Why this show failed

I don't agree with anyone who said that Kelly's the reason the show failed. If she hadn't been in it the show wouldn't have been half as good. I for one hated the Pilot, I found it rather odd, misplaced and boring, not sure whether it was the scriptwriting or that girl before Kelly who didn't fit in with the gang or Zack trying to adjust to College, but didn't like it. The second ep however brightened up the show, when Kelly was first shown and Screech welcomed her I got that feel of it being SBTB again, but having moved to the next level. There was that old nice familiarity there. And you just knew the flame would still be there with her and Zack, which was great because they were always right together. No other girl was destined for Zack but her, so bringing back Kelly was the best thing to do in my opinion. I didn't mind Alex or Leslie, they were new and refreshing and had good chemistry with the old SBTB cast, and it was right to have new main leads with the gang maturing and everything. But it was always going to be strange not having Lisa there to reject Screech who was always fully in love with her, or Jessie around to call Slater a macho pig all the time. And Mr Belding was always a classic character. But I did like Mike. He wasn't as good but he was OK for College. I don't think people gave this show enough of a chance to be honest. I think there was potential there for a lot more to happen after the wedding in vegas, which was probably only brought forward to round up the SBTB saga with it being renewed for that awful New Class. I would've like to have seen how Zack and Kelly dealt with marriage, and the old gang coming to visit them

Chandler: on second thoughts, gum would be perfection. (thinks) Gum would be PERFECTION??

watching it now. At 7am Zack and Kelly got married and then since 8am it has been the college years. Kelly arrives to campus episode and the young professor one.

What if this show took it to another level and had the college toga party. I know they did it in high school but this would have been a nice remake of it. Also they could have brought some serious issues while still making it a comedy. The high school years brought up issues like drugs,dringing and driving,theft, i gotta mention the caffeine pills cause that was by far the funniest episode:"Im SO Im SO Im So Scared" -Jessie "Showgirl" Spano.

The college years could have mentioned raves,date rape,std's,etc...

And for the better comedy they could have had drinking games,power hour, a stoner roomate or at least a down the hall student similar to a Newman.

I still love the show how it was and must thank Peter Engel and co for some great entertainment over the years.

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Many of the reasons stated here are probably true. I would also like to point out that the original Saved By the Bell was shown on Saturday mornings, ratings need not be too high to be successful during that time slot. Besides it (the original show) did well during that slot because during the late 80s nothing on Saturday mornings were really geared towards the teen population. That changed with Saved By the Bell. The success from the show lead to other live action shows and let to a certain extent the downfall to Saturday morning cartoons shown on the Big Three Networks.

Now when you move to primetime, you need bigger audience numbers. Unfortunately for Saved by the Bell: College, a lot of the original fan base also grew up, adults watched primetime and were not keen on watching a bunch of 20 somethings in college. Plus Saved by the New Class: inferior in quality than the original, satisified the new generation of teens in the mornings along with new real life action shows.