as the (unfortunately) correct decision to place less emphasis on the older adult cast members. Kathleen's "Claire Arnold" was a fascinating blend of three of the main characters she exhibited Brenda's daring, Kelly's poise and Donna's madcap sensuality. While other original cast members had left, including Gabriella Carteris ("Andrea Zuckerman"), Carol Potter ("Cindy Walsh") and James Eckhouse ("Jim Walsh"), I felt the loss of Kathleen Robertson the most. The second major blow the series suffered was the loss of Kathleen Robertson ("Claire Arnold"), at the end of "the college years". However, Shannen brought an inventiveness to the series which was never regained. However, after a weak start, Tiffani-Amber Thiessan ("Valerie Malone") became a very impressive cast member. The loss of Shannen Dougherty ("Brenda Walsh") was the series first major blow, and the series slipped badly her first season away (the fifth). This is only slightly less true for college students, but it's a whole different ball game by the time one gets out of school and into the "real world " and, by the time these episodes were written and produced, the characters were no longer fresh. However, I believe they were also the easiest to plot, since teenagers have more restrictions on their behavior and their problems are generally more direct, easier with which to relate and generally easier to resolve. While all three shows are above average, the "high school teenagers in love" episodes are the best. Compare that to the more prestigious soaps, "Dynasty" and "Dallas." On "Dallas" alone, two actors played Gary Ewing, Digger Barnes, Miss Ellie and Kristen Shepherd (who shot J.R.), and three actors played Jenna Wade, and all of these characters were more important to the show's plotting than Andrea's grandmother. To the best of my knowledge, only one character was played by two different actresses, that being Andrea Zuckerman's grandmother. The producers are to be commended for keeping the cast remarkable intact, even down to the minor characters. Nobody else has ever done this, at least to my knowledge. The creative talent managed to produce three above average shows with an amazing consistency of story lines and talent, using mostly the original cast. Actually, "Beverly Hills 90210" is three different shows: an excellent "high school teenagers in love" show a very good "college kids antics" show and a good "Yuppies in love" show.
Why do I say this? Because "Beverly Hills 90210" survived two radical format changes and remained consistently watchable for its entire 10 year run.
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I'm glad I did, because "Beverly Hills 90210" is, in my opinion, the best written and produced continuing drama in TV history. However, when the Soap Opera Channel offered the show in sequence five days a week and my wife encouraged me to watch it with her, I reluctantly agreed. The affairs of rich kids in Beverly Hills really didn't interest me and, even though Jennie Garth and Tiffani Amber-Thiessan are real eye candy, that wasn't enough to tie me to watching a weekly continuing drama with what I thought would be such an uninteresting subject.
While "Beverly Hills 90210" was making its ten year run, I never watched a single episode.