Shows like Beverly Hills, 90210

These dramas share a preoccupation with the transition from adolescence to adulthood against the backdrop of specific social environments. Each narrative balances interpersonal conflicts and messy romantic entanglements with the weight of family pressure and public reputation.

Viewers drawn to the specific friction of high school life and complex social circles in Los Angeles will find familiar emotional stakes here. Those who appreciated the original series should find similar patterns of shifting loyalties in Dawson’s Creek or the intense class dynamics presented in Elite.