Posted by Dustin on 08.27.2010 at 5:19 pm

Posted by Dustin on 08.14.2010 at 8:04 pm

Zap2It is reporting a source has spilled to them that Trevor Donovan (Teddy) will be the male character coming out of the closet this fall.

Make sense? Given Navid is obsessed with Adrianna and Liam has a possible relationship with Annie, pretty much. Teddy has been the playboy who can’t commit, so it would work.

Oooooo his father won’t be happy about this though!

When the show returns, it will supposedly address Annie’s hit-n-run from the first season finale. Originally there were plans to make it that Annie wasn’t the guilty one, which I think we were all expecting last season. Now however it seems not only is she guilty, she’ll face the consequences.

Also Naomi will find herself in a huge mess with the teacher she accused of attacking her. Basically a “don’t cry wolf” scenario, cause nobody will believe you when you do it again.

Posted by Dustin on 07.16.2010 at 1:22 pm

Just a quick post on some other show return dates for the fall. The CW is getting the jump on everyone, premiering several of their new shows beginning September 8th.

“90210″ moves to Mondays on September 13th. The big news this season is also the new poll, one of the three main guys comes out of the closet!

Over on Fox, the week of September 20th is their premier week for most shows, just as it is for NBC. “Glee” returns on September 21st, while “Fringe” returns on September 23rd.

Given the loss of so many shows I watched this past season, I’ve added “Fringe” to the blog. I enjoy the show, but as it’s on against “Grey’s,” I always fall behind with it. Plus so many of the shows are stand-alone shows, and I have trouble finding things to comment on those type of shows, ones that have arcs are easier because it leads to speculation.

Posted by Dustin on 07.02.2010 at 12:42 pm

These are various casting bits, most of which I’ve posted links on Twitter already. In case some haven’t seen them though . . .

By now most everyone has head that Emily VanCamp (Rebecca) is departing “Brothers and Sisters.” She will appear in a few episodes, then head out somehow. We still don’t know. Emily gave an interview on it here.

Jill Biden, the VP’s wife, will appear on the August 15th episode of “Army Wives.” She is playing herself in the episode, that’s all we know at this point.

TV Guide is reporting that we’ll see Harriet Sansom Harris return as Felicia Tilman on “Desperate Housewives. She’s the woman who got Paul Young sent to jail for killing her sister. She’s back to explain why Paul is now OUT of jail!

Ausiello is reporting that Miguel #3 from “Passions” is joining “90210.” Blair Redford joined the show and was Miguel after he escaped hell (and went to DirecTV). He’ll be playing Oscar, a British character who moves in with Ivy and her mother.

Finally news broke awhile ago that “Weeds” will be a major character short this season. There will be no drunken Cecelia! Can the show survive another major character loss? We never got Conrad or Heylia back after season 2 (3?).

Posted by Dustin on 05.23.2010 at 7:06 pm

So what to say about this year’s “90210″ finale? We’ve definitely been left hanging, but not in the way I expected. I thought much more would happen honestly.

I hate that Jen is pregnant with Ryan’s kid and seems to be on top again. Ryan meanwhile spiraled into a drunken mess, taking off in a school bus/shuttle and crashing it. I really thought we’d see his car blow-up or something, but we didn’t. I’m not sure where he is, but he’s probably going to get fired.

Jaspar’s jealously made him burn down Liam’s boat. Liam dumped Naomi and grew closer to Annie. The show ended with Liam beating the tar our of Jaspar, while Annie went to confess to her parents about the hit-n-run. I honestly expected more here too. They kept making Annie mention she never stopped to see what she hit, she thought it was an animal. I expected it to be, and that Jaspar or someone else killed the uncle and Jaspar has been using it all year to guilt Annie.

Navid and Adrianna got back together, but the other guy won’t let her go and invited her on his year long world tour next year. She doesn’t know what to say.

Naomi got caught in a room with the teacher she accused of sexually harassing her, and he began to force himself on her, saying nobody would believe her again if she cried rape.

Finally Harry and Debbie got into a huge fight and Debbie said what neither wanted to, that they didn’t love each other anymore. So that’s how their marriage ends and Rob Estes’ is written out? Poo! Harry also got fired as his covering up Dixon’s part in the break-in came out when the other jerky kid tried to blackmail Harry into getting him a passing grade.

Next season the show moves to Monday. I’m not sure if that’s smart, it will go up against “Dancing With The Stars.” Here are the official teasers for next season . . . .

The third season of 90210 welcomes the West Beverly kids to their senior year of high school. It’s the time of college acceptances and lovers’ rejections, the time of prom dates and promises betrayed, the time of spring break, break-ups and make-ups – but as is always the case in Beverly Hills, it all happens in a world of sun and fun, palm trees and warm sea breezes, success and excess. From the very beginning of the school year, the lives of the West Beverly group will be shaken up in a way none of them could ever imagine. And from this new starting point, their journeys will take them to staggering new heights and terrifying new depths. We’ll see the rise of a pop sensation and the fall of a group of friends, the beginning of a new love and the end of a professional dream, the creation of an unlikely family and the demise of another. And that’s just the first week of school… It’s now or never for the students of West Beverly, and they’re not going to waste a moment of time. Expectations are high, hormones are raging, and scandals are hiding around every corner. From the brightest moments of love and happiness to the darkest hours of shame and fear, senior year at West Beverly promises to be an unforgettable journey into the lives, hopes and dreams of those lucky few who call 90210 home. The series stars Lori Loughlin as Debbie Wilson, Shenae Grimes as Annie Wilson, Tristan Wilds as Dixon Wilson, AnnaLynne McCord as Naomi Clark, Ryan Eggold as Ryan Matthews, Jessica Stroup as Silver, Michael Steger as Navid Shirazi, Jessica Lowndes as Adrianna Tate-Duncan, Matt Lanter as Liam Court, Trevor Donovan as Teddy Montgomery and Gillian Zinser as Ivy. 90210 is produced by CBS Television Studios with executive producer Rebecca Sinclair (“Gilmore Girls”) and Dave Rosenthal (“Gilmore Girls,” “Men in Trees”).

Posted by Dustin on 05.06.2010 at 8:00 pm

It’s been awhile since I blogged about “90210.” I’m still watching, but have a love-hate thing going on with it. Here are some quick thoughts.

I do not like how they are basically ruining Debbie and Harry’s marriage in an obvious attempt to figure out how to write out Rob Estes. Had they built this up, it would have worked better. However Kelly has all but vanished (the actress left) and Debbie has one kiss and nothing else comes from her relationship with her yoga instructor. Suddenly Debbie and Harry are miserable and don’t even seem to be in love at all.

I love that Jaspar seems to be gone, but I doubt he’s forgotten, nor is his uncle. At some point this all has to come back out, probably in the finale.

I oddly like Naomi and Liam together, but find myself wondering WHY again are we going down the road of Annie taking Naomi’s boyfriend. Did we not learn what that leads to already? It seems like a stale storyline mainly cause they just did it!

Jen being back has actually been interesting. It was great to see her go down earlier, but with her back I’m interested in finding out what she REALLY wants. Something tells me it’s poor Mr. Matthews, who seems to have a whole lot of substance problems as of late. Booze . . . Pot . . . What next?

I’m not sure how I feel about Adrianna and Navid back together again. I feel like they just ditched her entire relationship with Gia and a flash, as if it was just some fluke and should be forgotten. Now Navid, who has constantly said he was over her, is back into her? She seems to still like him, but he’s semi-seeing someone else and she now has some music star after her as well. Oh brother!

Given what is going on with Liam and his Step-Dad, and Liam stealing from his coin collection to help fund his real dad’s new business so he can move in with his dad, I have to wonder if we are headed for yet another dead body in the finale? I wouldn’t be surprised if Liam’s dad or step-dad bit it!

Posted by Dustin on 04.11.2010 at 5:02 pm

So sadly I didn’t even bother to watch “Melrose Place” this week. I keep meaning to watch it online, but honestly . . . . do I care to? Does anyone care about the show anymore? It would take a miracle for it to be saved, and several stars are already booking other projects (the gal that plays Riley has a new pilot for sure). I think this show is toast.

Dixon and Ivy continued a charade of dating to make others jealous, but unfortunately poor Dixon fell for her and hard. This boy falls in love with someone new each week! Dixon meanwhile continued his gambling addiction started by his mom. Didn’t they do this with Brandon originally? Zzzzzzz.

Noami continued to worry about her relationship with Liam, who made the statement if she was like Jen then he couldn’t be with her. Yeah, so she had to keep on lying, till poor Liam attacked the teacher she claimed sexually harassed her. What was Naomi to do? LIE SOME MORE! She claimed Liam was protecting her, which we all know will backfire. Or will it? I worry some student will confirm Naomi’s claim, and she’ll get away with her @$%$#%@#$ again. I have to say, I’ve been bored to death with Liam and Naomi, I liked him with Ivy much better.

Adrianna had a bit of stage fright with her band, and unveiling Gia as her girlfriend, but got over both. Of course Ivy’s mom made her an offer to be her agent, her and only her. Yeah she has to ditch the band. Again Zzzzzzz. This story has been done over and over on many shows.

Ivy found out her mom has something with Mr. Ryan. Love this storyline, so hope we get more of it!

The Annie and Jasper story seemed pushed to the side this week, but it was what I was most interested in. Jasper did try and kill himself, but lived. He still swore to Annie he wouldn’t tell her secret, even though Annie said she didn’t live him. I am still wondering if Annie really killed the guy, or if Jasper had some bizarre hand in his uncles Death to get to Annie. Then there is Annie’s email that is saved or whatever on her PC. When will we hear from that story again?

Speaking of dropped stories, Debbie’s “thing” with the yoga instructor Ki seems to have just vanished as well. Oh and speaking of Vanished, I’m guessing Kelly, who was mentioned but not seen, is also gone.

Posted by Dustin on 04.01.2010 at 10:54 pm

So this week on “90210″ I loved the storyline with Gia and Adrianna, with Adrianna not only exploring her sexuality but refusing to put a label on it or subscribe to society’s labels.

I felt bad for Liam when he caught his step-dad cheating on his mom, worse for his mom who decided to stay with the guy and put up with him! I have to wonder what is going on with Annie suddenly calling him up and wanting to hang. Is she after him? She just got back into Naomi and the others’ good graces, she’s gunna screw that up!

The show ended with Jasper calling Annie and threatening to commit suicide. Didn’t see that one coming! I don’t know why, but I got the feeling he was standing on her roof. I expected him to jump and fly by her window at the end, but it didn’t happen.

Naomi has landed herself in hot water thanks to her mouth. Shocking! She’s accused a new faculty member of sexually harassing her because he kicked her off the school paper. You’d think Naomi would have learned her gossiping lessons by now.

Dixon’s birth mother planned to head back home, but not before catching Aunt Becky kissing on her yoga instructor. He made the move, which she told him was wrong. She planned to tell Harry, but Dixon’s mom suggested she not as it would just cause more tension. I have some bizarre feeling that Dixon’s mom would love that though.

Over to “Melrose Place,” shockingly I actually liked this episode. However at this point I fear it’s too little too late!

Amanda is back to being a bitch. It appears she’s stealing from her own company and now framing Ella. Loved it. Why did it take this long to make Amanda interesting again?

Lauren coming out great as a hooker to the residents was great, and I felt so bad for her when David walked out on her.

I even somehow was able to tolerate that boring couple being jealous of each other in this episode.

In the end though . . too little too late. I think this show is doomed. Had they bothered to bring back the old cast a little more regularly and use them like they did in this episode, the show could have worked!

Posted by Dustin on 03.26.2010 at 2:26 pm

So I can’t believe it, but I am actually enjoying “90210.” I know, someone slap me! I’m not enjoying all of it, but it is holding my attention.

Dixon’s birthmom’s resurfacing seems to have led Dixon down the gambling path. Uh oh! I’m glad he’s at least not drooling and dwelling over Silver anymore. That storyline was just dumb. I have to admit though I thought through this whole last show that the mom had something to do with Dixon and Annie’s car getting stolen, but she didn’t.

Annie continued to be stalked by Jasper, who was the one who got rid of her car and all the evidence tying her to his uncle’s murder. I am wondering how this whole story will end. I’m beginning to think that Annie may not have killed him, only thought she did? Given how nuts Jasper is, I think he might have finished the job to get to Annie. I could also see a cliffhanger season finale with him kidnapping her.

Silver worried Teddy was cheating on her though, and snooped into his email and personal life, which made him realize he couldn’t trust her like he thought he could. Wow didn’t see that one coming . . . not!

I really liked the story with Gia and Adrianna, with Gia finally coming clean and confessing to Adrianna that she liked her. Oh dear, Adrianna didn’t seem prepared for that one.

I am not still liking the story with Debbie flirting with her yoga instructor, but I guess with the dad/Harry leaving the show after this season they have to set up something for her and explain their marriage tanking (unless they kill him).

As for Melrose Place . . . . . . . . oh sorry, I lost my train of thought there. Honestly at this point just take this drivel off the air. It was a total bore and I don’t find myself invested in any of the couples one bit. I don’t think even Heather Locklear can save this show!

Posted by Dustin on 03.17.2010 at 7:46 pm

So I had originally planned to flick between “Idol” and the CW, but when I realized it was Rolling Stones night on “Idol” I wasn’t caring as much. I’m not a Stones fan, and frankly I’m not a fan of most of these contestants this year. Worst batch ever? I think so, though the raitings still come in for it.

I actually liked “90210″ last night. The storyline with Annie deciding to confess to get Jasper off her back (blackmailing her to go out with him and more) was really good. I don’t exactly get how the draft email/message she was writing to her parents about the hit-n-run accidentally got sent . . . but whatever. It seems the truth is gunna be found out and soon! I honestly thought the knock at the door at the end was the cops and not Dixon’s birth mother.

The story with Teddy, Dixon and Silver did nothing for me. Everyone loves Silver, boring. I don’t get how Dixon suddenly fell back in love with her after not being able to stand her for so long, but whatever.

Adrianna and Gia (I think that’s the character’s name – Rumer Willis) watching “Love Story” was humorous as Ryan O’Neil is joining as Teddy’s movie star father. I am liking the story of Gia basically falling in love with Adrianna and wanted to see where it is going.

The fight between Naomi and Ivy over Liam was hilarious. However I’m over Naomi and Liam as a couple. They are boring and he is better off with Ivy. The introduction of Ivy’s mother was fun, and her sleeping with Mr. Matthews? I’m sure there is an awkward parent teacher conference coming up!

“Melrose” I still found myself not so interested in. The twist with Michael not being Noah’s father, and Lauren getting caught by Michael as a hooker at the end was really good I thought. Definitely makes one hate Michael again!

The Riley and Jonah story still bores me to tears, and I just don’t know why they feature these two as much as they do. Does anyone honestly like them? I think the show so fired the wrong people (Auggie and Violet). But hey, given the chances there will be a season 2 unless there is a miracle with the ratings, I guess I won’t cry too much. Something tells me though that Riley is gunna end up sleeping with Amanda’s man, and Amanda will come after her just like good ole times. But her heart condition is back, so maybe she’ll have a heart attack in the process?