One of the most disappointing TV returns of 2019 was 90210. Fox entertainment chief Michael Thorn recently explained to Deadline why the network decided against bringing back the series for a second run.
“I thought it was really brave for the actors. It was really ballsy,” he said. “To pull something off like that is such a high degree of difficulty and I think they did a terrific job but even six [episodes] was really challenging. The idea was to do it as a big event and it did really well for us, it did well in the ratings and was very satisfying for the fans and then let it be what it was, not turning it into something it wasn’t intended to be, which is a long running concept that was not sustainable.”
The revival which featured the majority of the original cast, minus Luke Perry, was originally set as a six-episode run and Thorn wanted to “let it be”.
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