Advance Review: Saved By The Bell Is The Modern Reboot 2020 Needed

Peacock plans to drop quite the Thanksgiving treat for all tomorrow, November 25, with the release of the Saved By The Bell. Based on the cult teen series that debuted in the early 90s’, this new reboot focuses on a new generation of students at Bayside High just trying to get by.

In this new series, Zack Morris, now the California Governor, finds himself in a pickle when he closes many of the underfunded high schools in the area. To try and correct his mistakes, he decides to send some of the students affected to his old stomping grounds, Bayside High, where his son Mac is currently attending. With a rise in new students, the students of Bayside are in for an eye-opening dose of reality.

The new series includes some of the ridiculousness that followed the original series, specifically when it comes to the students already residing at Bayside, Mac (Mitchell Hoog), Lexi (Josie Totah), and Jamie (Belmont Cameli). However, the true charm of the show comes from the new students, Devante (Dexter Darden), Aisha (Alycia Pascual-Peña), and Daisy (Haskiri Velazquez). Their want to be seen and heard for their passions will speak to a generation that feels like they are not being heard.

Elizabeth Berkley Lauren and Mario Lopez return as Jessie Spano and A.C. Slater while Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen make a brief cameo as their characters, Zack Morris and Kelly Kapowski in the premiere. Besides a bad tan on Gosselaar, it’s nice to see some familiar faces. Belmont Cameli, Dexter Darden, Mitchell Hoog, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Josie Totah and Haskiri Velazquez round out are new generation of Bayside students and even though some are tough to take in, the new cast is pretty good.

Saved By The Bell may have had quite a bit of faults when it first ran in the 90s’, but the 2020 reboot tries to rectify these errors. The show is not great, but it will definitely be entertaining for the whole family.