Beverly Hills, 90210
Soap & telenovelaHeightened, continuing melodrama.This show: 9/10Young adultTeen protagonists with teen-first appeal.This show: 8/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 8/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 8/10Elites & privilegeThe rich and powerful, glamorous or rotten.This show: 7/10Long-runnerA show whose sheer longevity shapes how it's watched.This show: 7/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Jason PriestleyShannen DohertyLuke PerryJennie GarthIan ZieringBrian Austin Green
Written by
Darren Star
Starring
Jason PriestleyShannen DohertyLuke PerryJennie GarthIan ZieringBrian Austin Green
Written by
Darren Star
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Beverly Hills, 90210 Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | E27 | E28 | E29 | E30 | E31 | E32 | ||
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| S1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 7.4 | |||||||||||
| S2 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 7.5 | |||||
| S3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | |||
| S4 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.5 | ||
| S5 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.4 | |
| S6 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | |
| S7 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 7.3 | |
| S8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.7 | |
| S9 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 7.3 | |||||||
| S10 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 7.4 |
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About
"The teen soap that built a genre"
Beverly Hills, 90210 follows the Walsh twins as they move from Minnesota to the glossy, status-obsessed world of a Beverly Hills high school, then tracks their friend group through graduation, college, and adulthood over a full decade. It's soapy, earnest, and unabashedly melodramatic, tackling everything from parties and love triangles to issues-of-the-week storylines. The pace is leisurely by modern standards, driven by relationship drama and ensemble hangout scenes rather than tight plotting. It's most rewarding as a nostalgic time capsule of early-90s teen culture and the show that basically invented the genre template.
Watch it for
the era-defining ensemble cast and its blueprint for every teen soap that followed.
Maybe skip if
you need tight pacing, since storylines meander across ten sprawling seasons.
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All Seasons
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Season 11990
7.09K2217h 47m
Season one of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series, began airing on October 4, 1990 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 9, 1991 after 22 episodes. The season follows a group of friends during their sophomore year in high school as they deal with everyday teenage issues such as relationships, teenage drinking, cancer scares, dysfunctional families, sex, shoplifting, learning disabilities, date rape, cheating, racism, rumors, AIDS and divorce.
The first season was aired Thursdays at 9/8c in the United States averaging 14.2 million viewers a week. The season was released on DVD as a six disc boxed set under the title of Beverly Hills, 90210: The Complete First Season in 2006 by Paramount Home Entertainment.
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Season 21991
7.08K2821h 37m
Season two of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series, began airing on July 11, 1991 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 7, 1992 after 28 episodes. This season follows the friends during the summer and their junior year of high school as they deal with everyday teenage issues such as sex, pregnancy scares, teenage rebellion, divorce, alcoholism, drug use, adoption, racial discrimination, sexual assault, mental disorders, and death.
The second season was aired Thursdays at 9/8c in the United States averaging 17.6 million viewers a week. The season was released on DVD as an eight disc boxed set under the title of 'Beverly Hills, 90210: The Complete Second Season on May 14, 2007 by CBS DVD.
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Season 31992
7.07K3024h 37m
Season three of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series, began airing on July 15, 1992 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 19, 1993 after 30 episodes. This season follows the friends during the summer and their senior year of high school as they deal with everyday teenage issues such as sex, relationships, hit and runs, racism, gang violence, child molestation, infidelity, pollution, gambling, drug abuse, self image, death and their impending futures.
The third season aired Wednesday nights at 8/9c in the United States averaging 18.3 million viewers a week. The season was released on DVD as an eight disc boxed set under the title of Beverly Hills, 90210: The Third Season on December 11, 2007 by CBS DVD.
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Season 41993
6.97K3123h 54m
The fourth season aired Wednesday nights at 8/9c in the United States averaging 21.1 million viewers a week. The season was released on DVD as an eight disc boxed set under the title of 'Beverly Hills, 90210: The Fourth Season on April 29, 2008 by CBS DVD.
This season marks Shannen Doherty's final season as Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210 but Doherty returned as Brenda on the updated Beverly Hills, 90210 spin off, 90210. This is also the first appearance of Kathleen Robertson as Clare Arnold and Mark Damon Espinoza as Jesse Vasquez.
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Season 51994
7.06K3224h 39m
Season five of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series, began airing on September 7, 1994 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 24, 1995 after 32 episodes. This season follows the gang during their sophomore year in college as they deal with issues that young adults face such as relationships, financial problems, sexual assault, parenthood, drug abuse, alcoholism, racism, politics, death, antisemitism, suicide, and cults.
The fifth season aired Wednesday nights at 8/9c in the United States averaging 14.7 million viewers a week. The season was released on DVD as an eight disc boxed set under the title of Beverly Hills, 90210: The Fifth Season on July 29, 2009 by CBS DVD.
This is Tiffani Thiessen's first season as Valerie Malone and this is the last season for Gabrielle Carteris, Mark Damon Espinoza, Carol Potter and James Eckhouse as series regulars as their characters Andrea Zuckerman, Jesse Vasquez, Cindy Walsh and Jim Walsh, respectively.
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Season 61995
7.05K3224h 42m
Season six of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series, began airing on September 13, 1995 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 22, 1996 after 32 episodes. This season follows the gang during their junior year of college as they deal with issues that young adults face such as dysfunctional families, relationships, hostage situations, sexism, abstinence, organized crime, domestic violence, sexual misconduct, death, and drug abuse.
The sixth season aired Wednesday nights at 9/8c in the United States averaging 9.8 million viewers a week, 4.9 million viewers fewer than the fifth season. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of Beverly Hills, 90210: The Sixth Season on November 25, 2008 by Paramount.
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Season 71996
6.85K3224h 54m
Season seven of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series, began airing on August 21, 1996 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 21, 1997 after 32 episodes. This season follows the gang during their senior year of college as they deal with issues that young adults face such as hostage situations, relationships, racism, infidelity, HIV/AIDS, natural disasters, alcoholism, depression, drug use, pregnancy, suicide attempts, miscarriages, and sex.
The seventh season aired Wednesday nights at 8/9c in the United States averaging 13.2 million viewers. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of Beverly Hills, 90210: The Seventh Season on April 7, 2009 by Paramount.
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Season 81997
6.74K3226h 40m
Season eight of Beverly Hills, 90210, is an American teen drama television series, began airing on September 10, 1997 on FOX television network. The season concluded on May 20, 1998 after 32 episodes. This season follows the gang after college and into adulthood as they deal with numerous issues that adults face in their personnel and professional lives such as terrible working conditions, rape allegations, relationships, infidelity, sexual harassment, shootings, amnesia, parenthood, drug abuse, prostitution, homosexual rights and crime.
The eighth season aired Wednesday nights at 9/8c. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of Beverly Hills 90210: The Eighth Season on November 24, 2009 by Paramount.
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Season 91998
6.53K2619h
Season nine of Beverly Hills, 90210, is an American teen drama television series began airing on September 16, 1998 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 19, 1999 after 26 episodes. This season follows the gang into adulthood as they deal with numerous issues that adults face in their personnel and professional lives such as relationships, financial problems, crime, death, alcoholism, domestic violence, gang violence, drug abuse, bulimia, rape and their growing careers.
The ninth season aired Wednesday nights at 9/8c. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of Beverly Hills, 90210: The Ninth Season by Paramount.
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Season 101999
6.53K2719h 26m
Season ten of Beverly Hills, 90210, is an American teen drama television series began airing on September 8, 1999, on Fox television network. It was the final season of the series and concluded on May 17, 2000, after 27 episodes. This season follows the gang into adulthood as they deal with numerous issues that adults face in their personnel and professional lives such as relationships, murder, pregnancy, infidelity, parenthood, kidnappings, death, alcoholism and marriage.
The final season was aired on Wednesday nights at 9/8c in the United States averaging 8.33 million viewers a week. The season was released to DVD under the title of Beverly Hills, 90210: The Final Season by Paramount.
Initial plans of an 11th Season were to be developed but due to low ratings and high associated costs with production the show ended at its tenth season.
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Jason Priestley Brandon Walsh, Jeweler, Will Edwards
Shannen Doherty Brenda Walsh, Wendy Edwards
Luke Perry Dylan McKay, Billy McCoy, Peter Brinkley
Jennie Garth Kelly Taylor, Michelle Carlson
Ian Ziering Steve Sanders, Ronnie Robertson
Brian Austin Green David Silver, Seth Brown, Young John Martin Sr.
Tori Spelling Donna Martin, Donna Martin-Silver, Maryanne Bagley
Joe E. Tata Nat Bussichio, Sal Bussichio
Gabrielle Carteris Andrea Zuckerman, Andrea Zuckerman-Vasquez, Pregnant Hippie Chick
Carol Potter Cindy Walsh, Mrs. Edwards
Crew
Darren Star
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