Reboots That Should've Never Been Made: "Melrose Place" (2009)

[JamesG]

As reboots go, killing off an original cast member (Laura Leighton's Sydney Andrews) in the first seven minutes was… a choice.

Like "Melrose Place" before it, the 2.0 version followed a group of 20-somethings living in a West Hollywood apartment complex called… Melrose Place. If you're already bored, join the club.




Built on the twin pillars of murder and prostitution, the show delivers a certain brand (The CW) of glossy trash and bad dialogue that some people might have been clamoring for back in 2009, though it's hard to imagine who. Those with vacuuming to do, perhaps?

Ashlee Simpson's casting as the scheming Violet might've been fun, if she could act, which she cannot, unless a blank stare counts — a far cry from Heather Locklear's addictively nasty Amanda (one of EW's "100 Greatest Characters of the Last 20 Years").




Adding other original cast members here and there, including Locklear herself joining the party mid-season, didn't help. And while the rest of the group tried hard to drum up excitement around that familiar pool, the chemistry (and everything else) fell flat.

https://ew.com/tv/tv-reboots-should-...ver-been-made/