"We're very excited about the chance to watch this ensemble of newcomers and familiar faces coalesce and grow together as we move forward," Dawn Ostroff, president of entertainment at The CW, said in a statement issued to Usmagazine.com Monday.

The Hollywood Reporter said 4.9 million people tuned in for the new show's two-hour premiere, making it the highest-rated scripted series premiere in the network's history.

Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty, co-stars on the original 1990s teen soap, are reprising their roles in the new edition of the show.