View Full Version : Saved by the Bell local syndication listings circa 1991


TMC
03-27-2014, 02:27 AM
http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?660278-Saved-by-the-Bell-local-syndication-listings

WTTG Fox 5 in Washington, DC
KTVD 20 in Denver, CO
WBFS 33 in Miami, FL
WFTS Fox 28 in Tampa, FL
KPHO-TV in Phoenix, AZ
KTVT 11 in Dallas, TX
KHTV 39 in Houston, TX
WPIX 11 in New York, NY
WGBS Philly 57 in Philadelphia, PA
WKBD Fox 50 in Detroit, MI
KTLA 5 in Los Angeles, CA
KTVU Fox 2 in San Francisco, CA
KSCH 58 in Sacramento, CA
KSTW 11 in Seattle, WA
WSBK 38 in Boston, MA
WGN-TV 9 in Chicago, IL
WTBS 17 (TBS) in Atlanta, GA
WOIO Fox 19 in Cleveland, OH
KLGT 23 in Minneapolis, MN
KPLR-TV 11 in St. Louis, MO
WVTV 18 in Milwaukee, WI
KRLR 21 in Las Vegas, NV
WNOL Fox 38 in New Orleans, LA
KPDX Fox 49 in Portland, OR

irehtman
03-27-2014, 12:46 PM
I'm afraid this original class will be aired in low publicity because, right after the 20th Anniversary Reunion incident, the brawl, between normal fans and mental disabled fans, cannot end at all.

The mental disabled fans of the original class do not like the original class continuing its appraisal because they appraised too much difficulty too fast at the same time.

mets82
03-27-2014, 03:49 PM
I remember around 1991 and 1992 that Saved by the Bell was huge. It seemed like it was on all the time.

TMC
03-27-2014, 03:54 PM
I'm afraid this original class will be aired in low publicity because, right after the 20th Anniversary Reunion incident, the brawl, between normal fans and mental disabled fans, cannot end at all.

The mental disabled fans of the original class do not like the original class continuing its appraisal because they appraised too much difficulty too fast at the same time.

What exactly does this have to do w/ the various local stations that aired Saved by the Bell when it first entered syndication!? :confused:

irehtman
03-27-2014, 05:33 PM
It was largely popular back in 1991 and 1992, but now it will not get some more popularity.

The normal fans were supporting Zack, Kelly, Slater, Lisa and Jessie.

The mental disabled fans were supporting Screech.

If the original class has to be that difficult, then Screech should not have been included in the original class too soon.

If they include Screech in it to make it more popular, then the original class should not be made difficult at all.

If Saved By The Bell wants to continue getting entering syndication, then this syndication channel has to be a low-public type, IMO.

schmave
03-29-2014, 12:44 PM
Nothing that I can tell ... "mental disabled?" What????
I remember watching SBTB reruns on WGN (well before it was WGN America, back when most of the Chicago programming was shown nationally) after school. I think it aired around 3:30, so 2:30 in Chicago.

irehtman
03-29-2014, 01:09 PM
Schmave, what's your concern against "mental disabled"?

RetroGuy2000
03-30-2014, 01:47 AM
I remember around 1991 and 1992 that Saved by the Bell was huge. It seemed like it was on all the time.

It truly was. Around this time, Saved By the Bell was airing new episodes and reruns. And Saved By the Bell: The New Class and Saved By the Bell: The College Years would be added in 1993, while the original series was still airing in syndication. Add to that a few knock-off shows that were similar (California Dreams, Hang Time, Running the Halls, Hey Dude, etc), and you're talking an entire Peter Engel empire.

In the mid-1990s, TBS aired two or four episodes back-to-back Monday through Friday. At the same time, it was being shown on local stations. It was everywhere.

irehtman
03-30-2014, 08:08 AM
I used to be a fan of SBTB, but now I retired from watching all SBTB class shows, including the original one. I am currently a fan of Hang Time right now. You might think Hang Time will not beat the original class, but I prefer Hang Time instead, unfortunately.

ThomasE
05-18-2014, 10:54 PM
I remember when it came to weekday on WFTS 28 in 1991...but it aired at 5am E/T in the morning!!! I'd catch it in the mornings and then catch it on WGN 9 at 3:30pm E/T and then again at 6:30 pm E/T. Then what WGN would do is air Bayside eps on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays while airing Miss Bliss eps on Tuesdays. Then the next year, my local station WFTS 28 began airing it at 5pm in the afternoons, then four months later, TBS picked up the series as well and it aired on TBS until 2013 (or 2012, I think).

Mace Dolex
08-05-2014, 07:30 PM
I remember around 1991 and 1992 that Saved by the Bell was huge. It seemed like it was on all the time.
Yeah I call those the peak years, and the reruns were on all the time, since I didn't know about the Miss Bliss episodes I kept thinking who this lady was anyway?

TMC
10-28-2020, 07:40 PM
There's a debate going on right now elsewhere (https://www.reddit.com/r/SavedByTheBell/comments/j4gl34/when_did_saved_by_the_bell_go_into_syndication/) concerning when exactly did SBTB entered syndication. On the "Zack to the Future" podcast, Mark-Paul Gosselaar said that show went into syndication in 1996.

RetroGuy2000
10-28-2020, 08:32 PM
There's a debate going on right now elsewhere (https://www.reddit.com/r/SavedByTheBell/comments/j4gl34/when_did_saved_by_the_bell_go_into_syndication/) concerning when exactly did SBTB entered syndication. On the "Zack to the Future" podcast, Mark-Paul Gosselaar said that show went into syndication in 1996.

Mark-Paul is definitely wrong about the year. Saved By the Bell was already in syndication at least by the 1994-1995 TV season (and likely far earlier); both WGN and TBS were already airing two back-to-back reruns of Saved By the Bell by that time. Here's the January 26, 1995 TV listing (https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?627654-RETRO-ATLANTA-1-26-1995):

WGN-TV 9
06:30AM Kenneth Copeland
07:00AM Adrian Rogers
07:30AM Breakthrough
08:00AM News
09:00AM Andy Griffith
09:30AM Andy Griffith
10:00AM Perry Mason
11:00AM T.J. Hooker
12:00PM Geraldo
01:00PM News
02:00PM Quincy
03:00PM Charles Perez
04:00PM The Flintstones
04:30PM The Flintstones
05:00PM Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
05:30PM Saved by the Bell
06:00PM Saved by the Bell
06:30PM Charles in Charge
07:00PM Love Connection
07:30PM The Jeffersons
08:00PM MOVIE: Coogan's Bluff
10:00PM News
11:00PM Night Court
11:30PM Simon & Simon
12:30AM MOVIE: The Train Robbers
02:30AM Erlich
03:00AM Fame
04:00AM MOVIE: The Moonraker


TBS Superstation
05:00AM Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
05:30AM CNN Headline News
06:00AM The Munsters
06:30AM Scooby-Doo
07:00AM Tom & Jerry's Funhouse
07:30AM The Jetsons
08:00AM Gilligan's Island
08:30AM Bewitched
09:00AM Happy Days
09:30AM Three's Company
10:00AM Little House on the Prairie
11:00AM Matlock
12:00PM Perry Mason
01:00PM MOVIE: This Gun for Hire
03:00PM Tom & Jerry Kids
03:30PM Captain Planet and the Planeteers
04:00PM The Flintstones
04:30PM The Brady Bunch
05:00PM Saved by the Bell
05:30PM Saved by the Bell
06:05PM Growing Pains
06:35PM Andy Griffith
07:00PM Who's the Boss?
07:30PM Who's the Boss?
08:00PM NBA Basketball: Orlando Magic vs. Chicago Bulls
10:30PM MOVIE: 10 to Midnight
12:30AM MOVIE: Messenger of Death
02:30AM MOVIE: Telefon
04:30AM The Three Stooges

TMC
06-09-2021, 05:50 AM
Mark-Paul is definitely wrong about the year. Saved By the Bell was already in syndication at least by the 1994-1995 TV season (and likely far earlier); both WGN and TBS were already airing two back-to-back reruns of Saved By the Bell by that time. Here's the January 26, 1995 TV listing (https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?627654-RETRO-ATLANTA-1-26-1995):

WGN-TV 9
06:30AM Kenneth Copeland
07:00AM Adrian Rogers
07:30AM Breakthrough
08:00AM News
09:00AM Andy Griffith
09:30AM Andy Griffith
10:00AM Perry Mason
11:00AM T.J. Hooker
12:00PM Geraldo
01:00PM News
02:00PM Quincy
03:00PM Charles Perez
04:00PM The Flintstones
04:30PM The Flintstones
05:00PM Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
05:30PM Saved by the Bell
06:00PM Saved by the Bell
06:30PM Charles in Charge
07:00PM Love Connection
07:30PM The Jeffersons
08:00PM MOVIE: Coogan's Bluff
10:00PM News
11:00PM Night Court
11:30PM Simon & Simon
12:30AM MOVIE: The Train Robbers
02:30AM Erlich
03:00AM Fame
04:00AM MOVIE: The Moonraker


TBS Superstation
05:00AM Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
05:30AM CNN Headline News
06:00AM The Munsters
06:30AM Scooby-Doo
07:00AM Tom & Jerry's Funhouse
07:30AM The Jetsons
08:00AM Gilligan's Island
08:30AM Bewitched
09:00AM Happy Days
09:30AM Three's Company
10:00AM Little House on the Prairie
11:00AM Matlock
12:00PM Perry Mason
01:00PM MOVIE: This Gun for Hire
03:00PM Tom & Jerry Kids
03:30PM Captain Planet and the Planeteers
04:00PM The Flintstones
04:30PM The Brady Bunch
05:00PM Saved by the Bell
05:30PM Saved by the Bell
06:05PM Growing Pains
06:35PM Andy Griffith
07:00PM Who's the Boss?
07:30PM Who's the Boss?
08:00PM NBA Basketball: Orlando Magic vs. Chicago Bulls
10:30PM MOVIE: 10 to Midnight
12:30AM MOVIE: Messenger of Death
02:30AM MOVIE: Telefon
04:30AM The Three Stooges

Here's an excerpt (https://www.instagram.com/p/CPhGFiNDdff/) from the April 30, 1991 edition of Variety regarding SBTB's entry into the syndication market that coming fall.

Variety has announced today that “Saved by the Bell” will be launched into syndication by the recently-formed production-sales firm Rysher Entertainment this Fall, while finishing out its last season on the network. According to John Agoglia, president of NBC Enterprises and executive vice president of NBC Productions, “Bell”’s ratings were strong enough to qualify for syndication.

Production will begin in early July on the final 33 episodes. That will bring the tally to 88 episodes at the end of the season, since “Good Morning, Miss Bliss” is going to be included in the syndication package.

“If it plays well, we may have found a nice little business here,” Keith Samples (Rysher’s president) says.

TMC
12-16-2021, 04:51 PM
Mark-Paul is definitely wrong about the year. Saved By the Bell was already in syndication at least by the 1994-1995 TV season (and likely far earlier); both WGN and TBS were already airing two back-to-back reruns of Saved By the Bell by that time. Here's the January 26, 1995 TV listing (https://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?627654-RETRO-ATLANTA-1-26-1995):

WGN-TV 9
06:30AM Kenneth Copeland
07:00AM Adrian Rogers
07:30AM Breakthrough
08:00AM News
09:00AM Andy Griffith
09:30AM Andy Griffith
10:00AM Perry Mason
11:00AM T.J. Hooker
12:00PM Geraldo
01:00PM News
02:00PM Quincy
03:00PM Charles Perez
04:00PM The Flintstones
04:30PM The Flintstones
05:00PM Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
05:30PM Saved by the Bell
06:00PM Saved by the Bell
06:30PM Charles in Charge
07:00PM Love Connection
07:30PM The Jeffersons
08:00PM MOVIE: Coogan's Bluff
10:00PM News
11:00PM Night Court
11:30PM Simon & Simon
12:30AM MOVIE: The Train Robbers
02:30AM Erlich
03:00AM Fame
04:00AM MOVIE: The Moonraker


TBS Superstation
05:00AM Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
05:30AM CNN Headline News
06:00AM The Munsters
06:30AM Scooby-Doo
07:00AM Tom & Jerry's Funhouse
07:30AM The Jetsons
08:00AM Gilligan's Island
08:30AM Bewitched
09:00AM Happy Days
09:30AM Three's Company
10:00AM Little House on the Prairie
11:00AM Matlock
12:00PM Perry Mason
01:00PM MOVIE: This Gun for Hire
03:00PM Tom & Jerry Kids
03:30PM Captain Planet and the Planeteers
04:00PM The Flintstones
04:30PM The Brady Bunch
05:00PM Saved by the Bell
05:30PM Saved by the Bell
06:05PM Growing Pains
06:35PM Andy Griffith
07:00PM Who's the Boss?
07:30PM Who's the Boss?
08:00PM NBA Basketball: Orlando Magic vs. Chicago Bulls
10:30PM MOVIE: 10 to Midnight
12:30AM MOVIE: Messenger of Death
02:30AM MOVIE: Telefon
04:30AM The Three Stooges

I think that Dennis Haskins said on The E! True Hollywood Story (https://web.archive.org/web/20190124161410/http://www.savedbythebellreviewed.com/2017/02/20/saved-by-the-bell-the-e-true-hollywood-story/) that Saved by the Bell (https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/every-episode-of-saved-by-the-bell-ranked.html) really didn't become "popular" (or this iconic teen show if you will) until TBS (https://forums.superherohype.com/threads/after-nearly-20-years-tbs-is-no-longer-airing-saved-by-the-bell.367073/) started (https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/head-rolls-to-tbs-for-fall-sked-104008/) rerunning (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-16-tv-35837-story.html) it around 1992 (https://letstalkabout.tv/2011/08/saved-by-the-bell-leaving-tbs-lineup/).

JO Sweet Heart
01-02-2022, 08:28 PM
1992 is around the time that I started getting into the show and I turned ten that year. I remember flipping back and forth from TBS and WGN because the show was on them two stations at the same time. :) :) :)

God bless you always!!!

Holly

schmave
01-06-2022, 12:46 AM
I think that Dennis Haskins said on The E! True Hollywood Story (https://web.archive.org/web/20190124161410/http://www.savedbythebellreviewed.com/2017/02/20/saved-by-the-bell-the-e-true-hollywood-story/) that Saved by the Bell (https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/every-episode-of-saved-by-the-bell-ranked.html) really didn't become "popular" (or this iconic teen show if you will) until TBS (https://forums.superherohype.com/threads/after-nearly-20-years-tbs-is-no-longer-airing-saved-by-the-bell.367073/) started (https://variety.com/1993/tv/news/head-rolls-to-tbs-for-fall-sked-104008/) rerunning (https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-05-16-tv-35837-story.html) it around 1992 (https://letstalkabout.tv/2011/08/saved-by-the-bell-leaving-tbs-lineup/).

He might have said that, but having watched the entire original run, I don't agree. SBTB was a hit almost immediately, at least among people my age and I was 11 at the time it debuted in the late summer of 1989. Virtually everybody I knew watched, and I remember many of us being disappointed that there were so few episodes in the first few seasons.

TMC
03-23-2026, 08:24 PM
Saved by the Bell only had four seasons and produced about 86 episodes. And yet, they were able to stretch it out to six seasons by adding Good Morning, Miss Bliss (after those episodes were retrofitted to air in syndication) and Saved by the Bell: The College Years to the syndication package. Not to mention the movies (Hawaiian Style and Wedding in Las Vegas and then, The New Class.

None of the stars like Tiffani-Amber Thiessen apparently, made any real money (https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/i-never-understood-the-faux-outrage-about-judy-winslow-being-sent-upstairs-jamie-fired.6096711/post-114574928) on SBTB, despite how popular as it was. Otherwise, the cast would have to be paid bonuses once they reached 100 episodes. Instead, GMMB and TCY were like I said, repurposed into the entire SBTB package to meet the 100 episode minimum and sell the show into syndication without having to pay the actors.