Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993–2000)

A new group of students are now making their way through the halls of Bayside High School. Mr. Belding is still the principal, and Screech is now his assistant.

Creator:

Sam Bobrick

Stars:

Dennis Haskins, Dustin Diamond, Samantha Esteban

3 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dennis Haskins	...	Principal Richard Belding (143 episodes, 1993-2000)
Dustin Diamond	...	Samuel 'Screech' Powers (130 episodes, 1994-2000)
Samantha Esteban	...	Maria Lopez (104 episodes, 1995-2000)
Sarah Lancaster	...	Rachel Meyers (79 episodes, 1993-1996)
Richard Lee Jackson	...	Ryan Parker (78 episodes, 1995-1997)
Anthony Harrell	...	Eric Little (78 episodes, 1996-2000)
Ben Gould	...	Nicky Farina (78 episodes, 1996-2000)
Lindsey McKeon	...	Katie Peterson (78 episodes, 1996-2000)
Jonathan Angel	...	Tommy 'D' De Luca (65 episodes, 1993-1995)
Natalia Cigliuti	...	Lindsay Warner (65 episodes, 1993-1995)

Storyline

A new group of students are now making their way through the halls of Bayside High School. Mr. Belding is still the principal, and Screech is now his assistant.

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Plot Keywords:

group | principal | high school | school | student | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Sport

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 September 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bayside School - la nuova classe

Filming Locations:

Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Peter Engel Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min (143 episodes)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shortly after the first season premiered, it was determined that Saved by the Bell: The New Class was coming across as just a watered-down remake of the original Saved by the Bell series. In an effort to make it more of a stand alone series, the characters of Scott Erickson, Barton "Weasel" Wysell and Vicki Needleman were eliminated because they copied the original's respective characters of Zack Morris, Screech Powers and Jessie Spano too closely. The vacancies were recast with new characters of Bobby Wilson and Brian Keller while Sarah Lancaster's guest appearance as Rachel Meyers was expanded to a full-time starring role for season 2. Dustin Diamond's return as Screech Powers was also included for the series season 2 revampment not only due to the failure of the Saved by the Bell: The College Years series, but also to help bridge the gap between the two high school classes.

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Quotes

Tommy 'D' De Luca: This burger bites.
Samuel 'Screech' Powers: [debating on school newspaper] I think we've found our food critic.

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Connections

Follows Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987)

User Reviews

7 out of 10

This was a good show, with great characters. I especially liked Katie (red hair, dates Nicky in the final season, played by Lindsey McKeon?). There were only a few characters that got on my nerves, they were Maria Lopez, RJ Collins, and Vicki Needleman. And another thing that bothered me was that there were so many recycled stories - e.g. Lindsey and Ryan's break-up was pure Kelly-and-Zack of the original series, when Maria started smoking pot it was another Jessie-and-painkillers thing, when Lindsey thought Ryan was going out with Rachel it was just like Snow White and the Eight Dorks from the original series. Oh, and just one more thing that bothered EVERYONE - changes! There were SIXTEEN main students in total! They only explained about two - Lindsey and Tommy. And they only explained a few new people! I got used to watching Lindsey, Ryan, Tommy, Rachel, RJ, and Maria, but then they suddenly disappeared. But it was a great show apart from all those things, and I love the episode where Lisa, Zack, and Slater come back. I give this a B+.