Let’s be real, Lifetime’s Unauthorized Stories for the most part are really bad. Strangely enough, they finally got one right. The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story is pretty entertaining, so you should check it out at 8p tonight.
The telemovie starts out with the network pitching the show to Aaron Spelling (Dan Castellaneta) and him saying no. That is until his daughter Tori (Abby Ross) convinces him to do it. Now it is time to cast to lead roles, and Tori again helps him with that when she suggests he hires Shannen Doherty (Samantha Munro) and Jason Priestley (Max Lloyd-Jones ). Tori auditions for Kelly, but the network wants Jennie Garth (Abbie Cobb), so she gets Donna. Somehow Ian Ziering (David Lennon), Gabrielle Carteris (Michele Goyns) and Brian Austin Green (Ross Linton) are also cast on the show.
Now it is time to the shoot the pilot and they share the studio with porn stars. Did you know that? After the pilot is shot and they watch it, they think the show will never get picked up. As we know it did, but initially it bombed.
Darren Star (Adam Korson) and Aaron think the show is missing something and that something is Luke Perry (Jesy McKinney). But even he couldn’t save the show from poor ratings. That is until something happens that helps it become the hit that became. What, you will have to tune in to find out.
After the show is a hit, it is the I hate Shannen show. The movie ends with her firing and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen’s (Alyssa Lynch) hiring. Lynch also played her in Lifetime’s Saved By the Bell movie.
Even though the telemovie only covers the first four seasons, it is just enough. I don’t know how to explain how they got it right, but when you see it, you will see how they did.
I mean, the only actors who look like the people they are playing are Munro and Cobb, but you quickly forget that because the story is interesting enough to keep you entertained.
Tori Spelling recently was strapped down to a lie detector, asked a bunch of questions and this Saturday we will get the results on Lifetime. One of the questions they asked her, is did she sleep with any of her Beverly Hills. 90210 co-stars. She admitted that she did and it was Brian Austin Green.
She revealed that as soon as they met, she felt a connection with him but she wasn’t sure he felt the same way. That’s because he used to come up to her and pull on her peach fuzz and call her, “My Chewbacca.” Well they went from that to making Wookie, I mean Whoopie.
She also revealed that she slept with another co-star, but we will have to tune in to find out who. Who do you think it is?
Lifetime released the first clip from The Unauthorized Full House Story, and they definitely did not have mercy on us. I mean, if this is what we can expect from the telemovie on August 22nd, I wonder if it is too late to cut it out.
On a positive note, at least we have Fuller House to look forward to on Netflix.
Yesterday, I posted the cast photo for Lifetime’s The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story, and I thought that casting was the worst. That casting was spot as compared to the job that Lifetime did for The Unauthorized Melrose Place Story.
I mean, at least with 90210, you knew who they were by their hair color. When it comes to the Melrose Place one that didn’t even work. I mean the actresses playing Heather Locklear, Daphne Zuniga, Josie Bisset and Marcia Cross look nothing at all like them, in fact they look worse than the originals. When it comes to Grant Show, he should be thanking them for casting someone that makes him look like a male model. Finally, the rest of them are just average, not horrendous and not spectacular, but just there.
I hope the movie that airs on October 10th is better than the casting; but let’s be real, it won’t be.
Are able to guess who’s who in that cast photo? To see if you guessed right, then click here!
Watch with Kristin got their hands on the first cast picture from The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story and the promotional photo gets an F-. I mean it is like Lifetime doesn’t even care about casting these Unauthorized movies any more. They will just cast anyone in the part as long as they have the same hair color. On a positive note, the actress playing Jennie Garth looks like her. On a negative note, none of the actors look like the people they are playing. Who is that guy supposed to be behind Gabrielle Carteris? I am assuming that Andrea because of the glasses. Seriously, can the casting be any worse?
BTW we have until October 3rd to come up with a drinking game for this movie, so if you have one let me know.
