Maybe viewers miffed with this bit of casting news from the set of 90210 will borrow a title from Nick Flynn to express their ire toward the show. Jessica Walter, née Lucille Bluth, is being downgraded from series regular to a regular role for the second half of the series' first season. One insider said it didn't make sense to "pay her all that money to utter two funny lines an episode." Note that, however, it does make complete sense for them to keep Annalynne McCord on payroll full-time for her terrific contributions.

Last year, Jessica Stroup was Satan's daughter on the CW's canceled Reaper. Now fresh out of Hell, she's stirring up trouble in the country's most notorious zip code: 90210. The CW's reboot of the legendary Aaron Spelling primetime soap was the most hotly anticipated new show of the 2009-2010 TV season, and Stroup's character was long shrouded in mystery. Was she Kelly and David's half-sister Erin, or was she the progeny of Donna and David's series finale union? It turns out she is little Erin, who we last saw as a blonde impish tot who was concerned that ice cream would make her fat. Now answering to the moniker "Silver," the angry teen acts like Gossip Girl's bitchy best friend on her virtual burn book, "The Vicious Circle."

The new [not Beverly Hills] 90210 just lost what little legitimacy it might have aspired to. In conjunction with the show, a whole line of products -- ranging from apparel to cosmetics and school supplies -- will soon be available. These products will feature "iconic graphics" from both the new and original shows. Luke Perry's sideburns, perhaps? The original show did have a line of products too, most noteworthy being the Beverly Hills 90210 action figures!

We'd die. But since the spin-off looks worse than Tori Spelling's, um, face, wethinks we'll live. But some of the Peach Pitters are coming back, in what will surely turn into the "Celebrity Rehab" of primetime soap operas. First, Jennie "Kelly Taylor" Garth announced that she would pick up her role—as a guidance counselor at Bayside or whatever it was called. Then today, Tori "Donna 'I'm A Virgin But Now I'm a Total Slut' Summer" Spelling said she would be back as the owner of a fancy boutique in Bev Hills. Which totally makes sense, since she was the worst dressed character on the show. But what of the other denizens from that famed zipcode, and the former key to my savings account? How should they blossom from 30-year-old high-schoolers to outright adults?

There are also Smallville and Veronica Mars versions over at Gawker.

Three things The CW's new "90210" has going for it: Its theme song, Lucille Bluth, and Becky Katsopolis. One thing that makes us nervous: It looks worse than "Summerland" and "Hidden Palms" combined. Hopefully, we're wrong.