Teen Drama Links for August 30, 2022

“Beverly Hills, 90210” can’t get no respect.

Look at the show’s ranking on the below lists, and how some other series fared.

TV Guide’s 90 Best Shows of the 90s (July 2022)
#38: “Beverly Hills, 90210”
#29: “Dawson’s Creek”
#19: “Melrose Place”

NME’s The 50 Greatest Teen Shows of All Time (August 2022)
Not ranked: “Beverly Hills, 90210”
#27: “Gossip Girl”
#8: “Dawson’s Creek”
#3: “The O.C.”

Indiewire’s The 35 Best Teen Shows (August 2022)
#23: “Gossip Girl” (both iterations)
#16: “Beverly Hills, 90210”
#15: “Dawson’s Creek”
#2: “The O.C.”

Now, I’ve already shared all of these lists in recent “Teen Drama Links,” but I’m still so bothered by them — specifically, where “Beverly Hills, 90210” is ranked or not even ranked on each — that I need to vent.

You might say I’m biased because “Beverly Hills, 90210” is my all-time favorite show, but I think we can objectively say the show that really started the teen drama genre, was a worldwide cultural phenomenon, and lasted for 10 seasons deserved to rank a helluva lot higher on TV Guide’s list, higher on Indiewire’s, and just on NME’s list, period.

I don’t know how you make a list about 1990s television, as TV Guide did, and place the show that aired the entire decade at no. 38. Its spinoff has a significantly better ranking and, sure, sometimes spinoffs can be better or just as good as the original show, but we’re talking about Melrose freaking Place here, not “Better Call Saul.”

This isn’t meant to be a knock on the rankings “Dawson’s Creek” and “The O.C.” received. Hell, “One Tree Hill” isn’t ranked at all on the NME and Indiewire lists (and neither is “90210,” but okay). But none of these shows would exist without “Beverly Hills, 90210.” If you want to argue that doesn’t make “Beverly Hills, 90210” better quality than them… fine. But let’s think about this a little more.

Critics have always deemed “The O.C.” to be the best of the bunch and given the show credit for elevating the genre (praise also given to “Dawson’s Creek,” something I’ve written about), and I have often found that to be short-sighted and the result of people not truly watching enough of “Beverly Hills, 90210” to thoroughly understand what it accomplished and how. Maybe “The O.C.” did some things better than “Beverly Hills, 90210,” but you have to give “Beverly Hills, 90210” props for doing them first and literally defining the genre. You want to rank “The O.C.” higher (or is it lower?) than “Beverly Hills, 90210”? Fine. But “Beverly Hills, 90210” shouldn’t rank so poorly.

At least Entertainment Weekly understood the assignment when they compiled their list of the “The 50 Best Teen Shows of All Time” last year. “Beverly Hills, 90210” clocked in at a respectable No. 4, while “The O.C.” ranked No. 3, “Dawson’s Creek” was 10th, “Gossip Girl” was 19th, and “One Tree Hill” was 34th. (Still no love for nu90210.)

I’m not saying “Beverly Hills, 90210” needs to be No. 1 on these lists. But in the top 10? Without a doubt.

Vacation alert: “Teen Drama Links” will return on September 13.

Teen Drama Links for August 30, 2022

Listicle Links

Reminder: All lists and articles relate to the teen dramas or teen drama stars in some way.

• “30 Years Later, Emilio Estevez, Joshua Jackson, And More From The Cast Of The Mighty Ducks” (Cinemablend)

• “‘The O.C.’ Cast: Where Are They Now?” (Us Weekly)

• “The Red Carpet Style Evolution Of Olivia Wilde” (Grazia)

• “10 Celebs You Forgot Guest-Starred On ‘One Tree Hill’” (Collider)

• “‘One Tree Hill’ Cast: Where Are They Now?” (Us Weekly)

• “Throwback: ‘One Tree Hill’ Stars: What Chad Michael Murray, Sophia Bush and More Are Doing Now” (J-14)

• “Chad Michael Murray and Sarah Roemer’s Love Story: A Timeline of Their Relationship” (Us Weekly)

• “Britney Spears, Kristen Bell and more female celebs who popped the question to their male partners” (Wonderwall)

• “Plazacore Fashion Is Giving Blair Waldorf a Run for Her Money” (Glamour)

• “Which Original ‘Gossip Girl’ Episodes Were Straight-up Scandalous, and Which Were Downright Bad? Our Ranking” (Distractify)

• “Gossip Girl: The Best Fashion Moments From the Original Series, Ranked” (Movieweb)

• “5 ‘Gossip Girl’ stars who have also played Marvel or DC characters” (Insider)

• “Here’s how the cast of ‘Fantastic Four’ could look with all ‘Gossip Girl’ actors” (We Got This Covered)

• “Blake Lively, Penn Badgley And The 'Gossip Girl' Cast 10 Years Later” (ET Canada)

• All in honor of last week’s birthday girl…

  • “An ode to Serena van der Woodsen’s best style moments in Gossip Girl” (Vogue France)

  • “Blake Lively’s Style Evolution” (L’OFFICIEL)

  • “From ‘Gossip Girl’ to Fashion Icon: Blake Lively Through the Years” (Us Weekly)

  • “See Blake Lively’s Best Style Moments of All Time” (Us Weekly)

  • “Blake Lively’s Best Fashion Moments” (People)

  • “37 Of Blake Lively’s Best Red Carpet Fashion Moments” (Vogue UK)

  • “Blake Lively’s Fashion Evolution” (ET Canada)

  • “Blake Lively’s Most MEMORABLE Fashion Moments” (E! Online)

• “Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds’ Relationship Timeline” (Us Weekly)

• “Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s Sweetest Quotes About Their Daughters: ‘That’s Where My Heart Is’” (Us Weekly)

• “Brittany Snow and ‘Selling the OC’ Star Tyler Stanaland’s Relationship Timeline: Photos” (Us Weekly)

• “10 Hidden Gem TV Shows On HBO Max From The 2000s” (Screen Rant)

• “10 Best Shows Like The CW’s Bump” (Screen Rant)

  • I watched the trailer for this show and wouldn’t mind watching the whole series, which originally aired its two seasons in Australia.

• “10 TV Characters Who Were Completely Forgotten After The First Season” (Screen Rant)

• “10 TV reboots that should have never been made” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • Related: I’m Begging: No More Spinoffs, Reboots, or Revivals (TDW)

• “15 Unlikely Movies and TV Shows That Exist in the Same Universe” (Cracked)

  • This kind of blew my mind. I knew that Tom Kapinos (executive producer, Dawson’s Creek) created “Californication” and Gina Fattore (co-executive producer, Dawson’s Creek) was an EP on it, but I had no idea about the crossover characters!

    • Fattore and I spoke a lot about Kapinos and “Californication” (and “Dawson’s Creek,” duh) in our 2010 interview. (TDW)

• “Teen Drama Jocks Are Finally Cool to Crush on Again, Thanks to ‘Never Have I Ever’” (The Daily Beast)

• “TV’s 30 Best Series Finales, Ranked — Now Including, Yes, Lost” (TVLine)

• “Twitter user asks ‘who is the worst fictional friend you can think of?’ The internet answers” (Today)

• “‘Bring It On’ Cast: Where Are They Now?” (Us Weekly)

• “15 celebrities you probably forgot were in a ‘Bring It On’ movie” (Insider)

• “Throwback: ‘The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants’ Cast: Where Are They Now?” (J-14)

• “‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants’ Stars Reuniting Over the Years” (Us Weekly)

• “TV, Interrupted: Wild Network Sitcom Don't Trust The B---- In Apt. 23 Left The Party Early” (SlashFilm)

• “A+ Styles to Rock the Preppy Trend This Fall” (E! Online)

• “Abercrombie & Fitch Wasn’t Just a White Fad — Here’s How It Impacted Black Shoppers” (PopSugar)

Best of the Rest

• Here’s an update on the future of The CW: “On the original scripted programming side, in addition to the CW’s signature genre shows and teen soaps, which the network intends to keep doing — just not as many — it plans to broaden its slate by adding procedurals and other older-skewing dramas as well as half-hour comedies including multi-camera sitcoms.” (Deadline)

• Casting is underway for “Alert,” which is being written and executive-produced by John Eisendrath (executive producer, Beverly Hills, 90210), who is also the showrunner.

  • “Dania Ramirez To Headline Fox’s Missing Persons Drama Series ‘Alert’ From John Eisendrath & Jamie Foxx” (Deadline)

  • “Scott Caan To Star In Fox’s Missing Persons Drama Series ‘Alert’” (Deadline)

• Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills, 90210) was unmasked on Australia’s “The Masked Singer,” more than three years after she was on the U.S. edition’s debut season. (Instagram)

  • Perhaps this is why Spelling disappeared from “9021OMG” and social media back in May?

• Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills, 90210) is doing press again for her Voltaren partnership.

  • “Jennie Garth: I have chronic arthritis pain. Here’s how I’m coping.” (MSNBC)

  • “Jennie Garth says she’s found herself in a ‘really cool space’ at 50: ‘I didn’t think it would feel this good’” (Yahoo)

• Speaking of medical partnerships, I keep meaning to share this: Tiffani Thiessen (Valerie, Beverly Hills, 90210) has been doing a bunch of videos for the National Meningitis Association. (It’s About Time: Help Stop the Clock)

• Sharna Burgess spoke about parenting with Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills, 90210). (Us Weekly)

• Eddie Cibrian (Casey, Beverly Hills, 90210) is starring in A Christmas Mystery for HBO Max. (Deadline)

• James Van Der Beek (Dawson, Dawson’s Creek) is suing SiriusXM for allegedly backing out of a podcast deal. (The Blast)

• Banks Repeta, son of Nina Repeta (Bessie, Dawson’s Creek), is on this list of possible Oscars Best Actor nominees. (Variety)

  • Repeta and I spoke about her son’s blossoming career in our interview last year. (TDW)

• The release date for Shazam: Fury of the Gods, featuring Adam Brody (Seth, The O.C.), has moved from this December to next March. (Deadline)

• Olivia Wilde (Alex, The O.C.) did a Variety cover story for Don’t Worry Darling. (Variety)

  • And it pretty much backfired… (Puck)

• Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Joe, The O.C.) will recur in season 3 of “The Boys,” which stars Jensen Ackles (CJ, Dawson’s Creek) and Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl). (Deadline)

• Cold Hart’s new mixtape is titled OC Season 3 and features songs called “Ryan and Marissa,” “One Tree Hill,” and “90210.” (Broadway World)

• Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill), Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill), and Bethany Joy Lenz (Haley, One Tree Hill) are taking their “Drama Queens” podcast on tour for a series of live shows. (Drama Queens)

  • This seems reminiscent of what Garth and Spelling did a while back with “Jennie Garth & Tori Spelling Live: A Night to Remember,” though that was pre-podcast and didn’t have much success. I’m guessing “Drama Queens” will have a much better turnout; at least one of the dates is already sold out.

• Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill) is again selling autographed Ravens jerseys to benefit St. Jude’s. (Instagram)

• Paul Johansson (Dan, One Tree Hill), Craig Sheffer (Keith, One Tree Hill), and Vaughan Wilson (Fergie, One Tree Hill) have been added to the lineup for November’s “A Week in Tree Hill” convention. (Facebook)

• Jamie Chung, wife of Bryan Greenberg (Jake, One Tree Hill), shared how she “Transformed” their “Termite-Infested Deck into a Cozy Backyard Oasis.” (People)

• The domestic assault case against Michelle Branch, who appeared as herself on “One Tree Hill,” was dropped. (TMZ)

• Matt Shakman, who directed an episode of “One Tree Hill,” will no longer direct the next Star Trek movie and instead is in talks to helm the new Fantastic Four. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Anna Mastro, who directed an episode of “Gossip Girl,” will direct a film adaptation of the video game “Gravity Rush.” (Deadline)

• Crawford was on the “Broad Ideas” podcast with Rachel Bilson (Summer, The O.C.). (Apple Podcasts)

• Jessica Szohr (Vanessa, Gossip Girl) has signed with Buchwald for agency representation. (Deadline)

• “Blockbuster,” starring Melissa Fumero (Zoe, Gossip Girl), will drop on Netflix in November. (TVLine)

• Thomas Doherty (Max, Gossip Girl spinoff) is doing press for The Invitation.

  • “Thomas Doherty & Nathalie Emmanuel Talk The Invitation” (E! Online)

  • “Is Thomas Doherty the Most Charming Man in Hollywood?” (Glamour)

    • “Gossip Girl” worlds colliding: Doherty says Brittany Snow, who played young Lily on the original “Gossip Girl,” was among his first celebrity crushes.

    • More worlds colliding: This was written by Tyler McCall, a self-professed “‘Gossip Girl’ historian” who has been on the “XOXO” podcast a handful of times, including just last week.

  • “Nathalie Emmanuel and Thomas Doherty talk about their characters in ‘The Invitation’” (WSVN)

  • “Nathalie Emmanuel & Thomas Doherty on The Invitation, making a horror flick + dancing at weddings” (HeyUGuys)

  • “‘The Invitation’: Nathalie Emmanuel and Thomas Doherty on Evie and Walter’s Relationship and Filming the Dinner Scene” (Collider)

  • “Nathalie Emmanuel And Thomas Doherty Talk The Invitation And Revamping The Vampire Genre” (Looper)

  • “Actor Thomas Doherty dishes on ‘The Invitation’” (Good Morning America)

  • “Nathalie Emmanuel & Thomas Doherty Interview: The Invitation” (Screen Rant)

  • “Nathalie Emmanuel And Thomas Doherty On The Importance Of Family Connection In ‘The Invitation’: ‘It’s So Fundamental To My Life’” (Shadow and Act)

  • “Thomas Doherty Sinks His Teeth Into The Invitation” (W)

  • “Thomas Doherty On ‘Gossip Girl’ Season 2 & His (Ironic) Celebrity Doppelganger” (Marie Claire Australia)

    • It never occurred to me that Doherty and Sebastian Stan (Carter, Gossip Girl) look alike but I guess I see it.

  • Notably, the movie came in first at the weekend box office… but it was the worst-performing weekend of the summer. (Deadline)