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Ziering on the show's continued support: '90210 has been the gift that just keeps on giving'

\"Steve Sanders has been very good to me over the years,\" the actor said about his famous character.

Although the series finale of \"90210\" aired 20 years ago, Ziering says he still regularly encounters fans of the drama.

\"Wherever I go, wherever I am in the world, people will come up to tell me that they love the show, that they love the character, they miss seeing it,\" he shared. \"The fact that we're talking about it 30 years after it first aired is amazing.\"

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PHOTO: Ian Ziering on "Beverly Hills 90210."
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Like many of his castmates, he didn't anticipate such a massive response to \"90210.\"

\"You hope for the best with every gig,\" he said. \"With every job as an actor, every gig's got a closing curtain, so you know it's going to happen sooner or later. I didn't expect it to last 10 years, I'll tell you that.\"

One of the many reasons fans loved the show was its long seasons. Ziering said the cast did almost 300 hours of programming.

\"There were some years where we did 32 episodes a year. It's unheard of,\" he said. \"Now a network order is maybe 12-13 at the most, but we did 32 episodes for a couple years because there was such an appetite for the show.\"

\"The fact that it continues to be popular, so many years after it first aired, is just a testament to the fact that we were doing something right,\" he added.

The everlasting bonds formed from the show

Both Carteris and Ziering speak highly of their former castmates and the relationships formed on the show.

In 2019, the show's primary cast members reunited for a special six-episode reboot event series, \"'BH 90210,\" on Fox, and Carteris said it was like they \"never left each other.\"

\"I was so taken by being with everybody and seeing them -- all of us having kids. We're in a different place than we were 30 years ago,\" she said.

\"I'm very close to some of them still -- Jason and I've been close through all the years,\" she added. \"I love to see Ian. Brian I hadn't seen [each other] since we'd finished the show, and it was really magnificent to see him as a man and a father. He's such a wonderful person.\"

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\"It was great to be with the girls. I truly love being with them,\" she added. \"Every day, I didn't care if things were hard or not. I loved the fact that we were all together, and I loved working with them. We were really, really close, and I will always be grateful and always be there if they ever need me.\"

Ziering said the reboot was \"just a testament that it's touched people in such a positive way, that it's literally comfort food.\"

\"Where there's such a yearning for comfort with all that's going on, people like to reconnect with the feel-good from yesterday,\" he added. \"And '90210' was that for so many people.\"

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PHOTO: A cast photo from the show "90210," circ. 1990's.
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He said he is \"very grateful\" for his former co-stars.

\"When you work with someone for 10 years at a formative age, they become like family, and my fellow castmates are like family to me,\" he said. \"They're chosen family, and I love them all and I care for them and I celebrate their victories. I feel the pain when there's lulls for whatever it is in life. We're still very tight-knit.\"

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