TV URBAN LEGEND: Aaron Spelling tried to license Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High for the United States television market and created Beverly Hills 90210 instead when his licensing attempt failed.Television history is filled with examples of American producers adapting hit shows from other countries into successful shows here, like All in the Family (Till Death Us Do Part), Sanford and Son (Steptoe and Son), and Three’s Company (Man About the House). That tradition continues to this day with hit shows like Ghosts (based on the British series of the same name) and The Cleaning Lady (based on the Argentinian show, La Chica Que Limpia).For years, fans have been debating just what the connection was between the hit Canadian prime time soap opera about high school students, Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High, and the hit American prime time soap opera about high school students, Beverly Hills 90210, which was created by legendary TV producer, Aaron Spelling. Was Beverly Hills 90210 simply similar to Degrassi, or was the connection deeper than that? One legend is so common that a search for “Aaron Spelling” and “Degrassi” gives you an exceptionally large number of posts online repeating the same legend. I’ll use the one from IMBD’s trivia page for Spelling, “At some point during the run of Degrassi High (1987), Spelling made an attempt to buy the rights and produce the show in America. Shortly after his request was declined, he produced Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990).”
TV URBAN LEGEND: Aaron Spelling tried to license Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High for the United States television market and created Beverly Hills 90210 instead when his licensing attempt failed.
Television history is filled with examples of American producers adapting hit shows from other countries into successful shows here, like All in the Family (Till Death Us Do Part), Sanford and Son (Steptoe and Son), and Three’s Company (Man About the House). That tradition continues to this day with hit shows like Ghosts (based on the British series of the same name) and The Cleaning Lady (based on the Argentinian show, La Chica Que Limpia).
For years, fans have been debating just what the connection was between the hit Canadian prime time soap opera about high school students, Degrassi Junior High/Degrassi High, and the hit American prime time soap opera about high school students, Beverly Hills 90210, which was created by legendary TV producer, Aaron Spelling. Was Beverly Hills 90210 simply similar to Degrassi, or was the connection deeper than that? One legend is so common that a search for “Aaron Spelling” and “Degrassi” gives you an exceptionally large number of posts online repeating the same legend. I’ll use the one from IMBD’s trivia page for Spelling, “At some point during the run of Degrassi High (1987), Spelling made an attempt to buy the rights and produce the show in America. Shortly after his request was declined, he produced Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990).”
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