Editing Beverly Hills, 90210 (section)

==Casting==
Torand Productions was used by the production company for several seasons on the show. "Torand" is derived from the first several letters of Aaron Spelling's first and second children, Tori and Randy.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}}

The original name for the show, used during shooting of the original pilot in March and April 1990, was ''Doing Time in Beverly Hills'';<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Inventory of the Aaron Spelling Collection #1759 |url=https://www.bu.edu/library/gotlieb-center/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812221325/http://archives.bu.edu/finding-aid/finding_aid_122812.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2021 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |website=Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center at Boston University |page=46}}</ref> later, the tentative title for the show changed to ''Class of Beverly Hills''. The show's episodes were issue-based until the producers decided it should become a teen soap opera. In the first season, the teenage characters (aside from David Silver and Scott Scanlon) were said to be in the eleventh grade, but due to the success of the show, their ages were [[Retroactive continuity|retconned]] to be one year younger in the second season, making them tenth graders in the first.

[[Jennie Garth]] had to audition five times for the role of Kelly Taylor<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jennie Garth |url=http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/dale/16/jennie.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090910001503/http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/dale/16/jennie.html |archive-date=September 10, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009 |website=fortunecity.com}}</ref> and was the first to be cast on the show.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gliatto |first=Tom |date=May 11, 1992 |title=The Other Garth |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20112651,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090607082722/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20112651,00.html |archive-date=June 7, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref> [[Gabrielle Carteris]] felt that she was too old to play a high school student. She first auditioned for Brenda because she thought that being a real-life twin would help her chances, but the producers felt that she would be better for the part of Andrea.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shaw |first=Jessica |date=May 19, 2000 |title=90210: Their Number's Up |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/05/19/90210s-last-episode-aired-may-17th |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427165201/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,276155,00.html |archive-date=April 27, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref>

When [[Tori Spelling]] ([[Aaron Spelling]]'s daughter) auditioned for the show, she used the name Tori Mitchell and auditioned for the role of Kelly Taylor, but she was eventually recognized and was instead cast as [[Donna Martin]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gliatto |first=Tom |date=August 24, 1992 |title=Tori De Force! |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20108463,00.html |url-status=dead |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204083034/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20108463,00.html |archive-date=February 4, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2009}}</ref> Tori Spelling brought [[Shannen Doherty]] to her father's attention after seeing Doherty's movie ''[[Heathers]]'' and being impressed with her performance.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Return to Westerburg High 20th Anniversary Featurette |type=dvd |publisher=Boulevard Entertainment |year=2010}}</ref>

[[Lyman Ward (actor)|Lyman Ward]] was originally cast as Jim Walsh in the pilot but was replaced by [[James Eckhouse]], and Ward's scenes were cut and re-shot with Eckhouse. [[Kristin Dattilo]] was also up for the role of Brenda Walsh, but she turned it down. She later guest starred as Melissa Coolidge in an episode of the first season.

Additionally, [[Luke Perry]] had auditioned for the role of Steve Sanders, but the role eventually went to [[Ian Ziering]] before Perry was cast as Dylan McKay. Perry's character was not an original cast member of the show, and he was first featured in the show's second episode. He was originally intended to only appear in one story arc, for one or two episodes. Fox was initially reluctant to have him included as a regular, but [[Aaron Spelling]] felt differently and gave Perry a bigger role during the first two years until the network was won over.

In the first season, when Donna tries out for school D.J., she is referred to as Donna Morgan. Throughout the rest of the show, her name is Donna Martin.

In addition, in the first season Donna's mother was named Nancy Martin and played by actress Jordana Capra. When she was reintroduced in season two, she was named Felice Martin and was played by actress [[Katherine Cannon]].

In the pilot episode, the role of Jackie Taylor was played by Pamela Galloway and by [[Ann Gillespie]] for the rest of the series. Terence Ford and Arthur Brooks portrayed Dylan's father, Jack McKay, in two episodes before [[Josh Taylor (actor)|Josh Taylor]] assumed the role.

===Departures===
The departure of Shannen Doherty at the end of season 4 came after a period of strife between Doherty, the other cast members, and the show's producers. Executive producer Charles Rosin commented in 2000 that Doherty "had habitual lateness, her lateness was appalling, and she had a callous attitude and an indifference."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Shaw, Jessica |date=May 19, 2000 |title=''90210''{{'s}} last episode aired May 17 |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/05/19/90210s-last-episode-aired-may-17th/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref> Trouble between Doherty and her co-stars, Jennie Garth in particular, was also widely reported in the media.<ref name=":1" /><ref name="Associated Press">{{Cite news |date=August 27, 2008 |title=Jennie Garth, Shannen Doherty Make Nice While Filming New '90210' |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/jennie-garth-shannen-doherty-make-nice-while-filming-new-90210 |access-date=August 7, 2019 |via=[[Fox News]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2010 |title=The View (November 4, 2010) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO_N7UoXPiQ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200309034916/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO_N7UoXPiQ&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=March 9, 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2017 |website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref> Doherty, who was struggling in her personal life with her father's illness, came to an agreement with the producers to phase her out of the show at the beginning of season 4, when Brenda returns to Minnesota for college. It was planned to reduce her appearances from that point, but Doherty had a change of heart and requested to remain as a main cast member.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Beverly Hills, 90210 Season 4: A Look Back with Charles Rosin |type=dvd |publisher=Paramount DVD |year=2008}}</ref> However, as the fourth season wore on Doherty's attitude deteriorated and her friction with the other cast members intensified. When she caused continuity problems by cutting her hair halfway through filming an episode, the producers and cast requested from Aaron Spelling that she be fired.<ref name="EW">{{Cite news |last=Kickham |first=Dylan |date=October 4, 2015 |title=12 things you never knew about 'Beverly Hills, 90210' |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/10/04/beverly-hills-90210-things-you-never-knew/ |access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref>

In season 5, the production accommodated Gabrielle Carteris' pregnancy by reluctantly writing a pregnancy storyline for Andrea. The producers were unhappy with the more adult direction of the character, and Carteris was written off the show at the end of the season.<ref name="EW" /><ref name="Rosin">{{Cite news |date=January 17, 2010 |title=Exclusive: Beverly Hills 90210 Producer Talks College Years, Slams New 90210 |url=https://teendramawhore.com/2010/01/17/beverly-hills-90210-producer-talks-college-years-slams-new-90210/ |access-date=August 6, 2019}}</ref> Also in season 5, [[Jamie Walters]] was introduced as Donna's boyfriend Ray, who later begins abusing her. The writers intended to "rehabilitate" the character in season 6, and Walters signed a $1 million contract. However, the show received such a flood of negative mail from fans complaining about Donna being "stupid" for staying with her abuser, that an angry Aaron Spelling ordered that Walters should be fired. Producer Larry Mollin said of the incident that "he [Walters] got to walk away with his money. But it was still devastating for him. We left him as being a beater, which stayed with him, unfortunately. People thought he was a beater. It was just terrible."<ref name="Rosin" />
In Season 9 Jason Priestley left the show after starring in 4 episodes.