TV Deja Vu: Remakes that worked, remakes that flopped
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"90210" (2008 - now)
Based on: "Beverly Hills 90201" (1990-2000)
Hit or Miss? Hit
The original was a soapy FOX drama about teens in an exclusive zip code and their fabulous, troubled lives. The retread is a soapy CW drama about teens in an exclusive zip code and their fabulous, troubled lives. Basically, when you get the casting right and are willing to go nuts with the plot points and the ab-tacular eye-candy, you can only go so wrong with soapy dramas about teens and their fabulous, troubled lives.
Hit or Miss? Hit
The original was a soapy FOX drama about teens in an exclusive zip code and their fabulous, troubled lives. The retread is a soapy CW drama about teens in an exclusive zip code and their fabulous, troubled lives. Basically, when you get the casting right and are willing to go nuts with the plot points and the ab-tacular eye-candy, you can only go so wrong with soapy dramas about teens and their fabulous, troubled lives.
