Actually, it might not be. I'm not really sure what extortion is exactly, but I do know the 90210 writers are trying to persuade Luke Perry to return to the show, against his very publicly stated will, by writing Dylan McKay into the show as a deadbeat dad. A deadbeat dad! That's one of the worst things you can be! You see, Jennie Garth's character, Kelly Taylor, has a four-year-old son on the show whose father it will be revealed is Dylan McKay. So basically, either Luke Perry comes to claim this fictional kid he had through no fault of his own, or the character that made his career is a toddler-abandoning bastard for all eternity.

Tags: 90210, CW, Jennie Garth, Luke Perry, Shannen Doherty

You can go ahead and file this under much ado about nothin': Today a story is circulating about how Dylan and Brandon will be "back" on 90210 -- this despite numerous comments to the contrary from both Luke Perry and Jason Priestley. What they mean is that both characters will be mentioned on the episode airing September 30, and Brenda will even receive -- gasp! -- a phone call from Dylan! Here's what I predict the conversation will sound like:

Tags: 90210, Jason Priestley, Luke Perry, The CW