TODAY Archive: How ‘Saved by the Bell’ Changed Saturday TV

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“The first episode was crazy. It was nuts. It was like a Beatles concert.”

"Saved by the Bell" changed the lineup of Saturday morning television when tweens started defecting from cartoons. The show’s executive producer, Peter Engel, sits down with NBC’s Jim Brown to share how the the idea began.

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