Genre: Sitcom, Teen sitcom
Developed by Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner & Lindsey Turner & Gregg Mettler
Based on that ’70s Show; by Bonnie Turner & Terry Turner & Mark Brazill
Starring: Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Callie Haverda, Ashley Aufderheide, Mace Coronel, Reyn Doi, Sam Morelos&Maxwell Acee Donovan.
Music by: James Iha
Executive producers: Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Gregg Mettler, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Lindsey Turner, Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Chrissy Pietrosh, Jessica Goldstein, Gail Mancuso
Producer: Steve Sandoval
Editors: Scott Ashby, Joseph Fulton
Cinematography: Gary Baum
Production companies: The Carsey-Werner Company, Ratamacue
Distributor: Carsey-Werner Distribution
Network: Netflix
Plot: In the summer of 1995, Leia Forman makes friends with a new generation of Point Place kids while visiting her grandparents, Red and Kitty, in Wisconsin.
I was excited about this show.
Season 1 of that’s 90s Show was decent at best.
Pros: I like having this show set in the 90s and the references from that period. Having all the cast from that 70s Show appear was a joy to see. By the end, I got inside liking Leia Forman a lot more than the others. You can get into this show about having to watch that 70s show before this.
Cons: Take away the 90s nostalgia and you won’t find this show appealing to me. I didn’t connect to what was going on in the show. The script was so paint-by-numbers, childish.
Casts & Characters:
Main:
- Debra Jo Rupp as Kitty Forman, Leia’s paternal grandmother
- Kurtwood Smith as Red Forman, Leia’s paternal grandfather
- Callie Haverda as Leia Forman, a smart, snarky teenager who craves adventure, and is the daughter of Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti from the original series
- Ashley Aufderheide as Gwen Runck, a rebellious Riot grrrl with a loyal heart
- Mace Coronel as Jay Kelso, a charming, flirty young videographer, Leia’s love interest, the son of Michael Kelso and Jackie Burkhart.
- Reyn Doi as Ozzie, an insightful and perceptive teen who is openly gay
- Sam Morelos as Nikki, Nate’s ambitious and intelligent girlfriend
- Maxwell Acee Donovan as Nate Runck, Gwen’s easygoing and fun-loving older half-brother, and Nikki’s boyfriend
Recurring:
- Andrea Anders as Sherri Runck, the Formans’ new neighbor and Gwen and Nate’s mother who is in a relationship with Fez
- Laura Prepon as Donna Forman, Leia’s mother, Eric’s wife, and an author
- Wilmer Valderrama as Fez, a popular hair stylist
Guest stars:
- Topher Grace as Eric Forman, Leia’s father, and an adjunct religion professor
- Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart, Jay’s mother, and Kelso’s wife
- Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso, Jay’s father, and Jackie’s husband
- Tommy Chong as Leo Chingkwake, Point Place’s local hippie who were friends with the original cast
- Don Stark as Bob Pinciotti,[4] Leia’s maternal grandfather
- Brian Austin Green as Brian Austin Green, a fictionalized version of himself who reprised his Beverly Hills, 90210 roles as David Silver in the Point Place, 53140 dream sequences that spoofed the series
- Jim Rash as Fenton, Fez’s former landlord in the original series, now Sherri’s landlord
I would recommend watching it. This series is on Netflix.
Rating: 1.5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
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