Sunday, Mar. 26, 2006

Where Are They Now? 90210 Edition

By Jeninne Lee-St. John

After languishing for years in TV- movieland, most of the West Beverly High class of '93--that is, the original cast of Beverly Hills, 90210--scored new shows this season. Next up is Tori Spelling, whose sitcom so noTORIous debuts April 2. We rate their success on a counterintuitive scale of cracked TVs: one TV means they've gone on to great (O.K., good) things. Four TVs? Back to detention!

BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN (David) Green plays Freddie Prinze Jr.'s sidekick on Freddie, which has survived almost a full season on ABC! Didn't Mom always say, It's the nerds who grow up to be hot and rich?

GABRIELLE CARTERIS (Andrea) Andrea never had it so good as the others. Well, some things never change. After five episodes, Palmetto Pointe, her widely ignored teen soap on the "i" channel, ran out of money.

JASON PRIESTLEY (Brandon) CBS put its much hyped Love Monkey on "indefinite hiatus" (read: all but canceled) after three episodes this winter. No big surprise. Brandon never was lucky in love.

JENNIE GARTH (Kelly) After four years on the WB, her sitcom What I Like About You had its finale last week. At least Garth's character had a happy ending--she got married.