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''Saved by the Bell: The College Years'' is a sequel to the ''Saved by the Bell'' series which ran from May 22, 1993 to February 8, 1994, lasting for only one season. It was the third incarnation of the franchise. It is also the only series of the franchise to air on primetime television instead of Saturday mornings. It aired on NBC on Tuesday evenings. ==Premise== "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" was very similar to ''Saved by the Bell''; the plot line had to do with the six characters getting into trouble each week at the fictitious California University (Cal U), under the watchful eye of Mike Rodgers (Bob Golic), the dorm adviser. The series included Zack Morris, Samuel "Screech" Powers, and A.C Slater (from the original ''Saved by the Bell'' series) as the main characters, along with newcomers Leslie Burke (Anne Tremko), Alex Tabor (Kiersten Warren) and Danielle Marks (Essence Atkins). After the pilot, however, Atkins's role was eliminated, and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen returned to the show in her role of Kelly Kapowski (Danielle was written out of the series as having transferred to another college). During the first and second episodes, the series centered around Zack's schemes to try to get Leslie to like him (Leslie hated Zack at first). Later, when Kelly returned to the show, Zack had to make a decision about who he really loved, as he still had feelings for Kelly. When Kelly and Leslie found out about Zack secretly liking both of them, they decided to both dump him. Starting with the third episode, the plot line changed, and became more centered around the whole gang (instead of just Leslie and Zack) and their various college issues. In the beginning of the series, dorm adviser Mike Rodgers was portrayed as tough-as-nails, although later in the series, he became softer and took a liking to the kids. Mike played for the San Francisco 49ers at one point, but later decided to quit to become the Cal U dorm adviser. In one episode, he tried to train so he could play football again, but decided it was too much work and stayed with his current job. Beginning with Episode 15 ("The Rave"), Dean Susan McMann (Holland Taylor) became involved with the series as a Mr. Belding-type character. She took the role of the tough-as-nails authority figure that Mike originally was supposed to be at the beginning of the series. Like Belding, she took a disliking to Zack's schemes and often had to punish him in various ways because of his antics. Much of the series had to do with Zack's efforts to win back the affection of Kelly, who was in love with their anthropology professor Jeremiah Lasky (Patrick Fabian). Eventually, Zack won Kelly over again, and they became engaged. The series was cancelled after only one season, due to low ratings, averaging only a 7.8 household rating and 12 percent audience share, and ranking 88th in the yearly ratings. It had to deal with huge competition from both Full House and the first half of Rescue 911, both of which ranked in the Nielsen Top 30 that season. Only 19 episodes were produced. Episode 19 ("Wedding Plans") left the series with a cliffhanger ending, where Zack and Kelly had not yet gotten married. Due to frustration from fans, a 20th episode (a 90-minute TV movie, Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas) was produced to wrap up the series. All the main actors agreed to come back for the movie, except Anne Tremko, who refused to be in the movie. This series was the last to feature main characters Zack Morris, A.C. Slater and Kelly Kapowski, except for occasional appearances from Zack and Slater in Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Zack, Slater and Lisa (who only appeared in Episodes 19 and 20) all appeared again in "Goodbye Bayside" Part 2, which marked the last appearance to date of Zack and Lisa. Slater appeared one more time in "Fire at the Max: Part 2" of the New Class. Kelly never again appeared after "Wedding in Las Vegas." Screech, however, would return in The New Class Season 2-7 as Mr. Belding's administrative assistant on a work-study program from Cal U. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saved by the Bell: The College Years」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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