I am probably the one person on the planet who is dreading the return of that awful teen soap "Beverly Hills 90210." That show was a flaming pile of garbage the first time around. Don't believe me? Watch one of the re-runs on Soapnet - I dare you to sit through an entire episode without feeling like you've permanently lost I.Q. points. It looks like the remake, or spin-off, has hit a snag. Tori Spelling, daughter of the original show's producer, was supposed to reprise her dry-heave-inducing role as the troll-faced virgin, Donna Martin, alongside Shannen Doherty (quite possibly the worst actress in the world) as Brenda and Jennie Garth as Kelly. But when Tori found out her co-stars would be getting more money, she backed out, citing "timing reasons" as her excuse.
Insiders tell me that Tori was hired to reprise her role as fashion boutique owner Donna Martin for just "$10,000-$20,000 per episode.
But then Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty were signed for "$35,000-$50,000 a show. When Tori found out her former co-stars were getting paid way more than she was, she got pissed and demanded equal pay. But the network suits have refused. So now my sources tell me that Tori has pulled out of the series, which premieres with a 2-hour special on September 2nd. "She thought she deserved parity, and she's got a point," an insider explained to me.
That's because, for some bizarre reason, Tori is a reality show ratings hit by Oxygen's low standards. (Last Tuesday's Tori Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood was the most watched telecast in the history of that execrable women's cable channel as 1.4 million viewers saw the episode where Tori gave birth to her 2nd child -- which actually took place 5 months ago.) And Spelling wrote a bestselling book besides. Showing once again that it doesn't pay to underestimate the terrible taste of the American public
As for Tori, she has told the media only that the timing didn't work out for her to appear in the 90210 pilot because she was giving birth. "So we'll see what happens later in the season," she said last week on CBS' The Early Show. One insider tells me it wouldn't be surprising if Tori and the show eventually agree to bring her onto 90210 as a November sweeps stunt. Hmm.
[From Nikki Finke's Deadline Hollywood]
What kind of world are we living in where having Tori Spelling appear on any show would be considered a sweeps stunt? I truly hope that nobody watches this show. But I am sure I'll be proven wrong and nostalgic Gen-Xers hoping to recapture their 90s glory days of big sideburns, flannel shirts and bodysuits will flock to this crapfest. Not me- I'll be watching "Mad Men."
Picture note by Celebitchy: The new cast of 90210 is shown below at the "CBS TCA Summer 08 Party" on 7/18/08.
Credit: Nikki Nelson/ WENN. Tori Spelling is shown in the header when she was hosting at "Christian Audigier The Nightclub" at Treasure Island Hotel in Vegas on 8/1/08. She just had a baby so go easy on her. Credit: PRN/ PR Photos
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