“The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story,” to premiere Sept. 1, will look at the inside story of the beloved series, which aired on NBC on Saturday mornings from 1989 to 1993.
Stories that leapt from big to small screen (and vice versa).
“Saved by the Bell” followed the adventures of Zack Morris (played by Mark-Paul Gosselaar), a popular student at Bayside High School in California, and his clique of friends, which included love interest Kelly Kapowski (Tiffani-Amber Thiesen), fashion-obsessed Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies), geeky best friend Samuel “Screech” Powers (Dustin Diamond), brainy good girl Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley) and lady-killer athlete A.C. Slater (Mario)
The perpetually scheming Zack frequently clashed with Mr. Belding (Dennis Haskins), Bayside’s clueless principal. A short-lived version of the series began on the Disney Channel with the title “Good Morning, Miss Bliss” and starring Hayley Mills before it was retooled for NBC.
The Lifetime movie will delve “into the experiences of six unknown young actors placed into the Hollywood spotlight, exposing the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny while trying to maintain the squeaky clean image of their popular characters both on and off-screen,” according to the network.
Wow that was odd. I just wrote an very long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again. Regardless, just wanted to say fantastic blog!
if you see the person playing Lark Vorhees is hugged up with Mark Paul Gosselaar’s actor that’s because they were actually a off screen couple for a few years during the run of the show.
this isnt a series people so they arent trying to remake the show.. it’s the story of how the show became what it was and where the actors came from.. It’s a lifetime movie.
Your right the new Screech looks a little too cool to replace the old one, but the rest of the cast looks pretty close to the old cast!
i don’t think that we will like it much, but the kids may.
I don’t know about this one! The original is a historical classic! The original will be hard to top!
I don’t know about this one! The original will be hard to top!
No he isn’t! Screech is what made the show!