Teen Drama Links for March 15, 2022

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Teen Drama Links for March 15, 2022

• “11 TV Relationship Storylines That Happened Because The Actors Wanted Them, And 6 That The Actors Wanted, But Never Happened” (BuzzFeed)

• “29 Secrets About How Reality Shows Actually Work That Past Contestants Have Revealed” (BuzzFeed)

• “11 TV Reboots That Somehow Got It Right” (BuzzFeed)

  • Let it be known I do NOT agree with “BH90210” being included on this list. Here’s why.

• John Eisendrath (executive producer, Beverly Hills, 90210) has signed a new three-year deal with Sony Pictures Television and is both writing and executive-producing a new FOX show called “Alert” — while continuing his duties with NBC’s “The Blacklist.” (Deadline)

• Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills, 90210) is finishing work on a Tubi movie called “Sins of the Parents.” (Instagram)

• Alan Toy (Professor Finley, Beverly Hills, 90210) is mentioned in “Disability Representation In Hollywood — The Pioneers You Probably Don’t Know Enough About.” (Forbes)

• Shawn Levy (Howard, Beverly Hills, 90210) will direct Deadpool 3 with Ryan Reynolds, who is married to Blake Lively (Serena, Gossip Girl). (Deadline)

• Vincent Irizarry (Riggs, Beverly Hills, 90210) underwent emergency brain surgery last week. (Soaps In Depth)

• “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “The O.C.,” and the original “Gossip Girl” are mentioned in “The CW’s ‘Dynasty’ Proved That New Soaps With Old-Fashioned Appeal Could Win Over Audiences.” (Decider)

  • The original “Dynasty” was executive-produced by Aaron Spelling (executive producer, Beverly Hills, 90210) while the revival is executive-produced by Josh Schwartz (creator, The O.C. / creator, Gossip Girl / executive producer, Gossip Girl spinoff) and Stephanie Savage (executive producer, The O.C. / creator, Gossip Girl / executive producer, Gossip Girl spinoff).

  • Also mentioned is “Our Kind of People,” which is executive-produced by Karin Gist (producer, One Tree Hill) and filmed in Wilmington, where “Dawson’s Creek” and “One Tree Hill” were shot.

• There was a question about “Dawson’s Creek” on “Jeopardy” last week. (J! Archive)

• Joshua Jackson (Pacey, Dawson’s Creek) and Evan Peters (Jack, One Tree Hill) lost in their respective categories at Sunday’s Critics’ Choice Awards. (The Hollywood Reporter)

  • Peters’ show, “Mare of Easttown,” did win for Best Limited Series, beating Jackson’s “Dr. Death” and another show with a TD star, “Midnight Mass.”

  • Two TV movies featuring TD stars, List of a Lifetime and Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, also lost.

  • Another TD star in attendance: Shantel VanSanten (Quinn, One Tree Hill), whose show “For All Man Kind” was nominated (and lost).

• Busy Philipps (Audrey, Dawson’s Creek) participated in a “Girls5Eva” panel at SXSW. (Austin 360)

• Watch Jensen Ackles (CJ, Dawson’s Creek) and Chace Crawford (Nate, Gossip Girl) in the teaser trailer for season 3 of “The Boys.” (TVLine)

• See behind-the-scenes video of Jane Lynch (Mrs. Witter, Dawson’s Creek) in rehearsals for the Broadway revival of Funny Girl. (People)

• Loved this: “Five Scenes from The OC That Are Capable of Breaking Our Hearts Over and Over Again” (TVOvermind)

• “9 TV Character Deaths that Hurt Most” includes an infamous fatality on “The O.C.,” as well as deaths involving characters played by TD stars on other shows. (Collider)

• An upcoming Death Cab for Cutie concert prompted this headline: “CNY’s Beak & Skiff summer concert lineup looks like ‘The O.C.’ soundtrack” (Syracuse.com)

• Ben McKenzie (Ryan, The O.C.) was also at SXSW to talk cryptocurrency. (SXSW)

• Tate Donovan (Jimmy, The O.C.) has joined the movie Ghosted. (Deadline)

• Cam Gigandet (Volchok, The O.C.) will co-star in the thriller Violent Night. (Deadline)

• “One Tree Hill” is recommended in “7 Shows Like ‘Winning Time’ You Must See” because both shows involve basketball. (TheCinemaholic)

  • You’ll see other shows with TD connections on the list as well.

• The “Drama Queens” podcast will have another live event on March 23, the same night of the “Good Sam” episode that’ll feature Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) and Bethany Joy Lenz (Haley, One Tree Hill) with Sophia Bush (Brooke, One Tree Hill). (Instagram)

  • The special guest for the event is Bryan Greenberg (Jake, One Tree Hill).

  • I’ll be sharing my reactions on Twitter, as I did for the event last September.

• Bush lent her voice to a new campaign video for CARE that was timed to International Women’s Day. (Instagram)

• Greenberg and James Lafferty (Nathan, One Tree Hill) participated in a triathlon together. (Instagram)

• India de Beaufort (Miranda, One Tree Hill) has joined NBC’s “Night Court” revival. (Deadline)

• Nick Lachey, who played himself on “One Tree Hill,” spoke about “prioritizing date nights” with wife Vanessa Lachey (Camille, BH90210). (Yahoo)

  • Also: “Nick and Vanessa Lachey Reflect on Heated ‘Love Is Blind’ Season 2 Reunion: ‘No Way to Predict’ Cast Reactions” (Us Weekly)

• Here is “Every time Blake Lively nailed her brand of eclectic red carpet glamour.” (Vogue Australia)

• Here’s more of Leighton Meester discussing The Weekend Away…

  • “Leighton Meester on ‘The Weekend Away’s ‘Incredibly Tragic’ Alternative Ending” (Newsweek)

  • In this one (which is oddly titled just “Leigton Meester”), she says “never say never” when asked about appearing on the “Gossip Girl” spinoff. (FOX5)

  • “Leighton Meester Is Done Playing Hollywood’s Game” (Bustle)

• And here’s more of Sebastian Stan (Carter, Gossip Girl) discussing both “Pam & Tommy” and Fresh…

  • “Fresh: Sebastian Stan and Daisy Edgar Jones on CANNIBAL Rom-Com” (Extra)

  • “Sebastian Stan on his drastic Pam & Tommy weight loss: ‘People were telling me I was crazy’” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • “Sebastian Stan breaks down Pam & Tommy finale and if he’d return for a second season” (Entertainment Weekly)

• Watch a new interview with Amanda Setton (Penelope, Gossip Girl) about “General Hospital.” (Michael Fairman)

  • Let’s also throw it back to my 2009 interview with Setton. (TDW)

• Felicia D. Henderson (co-executive producer, Gossip Girl) will be the writer, executive producer, and showrunner of the Peacock show “Avenger Field.” (Variety)

• I thought it was interesting to see “Gossip Girl” mentioned in the lead to this story: “How Pixar’s Turning Red Healthily Portrays Teen Girls’ Friendship.” (CBR)

  • I want to see Turning Red so badly… but I don’t have Disney+.

• And similarly interesting for “Gossip Girl” to be mentioned in this lead as well: “Being in On‑Again Off‑Again Relationships Can Impact People’s Long‑Term Mental Health.” (The Swaddle)

• The original “Gossip Girl” is featured in “10 TV Shows That Changed Their Cast After The Pilot Episode.” (Screen Rant)

• Both the old and new versions of “Gossip Girl,” along with other shows with TD connections, are highlighted in “Best TV Series Based on YA Novels You Can Watch Right Now.” (MovieWeb)

• Here’s the latest casting call for the “Gossip Girl” spinoff. (Backstage)

• The new “Gossip Girl” is recommended in “Euphoria: Shows to Fill the Void Left After Season 2.” (CBR)

• This “Gossip Girl” spinoff mention is pretty similar: “Teen Dramas to Watch While You Wait for ‘Euphoria’ Season 3.” (CBR)

  • This list also contains “Love, Victor,” which features Bush.

• Luke Kirby (Davis, Gossip Girl spinoff) was named “Performer of the Week” for his work in the season 4 finale of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” (TVLine)

• Here are “The CW’s ‘90210’: All Five Seasons Ranked from Worst to Best.” (Collider)

• “New Amsterdam,” starring Ryan Eggold (Ryan, 90210), will end with its upcoming fifth season, which will only be 13 episodes. (Deadline)

• “Reacher,” starring Alan Ritchson (Tripp, 90210), topped Nielsen’s streaming chart for the week of February 7-13, marking the first time an Amazon Prime project has done so. (Deadline)

  • The show beat “Sweet Magnolias,” which features a few TD stars.