After months of network hype and mediocre anticipation, the new Melrose Place debuted last night. Like last season’s 90210 update, a couple original castmembers came along for the ride. Does this new version have a chance of sticking around as long as the original?
The first Melrose Place began as a FOX spin-off of the successful Beverly Hills, 90210 series in 1992. It revolves around a group of apartment complex residents played by Thomas Calabro, Josie Bissett, Andrew Shue), Courtney Thorne-Smith, Grant Show, Doug Savant, Vanessa A. Williams, and Amy Locane. The show wasn’t an immediate success and didn’t start to really gain steam until Heather Locklear joined the regular cast as ambitious Amanda Woodward in season two. The campy drama went through a lot of cast changes over the years and finally ended after seven seasons in 1999.
Though the CW network hasn’t had much success with their new 90210, the execs decided to try reviving Melrose Place as well. It takes place in the same apartment complex and features a whole new cast of young and sexy characters, played by Katie Cassidy, Colin Egglesfield, Stephanie Jacobsen, Jessica Lucas, Michael Rady, Shaun Sipos, and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz. To try to attract some original series fans, the producers included Calabro and Laura Leighton and even killed one of them off in the pilot.
For whatever reason though, the new version of Melrose hasn’t inspired the buzz that 90210 did and far fewer people were lured into taking a peek.
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Last night’s Melrose premiere attracted just 2.27million viewers and a 1.3/4 rating/share of the 18-49 demographic. That put the debut in fourth place in its timeslot, well behind NBC’s America’s Got Talent, CBS’s Big Brother, and ABC’s weak Shaq Vs series.
That’s hardly a good start for CW’s Melrose and it’s very likely that future week’s numbers will be even worse, especially once the other networks start debuting their new Fall programming.
Did you tune in? If so, will you come back next week to learn more clues about the big murder? Based on these numbers you have to wonder if the new Melrose will be around long enough for the crime to be solved.
What do you think? Cancel it or keep it?
keep the show it was getting so good
keep the show,Ill get better
Move the new season of “Melrose Place” to “Fox”,”Soap Net”, “USA network” or “lifetime”.
don’t cancel the show just move “melrose place” to a different network.
I love Melrose Place and 90210!!
KEEP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE
Love the cast, they are talented actors. Shame they brought Sydney back just to kill her off. She is better to watch than Locklear nowadays. Lauren is my favorite and her and Shaun are hot together. I’m sick of shows being cancelled because I don’t watch on the tv at the time they expect. Online viewing should count and be offered more so we are not obligated to a timeslot of LA’s choosing. I’m getting ready to boycott the “CW” Warner Bros. was the Best and they even let shows continue through syndication or other networks. I’m sick of the… Read more »
Amazing Cast, Excellent Show though competes with Fox and Abc Network shows.
Please don’t cancel this—there is talent unlike the pathetic new 90210 kick.
90210 is THE BESTTT!!!!
Please keep it!!! I dont like 90210. I have always been a fan of the old and new version of Melrose Place
no keep my show i wanna see what happens to ella and lauren ???? its getting good people should watch it it doesnt get that much credit as it should its like 100 times better then 90210 lol
Got sucked into this Melrose Place just like I did with the original. Dear CW, Please KEEP IT!!!! I HAVE to know how Ella’s going to get out of the embezzlement jam! Maybe send Amanda to prison and have Eve come visit her every Saturday – provided Rena Sofer’s available to reprise her role and Eve’s been released from the loony bin…
AHHHHH – SUCH good stuff!
KEEP IT!!! It is getting soooooo good and the acting is much better then 90210!!!!
Keep The SHOW~!!!!!!!!!!!
Please keep it!
I just watched Oriole. It was fricking good the scene when Auggie and Violet left… BEAUTIFUL!