aaron spelling-related stories
Posted Aug 1st 2008 10:02AM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Interviews, Celebrities, TCA Press Tour
There was one and only one reason why I wanted to speak to
Tori Spelling at NBC's TCA party: No, it wasn't because of
90210, though I was curious about it. It was because of my girlfriend.
I'm serious. She's a big fan of the
Tori and Dean reality series on Oxygen, and she's told me on more than one occasion that she thinks that, if circumstances allowed, that she could be friends with the semi-estranged daughter of late TV magnate Aaron Spelling. When I told Tori (her husband,
Dean McDermott, was there but must have been grabbing some mac and cheese or something) that I only know the show because of my girlfriend, she understood. "We hear that a lot. It's OK."
Continue reading Why Tori Spelling thinks people want to be her friend
Posted May 24th 2008 11:01AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
Actress Lori Laughlin believes that any cast reunion that takes place on
90210 will most certainly not include Shannen Doherty. In the OK Magazine article, the actress is quoted as saying "I don't think anyone wants to touch that."
Doherty has a history of rancor between herself and the cast and crew around her. She left
Beverly Hills 90210 after four years, and the departure was pretty acrimonious. When she later joined the cast of
Charmed (also produced by Aaron Spelling), she left after three years due to supposed problems with her co-star Alyssa Milano.
On the other hand, according to Laughlin, the door is still open for other cast members such as Luke Perry and Jason Priestley.
Tori Spelling is already reported to be appearing in the pilot.
Nothing makes a spin-off official like having original cast members in it. It seems a shame that Shannen Doherty keeps shooting herself in the foot like this.
[via TVTattle]Posted Mar 8th 2007 10:03AM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Celebrities
If there's one person I am more indifferent toward than Rod Stewart, it's his son. Nevertheless, Sean Stewart is the center of A&E's new reality series, Sons of Hollywood, along with Randy Spelling (son of the late Aaron Spelling) and David Weintraub.
The series, which premieres April 1 with two episodes at 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m., follows the three young men as they try to carve their own niche in the world and make a name for themselves beyond just being the sons of famous fathers. In one episode, Randy deals with the death of his famous producer father, who passed away while the series was being filmed.
I doubt I'll watch this new series for the same reason I never watched The Simple Life: rich people don't interest me. The idea of a reality show in which regular folk like you and I try to make their way in the world seems far more interesting than three guys who simply move from one mansion into another.
Posted Mar 5th 2007 7:01PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities
Last October I hepped y'all to a possible new reality series from Tori Spelling and her husband Dean McDermott in which the couple would run their own bed and breakfast. Well, it's a-comin', and it's a-gonna be on Oxygen. I'm-a gonna stop typing like that now, if you don't mind.
Continue reading Tori and Dean open the Chateau La Rue
Posted Jan 8th 2007 1:01PM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, ABC, HBO, Lost, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Jonathan
posted news recently that J.J. Abrams is in talks with HBO to direct and produce a show through his Bad Robot Productions. That's all well and good, but let's play junior programming executive for a moment. How would you feel about buying a show from Bad Robot, given their history.
Are you making a deal with the brilliant team behind the top 20 hit Lost? And does the fact that we have now switched that qualifier from top 5, to top 10, to top 20 cause any concern? Or are you making a deal with the team that so bungled Alias that by the end of the run it was almost an act of charity for ABC to even air the show? Seriously. May 17th, 2006, Alias is the #5 show in its time slot behind Deal Or No Deal (NBC), Bones (Fox), The Amazing Race (CBS), AND Next Top Model (UPN), only managing to beat out the movie Final Destination 2 (WB).
Continue reading Would you buy a show from Bad Robot?
Posted Dec 8th 2006 5:21PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities
Since moving to Los Angeles a couple of months ago, I find myself asking people over and over again, "Celebrities have people to do this for them, right?" I first thought that upon my visit to the Los Angeles DMV. I stood around in the painful, crushing humanity of it all wondering whether or not Brad Pitt could hire someone to renew his motorcycle license for him. Isn't the whole point of fame and wealth in America not to have dally with the hoi polloi? Assistants are supposed to do everything menial for you so you can stay home and count your money or fly overseas and save an African nation with your tax return.
Continue reading Tori Spelling holding a yard sale
Posted Dec 4th 2006 3:31PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Celebrities
Poor little rich girl Tori Spelling has
signed a deal with publisher Simon & Schuster to compile her memoirs. A number of questions may spring to mind for our TV Squad readers:
1. Does any thirty-three year old who isn't
Dave Eggers have anything useful to say in a memoir? Maybe not, but we'll give Tori the benefit of the doubt as she is a celebrity and descendant of the man who was television - Aaron Spelling.
2. Is Tori literate? Well, she memorized all her scenes for
90210 and
So noTORIous, so we know she can read. She does, however, plan on using a ghostwriter for her book. We can only hope that Tori's scribe will be chosen from the TV Squad blogger stable.
Continue reading Tori Spelling to write memoir
Posted Oct 30th 2006 4:36PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Cable, Celebrities
Tori Spelling is going to have a reality show about a bed and breakfast. God, they are really running out of ideas.
Maybe Paris Hilton can open up a shoe store, or how about Kirstie Alley running a highly profitable lemonade stand?
Not sure why Spelling would want to do this, since she already had the pseudo-reality show NoTORIous on VH-1. Maybe she needs more money since she only got about $800,000 when her dad Aaron passed away (according to rumors anyway). The show will run for six episodes the first season, and will co-star her husband Dean McDermott. It will air on Oxygen, but there's no title for the show yet.
How about the Mother May I Sleep At Tori Spelling's Bed and Breakfast?
[via TV Tattle]
Posted Oct 19th 2006 6:02PM by Adam Finley
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Celebrities
Tori Spelling isn't ready to quit the reality TV gig just yet. Now that So NoTORIous has been canceled, she and her husband Dean McDermott are shopping around a new series in which they'll live in a bed-and-breakfast and rent rooms to tourists. Spelling wants to use the $800,000 she inherited from her late father to purchase the bed-and-breakfast. The show is being shopped around to different networks, but not much else is known about it at this time. I don't know about the rest of you, but I think Spelling may have finally found the perfect show. When I was younger and watching Beverly Hills: 90210 with my friends while we ironed our khakis and sculpted our hair with Vidal Sassoon hair product, I never understood why Tori's character didn't spend more time making eggs and waffles for total strangers. I always felt this was the reason the show eventually ended. Now, after all these years my dream is finally coming true. I don't think I could be any more thrilled if you hooked me to an electronic thrill machine.
Posted Oct 5th 2006 2:05PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: OpEd, Celebrities
Not sure anyone cares about Tori Spelling anymore, especially after the death of her gravy tra-- sorry, her
father -- Aaron, but at the very least, the ins and outs of her love life are keeping the news media interested. So, for completeness, I'll mention to you that Tori and her husband Dean McDermott have announced that
they're going to have a baby. This will be her first child and McDermott's third.
Recall that Spelling met McDermott while still married to her previous husband, and got married immediately after her divorce was final. This caused
tension with her mother Candy, which still is a problem to this day. Maybe a grandchild will ease that tension. It usually does, at least for a little while.
Posted Jul 28th 2006 10:21AM by Richard Keller
Filed under: TV Royalty, Watercooler Talk, Celebrities
Folks, always be nice to your extremely wealthy and influential parents. Because, if you don't, you may not get what you were promised when one of them passes away.
This is the situation that is playing out in the family of producer Aaron Spelling, who passed away back in June due to complications form a stroke. It seems that daughter Tori Spelling (Beverly Hills, 90210) will not be getting the promised multi-millions from her father's $500 million fortune. Instead, she'll be inheriting a paltry $800,000; a mere 0.16 percent fragment of the entire amount. According to an article in Us Weekly, the severe reduction in funds results from the continued estrangement from her mother Candy, who is the sole executor of her late husband's estate. The report also says that brother Randy will also receive the same amount of money, but will be set up for life by his mother.
The article reads like one of Spelling's primetime soap operas. I wonder if someone else will make the antics of the Spelling family into a successful show starring Heather Locklear.
Posted Jun 28th 2006 6:05PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: TV Royalty, Talent, OpEd, The Five
After Aaron Spelling
died last week, Keith asked if one of us would come up with some sort of The Five post that reviews the prolific producer's career. I was thinking of doing a "favorite shows" or "favorite moments" post, but there's so many of each to choose from, I didn't think I could do either category justice with only five choices.
So I decided to concentrate on the characters from Spelling's shows. And, yes, there are many to choose from in this category, too. But by choosing five of my favorite characters (and listing a few honorable mentions), it gives me a chance to illustrate how varied Spelling's shows truly were. And, as you can tell by the picture above, everyone could identify with at least one of his characters. So here are my favorite five:
Continue reading The Five: Favorite characters from Aaron Spelling shows
Posted Jun 26th 2006 10:07PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: TV Royalty, OpEd, Celebrities
After Aaron Spelling had a stroke last week, there were reports circulating that Tori Spelling, instead of rushing to her father's side, was seen roaming Toronto with her new husband, Dean McDermott. In fact,
Defamer even reported that after Spelling
died on Friday, Tori and Dean were still spotted around "The Canadian New York". Speculation started running rampant that the falling-out Tori had with her parents over her affair and quickie divorce (and the unflattering portrayal of her mother in her show
So NoTORIous) was serious. But Tori was likely making arrangements to go to L.A. -- as her brother Randy was, contrary to previous reports that he was at Spelling's side when he died.
Indeed, both Tori and her husband
attended Spelling's funeral on Sunday. And Tori made a point of telling the press that the
two had reconciled before his stroke. So, let's give Tori a little break; she probably stayed in Toronto because her parents downplayed how serious Aaron's stroke was (or he was seriously ill for a while, and his passing was just a matter of time), then scrambled to get home as soon as she could after receiving word that he died. It happens, you know?
Posted Jun 25th 2006 5:40PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Talent, Industry, Programming, Site Announcements, Web
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Posted Jun 21st 2006 10:51PM by Richard Keller
Filed under: ABC, TV Royalty, Programming
Television producer Aaron Spelling, who has worked in some capacity on nearly 200 productions, suffered a stroke over this past weekend. According to spokesman Kevin Sasaki, the 83-year-old Spelling, who has produced such hits as Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Charmed and 7th Heaven, was briefly hospitalized. Sasaki did not know the extent of damage the stroke caused; however, he said that the fact he was released from the hospital was a good sign.
If you have watched a television show anytime during your life you have probably seen a show that Aaron Spelling had a hand in. He has produced a number of nighttime soaps including Dynasty, Family, The Colbys, Summerland and Twin Peaks (he co-produced the series). He also produced a number of crime dramas such as Starsky & Hutch, T.J. Hooker, The Mod Squad, and Burke's Law. During the 1970's, his mark could be found on ABC with the hits Charlie's Angels, The Love Boat, Vega$, and Fantasy Island. Needless to say, an extremely impressive resume.
Spelling is the father of actor Tori Spelling, who appeared in Beverly Hills 90210, and Randy Spelling
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