"Saved by the Bell: The College Years" (1993)TV series 1993-1994

Directors:

Miguel Higuera
Jeffrey Melman

Writers:

Elaine Aronson (pilot)
Andy Guerdat (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

14 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Zack, Screech, and Slater are all college students now. They are struggling to adapt to college life and facing rough times...

Plot Keywords:

College | Sitcom

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 25	7:00 AM	TBS	The Poker Game	#1.6
Fri. July 25	7:30 AM	TBS	Professor Zack	#1.7

Cast

Mark-Paul Gosselaar	...	Zack Morris (18 episodes, 1993-1994)
Mario López	...	A.C. Slater (18 episodes, 1993-1994)
Dustin Diamond	...	Samuel "Screech" Powers (18 episodes, 1993-1994)
Anne Tremko	...	Leslie Burke (18 episodes, 1993-1994)
Kiersten Warren	...	Alex Tabor (18 episodes, 1993-1994)
Bob Golic	...	Michael Rogers (18 episodes, 1993-1994)
Tiffani Thiessen	...	Kelly Kapowski (17 episodes, 1993-1994)
Patrick Fabian	...	Professor Lasky / ... (8 episodes, 1993-1994)
Holland Taylor	...	Dean Susan McMann (7 episodes, 1993-1994)

Runtime:

30 min (18 episodes + Pilot)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

NBC Productions

Trivia:

During the ending credits bloopers of the main characters messing up lines would often be shown.

Quotes:

Zack: Well, I've thought about it long and hard, and I've decided that I'm gonna ask Kelly if we could date exclusively.
Slater: Exclusively? Wait a minute... you mean as in - - only?
Zack: Yeah.
Slater: Are you crazy?
Zack: I know, I know. It was a shock to me at first too, but I'm sure about this.
Slater: Oh, no! This is terrible. When Alex hears about this, SHE'LL wanna date exclu -... exclu -... man I can't even say the word!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Nanny: The Cradle Robbers (#4.2)" (1996)

Actually better than most say

I know that many Saved by the Bell fans were not as excited about The College Years. But you know what? I love Saved by the Bell and I also enjoy the College Years as well. It was a different kind of humor and more grown up for the kids of Bayside High. While there were some crazy questions like how we thought that Zack was supposed to go to Yale and Slater was supposed to go to Iowa, it was still nice seeing the gang back together once again for some more goofy adventures through the new experience of college.

Zack, Slater, and Screech are back and they're grown up and in college! They now share a co-ed dorm with three other girls: Leslie, Alex, and Danielle. Danielle soon "transfers" and Kelly comes back to join the guys and moves into the same dorm. They experience the life of being a freshman and having to be the small fishes in the big pond. We have somewhat of a replacement for Mr. Belding with Mike, the dorm manager. They once again experience different pressures of homework, romance, drugs, and trying to fool the scary Dean McMann.

We had a few interesting stories like the love triangle that happens between Zack, Leslie, and Kelly. The love story of Kelly and Professor Lasky, the sexy bachelor who all the college girls have a crush on. Screech has some sexy ladies after him. Slater isn't on top in wrestling any more and has a new girlfriend, their drama queen dorm mate, Alex. And one of the most wanted things by the fans, Zack and Kelly falling in love and getting married.

While the College Years is once again unrealistic, like how the dorm mates seem to have all the same classes together, which is a lot harder to believe in college. Slater, Zack, Kelly, and Screech sharing the same dorm was very unrealistic. The whole way the situation between Kelly and Professor Lasky was handled. But then again the Saved by the Bell series was never that realistic.

Now in my opinion Saved by the Bell: The College Years was never given a fair chance. I really enjoyed some of the humor in this season, I loved the relationship between Dean McMann and Zack, these two always killed in laughter. I think people are too harsh on this show, it's not Saturday morning any more, kids, it's prime time, get over it. Give this show a fair chance, it's a lot of fun.