LALATE NEWS has its review of CW 90210 and the new cast. Did you like CW 90210’s cast tonight?

LALATE was a huge fan of Beverly Hills 90210 back in the day, and hung out, and swam against, many real life Beverly Hills High School students. So to watch CW 90210 tonight, LALATE had big expectations.

1. Rob Estes is the whole darn show. Estes reportedly was casted later in the process. But with first billing in the credits, Estes deserves it. Rob Estes is stunning amazing in the show. He really is a great actor.

But there is problem with Estes on camera. That in a bit …

2. The casting is quite good in the show with great acting performances.

3. The writing was horrible. The dialog was too simplistic. In many moments, you knew what the cast members were going to say before they said it because the storylines were very predictable. The dialog was amateurish. Adults talked like teens and teens talked lilke adults.

4. The look of the show was not hip. And those tacky commercial break tie-ins didn’t help. Super bright yellow walls in the High School? This is not Saved by the Bell. You really didn’t sense you were in Beverly Hills. THE HILLS looks more 90210 than 90210.

5. This really is two different shows put together which may, or may not, work. The 30-40 years in the show and the teenagers.

Jennie Garth started slow as Kelly Taylor in early scenes but came out 100% Kelly by later scenes - from that pucker pout, that twist of the head. Once Kelly Taylor was back, it really overshadowed the rest of the teenagers. You basically want Kelly and Brendan on screen for an hour. You don’t get that. And you get frustrated. Will LALATE tune back in to see Taylor get 10 minutes of air time in next week’s 1 hour? No.

Overall, great cast, horrible writing, bad stylin’ and not very hip, and too many cast members. Taylor and Walsh need their own with Estes. LALATE would watch the 30+ group in their own show week too week.

But if I’m a teen, I don’t want to see a principal get this much screen time week to week. 90210 was about us, the students.