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- Peacock
- Nov 25, 2020
- Peacock
- Nov 25, 2020
Summary In this new sequel to the 1990s sitcom, Governor Zack Morris' (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) education plan transfers several students from recently closed schools to Bayside High, where Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley Lauren) and A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez) now work.
Created By: Sam Bobrick
- Peacock
- Nov 25, 2020
- Peacock
- Nov 25, 2020
Summary In this new sequel to the 1990s sitcom, Governor Zack Morris' (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) education plan transfers several students from recently closed schools to Bayside High, where Jessie Spano (Elizabeth Berkley Lauren) and A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez) now work.
Created By: Sam Bobrick
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 16 Critic Reviews
71
75% Positive
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
25% Mixed
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4 Reviews
0% Negative
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At once ironic and sincere, mocking and affectionate (as one might be, looking back on one’s own youth), it starts out well and just gets better. ... The returning cast fits the new mood ably. The younger players are first-rate — even better than one might notice at first, given the general air of nuttiness. But they play different levels with great skill.
The teen dynamics are a little familiar at times, but the revival dares to tackle class disparity and white privilege while playfully mocking the original’s consequence-free low stakes. It still has heartfelt inspirational speeches… but it makes fun of them at the same time.
It works! The new “Saved by the Bell,” debuting Wednesday on Peacock, is quick and funny, and it achieves a tricky blend of staying true enough to its source material while adapting to the standards of the day.
"Saved by the Bell" is a throwback that looks forward, embracing the past while living in the now. And it shows that you can teach the old school some new tricks.
In the end, “Saved by the Bell” constantly feels a moment away from forging its own identity, only to be pulled back by nostalgic nods to its predecessor.
The new show is — I think — supposed to be cringey but cute, equal parts wince-worthy and nostalgic.
About every third joke lands, and that’s a generous estimate, even with Daisy’s constant record-scratching breakages of the fourth wall quickly wearing on the audience’s goodwill. Name-drops of timely musical acts like Migos or Post Malone often take the place of actual humor, symptomatic of a laziness that creates a sort of resentment for how good the occasional zingers can be.
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