California high school

Television series
German title	California high school
Original title	Saved by the Bell
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Year (s)	1989-1993
Production company	Peter Engel Productions NBC Productions
length	22-24 minutes
Episodes	86 in 4 seasons
genre	Sitcom
idea	Sam Bobrick
production	Peter Engel
music	Scott Gale , Rich Eames
First broadcast	Aug 20, 1989 (USA) on NBC
German-language first broadcast	January 2, 1994 on RTL II
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California High School (German alternative title: Pausenstress und first love ; original title: Saved by the Bell ) is an American sitcom on the US broadcaster NBC , which was produced in the USA from 1989 to 1993 and was also broadcast there for the first time . The German premiere of the four seasons took place on January 2, 1994 on RTL II .

action

The series followed the growth of a group of students first at Bayside High School and later at subsequent educational institutions. In particular, the leading actors Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Elizabeth Berkley and Mario Lopez became known worldwide through the series and benefited from a boost for their acting careers.

The series took its dramaturgy from the typical problem areas of adolescents such as drugs, alcohol, driving licenses, lack of money, rivalry, school, high school, university, marriage, divorce, bullying as well as environmental protection and friendship. With this pattern, the series became a pioneer for many who followed. Sexual experiences were discussed, but never shown. The main actors' homes were in Palisades Hills, a well-known suburb of Los Angeles , California .

Cast and dubbing

Role name	actor	Voice actor
Zachary "Zack" Morris	Mark-Paul Gosselaar	Björn Schalla
Kelly Kapowski	Tiffani Thiessen	Melanie Hinze
Lisa Marie Turtle	Lark Voorhies	Dascha Lehmann
Samuel "Screech" Powers	Dustin Diamond	Sven Plate
Albert Clifford "AC" Slater	Mario Lopez	Simon hunter
Jessica Myrtle "Jessie" Spano	Elizabeth Berkley	Nadja Reichardt
Director Richard Belding	Dennis Haskins	Helmut Gauss
Max	Ed Alonzo

International success

The series was distributed around the world, and in addition to the German dubbing, dubbed versions were produced in French (title: Sauvés par le gong ), Spanish ( Salvados por la campana ) and Italian ( Bayside School ).

Spin-offs

Due to the success of Saved by the Bell , especially in its home country USA, NBC first produced a television film in 1992 in addition to the series that was still running at the time :

• Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian style , in which everything revolves around the well-known clique of the “Bayside High School”, but otherwise operates relatively independently of the series (summer vacation in Hawaii instead of everyday school life in California ) and the continuity of the series action not affected.

As a result, NBC commissioned two more spin-offs , but this time again TV series :

• Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993-94) - produced for and aired on prime time - is a continuation (Sequel) the origin series and follows several characters from that after their high school Accounts on College ;
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993-2000), on the other hand, accompanies a new group of high school students at "Bayside High" and was not produced for prime time, but broadcast on Saturday mornings.

After the The College Years spin-off was discontinued after only one season , a second TV film followed at the end of 1994:

• Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas , which on the one hand is a sequel of that "college offshoot sequel", but on the other hand also represents the final conclusion of the original series Saved by the Bell , according to NBC .

Web links

• Saved by the Bell in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NF Mendoza: On View: Freshmen, Again: Can 'Saved By The Bell' And 'Beverly Hills, 90210' Pass The Test As They Head Off To College? . In: articles.latimes.com. Los Angeles Times , September 26, 1993, accessed June 11, 2015 (American English).