Through an Introvert's Lens: Saved By the Bell
For the previous installment, go here . And so we continue to the next installment of the Introvert series, to a show that no one takes seriously, yet seems indelibly etched into our collective brain. That would be Saved By the Bell , the original series that ran from 1989 until 1993. Saved By the Bell followed six high school students on their daily adventures. The series was a spinoff of a failed Hayley Mills star vehicle, Good Morning Miss Bliss , which aired in 1988. Audiences were underwhelmed by the show's tepid humor and moralizing, and Good Morning Miss Bliss headed for the chopping block. Yet instead of swinging the axe, NBC decided to buy the rights and rework the show, turning it into Saved By the Bell . Among the "saved" were lead characters Zack Morris, Samuel "Screech" Powers, Lisa Turtle, and the principal, Richard Belding. Gone were Miss Bliss, the rest of the cast, the Indiana location, and several IQ points. Set at Bayside High