From late October through mid-November, Vulture is holding a High-School-tv Showdown to determine the greatest teen show of the past 30 years. Each day, a different writer will be tasked with determining the winner of a round of the bracket, until New York Magazine TV critic Matt Zoller Seitz judges the finals on November 13. Today's battle: Alan Sepinwall judges Saved by the Bell versus Freaks and Geeks. After you read, be sure to visit Vulture's Facebook page to vote on which show should advance. Do you really expect a genuine argument for one of this bracket's biggest mismatches? Okay, fine. I understand why friends who are only a few years younger than I am have a soft spot in their hearts for Saved by the Bell. I do. I was already 15 when Saved by the Bell debuted (and 13 when its junior-high predecessor, Good Morning, Miss Bliss, did — with Zack, Lisa, Screech,...
- 11/2/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Vulture
Can you believe that it has been over 25 years since the first episode of Saved by the Bell aired on television back on August 20, 1989? It would be even longer than that if you include the Good Morning Miss Bliss episodes that aired on the Disney Channel from 1988 – 1989. Saved by the Bell grew to become the most popular live action children’s show on Saturday morning and started the television careers of Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, and Tiffani Thiessen. The show would last through 1993 and would have two spin-off shows. Saved by the Bell: The College Years aired on primetime and was cancelled after 18 episodes, while Saved by the Bell: The New Class would last for seven seasons, though the cast would continue to change every year. You may think you know a lot about this classic sitcom, but here are ten things you may…
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- 1/27/2015
- by Tim Gerstenberger
- TVovermind.com
On Monday, September 1, Lifetime ushered in a new generation of unauthorized biopics with its behind the scenes look at what really happened on the 1990s hit Saved by the Bell. The cast has largely disavowed themselves from the project and/or Dustin Diamond’s scandalous memoir Behind the Bell, and considering that the movie is based on that biography, it’s safe to say most of the things that happened in this movie didn’t really happen that way at all.
But still, we watch. We learn. We cringe. We tweet.
Here are 100 things that Apparently happened, if we’re...
But still, we watch. We learn. We cringe. We tweet.
Here are 100 things that Apparently happened, if we’re...
- 9/2/2014
- by Marc Snetiker
- EW.com - PopWatch
Lifetime has released a new two minute clip of their unauthorized television movie about the behind the scenes drama in the making of the 1990′s television series Saved By the Bell. The new clip shows Dustin Diamond, played by Sam Kindseth, on his first day on the Disney Channel show Good Morning, Miss Bliss, the middle school […]
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- 8/27/2014
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
They were a hit and didn't know it. That's one of the things we'll learn from Lifetime's upcoming television movie, “The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story,” in the first five minutes, which the cable channel bravely posted on its official Facebook page on Friday. In the preview, the stars are riding to a fan event and worrying about whether anyone will even show up. Deflated from a previous cancellation by Disney Channel when the show revolved around the teachers and was called “Good Morning, Miss Bliss,” the gang doesn't want to face another failure. The show was retooled to focus.
- 8/22/2014
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Twenty-five years ago, Saved by the Bell began teaching teens important life lessons, and that didn’t just include how to “get yourself a look” or be on time for school. Rather, it demonstrated what it meant to be a true friend, how caffeine pills are always a bad idea, and of course, that wearing jean-on-jean is always acceptable.
But reflecting back on how the series began, it wasn’t always about Zack Morris, A.C. Slater, Kelly Kapowski, and the gang. In fact, the kids were more of a secondary storyline.
In honor of the show’s anniversary, I...
But reflecting back on how the series began, it wasn’t always about Zack Morris, A.C. Slater, Kelly Kapowski, and the gang. In fact, the kids were more of a secondary storyline.
In honor of the show’s anniversary, I...
- 8/21/2014
- by Samantha Highfill
- EW.com - PopWatch
Where were you 25 years ago today? Watching NBC? Witnessing history as Saved by the Bell debuted with its new name, new cast, and a slight resemblance to a Disney Channel show called Good Morning, Miss Bliss? Or maybe you weren’t even born yet. Either way, today is an anniversary worth celebrating, as TV’s best-ever sitcom for kids is finally old enough to rent a car. And there’s no better way to celebrate than taking this 50-question superfan quiz.
- 8/20/2014
- by Adam K. Raymond
- Vulture
Strike Entertainment has hired Jenna McGrath to pen an adaptation of Bentley Little's horror novel The Store.
The story centers on an evil corporation's takeover of a small town.
Marc Abraham and Eric Newman are producing under the Strike Entertainment banner. Executive producers are Vince Gerardis, Eli Kirschner and Tom Bliss. Brie Neimand will supervise the project for Strike.
McGrath is a recent graduate of the UCLA screenwriting program, where she won the 2005 Screenwriter's Showcase for Reverse Psychology, described as a teen thriller about a young psychopath who seeks to destroy the credibility of her boarding school psychologist.
She is repped by Paradigm.
The story centers on an evil corporation's takeover of a small town.
Marc Abraham and Eric Newman are producing under the Strike Entertainment banner. Executive producers are Vince Gerardis, Eli Kirschner and Tom Bliss. Brie Neimand will supervise the project for Strike.
McGrath is a recent graduate of the UCLA screenwriting program, where she won the 2005 Screenwriter's Showcase for Reverse Psychology, described as a teen thriller about a young psychopath who seeks to destroy the credibility of her boarding school psychologist.
She is repped by Paradigm.
- 7/30/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elizabeth Banks and Michael Rooker are toplining Slither, a horror movie written and being directed by James Gunn. Strike Entertainment has stepped up to co-produce with Gold Circle Films. A creature feature in the vein of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Slither revolves around an alien plague that infects a small town, setting a local (Rooker) on a murderous spree. His wife (Banks) teams up with an old flame to combat the situation. Producing are Paul Brooks and Eric Newman. Executive producers include Marc Abraham, Tom Bliss, Scott Niemeyer and Norm Waitt. Universal is releasing domestically via its first-look distribution deal with Gold Circle. Production is scheduled to start next month in Vancouver. Banks, repped by UTA and Untitled Entertainment, appeared in Seabiscuit and the Spider-Man movies. She next appears in indie feature The Sisters. Rooker's credits include The 6th Day and The Bone Collector. He is repped by Innovative Artists and Erik Kritzer of Fenton/Kritzer Entertainment.
- 1/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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