NEW TENANTS FOR MELROSE PLACE?

It looks like the most dramatic apartment complex in Los Angeles is coming back to the small screen.  Following it’s success with the Beverly Hills 90210 spin-off, the CW is looking to bring another 90s classic, Melrose Place.

Melrose itself was a spin-off 90201 (remember when Jake conveniently walked out of Kelly Taylor’s posh Bev Hills house and into the adult world of condos) and aired on Fox from 1992-1999.  The show had about a million cast members, everyone from Marcia Cross and Kristin Davis to Grant Show (the requisite gay guy) and Chad Lowe.  (Seriously, check out this cast list and the amount of people who had 2-episode arcs…Loni Anderson, Kathy Ireland, Jasmine Guy, wtf?!) And who could forget Heather Locklear, aka Amanda Woodward, the advertising titan from D&D. 

The spin-off is still in its very early stages but one does wonder if anyone would come back to the new Melrose like Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty have done with 90210.  The thing is with Melrose Place is…well…everyone was f-cking crazy!  Marcia Cross’ character tried to blow up the apartments and Kristin Davis’ character’s ghost haunted her husband (played by Andrew Shue).  Well, crazy or slutty.  Lots of slutiness, but that’s what made it good.  Now, let’s check out the old opening credits, cuz that theme song is a close second to 90210′s.  Get ready for some sexy guitars…

  • Anonymous

    Grant Show’s Jake wasn’t the gay character, Doug Savant’s Matt was. IRL, Doug Savant (now of Desperate Housewives) is married to Laura Leighton who played Sydney on MP.