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With 'Half Baked' being the second 90s franchise you're in after 'Saved by the Bell,' could you compare the humor of the era to how it compares to now? Do you feel it has evolved?
Humor is a little bit more the word I would say it's a bit racier and raunchier back[...]
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Two things the original Saved by the Bell cast has received that their spinoffs haven't are specials and TV movies to expand their story It's something star Dexter Darden is optimistic for the Tracey Wigfield legacy sequel based on the Sam Bobrick popular NBC Saturday morning series since its cancellation on Peacock after two seasons[...]
One figure who can sympathize is the former child star of Saved by the Bell, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who played Zach Morris in the original 80-90s NBC Saturday Morning series and the 2020-2021 Peacock legacy reboot.
Mark-Paul Gosselaar in Saved by the Bell Image courtesy of NBC
"I feel really, really awful for them having gone through that,"[...]
Pop culture is a dramatically different environment 30 years ago compared to today, and it's something Saved by the Bell star Mark-Paul Gosselaar is all too familiar with as resident troublemaker and schemer Zack Morris in the original NBC incarnation and the Peacock legacy sequel series While the latter lasted only two seasons, the actor[...]
It should be able to rely to stand up on its own like SyFy's Battlestar Galactica was the literal reimagining with a modern twist of the Glen A Larson series.
Battlestar Galactica, SyFy
In the case of Peacock's Saved by the Bell, it went far beyond just trying to honor the legacy of the NBC Saturday morning[...]
The Peacock revival of Saved by the Bell almost had an appearance from Los Angeles Lakers legend and five-time world champion Kobe Bryant The revelation came courtesy of stars Josie Totah and Alycia Pascual-Peña, who played best friends Lexi and Aisha on their podcast (along with Yasmine Hamaday) Dare We Say The series, which featured[...]
Unfortunately for viewers of Peacock's Saved by the Bell, there won't be a junior year for the sequel series with the streaming service canceling the series after two seasons Deadline Hollywood is reporting that the cast and crew were notified on Tuesday of the decision Stemming from writer & executive producer Tracey Wigfield, executive producers[...]
Mark-Paul Gosselaar has come a long way as an actor since his breakout role on the NBC Saturday morning series Saved by the Bell as alpha prankster and main character Zack Morris only to find his way back to the Peacock reboot series ushering in a new generation in a more supporting role One such[...]
If there's anyone who's self-conscious about his own career, it's actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who's best known for his work on the NBC Saturday Morning series and Peacock reboot in Saved by the Bell Appearing on Michael Rosenbaum's podcast Inside of You, Gosselaar compared his own experiences growing up as a child actor, addressing his own[...]
When Tracey Wigfield was tasked with rebooting the 1990's popular NBC Saturday morning series Saved by the Bell, she knew there were two important figures she had to get creatively involved: original series executive producer Franco Bario and cinematographer Tom Magill, both worked with her on the NBC series Great News I spoke to Magill[...]
Peacock shared a featurette, which probably should have been released around its season two premiere back in November 2021, involving two of the original stars of Saved by the Bell in Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley Lopez plays Bayside High's alpha-jock-turned-gym-teacher A.C Slater and Berkley Lauren plays feminist overachieving student-turned-guidance counselor Jessie Spano Ph.D[...]
The season two finale of Peacock's Saved by the Bell sees a four-way standoff between four California high schools, but mainly between Bayside and Valley The cold opening has Toddman (John Michael Higgins), Mac (Mitchell Hoog), and Daisy (Haskiri Velazquez) give the student body a final pep talk on how the spirit competition will go[...]
When we last left the Bayside High crew, we discover there's a mole from within that sabotaged their spirit points and entry into the contest on Saved by the Bell That mole obviously came from their rival at Valley We shift to the school where the mole devised the scheme with his/her friends at the[...]
Tensions get raised on a potential love triangle between Daisy (Haskiri Velazquez), Mac (Mitchell Hoog), and Gil (Matthew Sato) on the Peacock series Saved by the Bell episode "The Gift" Daisy is still trying to figure out the relationship thing after Gil hands her a gift dear to her heart while Mac tries to do[...]
Things are ramping up for Bayside High as they're trying to catch up to qualify for the school spirit competition in Peacock's Saved by the Bell as the cold opening shows off the hard work for Mac (Mitchell Hoog) finally pay off The seventh episode of the second season "La Guerra de Aisha" finds Aisha[...]
There's no secret how much the gamble of starring in 1995's Showgirls impacted star Elizabeth Berkley Lauren in her first major role since the original Saved by the Bell on NBC While the actress shouldered much of the burden from the critically-panned NC-17 film, it's endured since as a cult classic- so much so that[...]
There are some arcs to unload on the fifth episode of Peacock's Saved by the Bell Season 2 "From Curse to Worse" The first is Mac (Mitchell Hoog) scoping the competition by going deep undercover at Valley High… only to discover how much of a utopia the school really is when it comes to showing[...]
It seems like with Peacock's Saved by the Bell, showrunner Tracey Wigfield has found a good reason why Mark-Paul Gosselaar doesn't dominate the Peacock reboot the way he did in the original NBC Saturday morning series In the "immortal" words of Highlander, there could be only one…Morris Let's face it, with Gosselaar's Zack and Mitchell[...]
Peacock's Saved by the Bell episode "1-900-Crushed" shares the title of one of the episodes from the 90s NBC Saturday morning series It features the continuing arc of how Jessie (Elizabeth Berkley) and her son Jamie (Belmont Cameli) are dealing with the ongoing divorce The overachieving mother is suffering a classic case of imposter syndrome[...]
Peacock pulled together the five surviving original student cast members of Saved by the Bell in a conference to reminisce about three iconic scenes during the NBC Saturday morning run in the 90s Host Erin Lim Rhodes was joined by Tiffani Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski Morris), Mario Lopez (A.C Slater), Mark Paul-Gosselaar (Zack Morris), Lark Voorhies[...]
The second episode of the second season of Peacock's Saved by the Bell creates some dramatic changes for a few characters First, the cold opening of "The Mac Tapes" reveals that the football team is closing due to safety concerns with Slater (Mario Lopez) being made an example of While in recovery, he convinces his[...]
The second season of Saved by the Bell on Peacock picks up where it left off on season one when the pandemic abruptly halts the school year where Douglas High students Daisy (Haskiri Velazquez), Aisha (Alycia Pascual-Pena), and Devante (Dexter Darden) embraced their new home at Bayside High While there was a movement by the[...]
When it came to representation, Saved by the Bell became a point of empathy for its respective eras Yeah, it was hardly a bold first step for diversity with four whites, a Latino, and one African-American to lead the main cast during its original 90s run But it helped break down social structures of high[...]
The latest trailer for the Peacock reboot of Saved by the Bell shows class is back in session since the season one finale left off with the school amidst the pandemic It starts off reintroducing two of the Douglas High, now Bayside, students in Aisha (Alycia Pascual-Pena) and Daisy (Haskiri Velazquez) flourishing in their new[...]
Peacock decided to reboot Saved by the Bell as not only a way to introduce a new cast, but also bring back the original stars from the original NBC Saturday morning series that premiered in 1989 Upon filming the first season on the NBCU streamer, there was one glaring omission in Dustin Diamond, who played[...]
In the spirit of Halloween and the upcoming second season of Peacock's Saved by the Bell, the series decided to put out a re-edited trailer for the classic 90s NBC series to see what it looked like if it was a horror film in a parody called Saved by the Hell: Forever To spell it[...]
Class is back in session for the students of Bayside High as the Peacock sequel series Saved by the Bell returns with more hijinks from the original alum and students alike There are tons to unpack given the conclusion of last season with season one concluding with the three transfer students accepting Bayside as their[...]
While most of her fans agreed that the jokes made at her expense on shows like Paramount+ The Good Fight and Peacock's Saved by the Bell were out-of-bounds, Gomez took the time to finally weigh in on the controversy via Twitter.
L – Selena Gomez R – The Cast of Saved by the Bell (2020) Images[...]
As season two continues filming on Peacock's Saved by the Bell sequel reboot, comedian Yedoye Travis revealed he's one of the writers on the NBCU streamer series Posting on Twitter, "Wrapping up a lot of shit right now and going into hibernation end of this month" with a picture of the cover of the script[...]
Saved by the Bell star Josie Totah's fast becoming a powerhouse within her short career at the age of 19 Since acting bug bit her early on, she was able to take her talents on the small screen with Mindy Kaling's Champions before getting her big break on Peacock's revival/sequel Saved by the Bell playing[...]