Saved by the Bell reboot is open to Dustin Diamond reviving his Screech role

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https://www.usmagazine.com/entertain...diamond-cameo/

“We talk about Screech’s character and there are little Easter eggs throughout the show of what he’s doing now, and you can find some if you look for them,” showrunner Tracey Wigfield tells The Hollywood Reporter's TV's Top 5 podcasts. “And this season, he wasn’t tied to any of the new characters or anything. But that’s not to say it’s not open for the future, not knowing what stories will be or anything for a cameo maybe.”

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Lark Voorhies did a radio interview recently and hinted that Dustin was holding out for more money.

“He wants to be paid and respected, we would [like] for him to come back on set. He’s going through his growing pains…he can get back on track. He’s going through his adult issues and all of this but I am sure he’ll be back — granted the perfect contract for him, I’m sure he would be back.”

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Before his death, Dustin Diamond was in talks to reprise Screech on Peacock's Saved by the Bell reboot

"He was upset that he wasn't asked to be a part of the reboot, but he talked to one of the executive producers about possibly coming to appear on the second season and he was happy about that," the actor's longtime manager, Roger Paul, tells People. Meanwhile, Mark-Paul Gosselaar discussed Diamond's death with Tamron Hall today, saying: "It’s always tough when someone passes away. I think it’s even more so when the individual is someone you know, and the age of Dustin. It was only a few weeks ago that we heard about his diagnosis, and for it to happen so quickly is shocking." Gosselaar said the Saved by the Bell cast plans to get together to remember Diamond.

[JO Sweet Heart]

I just hope that his passing gets the acknowledgement on the show that it deserves.

God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly

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We already know that Screech Powers is related to the real-life abused antisemitism of deceased original SBTB creator Sam Bobrick's. Even if Diamond is already dead officially, I wouldn't kill off that Screech character, but rather than including, I would reboot that character in a different way, unlike Bobrick, in a separate sitcom, which is a non-discriminative type.

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Originally Posted by JO Sweet Heart

I just hope that his passing gets the acknowledgement on the show that it deserves.

God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly

Mario Lopez: Saved by the Bell is planning "something special" to honor Dustin Diamond

"We're going to have our first table read in about a week or so, but we are planning (something) special" to honor the late Diamond, says Lopez. "We're ready to start up again in June and I will be in all those episodes."

[JO Sweet Heart]

^^^ I still can't believe that he is gone.

God bless you and everyone who loved him always!!!

Holly

[irehtman]

Originally Posted by JO Sweet Heart

^^^ I still can't believe that he is gone.

God bless you and everyone who loved him always!!!

Holly

Dustin's gone, but his Screech role may not be gone yet because:

1.) We need to know if Tracey Wigfield is against autistic characters, or not against, first of all.

2.) If not against, then that Screech character needs to rebooted and revived by a different new actor, which won't be connected to Sam Bobrick this time, in a different sitcom project, whose setting is not in either Bayside or Valley High School settings.

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Saved by the Bell revival pays tribute to Dustin Diamond and Screech in the Season 2 premiere

The Season 2 opener featured Elizabeth Berkley Lauren's Jessie Spano, Mario Lopez's A.C. Slater, Mark-Paul Gosselaar's Zack Morris, Tiffani Thiessen's Kelly Kapowski and Lark Voorhies' Lisa Turtle gathered around their usual booth at The Max, where they recalled their favorite Screech memories. Diamond died in February of lung cancer at age 44. “He was so funny,” Jessie says before Zack leads a group toast by adding, “To Screech.” The episode then played a montage of Screech's most memorable moments. ALSO: Season 2 found a surprisingly organic way to reference Elizabeth Berkley Lauren's Showgirls past.

[irehtman]

Originally Posted by TMC

Saved by the Bell revival pays tribute to Dustin Diamond and Screech in the Season 2 premiere

The Season 2 opener featured Elizabeth Berkley Lauren's Jessie Spano, Mario Lopez's A.C. Slater, Mark-Paul Gosselaar's Zack Morris, Tiffani Thiessen's Kelly Kapowski and Lark Voorhies' Lisa Turtle gathered around their usual booth at The Max, where they recalled their favorite Screech memories. Diamond died in February of lung cancer at age 44. “He was so funny,” Jessie says before Zack leads a group toast by adding, “To Screech.” The episode then played a montage of Screech's most memorable moments. ALSO: Season 2 found a surprisingly organic way to reference Elizabeth Berkley Lauren's Showgirls past.

They may need to reboot his Screech character, played by a different new actor, which has no connection to both Bobrick and Wigfield version, and put in a different spin-off safely.

[JO Sweet Heart]

^^^ If another person were to fill the role, I wouldn't be surprised if the show were to end up in the toilet. Very few people if any would praise such a decision. I most definitely would not be a member of that group. Another person playing the character, to me, would be a complete and total disrespect towards the memory of Dustin Diamond.

God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly

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Originally Posted by JO Sweet Heart

^^^ If another person were to fill the role, I wouldn't be surprised if the show were to end up in the toilet. Very few people if any would praise such a decision. I most definitely would not be a member of that group. Another person playing the character, to me, would be a complete and total disrespect towards the memory of Dustin Diamond.

God bless you and his family always!!!

Holly

The show won't end up in the toilet since it's no longer connected to that deceased creator Bobrick. Another person playing the character will be safely respectable solution towards the memory of Dustin Diamond, since Bobrick died first, JO Sweet Heart, TBH, IMO.

[JO Sweet Heart]

^^^ Most of the viewership is most likely those who grew up with the original show. I could be wrong, but I can't see a lot of people being all that happy about another person playing the character. I can't see his former cast members liking it all that much either. Even though there was the rough patch between them and him at one point, with him being gone, I believe that they would still have enough respect for him to where they wouldn't even make an effort to find another person to fill his shoes.

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

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Originally Posted by JO Sweet Heart

^^^ Most of the viewership is most likely those who grew up with the original show. I could be wrong, but I can't see a lot of people being all that happy about another person playing the character. I can't see his former cast members liking it all that much either. Even though there was the rough patch between them and him at one point, with him being gone, I believe that they would still have enough respect for him to where they wouldn't even make an effort to find another person to fill his shoes.

God bless you and them always!!!

Holly

Not everyone will be happy because that another person playing character will be in more safer position to play Screech than Diamond, since Bobrick already dead first, as I told you moment ago. Besides, his former cast members are no longer connected to both Diamond and his characters and they don't have to like it along the way. But even if no matter how rough that patch is, that person will fill his shoes in a safer position than Diamond, I repeat, and finally we did already found that anti-semitic abuse scandal incident revealed in the original SBTB crewmember before both Diamond and Bobrick died, JO Sweet Heart.

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Can this thread be closed already because it's no longer germane to the title?