Published on Friday 10 October 2008 .
90210 fans rejoice! Luke Perry may not be returning to the Peach Pit just yet, but he will be starring in gritty new surfer drama John From Cincinnati which is coming to FX in November.
The series, created by Deadwood ’s David Milch, tells the story of surfing’s most dysfunctional family, the Yosts, who, despite their amazing surfboard talents, live a meagre life on California’s Imperial Beach. Their lives are thrown into chaos when the mysterious John Monad (Austin Nichols) suddenly arrives, triggering all kinds of paranormal events.
Perry is cash hungry promoter Linc Stark, who is still blamed for standing by while his former client and star surfer Butchie Yost (Brian Van Holt) became hooked on drugs. The series co-stars Rebecca de Mornay as matriarch Cissy Yost and Bruce Greenwood as her zenned out husband Mitch Yost.
And Luke Perry isn’t the only blast from the past in the show. Saved by the Bell alumnus Mark-Paul ‘Zach Morris’ Gosselaar stars as Linc’s business partner Jake Ferris, while Sex and the City’s Willie Garson (Stanford Blatch) plays brilliantly-named lawyer and surf fan Meyer Dickstein.
From the snippets we’ve seen so far, this quirky, hard-hitting series looks pretty damn good. Here’s a trailer…
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2) Booth and Brennan will end up in bed together in the next series of Bones – naked !
3) Vincent the dog is the only character guaranteed to make it to the very end of Lost .
4) The final 10 episodes of Battlestar Galactica may be longer .
1) More pictures from the upcoming US version of Little Britain .
2) The next series of Scrubs will include an episode set in the Bahamas .
3) Ever wondered what locations were being used for the new version of Beverly Hills 90210 ? Wonder no more .
4) A major character will die in the next series of ER .
5) Please say it isn’t so… MTV is remaking The Rocky Horror Show .
6) Eric Stoltz says his character in the Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica is “like Bill Gates, only richer” .
7) List of the day: The top 10 Dr. Horrible catchphrases .
1) The 4400’s Megalyn is replacing Khandi Alexander as the coroner on CSI: Miami .
2) Desperate Housewives may end in 2011 .
3) The L Word is getting a spin-off .
4) Shannen Doherty will definitely be appearing in the new version of Beverly Hills 90210 . Tori Spelling, for one, is thrilled .
5) Former Hustle actress Jaime Murray , currently starring as Lila in Dexter, has landed another US TV role as the Greek god Aphrodite .
6) Jin will be back in the next series of Lost .
7) Battlestar Galactica’s Jamie Bamber (Apollo) is going to star in the British version of Law & Order .
8) And finally: Strange British guy applies to become Dr. Horrible’s sidekick .
1) Lost’s head honchos Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have launched a Lost Book Club , with more info on the books that have featured in the series.
2) On the same day that Presidential candidate John McCain reveals he’s a big 24 fan , Dennis Haysbert (aka the show’s onetime President David Palmer) says he reckons he helped pave the way for Barack Obama .
3) Ali Larter may get an all-new alter ego called Tracy Strauss in the next series of Heroes .
4) Shannen Doherty is in talks to reprise the role of Brenda Walsh on the Beverly Hills, 90210 update .
5) AMC, the channel that shows Mad Men in America, is running a competition to win a walk-on role on the show . Before you get too excited, though, you should be warned that it’s open to US residents only.
1) Heroes head honcho Tim Kring says there are going to be loads of bad guys in the next series .
2) Nicole Richie has landed a guest role on Chuck .
3) Deadwood’s Timothy Olyphant will join William Hurt in the second series of Damages .
4) Robert Carlyle has been saying that the next series of 24 will be only 22 hours-long . Fox, which makes the show, however, insists it will be the normal 24 episodes .
5) Battlestar’s Tricia Helfer is to star in a modern-day Jekyll and Hyde story called Inseparable .
6) Former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Luke Perry will play a baddie in Criminal Minds .
