What do you think? Do you think that Jessica and Shenae are to skinny to be on tv, are they setting a bad example. Here’s an article from EW.com.

You’d think it would take something big to steal our attention from the highly anticipated reunion of Jennie Garth and Shannen Doherty on the new 90210. Actually, it was something small–too small. Almost without exception, the young actresses on The CW’s spin-off are alarmingly thin, with arms that seem thickest at the wrists, and legs that look, well, like arms. As we watched Kansas transplant Annie Wilson (Shenae Grimes, pictured, left) graze on a side salad as her lunch entrée, one question lingered: Are we the only ones overreacting to these skinny minnies? The answer, as it turns out, is no.

“Everyone says television adds five or ten pounds, so if you’re watching and someone looks like they haven’t eaten in forever, what must they look like in person?” asks a Hollywood insider who works with young actresses on popular series (nearly everyone asked about this subject preferred to remain anonymous). “Why doesn’t someone on set or a producer or a studio head say, ‘This is not okay’?” According to a source close to the show, the network has. Calls went out to representatives of the show’s stars (Grimes, Jessica Stroup, pictured right, and Anna­Lynne McCord) suggesting they address the weight issue with the ladies. McCord’s publicist Gary Mantoosh denies receiving such notice, and insists that his client chows down on “whatever she wants,” including hamburgers. But one report estimates that none of the stars weighs more than 110 pounds, and 90210 insiders quietly admit that they know there’s a problem.

Of course, no one is pointing accusatory fingers at three actresses barely out of their teens. One casting agent who works frequently with The CW turns a critical eye on the network itself. “I know in discussions at ABC and CBS that ‘too skinny’ is no good. They talk about it as a minus point,” says the agent. “But at The CW it’s a different story. They’re trying to pull in the Gossip Girl audience and that’s the image: hyper-skinny models.” (The network declined to comment for this article.) Still, The CW hardly stands alone in holding Hollywood actresses to an impossible standard when it comes to weight: Be thin, really really thin–but not too thin! Which leaves actresses with, oh, roughly eight ounces of wiggle room.

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