Created by Darren Starr, the show was originally called Beverly Hills class, and at one point, the star, loosely based on his own high school experience in Potomac, Maryland, used the working title Potomac 20854 before the now iconic title settled.
Beverly Hills’ 90210 became one of the most popular TV shows of the 90s, taking primary responsibility for launching the teen soap genre, but the Fox Show first debuted in 1990 and didn’t cheer for NBC when it first debuted at No. 118).
However, after the Season One Finale, the finale, when Brenda and Dylan first appeared, began to gain buzz, with Fox smartly ordering new summer episodes, providing much needed teenage anxiety and drama for what was once the TV offseason.
“We filmed all the summer episodes of Risk on the beach and aired them when other shows were reruns,” Jenny Garth told The New York Times. “So we were the kids who were home from school and that was just crazy.”
From there, 90210 has become a cultural phenomenon from low-rated guilt, and the almost unknown star has become some of the world’s most famous people.
“In just a few weeks, we went from another common ensemble cast in old primetime dramas to superstars,” Garth wrote in his memoir. “I don’t think any of us are ready for stardom that’s pushed against us like this.”
