The show, based on the DC Comics character, will boast the first openly gay lead of a live-action superhero show
November 2017
2017 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2017: 50-1
The countdown reaches its peak with a sci-fi dystopia that chimed with the real threat of Donald Trump, followed closely by superlative police drama, true-crime milestones, peril at sea, and the comic adventures in wrestling
March 2017
Better than Buffy? Spare a thought for the Vampire Diaries
The show bowed out as the world marked the 20th anniversary of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but this was one blood-sucking show that could compete
October 2016
No Tomorrow review – it's apocalypse swoon in end-of-world romcom
He’s an Aussie hipster who believes the end of the world is nigh; she’s a warehouse worker who falls for him. But is there any future to their romance – or, more importantly, this show?
August 2016
CW introduces first show with a gay superhero – Freedom Fighters: The Ray
The network behind other popular superhero series such as The Arrow and The Flash has added The Ray to its 2017 roster on its digital channel
May 2016
TV upfronts: CBS promises Good Wife spinoff; the CW goes big on superheroes
The most popular network and its youthful sister decide to stick with what’s working: more procedurals on CBS and plenty of spandex and capes on the CW
August 2015
What's up with Britney Spears on Jane the Virgin? What we learned at the TCAs
The third week of the TCAs featured The Good Wife’s Kalinda/Alicia scene, Heroes Reborn and a bit of ‘dry-Trumping’ from ‘the real’ Stephen Colbert
May 2015
The CW isn't going to mess with success
CW had its best year ever last year, and the youth-focused channel is sticking to its guns by adding just one show, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, picked up from CBS
January 2015
A 24 season without Jack Bauer? What we learned at the TCAs
SF is booming, the traditional sitcom is coming back, and an X Files reboot could soon be gracing our screens. Here’s a roundup of the news from the conference where the major networks announced their news
October 2014
After Manhattan Love Story, which other fall shows will be axed?
The Flash is going gangbusters, Bad Judge is clinging on and it looks like curtains for Selfie. We assess the winners and losers of the fall TV season
January 2013
TV and radio blog
The Carrie Diaries season premiere: bad clothes, bad hair, bad writing
The Carrie Diaries shows a world where the good people are blonde and all the clothes are bad. Unfortunately, so's the script
September 2012
TV and radio blog
Fall TV schedule: hits and misses
Game of Thrones and Mad Men won't return until next year. Your consolation prize is US network TV's latest attempt at relevance. Here's what to DVR and what to miss
January 2009
Shortcuts
Beverly Hills 90210: back on our screens - and now even skinnier
Hadley Freeman: Return of the TV show that proved that even ridiculously beautiful, nauseatingly rich teenagers have problems
October 2008
Channel 4 to air 90210 remake in UK
Channel 4 has won a bidding war for new US teen drama 90210, the new version of Beverly Hills 90210. By Leigh Holmwood
September 2008
Aerial view of America
Aerial view of America
Jonathan Bernstein: On US TV this month a remake of Beverly Hills 90210 tries to hook a new generation of viewers
UK channels to lock horns over 90210
A bidding war is brewing between Channel Five, ITV2 and E4 for the UK rights to the new version of American teen drama Beverly Hills 90210. By Leigh Holmwood
US ratings success for 90210 remake
The new version of the hit 1990s American drama Beverly Hills 90210 premiered to record ratings for US network The CW. By Leigh Holmwood
May 2008
TV and radio blog
Beverly Hills 90210: the brats are back
Will a new spin-off of LA's cheesiest teen series live up to its heyday? And where are Brandon, Brenda and Donna?
April 2008
Organ Grinder
Beverly Hills 90210 remake: how can it possibly top the original?
I've belatedly become a 90210 addict thanks to US cable channel Soapnet and fear the remake can never match the awful acting and hackneyed plotlines
