Season seven of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series, began airing on August 21, 1996 on Fox television network. The season concluded on May 21, 1997 after 32 episodes. This season follows the gang during their senior year of college as they deal with issues that young adults face such as hostage situations, relationships, racism, infidelity, HIV/AIDS, natural disasters, alcoholism, depression, drug use, pregnancy, suicide attempts, miscarriages, and sex. The seventh season aired Wednesday nights at 8/9c in the United States averaging 13.2 million viewers. The season was released on DVD as a seven disc boxed set under the title of Beverly Hills, 90210: The Seventh Season on April 7, 2009 by Paramount.