 In 1991 , Mirkin wrote a pilot with Julie Brown entitled The Julie Show , starring Brown , but NBC did not produce it . Several people at the network enjoyed it and commissioned The Edge , a sketch comedy show also written by Mirkin and Brown , with Mirkin directing . NBC opted against production , but Fox ran it from 1992 to 1993 . Mirkin had long wished to produce a sketch show , and designed The Edge to be " fast @-@ paced " and " some skits overlap , end abruptly or are broken into segments , " in order to maintain attention . The Edge was a ratings success and was supported by the network . Mirkin considered it " the first time I experienced the feeling of having a hit that I created . It just kept building and growing . " The show 's material often inflamed its targets , particularly producer Aaron Spelling . Spelling objected to a sketch mocking his series Beverly Hills , 90210 , another Fox show , and its lead actress Tori Spelling , who is his daughter . He demanded a public apology and that no further episodes contain the parody , threatening to sue . The show 's production company TriStar Television refused , while Mirkin responded : " The thing about these parodies is they don 't hurt a show . It 's only cross @-@ promotion . The viewers who like the show always come back the next week . What 's upsetting to me is it shows absolutely that Mr. Spelling has no sense of humor . " Mirkin left his role as executive producer of The Edge during its run . The Pittsburgh Post @-@ Gazette reported that Mirkin had been " forced off the show , " due to the negative reaction of Spelling and others , though in 2012 , Mirkin stated that he left the series after refusing to accept a substantially reduced budget . The show 's producers Sony failed to persuade him to stay but he returned to the series to produce its final " Best Of " compilation . 
