Jennie Garth Joins the 90210 Spinoff

The CW announced today that Jennie Garth will be appearing on the new BEVERLY HILLS 90210 spinoff when it debuts this Fall on The CW. Jennie will be heading back to West Beverly High, but this time around she’ll be the school’s guidance counselor. Garth appeared on the original 90210 series as Kelly Taylor.

I’m loving the idea of Kelly Taylor – Guidance Counselor. Who better to counsel today’s youth than someone who has first hand experience of the dangers that come with maturation? How many guidance counselors have first hand experience with drug addiction, date rape, being caught in a fire, diet pills, joining a cult? I think Ms. Taylor will have a lot to offer.

I’ve been on again and off again with this show. I was excited about it at first when Rob Thomas was named showrunner. With his departure I had lost a bit of interest. But now with Garth on board and other ex-90210ers like Tori Spelling and Ian Ziering looking to come on board, this could end up being rather spectacular (feel free to insert your own take on the word ‘spectacular’).