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Unsourced material[edit]

The article has been tagged since 2009 for needing sources. Please feel free to re-add this material with appropriate sourcing. Doniago (talk) 14:02, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

It aired in the season following the original series' last and was also set in the following school year. The series sported a continuity problem in that the characters who ended up at the fictional California University were set to go off to different universities at the end of the original Saved by the Bell. Due to low ratings, Saved by the Bell: The College Years only lasted one season (it competed against Full House when it aired on ABC at the time). Unlike the original series which aired on Saturday mornings with only two exceptions, the pilot and the series finale, The College Years was shown in prime time. The series aired from September 14, 1993 (though the original pilot aired on May 22, 1993) to February 8, 1994.

Syndication

Saved by the Bell is syndicated in what appears to be two syndication packages:

The original series, with the repackaged Good Morning, Miss Bliss episodes and the Hawaiian Style TV movie, broken down into four standard-length episodes.
The College Years and the Wedding in Las Vegas TV movie (broken down into four standard-length episodes).

Produced by NBC Productions, Saved by the Bell's United States distribution rights are currently handled by their distribution arm, NBC Universal Television Distribution. Until recently, it was syndicated via Rysher Entertainment (CBS Television Distribution would take over distribution after 2929 Entertainment purchased Rysher, although the Rysher logo was retained on most episodes, and is still retained on TBS airings). In airings of Saved by the Bell episodes in broadcast syndication and on TBS (along with the TBS telecasts of Saved by the Bell: The College Years) since September 2007, the versions distributed by NBC Universal feature truncated versions of both series theme songs, that are shortened down to the end chorus (no explanation has been given as to why the theme songs were cut down) and as a result, fast-cut versions of the show's opening sequences. Retro Television Network also airs "Saved By The Bell" with the Rysher logo and airs the full opening.

In the United Kingdom, the series was broadcast during its first run on broadcast channel Channel 4 on Saturday and Sunday mornings (also throughout school holidays). It was also shown on The Children's Channel in the early 90s. It was later shown on cable television network Nickelodeon UK in 2001, proving very popular; however, the show was discontinued from its run around 2006 and was removed from the Nickelodeon UK website; however, the program made a return to the channel in September 2007, being shown every weekday.

In Australia, the series aired on free-to-air on the Seven Network during both its original run and in repeats throughout the nineties.

Saved By The Bell

==Saved By The Bell==

After the show's second season, NBC sold the series into syndication with the Good Morning, Miss Bliss episodes included to pad out the syndication package, despite the plot-continuity problems and production changes. The Good Morning, Miss Bliss episodes were edited to include openings to match the Saved By The Bell episodes. These episodes are sometimes billed as Saved By The Bell: The Junior High Years. Before each of the earlier episodes, Mark-Paul Gosselaar provided in-character commentaries explaining that the episodes occurred in "junior high".

The show quickly became the highest-rated show on Saturday mornings. At the height of its popularity, the cast did road tours to malls and other public venues, where they interacted with fans and signed autographs.

In the show's final season, NBC doubled the number of episodes ordered, despite needing to re-sign the entire cast to new contracts in order to film the extra episodes. Thiessen and Berkley refused to sign a new contract for these new episodes,^{[citation needed]} resulting in a block of episodes that feature a new character, Tori Scott (Leanna Creel), in Thiessen's and Berkley's places.

The final episode of the series aired in prime time on May 22, 1993. The episode, which featured the cast graduating from high school, was filmed before Thiessen and Berkley left the show. The series finale was followed by a special airing of the Saved By The Bell: The College Years pilot episode, setting up the next phase of the characters' lives.

The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story[edit]

Source: Variety: ‘Saved by the Bell’ Movie to Air on Lifetime — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.188.21.238 (talk) 00:22, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comic book[edit]

There were two comic books. One was short lived while the show still aired, and was terrible. A new one was spawned in 2014. "Short-lived" is a little too soon considering they just released an issue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.121.24.2 (talk) 00:00, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Using The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story as a Source[edit]

As I'm hoping to do some major cleanup on this article, I wanted to ask for some opinions. I really want to avoid using the Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story as a source as it pretty much contradicts every other source in some major ways (such as having Thiessen and Berkley return to film the graduation episode as the final episode). You could make an argument that these are artistic liberties, but they make me uncomfortable as to the reliability of the film as a source and I'd like to see if there's consensus to delete statements that can't be sourced anywhere else for accuracy sake? Chris the Geek (talk) 22:48, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, my advice is to "don't use it". This EW ref was removed in an earlier edit – which I agree with – and even it is titled "'Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story': 100 things that maybe happened" (emphasis mine). If Entertainment Weekly, a WP:RS, is saying the telepic is an unreliable source, then I think we should all take the film as "unreliable" as a source. BTW, to a certain extent, the same would also be true of Diamond's Behind the Bell bio as well. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:40, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Semi-protected edit request on 24 March 2018[edit]

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This show currently airs on Me-TV and MTV2, and has aired on TBS, E!, Teennick and local syndication in the past. Please make mention of this on this Wikipedia page. 66.128.96.194 (talk) 23:35, 24 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. hiàn 01:25, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Even more importantly, is there any notability to mentioning this (even with sources)? Many TV shows rerun in syndication and much of the time, there's nothing impressive about that. Perhaps if a network reruns the show and it gives that network incredible ratings, or if the show has a remarkably long run and large following for being in syndication on one network, then making mention of such networks would be acceptable. Wikipedia is not a television guide, nor a collection of indiscriminate information. If we are going to include syndication networks, the basic question is "how is that important in this show's overall picture, or for the network rerunning it?" Simply airing on a syndication outlet is not enough; there must be some significance as to why any particular network that reruns the show in syndication is listed. MPFitz1968 (talk) 01:50, 25 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 March 2018[edit]

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Please add in the networks that have aired this show. 74.87.169.162 (talk) 19:54, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. DonIago (talk) 20:06, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 March 2018[edit]

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Please state that this show currently airs on MeTV and MTV2 and has previously aired on TBS, E! and Teennick. This information can be found on the Wikipedia pages that list programs broadcast on these networks. 74.87.169.162 (talk) 20:00, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. DonIago (talk) 20:06, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 21 April 2018[edit]

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Please state which networks are airing or have aired the show. 68.188.63.60 (talk) 00:03, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Asked, and answered. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:07, 21 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Time Out[edit]

Can’t Zack stop time? Isn’t that a major part of the show? I can’t even find it mentioned here. --Tysto (talk) 03:45, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree that both the "time outs" and Zack's "breaking the fourth wall" are major elements of the series, and should be mentioned at the article. (I'm pretty sure both can even be sourced.) The question is: where would it be appropriate to add such info. The article should perhaps contain a 'Format' section (or subsection under 'Production'?...) where these kinds of elements are mentioned. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:52, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal[edit]

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I propose merging Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style into this article under WP:NOPAGE as an ATD. Ironically, the coverage of Hawaiian in the Films section of this article is more encyclopedic and properly sourced than the entire self-contained article. A similar discussion is taking place over at Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas and I welcome all good faith input on that merger proposal as well. I believe both of these mergers are warranted given that these movies are really only notable as brand extensions of first-generation SbtB and not on their own. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 03:09, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For the Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas merge discussion, please see Talk:Saved by the Bell: The College Years#Merger proposal. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:19, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support – Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style has all of one decent reference (added just recently), and aside from that the article is an WP:ALLPLOT violation. No reason we can't cover this spinoff film at the main article here, with a brief plot synopsis, and some mention of the critical response, exactly as per WP:NOPAGE. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:19, 8 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

After one week, we have a consensus to merge.

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.