Did Hayley Mills ever comment about Mark-Paul Gosselaar upstaging her on her show?

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Good Morning, Miss Bliss was to be her comeback vehicle, but it only lasted 13 episodes and was canceled. However, the Zack Morris character proved to be popular, so the show was retooled as Saved by the Bell with him as the protagonist and became a pop cultural phenomenon for the tween set.

[Movie12]

Originally Posted by TMC

Good Morning, Miss Bliss was to be her comeback vehicle, but it only lasted 13 episodes and was canceled. However, the Zack Morris character proved to be popular, so the show was retooled as Saved by the Bell with him as the protagonist and became a pop cultural phenomenon for the tween set.

I do not believe Hayley Mills ever did comment. Not that I recall. Good Morning, Miss Bliss lasted for 14 episodes. The Pilot Episode of Good Morning, Miss Bliss aired on NBC before The Disney Channel picked up the series for 13 episodes.

[TMC]

In some respects, it isn't that surprising that Good Morning, Miss Bliss didn't catch on. I've addressed on here that there were other factors for why it ended after only one season, which were financial. But did Disney seriously believe that a show about a middle-aged teacher would work on a children's network? Granted, Hayley Mills is practically a Disney legend, so I can see the logic in thinking that seeing her on the Disney Channel as a grown-up would be appealing.

But still, at the end of the day Miss Bliss wasn't really thought out. They didn't think about the target demographics to put it in another way. For the most part, it's doubtful that kids really wanted to watch that boring old lady for 22 minutes. And old people that grew up watching Hayley weren't thinking about the Disney Channel.

[Schmoopie]

For the longest time I didn't realize that "Miss Bliss" and "Saved By the Bell" were kind of the same show.

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Originally Posted by Schmoopie

For the longest time I didn't realize that "Miss Bliss" and "Saved By the Bell" were kind of the same show.

I'm probably like most people in that I first really experienced Good Morning, Miss Bliss through the reruns that were repackaged as part of the Saved by the Bell syndication package. They pretty much felt like "lost episodes" since GMMB originally aired at a time in which availability to the Disney Channel was still decidedly limited.

[JO Sweet Heart]

If she didn't say anything, I am not surprised. She already had a name for herself when he didn't.

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

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Originally Posted by Schmoopie

For the longest time I didn't realize that "Miss Bliss" and "Saved By the Bell" were kind of the same show.

According to Sam Bobrick, the original plan and intent for Saved by the Bell was to do a show about teenagers. He had written about 50 ideas for the show before pitching it to NBC. Good Morning, Miss Bliss basically came to be because Brandon Tartikoff, who was the head of NBC at the time, wanted a show that was based on his real life third or fourth grade teacher.