TV General : Would ratings on 90210 have declined even if series remained w/exact same cast?

Would ratings on 90210 have declined even if series remained w/exact same cast?

… or at least if Shannen Doherty was the only one who left (I’m giving Tiffani-Amber Thiessen a pass, since she seems to get the least amount of criticism of all the new cast members). Before you assume the impossible, keep in mind that “Friends” (which also ran for ten years) remained with the same original cast members from the pilot episode. Therefore, an actor getting sick and tired of playing the same character while NEVER throwing in the towel, is not that far-fetched.

Unfortunately, it’s a rarity for a television series to remain on top until its demise. One exception is “Cheers,” IMO. Do you think 90210 had enough stellar writing to not only last ten years with the same exact cast from season one (excluding Douglas Emerson), but also conclude with fanfare? Interestingly enough, exactly half of the original cast (again, excluding Douglas) was gone by the ninth season (not counting James Eckhouse and Carol Potter). Naturally, that is no bueno for a top-notch series. But what if nobody left?

Re: Would ratings on 90210 have declined even if series remained w/exact same ca

Scotty, Brenda, the parents and Gnat all left before the end of the series run, hana

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Re: Would ratings on 90210 have declined even if series remained w/exact same ca

I was talking about the original series “Beverly Hills 90210.”

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Re: Would ratings on 90210 have declined even if series remained w/exact same ca

Oh okay. Then why did Ian Ziering do Steve Sanders’ trademark tiger growl, if he and the cast were playing “themselves,” not their characters? Keep in mind this was NOT during those dream sequences (where the cast dreamt they were in character in bizarre episode of the original series) in beginning of every episode of the reboot). Instead, it was during a scene in which Ian was… Ian.

Also, in the pilot episode while they were on the private jet, Jennie called Tori out on her lack of brains. If I remember correctly, wasn’t Donna Martin the “slow” one of the gang? The writers didn’t put much effort into separating the cast from the characters, excluding in the pilot when Jason Priestley punched that guy who called him “the golden boy,” as Jason is only remembered as Brandon Walsh. Obviously that punch reflected his real-life beef with Harvey Weinstein. Well done, because Jason in real life was a “bad boy” and nothing like Brandon. But the rest of the reboot… meh.
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