Being an avid O. G saved by the bell fan, you naturally become sceptically of any 'spin-off' that attempts to keep the originality of the first show you fell in love with.
For me 'the college years', did it right. It's cast was dynamic, they gelled equally as well as the original cast in SBTB, and utlimately you learn to love the new characters just as much. In fact by the end of the first (and last season) you genuinely feel close to them, and realise there has been a great dynamic intertwinned with the original cast (A. C, Zack, Screech, and Kelly), to create something completely different, but without running off from the original traits we loved in SBTB.
This alone just proves that missing some of the original cast does not render this show worthless, if anything it enriches it with more mature storylines, and the usual Zack Morris antics that we loved from SBTB.
Why this show only got 1 season is most likely down to the narrowmindedness of the audience watching. Expecting to have the same impact as SBTB which ofc the college years isn't and being annoyed that the whole original cast were not there.
It really is a shame that they progress this show further as it really could have opened up the story line further, however i guess the vegas wedding TV movie sort of helps draw a line there and closes this off for good. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed every epeisode of the college years and just a shame it never continued.
For me 'the college years', did it right. It's cast was dynamic, they gelled equally as well as the original cast in SBTB, and utlimately you learn to love the new characters just as much. In fact by the end of the first (and last season) you genuinely feel close to them, and realise there has been a great dynamic intertwinned with the original cast (A. C, Zack, Screech, and Kelly), to create something completely different, but without running off from the original traits we loved in SBTB.
This alone just proves that missing some of the original cast does not render this show worthless, if anything it enriches it with more mature storylines, and the usual Zack Morris antics that we loved from SBTB.
Why this show only got 1 season is most likely down to the narrowmindedness of the audience watching. Expecting to have the same impact as SBTB which ofc the college years isn't and being annoyed that the whole original cast were not there.
It really is a shame that they progress this show further as it really could have opened up the story line further, however i guess the vegas wedding TV movie sort of helps draw a line there and closes this off for good. That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed every epeisode of the college years and just a shame it never continued.