the buzz log

Searches on America's favorite Zip Code are making a comeback. Could it be the long-awaited release of the first season of "Beverly Hills 90210" on DVD? The sideburns and receding hairlines of the '90s oldest high schoolers are back in style and Buzz on "90210" was up 46% yesterday.

The years since the halcyon days of the Peach Pit haven't been kind to the stars of "90210." Dylan and Brandon aren't exactly hunks anymore, and Donna Martin has graduated to a life of lurid tabloid headlines. We checked searches on the actors of West Beverly and found an unlikely number one...

While it was tough to top "90210" as a guilty pleasure, "Melrose Place" managed to drown the competition in a sea of soapy suds. Also out now on DVD, season one of "Melrose" offers little hint of the campy and bitchy drama the show would become in its later years.

Most of the credit for the show's eventual success is laid at the beautiful feet of diva-licious Heather Locklear. The blonde bombshell who played the awesomely bad Amanda appropriately ranks at the top of our Search survey of Melrose's biggest stars...