Melrose Place is hitting the CW this season and everyone is very excited. By everyone I mean those who watched the original show, teen girls who love
90210, and people who are currently on the show.
Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello was on hand to bring us his thoughts from
Melrose Place summer press tour. All the fun members of the cast were there, including
Ashlee Simpson, Laura Leighton, Jessica Lucas, Colin Egglesfield, Dawn Ostroff, Shaun Sipos, and
Katie Cassidy. Everyone seems very excited for "New Faces, new drama, same pool."
Ashlee
makes quite an impression in the promo for the show, which offers viewers a glimpse as to what the pool has to offer. Original
Melrose Place star Laura Leighton says, "There was no downside to coming back and playing [Sydney] again." Although there is a fun murder that gets solved in the first few episodes, (
spoiler!) Sydney will be in future episodes, just in flashback mode.
Most of the cast members from the original show have yet to sign on to make an appearance, although the producers did say that if
Heather Locklear would want to guest star they would be more than happy to have her. Heather might be fun to have. She's been laying kinda low recently; this could be a nice comeback.
The CW has definitely been making a place for themselves in the teen TV world for remaking
Aaron Spelling shows.
90210,
Melrose Place, what's next? Personally I'm hoping for either
The Love Boat or
Dynasty. On second thought, a remake of those might ruin the glory of the original.
Good luck Melrose Place!
You all look fabulous so I can't imagine that your show wouldn't be pretty to watch.
Gallery Info: Ashlee Simpson, Jessica Lucas, Colin Egglesfield, Laura Leighton, Dawn Ostroff, Shaun Sipos and
Katie Cassidy at the CBS, CW, CBS Television Studio and Showtime TCA party at the Huntington Library.
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