Ready to head back to Bayside?
A Saved By The Bell reboot is officially on the way – with a number of beloved characters set to return.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the straight-to-series comedy will debut on NBCUnviersal’s new streaming service, Peacock.
It will see Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley reprise their roles as A.C. Slater and Jessie Spano. Other stars of the iconic sitcom, like Mark-Paul Gosselaar, are said to be “in talks” about a possible return.
The series would explore what happens when California Gov. Zack Morris gets in trouble after closing too many low-income schools.
He ends up suggesting that the students who are affected be sent to the highest performing schools in California – which, in this case, would include Bayside High.
The new students give the privileged students of Bayside High a “much-needed and hilarious” reality check.
Writer Tracey Wigfield, who has previously worked on 30 Rock and Great News, will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
She will be executive producing alongside Peter Engel and Franco Bario. Lopez and Berkley will also be producing.
Saved By The Bell ran for four seasons on NBC from 1989 to 1993. It led to two spin-off series – Saved by the Bell: The College Years and Saved by the Bell: The New Class – and two TV movies.
NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, will launch in April 2020. The original series’ will arrive in summer 2020.
