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Saved by the Bell
TV Series (1989 - 1993)
Zack, the cool preppy, Slater, the athlete, Screech, the nerd, Lisa, the gossip queen, Kelly, the cheerleader, and Jessie, the honor student, all group up at Bayside High.
Last Episode
TV Movie: Saved by the Bell: Wedding in … Aired: Oct. 07, 1994Zack and Kelly are finally getting married. But of course, problems are ahead. Zack's parents are against them getting married, and Kelly's parents … [continue reading]
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Aug. 20, 1989
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
30 min.
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- Jennie Garth, Jaleel White, Jonathan Brandis, and Brian Austin Green are among those who auditioned for the show.
- According to producer Peter Engel, at a meeting before the show had been created, NBC President Brandon Tartikoff suggested the show be given a name that used the word bell (such as "When the…
[show]According to producer Peter Engel, at a meeting before the show had been created, NBC President Brandon Tartikoff suggested the show be given a name that used the word bell (such as "When the Bell Rings"). One of Engel's colleagues then suggested the name "Saved by the Bell", which Tartikoff liked. Engel disliked the name but, believing that someone else probably owned the rights to the phrase "saved by the bell", went along with it. As luck would have it, NBC's legal department discovered that in fact nobody owned the rights to the phrase, and by the next day Engel's office was covered in large banners that said "Saved by the Bell".
[hide] - Creator Peter Engel did not know Dustin Diamond's actual age (he was 12) when he cast Diamond as Screech, and later angered Diamond by repeatedly noting Diamond's immaturity relative to the…
[show]Creator Peter Engel did not know Dustin Diamond's actual age (he was 12) when he cast Diamond as Screech, and later angered Diamond by repeatedly noting Diamond's immaturity relative to the other and older regular cast members. Engel also said that he would not have cast Diamond if he'd known he was 12 at the time.
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