TMC
04-18-2020, 05:29 AM
I just thought about this in light of the new incarnation of Saved by the Bell coming soon. My point is that The New Class (https://web.archive.org/web/20190224073154/http://www.savedbythebellreviewed.com/2017/01/09/saved-by-the-bell-the-new-class-reviewed/) debuted in the fall of 1993 around the same time that The College Years debuted in prime time. Did it get a bit hard to grow "nostalgic" about SBTB with this continuation at Bayside? It was more or less the same show (Mr. Belding was still the principal at Bayside) but with a less charismatic and stable cast.
I get why NBC didn't want to let go of the SBTB franchise so soon, given that it was at the time, a cash cow for them. But I also wonder if having both The College Years and The New Class on at virtually the same time, watered down the product so to speak. I'm not trying to say that had The New Class not been on when it was on, The College Years likely would've lasted longer (https://web.archive.org/web/20190227060414/http://www.savedbythebellreviewed.com/2017/03/06/i-was-saved-by-the-bell/).
I get why NBC didn't want to let go of the SBTB franchise so soon, given that it was at the time, a cash cow for them. But I also wonder if having both The College Years and The New Class on at virtually the same time, watered down the product so to speak. I'm not trying to say that had The New Class not been on when it was on, The College Years likely would've lasted longer (https://web.archive.org/web/20190227060414/http://www.savedbythebellreviewed.com/2017/03/06/i-was-saved-by-the-bell/).