<em>BH90210</em> stars and producers on paying tribute to Luke Perry, using reboot to 'heal'

Nearly 30 years after the launch of Beverly Hills, 90210 — and 20 years after its farewell — the show that launched countless ‘Dylan or Brandon?’ and ‘Kelly or Brenda?’ debates is returning to television, albeit in a different meta form.Fox’s BH90210 is a six-episode dramedy in which the original stars of the teen drama set at West Beverly High — that would be Jennie Garth, Tori Spelling, Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Brian Austin Green, Ian Ziering, and Gabrielle Carteris — playing exaggerated versions of themselves (but inspired by their real lives!) as they reunite for… a reboot of 90210.Luke Perry, who died in March following a massive stroke, is the only main cast member not taking part in the new series. And when Luke passed away, things drastically changed for me and I felt like it was a great opportunity to honor him… And I’m really glad I made that decision because now I get to sit up here with a lot of people that I respect and love and we went on this amazing journey together where we also got to really sort of heal through losing somebody who means the world to all of us.”BH90210 executive producer Chris Alberghini said that considerable thought went into figuring out the proper way to salute Perry, who played rebel teen Dylan, within the format.