# Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993)

> The Bayside High gang heads off to California University for a fresh round of campus misadventures.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 19
- Episode runtime: 22 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy
- Created by: Sam Bobrick
- Network: NBC
- Cast: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario López, Dustin Diamond, Anne Tremko, Kiersten Warren, Bob Golic, Tiffani Thiessen, Patrick Fabian
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106122/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: breezy, wholesome, nostalgic, light

## What critics say

Reviewers and audiences found this spin-off a light, mixed sequel that relied on nostalgia for the original Saved by the Bell cast.

## Synopsis

Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993-1994) is a US sitcom spin-off created by Sam Bobrick for NBC. The series follows the Bayside High friends as they leave their hometown for California University, where they face new classes, new faces and wild campus adventures. Mark-Paul Gosselaar returns as Zack Morris, the scheming charmer, alongside Mario López as A.C. Slater, Dustin Diamond as Screech Powers and Tiffani Thiessen as Kelly Kapowski. Their episodes are light, self-contained stories built around friendship, romantic tangles and the comic friction of living away from home for the first time, with Holland Taylor appearing as the dean. Across a single season of nineteen half-hour episodes, the show keeps its tone bright, breezy and gently sincere. Its setting is a sunny 1990s California college, a familiar stage for a teen-era ensemble to grow up on screen. Fans of Saved by the Bell, Boy Meets World and Felicity will find the same warm, nostalgic comedy in this campus-set follow-up, a family friendly sitcom that favors slapstick, quick banter and easy laughs over heavy drama.

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