''Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood'' is an American

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series that aired on

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from March 20, 2007, to January 31, 2012. The series was titled ''Tori & Dean: Inn Love'' for its first two seasons.

Premise

The series follows actress

Tori Spelling Victoria Davey Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress. Her first major role was Donna Martin (character), Donna Martin on ''Beverly Hills, 90210'', from 1990 to 2000. She has appeared in made-for-television films, including ''A Fri ...

and her second

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, actor

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. The first two seasons follow the couple as they move out of

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and look for a

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to invest Spelling's $800,000

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ensues as the newlyweds hunt for an affordable

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location, purchase and

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the inn to match their

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style, manage the inn and attempt to fit in with their new local community of

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, all while Spelling is eight months

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with her son, Liam. The couple named their revamped inn, ''Chateau La Rue'', after Spelling's pug called Mimi La Rue. On April 26, 2007, the ''Fallbrook Village News'' reported that Spelling & McDermott did not actually purchase the property, on the August 28, 2007, episode, Tori claimed that they had leased to own. Season 2 premiered on August 14, 2007, and featured 10 new episodes. The McDermotts leave Chateau La Rue and the bed and breakfast industry. Season 3 premiered on June 17, 2008, with the new name, ''Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood'', and broke ratings records for the Oxygen Network, with an estimated 1.4 million viewers. In addition, the episodes were extended from thirty minutes to one hour. In the third season, Tori and Dean have moved back to Los Angeles and are no longer keeping the inn. Throughout most of this season, Tori is pregnant. She gives birth to her daughter, Stella, at the end of the season. Season 4 of ''Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood'' premiered on May 26, 2009, on Oxygen. The show now follows Tori and Dean as they juggle their careers with being parents to their two children. The season premiere became the most-watched opener among Oxygen's core demographic of women 18-49 in the network's nine-year history. Season 5 of ''Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood'' premiered on April 5, 2010, with Season 6 premiering on November 29, 2011.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2007)

Season 2 (2007)

Season 3 (2008)

Season 4 (2009)

Season 5 (2010)

Season 6 (2011–2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tori and Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood 2000s American reality television series 2010s American reality television series 2007 American television series debuts 2012 American television series endings Oxygen (TV channel) original programming Television shows set in Los Angeles Spelling family Television series by World of Wonder (company)