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The Prestige TV Podcast

Prestige TV Hall of Fame: The ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Season 4 Finale, “Mr. Walsh Goes to Washington,” With Bill Simmons and Juliet Litman

The Prestige TV Podcast

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.41.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Bill and Juliet get together to analyze and celebrate the two-part conclusion to Season 4 of ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ on its 30th anniversary. They begin by sharing their insights into the most pivotal episodes throughout Brenda and Brandon’s season-long MVP run before breaking down the tumultuous Mardi Gras finale in full. Hosts: Bill Simmons and Juliet Litman Producer: Chris Sutton Additional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles Video: Stefano Sanchez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

If you're a fan of the inner workings of Hollywood, then check out my podcast, The Town, on the Ringer Podcast Network.

0:05.6

My name's Matt Bellany. I'm founding partner at Puck and the writer of the What I'm Hearing newsletter.

0:10.4

And with my show, The Town, I bring you the inside conversation about money and power in Hollywood.

0:15.1

Every week, we've got three short episodes featuring real Hollywood insiders to tell you what people in town are actually talking

0:21.0

about. We'll cover everything from why your favorite show was canceled overnight, which

0:25.3

streamer is on the brink of collapse, and which executive is on the hot seat. Disney, Netflix,

0:30.2

who's up, down, and who'll never eat lunch in this town again? Follow the town on Spotify or wherever

0:35.6

you get your podcast.

0:50.4

It's the Prestige TV podcast.

0:52.0

My name is Bill Simmons.

0:53.3

I'm here with Julia Libman.

0:54.5

There has not been a lot of Prestige TV lately, so we're doing a Hall of Fame episode of a show that is not prestigious,

0:59.9

Juliet. But a show that's super important that once upon a time gave us one of the great

1:05.6

two-part season-ending cliffhangers in the history of television. I am talking about season four, Beverly Hills, 902 and O, 30th anniversary this week of Mr.

1:18.4

Walsh goes to Washington.

1:19.7

An important show to both of us.

1:21.2

So unbelievable.

1:22.9

You mentioned the two-parter.

1:24.9

On Paramount Plus, they've condensed it into one episode. It's just

1:28.0

like a straight through. That really caught me by surprise, but I loved it. And I'd like to see

1:33.2

streaming services take more chances like that. Great idea. Well, one of the important things

1:37.9

about this episode is they actually kept some of the baby face performance. I mean, there's a lot of iconic things about this episode.

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