Saved by the Bell: The College Years

Saved by the Bell: The College Years
Genre	Teen sitcom
Created by	Sam Bobrick
Developed by	Elaine Aronson
Written by	Elaine Aronson Andy Guerdat Steve Kreinberg Noah Taft Bennett Tramer Mark Fink Brett Dewey Ronald Solomon
Directed by	Miguel Higuera Jeffrey Melman
Starring	Mark-Paul Gosselaar Mario López Dustin Diamond Anne Tremko Kiersten Warren Bob Golic Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	19
Production
Executive producer(s)	Peter Engel
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Peter Engel Productions NBC Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	NTSC (480i)
Original release	May 22, 1993 – February 8, 1994
Chronology
Preceded by	Saved by the Bell
Followed by	Saved by the Bell: The New Class

Saved by the Bell: The College Years is an American sitcom sequel to the Saved by the Bell series which ran from May 22, 1993 to February 8, 1994, lasting for only one season. It is the third incarnation of the franchise. It is also the only series of the franchise to air on primetime television instead of Saturday mornings. It aired on NBC on Tuesday evenings.

Saved by the Bell: The College Years is very similar to the original Saved by the Bell series; the plotline has to do with the six characters getting into trouble each week at the fictitious California University (Cal U), under the watchful eye of Mike Rogers (Bob Golic), their dorm adviser. The series includes Zack Morris, Samuel "Screech" Powers, and A.C. Slater (from the original Saved by the Bell series) as the main characters, along with newcomers Leslie Burke (Anne Tremko), Alex Tabor (Kiersten Warren) and Danielle Marks (Essence Atkins). After the pilot, however, Atkins's role was eliminated, and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen returned to the show in her role of Kelly Kapowski. Danielle was written out of the series as having transferred to another college.

During the first and second episodes, the series centers around Zack's schemes to try to get Leslie, who despises Zack due to his sneaky schemes, to fall for him. Later, when Kelly decides to transfer to Cal U, Zack has to make a decision about who he really loves, as he still has feelings for Kelly. When Kelly and Leslie find out about Zack secretly liking both of them, they decide to both dump him. Starting with the third episode, the plotline becomes more centered around the whole gang, instead of just Leslie and Zack, and their various college issues.

In the beginning of the series, dorm adviser Mike Rogers is portrayed as tough-as-nails, although later in the series, he becomes softer and takes a liking to the kids. Mike played for the San Francisco 49ers at one point, but later decided to quit to become the Cal U dorm adviser. In one episode, he tries to train so he could play football again, but decides it was too much work and stays with his current job. Beginning with episode 15 ("The Rave"), Holland Taylor became involved with the series, portraying a Mr. Belding-type character named Dean McMann. She takes the role of the tough-as-nails authority figure that Mike originally was to be at the beginning of the series. Like Mr. Belding, she takes a disliking to Zack's schemes and often punishes him in various ways because of his antics.

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