Teen Drama Links for October 11, 2022

With the fall TV season more or less in full swing, I’d love to know what everyone’s watching.

My TV-viewing schedule is pretty straightforward right now…

Mondays: “Dancing with the Stars”

Tuesdays: “Bachelor in Paradise”

Wednesdays: “Survivor”

Thursday-Sunday: Catch up on “Bachelor in Paradise” or “Survivor” via DVR if I’ve missed it for some reason; possibly watch a Harry Potter marathon or something on streaming; potentially not watch anything at all.

As I shared back in June, none of the new broadcast shows for the fall season have caught my attention. Among all the new offerings on streaming, only Hulu’s “Reboot” is on my list to check out (and I imagine I’ll probably write about the “BH90210” similarities at some point).

My fall / winter movie calendar is a bit more full. I finally saw Don’t Worry Darling (directed by Olivia Wilde of “The O.C.”) last weekend, and I’m planning to hopefully see My Policeman (with my love Harry Styles again!), Armageddon Time (with Banks Repeta, son of Nina Repeta of “Dawson’s Creek”), The Fabelmans (with Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen of “Dawson’s Creek”), Causeways, The Son, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, Spoiler Alert, and Aftersun (with one of my other loves, Paul Mescal of “Normal People”).

What about you — what are you watching these days?

P.S. Today would’ve been Luke Perry’s 56th birthday. Sob. Here is my essay on his passing.

P.P.S. It was the second anniversary of TDW on Substack on Sunday!

P.P.S. The Substack app is FINALLY available for Android! Download it to make reading TDW easier than ever.

Teen Drama Links for October 11, 2022

Listicle Links

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

• “Hilary Swank fun facts: 15 things you might not know about the actress” (Cleveland.com)

• “Hilary Swank, Pregnant at 48, Joins Growing List of Celebrities to Conceive Well Into Their 40s” (Jezebel)

• “Who Is Hilary Swank’s Husband? All About Philip Schneider” (People)

• “Jensen Ackles’ 3 Kids: Everything to Know” (People)

• “Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Wife Hilarie Burton Are One of Hollywood’s Most Enduring Couples — Inside Their Sweet Love Story” (Parade)

• “One Tree Hill’s 7 Best And 7 Worst Episodes Ranked” (Looper)

  • Given how much I love the alternate reality trope, I do not agree with two of these “worst” picks.

• “Everything to Know About ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Star Whitney Peak” (People)

• “‘The Show Could Never Quite Recover Without Him’: People Are Sharing The Character Departures That Ruined The TV Show For Them” (BuzzFeed)

• “10 Female Actors Called Directors Out On Their Crap” (BuzzFeed)

• “12 Shows with the Best Love Triangles” (TV Insider)

• “10 Iconic Love Triangles In TV Shows” (CBR)

• “10 Charming TV Villains, Ranked” (CBR)

• “10 Iconic TV Characters Who Came Back From The Dead” (CBR)

• “6 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About HBO’s ‘The White Lotus’” (PureWow)

  • I feel like these are all really well known…?

• “8 Hollywood Stars That Dated Other Celebs Before They Were Famous” (TheThings)

• “15 Celebrities Who Rock Their Gray Hair Proudly” (CafeMom)

• “55 best friend quotes that spell out your special bond” (Today)

• “The 22 best high school shows of the past 22 years” (The A.V. Club)

  • I’m very surprised “Gossip Girl” was excluded from this list.

• “These 5 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes For Blondes Are A Major Slay” (Her Campus)

• “Exciting and Not-So-New: 8 Reality Series Inspired by Scripted TV Shows” (PRIMETIMER)

• “Five Things That Happened On October 4 In Soap History” (Soap Opera Digest)

• “The Most Pause-Worthy Kisses In TV History” (Looper)

• “The Best Halloween Episodes to Stream in 2022” (People)

  • They attribute a “Beverly Hills, 90210” episode to “90210,” ugh.

  • Related: Teen Drama Halloween Episodes (TDW)

• “Nexstar’s ‘Ambitious’ Overhaul of The CW: Fewer Genre Series, More Low-Cost Reality” (The Wrap)

Best of the Rest

• Eric Weinberg, who was a co-executive producer of several shows featuring teen drama stars, was charged with 18 counts of sexual assault. (Deadline)

• Some “Beverly Hills, 90210” cast members posted on social media for the show’s 32nd anniversary last week — and I want to point out that the picture Tori Spelling (Donna, Beverly Hills, 90210) posted of their “first photoshoot” was most definitely not from the first photoshoot. That picture is from season 3. (Instagram)

• Spelling did press for her new MTV series “Love at First Lie.”

  • “Tori Spelling dishes on hosting new mystery competition series” (Good Morning America)

  • “Tori Spelling on Recent Reunion With Mom Candy and Brother Randy: ‘Life’s Too Short’” (Entertainment Tonight)

  • “‘Love at First Lie’ Hosted by Tori Spelling” (NBC New York)

• Spelling also appeared on last week’s “The Masked Singer” for its “TV Theme Night.” (TooFab)

• Jennie Garth (Kelly, Beverly Hills, 90210) revealed one of her daughters was diagnosed with arthritis at 5 years old. (People)

• Jason Priestley (Brandon, Beverly Hills, 90210) is releasing a wine next month. (Instagram)

• Brian Austin Green (David, Beverly Hills, 90210) and his son Kassius are working on a movie together. (Instagram)

  • Kassius’ mom is Vanessa Marcil (Gina, Beverly Hills, 90210).

• Hilary Swank (Carly, Beverly Hills, 90210) did a lot of press for “Alaska Daily” and revealed she’s pregnant with twins.

  • “Hilary Swank announces she is going to be a mom: ‘And not just of 1, but of 2’” (Good Morning America)

  • “Hilary Swank Is Pregnant With Twins!” (Live with Kelly and Ryan)

  • “Hilary Swank and Her Mom Drove to California with $75 in Their Pocket” (The Drew Barrymore Show)

    • There are additional clips.

  • “Hilary Swank on ‘Alaska Daily’ and Telling the Stories of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women” (Collider)

  • “Hilary Swank joins ABC13 to discuss story behind ‘Alaska Daily’” (ABC13)

  • “Hilary Swank is on the story in ‘Alaska Daily’” (Boston Herald)

  • “Hilary Swank Reveals What She Really Thinks About Journalists” (Parade)

• Emma Caulfield (Susan, Beverly Hills, 90210) revealed she’s been battling multiple sclerosis for more than a decade. (Vanity Fair)

  • This interview is also notable for Caulfield’s comments on viewing “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in light of the allegations surrounding Joss Whedon. I really respect her take — it’s how I wish the “Drama Queens” ladies approached things.

• The cover art is in for the “Dawson’s Creek” Blu-ray set being released in December. (Amazon)

• Tom Kapinos (executive producer, Dawson’s Creek) is writing and executive-producing “Open Book,” a TV series based on Jessica Simpson’s memoir. (Deadline)

• The settlement in the wrongful death lawsuit stemming from last year’s Rust tragedy revealed the film will resume production in January with the original cast, so presumably Jensen Ackles (CJ, Dawson’s Creek) will be taking part. (Deadline)

• Ackles and wife Danneel Ackles (Rachel, One Tree Hill) did press for the premiere of “The Winchesters.”

  • “Jensen and Danneel Ackles Extend First-Look Deal With Warner Bros. TV, Talk Organically Building ‘The Winchesters’ as a Home Apart from ‘Supernatural’” (Variety)

  • “‘The Winchesters’: All the Burning Questions Answered at NYCC Panel” (TV Insider)

  • “‘The Winchesters’: Jensen & Danneel Ackles Tease Dean’s Voice Isn’t the Only We’ll Hear” (TV Insider)

  • “Yes, Jensen and Danneel Ackles want to bring Supernatural favorites to The Winchesters” (Entertainment Weekly)

  • “See the stars get snapped in EW’s New York Comic Con portrait studio” (Entertainment Weekly)

• Shailene Woodley (Kaitlin, The O.C.) has joined the cast of Dumb Money, which is already set to star Seth Rogen (Bob, Dawson’s Creek) and Sebastian Stan (Carter, Gossip Girl). (Deadline)

  • This project reunites Woodley and Stan after Endings, Beginnings.

• Cam Gigandet (Volchok, The O.C.) will star in an action-thriller called 72 Hours. (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Watch the teaser trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, featuring the voice of Chris Pratt (Che, The O.C.). (YouTube)

• Paul Wesley (Donnie, The O.C.), Jackson Rathbone (Justin, The O.C.), Chad Michael Murray (Lucas, One Tree Hill), Kellan Lutz (George, 90210), and Arielle Kebbel (Vanessa, 90210) are all slated to appear at Comic Con Liverpool. (Comic Con Liverpool)

  • Peter Facinelli, Garth’s ex-husband, is also participating.

• The release month and first photos from “The Walking Dead: Dead City,” starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Joe, The O.C.), were unveiled at New York Comic-Con. (TVLine)

• Morgan and wife Hilarie Burton (Peyton, One Tree Hill) are working on a “new top-secret project.” (Instagram)

• Burton did more press for “It Couldn’t Happen Here.”

  • “How Hilarie Burton Morgan’s Husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan Taught Her the Power of Saying No” (E! Online)

  • “Hilarie Burton Morgan on How Instagram Message Led to Heartbreaking Episode of True Crime Show” (The Rachael Ray Show)

• Elisabeth Harnois (Shelley, One Tree Hill) has joined the lineup for next month’s “A Week in Tree Hill” convention. (Facebook)

• “Dahmer,” starring Evan Peters (Jack, One Tree Hill), is “One Of Netflix’s Biggest Ever Hits With 300M Hours Racked Up In Second Week.” (Deadline)

• A comedy movie directed and co-written by Adele Lim (producer, One Tree Hill) will hit theaters next June. (Deadline)

  • In addition to Lim, Rogen is among the film’s producers.

• I was very sad to get a Google Alert for this obituary about a 28-year-old woman named Sara Elizabeth Ringrose: “She loved vacationing in Wilmington, NC because it was where her favorite show, One Tree Hill, was filmed. She eventually wanted to end up there.” (Williamson Source)

• “Gossip Girl” was mentioned in an “SNL” sketch last weekend. (NBC)

• Elizabeth Hurley (Diana, Gossip Girl) is among a number of notable names suing Associated Newspapers for alleged phone-tapping and other privacy breaches. (Reuters)

• Tika Sumpter (Raina, Gossip Girl) will star in the comedy The Underdoggs. (Deadline)

• Watch Melissa Fumero (Zoe, Gossip Girl) in the trailer for Netflix’s “Blockbuster” series. (YouTube)

• Matt Doyle (Jonathan, Gossip Girl) and Laura Benanti (Katherine, Gossip Girl spinoff) will participate in the 2023 Aventura Broadway Concert Series. (Broadway World)

• Evan Mock (Aki, Gossip Girl spinoff) did press for various partnerships.

  • “‘Gossip Girl’ Star Evan Mock on What Makes Gen Z’s Style Stand Out, Looking Blingy, and Pandora ME’s New Collection” (Teen Vogue)

  • “Living for a living with Evan Mock” (GQ Australia)

  • “Evan Mock Goes Sneaker Shopping With Complex” (Complex)

  • I think I missed this back in August somehow: “The Business of Being Evan Mock Is Booming” (GQ)

    • And, given that we’ve yet to even get a premiere date for season 2 of the “Gossip Girl” spinoff, this is extremely notable: “Mock is preparing to appear in his first movie; the shoot will precede production on the third season of Gossip Girl. (Yes, there will be a third season of the popular but critically challenged show, according to Mock. HBO Max has not confirmed a third season.)”

• More with Whitney Peak as she promotes Hocus Pocus 2…

  • “How Whitney Peak Got Glammed Up for the Hocus Pocus 2 Premiere in New York City” (Elle)

  • “Whitney Peak Teases A ‘Huge Event’ & Zoya’s Journey In ‘Gossip Girl’ Season 2” (HollywoodLife)

  • Also: Hocus Pocus 2 was one of the dance themes for last night’s “Dancing with the Stars.”

• Speaking of last night’s “Dancing with the Stars,” Trevor Donovan (Teddy, 90210) received mixed feedback and a score of 28 for his samba — tying for the second-lowest of the night. He and partner Emma Slater were in the bottom two, based on their score and viewers’ votes, and were unanimously saved by the judges over Sam Champion and Cheryl Burke.

  • In his opening package, Donovan mentioned an episode of “90210.”

• AnnaLynne McCord (Naomi, 90210) was the emcee for the Carousel of Hope Ball last weekend and “spoke with PEOPLE about being a ‘big mental health advocate’ since revealing her diagnosis last year.” (People)