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Tonight's episode has been hilarious so far. Shannen was definitely the missing piece of the puzzle and I'm loving them trying to figure out who the stalker is.

Yikes at the ratings drop, I think they probably should have released all of the episodes at once so people could binge. I see someone leaked their salaries to The Hollywood Reporter too . Only way I see this getting more episodes is if it sells well internationally off name recognition like all the other CBS produced brand reboots. Ian did an interview saying they wanted 13 episodes and for the last one to be the actual 90210 reboot episode they spend all season making but the network only ordered six. Hopefully the finale is still that. I did like the second episode and the soapiness of the potential stalker, setting Christine Elise up as the villain, Jason's wife pregnant by the head writer, and the Jason Jennie angst. Hopefully Shannen is in more of the epsiodes because we don't get nearly enough and I find the take on her character to be the most interesting next to Gabrielle (which has shocked the hell out of me because I only ever liked Andrea in season 1, Clare >>>>>>). I get Tori came up with the concept but she has way too much airtime for me. Her face comedy is only tolerable in small doses. As for the CW reboot discussion, I actually liked the 90210 one best once they got rid of the OGs. They were never utilized properly and once they realized Naomi and Adrianna were the real stars, threw Shenae Grimes to the bushes and got a solid group dynamic I think the show found its footing nicely. I stopped paying attention when they went to college though. Melrose Place was a fail from the start, I don't know why they let those idiots from Smallville get their hands on it but they were horrible writers who admitted they never got the original. Katie Cassidy literally carried that whole thing on her back I'm sad she got forever stuck on The CW. They should have fired the writers when they initially wanted too instead of letting them try to reboot during the last half of the season 1 order, probably would have gotten the five seasons they wanted.

I kind of enjoyed it but I still agree this is such a waste of a great opportunity. Like @Chris B said shows like Big Little Lies are huge right now, people like seeing adult, sharp written soaps this could have been an easy win for everyone. They could have done all the things they're attempting to do here with an actual reboot. Tackle aging in Beverly Hills, bad finances, mid life crisis, death of friends, etc and people would have ate it the hell up. CBS just has never understood how to properly utilize this franchise. I expect the show will have this one season and be done. I want Heather Locklear to get herself together and for Darren Star and the peak Melrose Place cast to give us the 90s reboot we deserve because I know they'd all actually be down to do it the right way.

This is epic to see, glad they used the best version of the theme song too and not the cheap version they've been playing in the ads

People will tune in for the first episode and leave once they realize its not an actual reboot. Since they're losing writers and the first script still hasn't even been finished yet I would just retool it into a proper revival before its too late. Open it with Dylan dying and the gang getting back together for the funeral. This thing literally writes itself so I'm not sure why they are even wasting time with this lame concept.

I hate that they always use that cheap sounding version of the theme song now. Again this is a waste. They could do the actual show and pull some viewers in. I'm not trying to watch the real life comedy bits unless it was an actual messy real life behind the scenes look. Based on all the press they still don't have a full script ready, fingers crossed for a last minute change

Love that promo but this is such a waste of a potentially rectifying reboot. Why can't CBS just call Darren Star and Charles Rosin and give us the revival we actually want to see?

Yeah I believe JFP and co legitimately thought Jennifer Bransford was going to work. I could kind of see where they were going with her because she had that nasty white trash vibe that SJB could bring, except she had none of the sex appeal and was so hard looking. I remember the ruthless ways she would get dogged daily on SOC The mistake was thinking that since Carly was already being made less important in favor of Reese's Pieces, they could just repeat the way SJB's leaving was handled and throw in any random chick who looked similar enough and keep moving with the Michael's death/kidnapping story. They needed to get someone with experience to carry all that and JB just didn't have it. She played the hell out of the breakdown though. I remember SOD reporting her and her husband had just bought a new house and then ended up having a miscarriage right around the time she got canned so that always made me feel bad for her. As for being a placeholder for Laura Wright, Laura wasn't even on their radar until her agent called Frons to tell him she was about to renew her contract with GL. Her getting offered Carly was very last minute

Sunny Hostin earned her keep today with the Bill Cosby analysis, ABC should lock her and Sarah Haines in ASAP. Michelle is obviously toast at this point.

Candace is a major flop and today's episode showed exactly why. She couldn't even defend her views on Evolution vs Creationism. Have the opinion you have but at least be able to articulate why you feel the way you feel. She's an ignorant one trick pony, they need to just go ahead and part ways. Paula actually makes for a better uber Christian conservative because she can at least hold her own and doesn't come across as a complete idiot.

They've been having goes at Paula too, I actually feel kind of bad for her because on one episode Raven called her sneaky and then got really rude during an after show. She should be really worried about Sarah Haines popping up so much, she fits in much better, just like she did during the final few episodes of last season and I don't think its a coincidence they keep bringing her back.

You seem to be under the impression I'm only calling her self hating because of this recent idiotic spew which isn't the case. She's clearly a self hater when she sits her ass in an interview with Oprah and identifies as a "colorless American", when she goes on a tangent about having "good hair texture", when she fixes her mouth to complain about black women wearing weaves and blonde hair nevermind the atrocities sitting on top of her head, when she brags about being from every "continent" from Africa and Europe, when she laughs about Michelle Obama being compared to a monkey and Rosie Perez has to check her. The list can go on and on, this situation is just the cherry on top. She's a proven self hating idiot which is most likely why the network hired her. She throws her own ass under the buss every time she throws a cape on for her racist, rapist white Hollywood pals (let me stop you before a Pill Cosby mention, he's downed his people for years preaching his moral superiority and when the kitchen got too hot she back tracked on him). When she sits around sprouting bull about "real racism", when she allowed this buffoonery to happen And I don't think I even NEED to say anymore after that. Its not a generational thing with her, its a "I made it into Hollywood by kissing the right white man ass so real racism is gone" thing.

Of course your racist, backwoods ass would sympathize and agree. The level of self hatred within this girl is sad. The nerve of Black bird, unnecessary hyphen, misspelled french name with unnecessary accent to fix her mouth to say that mess....I'm convinced she does this crap out of rebellion against her militantly pro black parents for making her a child star and contributing to her weight issues. Its really disappointing to see her and Whoopi, two black women who broke barriers for our culture be so ignorant and out of touch. Maybe she's speaking from experience? Maybe her name has given her problems in the past. Of course, in the entertainment industry, weird ass names don't hold you back as much as in corporate america... but pleeze, many people judge and make fun of stupid sounding names no matter what color they are. Hell, in high school we laughed our butts off about the ridiculous names Frank Zappa gave his children. Don't act like black people are supposed to get a pass on being made fun of for stupid names. And how many old fashioned names like Bertha, Gertrude, Eugene, etc... have been made fun of over the years, in TV and in film. She's not speaking from no damn experience and she made it more than obvious which people she specifically discriminates against when she listed Watermelondrea and Africanisha as examples and got such a kii from that racist video. Be real. Making fun of a name is one thing but this dumb bird is talking about how she openly discriminates against people because of them. She's a tap dancing self hating dingus.

Of course your racist, backwoods ass would sympathize and agree. The level of self hatred within this girl is sad. The nerve of Black bird, unnecessary hyphen, misspelled french name with unnecessary accent to fix her mouth to say that mess....I'm convinced she does this crap out of rebellion against her militantly pro black parents for making her a child star and contributing to her weight issues. Its really disappointing to see her and Whoopi, two black women who broke barriers for our culture be so ignorant and out of touch.

I'm really surprised how good the new album is. Its a great thing when an artist is fully in tune with what they do best and what the fans want and gives exactly that.

I can't believe Chip Fields let this happen. Kim's husband is going to get clowned to infinity.

This show is so snooze worthy without Joy. @ Lindsay Graham cracka being mad Whoopi said he's struggling The show does not need two right winging born again Christian's, having both Candace Cameron and Paula is just redundant. Once again, they should have kept Nicolle to have two different conservative perspectives.

I get that its a Jewish holiday but if I were Michelle I wouldn't be taking a day off, Stacy fits in a lot more seamlessly. Michelle shouldn't have been hired in the first place.

It was only the first day but I don't see this panel being able to gel. Joy is Joy which is great, but Whoopi is checked out waiting for her contract to be up, Michelle is unfunny and redundant with Joy back, Raven seems even more lost without Nicole and Rosie P to help her clear out her ignorant thoughts and the Paula woman is no Meredith Vieira. They don't have time to wait for someone to learn how to let their hair down and relax. I don't understand why they even hired Candace either if she's going to be gone for three months? Waste of a chair and now they're going to have to wait even longer for the ladies to find a groove together. I'll say it again, they should have kept Nicole, especially with election season underway. The key to a successful talk show is consistency and making viewers comfortable with a knowledge of exactly what to expect when they tune in. Unfortunately once again ABC has failed to cast the show toward a way to solidify that. I truly don't see this making it past season 20.

Joy was a smart move but they still should have kept Nicole especially if they were going to do a panel of 6, the Paula woman is not needed.

She had a very classy exit. They really should have kept her, next season is going to be an even bigger trainwreck than these last few.

Yeah they may as well cancel this.

Its been known for years Big Kev beats her. He's also ordered hits out on her competition before. With all the crap she talks about people she is VERY lucky no one has put her business all the way out in the mainstream streets.

They shouldn't have fired Nicole, I would have liked having both her and Candace to provide some contrast and clarity, setting them apart from everything else right now. Now its just going to be far right nut job getting ripped by the other ladies. Been there, done that, its tired. I liked Angie Martinez today and i think she'd be a great Rosie P replacement.

I think the panel of Whoopi, Nicole, Michelle, DJ from Full House, and Raven works really well. These last two days have been very entertaining.