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Tori Spelling dropped out of the show due to low pay. But now there is another sign that the new 90210 spin-off series may stink after screeners have been banned for critics.
The drama has already begun with "90210," which is giving TV critics the brushoff.
Pre-broadcast copies of the new CW series won’t be distributed to TV reviewers and reporters, the network said Monday.
Movie
critics tend to get suspicious when a new release skips review
screenings, but CW said the move merely represents a "strategic
marketing decision" by it and studio partner CBS Paramount Network
Television."We’re not hiding anything" by declining to make the Sept. 2 debut
episode of the "Beverly Hills 90210" spinoff available beforehand,
according to a network statement.Instead, CW said, it’s "simply keeping a lid on `90210′ … riding
the curiosity and anticipation into premiere night, and letting all our
constituents see it at the same time."Distribution of most new fall show pilots has lagged because of the
100-day Hollywood writers’ strike that ended in February and disrupted
TV’s usual production schedule for the 2008-09 season as well as the
previous one.But it’s unusual for TV networks to withhold pilots for other reasons. source
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