1st time it was Cancelled


Rewatching and notice scene where they believe they will be cancelled due to ratings but then kids started watching it. Although I grew up around this show .... I don't recall it being my daily TV programming, so wondering for those who did watch it ... was it taken off the air for a long period of time or did you even notice (i.e. happened after 1st season during summer)?

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Yes, the show originally aired on NBC on Saturday mornings. Most cartoons that air on Saturday morning only average about 13 episodes per season, with most episodes repeating throughout the year. Saved by the Bell's first season on NBC consisted of 18 episodes, with the episodes repeating throughout the year after their initial airing.

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radrobd,

I remember growing up watching "Saved by the Bell," but I thought it came on Saturday mornings BEFORE 1989.

1989 sounds a little late. I thought it aired earlier than that.

Anyway, I remember episodes re-airing too many times and thinking, they just showed THAT episode LAST Saturday!  

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Good Morning Miss Bliss aired only exclusively on the Disney Channel and that series was cancelled. The show was retooled and became Saved by the Bell in a matter of months.

'When there's no more room in Hollywood, remakes shall walk the Earth.'

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Referring to the comment made in movie about SBTB ... when they had a meeting regarding cancellation but then kids started watching it again. If I meant Miss Bliss then this movie would have been titled such.

DroidX gave me the answer needed which for me doesn't even seem like it should have been labeled cancelled due to it happened after 1st season and most shows usually don't know if they will be picked up for 2nd season or not. But guessing for this movie they needed to put that in there because perhaps that is how the kids (Dustin) felt at time.

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DroidX gave me the answer needed which for me doesn't even seem like it should have been labeled cancelled due to it happened after 1st season and most shows usually don't know if they will be picked up for 2nd season or not.


I don't know if it was different back in 1988-1993 or if it is different for Saturday morning shows. I know for primetime shows now, the next season's lineup is usually announced in May if the shows are not given early renewals, but I haven't paid attention enough to know when Saturday morning or other TV slot announcements are made. If their season ended in March, they were likely told around May that they were not being picked up for Season 2, and then probably sometime during the summer they were informed that the network changed its mind.


What seems weird to me is looking at IMDb's episode listing for SBTB. If it is accurate, the show premiered on a Sunday, the second episode was on Monday the following week, and the third episode was on Friday the week after that. It shows after that, the regular schedule was on Saturdays, but this movie indicated that it was always a Saturday morning show.

I remember watching the pilot on a Saturday morning. The way Zach was addressing the audience, it seemed like we were already supposed to know him. I remember being a little confused (as an 8 year old) on whether this was actually a new show or not. I had never heard of "Good Morning, Ms. Bliss" because only my grandparents had cable back then. I didn't discover the original show until a few years into SBTB's run.

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I think what happened is this. The show premiered on Saturday mornings to mediocre ratings. However, as the first season went on (during which the episodes were repeated), ratings started to gain steam as word of mouth among the tween set helped build ratings.

A similar thing happened to the original 90210. The show had poor ratings when it premiered, but by word of mouth, the show kept growing and by the end of the first season it was the highest rated show among teenagers.

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Saved by the Bell had a primetime airing of the episode "Dancing at the Max" as a preview for the show which eventually aired on Saturday mornings, thats where the confusion lies.

'When there's no more room in Hollywood, remakes shall walk the Earth.'

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"Referring to the comment made in movie about SBTB ... when they had a meeting regarding cancellation but then kids started watching it again. If I meant Miss Bliss then this movie would have been titled such."

Read your first post again...you didnt mention either show by name.


When theres no more room in Hollywood, remakes shall walk the Earth.

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Don't forget, the original pilot, that aired only once on prime time NBC, only Mr. Belding and Miss Bliss came back for the series. And Belding was played by someone other than Dennis Haskins.

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