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If the 1st year was a failure and they were adding Screech


If the 1st year was a failure and they were adding Screech anyways why did they not try to go back to a "Good Morning Miss Bliss" format where it is about (a straight Screech the guy from the "College Years") trying to balance College, Dating, a social life minus his best bud Zach that has moved away, and teaching what is left of the New Class cast.

Belding could of givin him advice as a Teaching intern...

This format worked for many shows "Welcome Back Kotter, Head of the Class, Charles in Charge...etc.

In fact that is what it seemed like they were doing during season 2 but it was harder cause then they couldn't just rewrite old SBTHB scripts.

Also after seeing that the writers couldn't handle any other place then school I would never let them write adv. of Belding and Screech working at a mall.

Belding is a Principal granted he only owens 1 suit but why would he need a 2nd job. Screech as Belding assistant probably made like $7 a hour to work at the school so him I can understand. Granted wasn't screech a Super Genious up untill that episode of the College Years wher he got hooked on Helium.

Yep I finaly figured it out without Slater around to stop the other Frat boys from influincing him he Got hooked to huffing Helium that explains him becoming a bafoon at work, speaking in a high pitched squeal when he hadn't up to that point, never getting a descent job, never graduating College, alays needing money for his next fix...So that is the explanation for SBTBTNClass

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Writers were too lazy and Producers were too anxious not to change the formula of the show because it might hurt the ratings.


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What ratings? This show never got ratings. :) It had an audience that tuned in every week, but the show was barely a bleep on the radar.

The fact that it lasted 7 seasons is more so due to the fact that Saturday morning shows like this aren't required to get good ratings and well... NBC couldn't find anything to replace it with.

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Your also forgetting that the goverment mandated 3hrs a week of educational shows so NBC just added a more obvious special lesson that was learned in every episode so this and TNBC's other ripp offs of SBTB could stay on the air cheaply produced reusing old SBTB scripps plus they made a mountain of cash when they sold the exclusive syndicated rights to USANETWORK (Peter Engle also made USA High exclusive for USA <USA HIGH WAS SBTB BUT IN a London Boarding school>in a 3-5 yr deal that USA hoped would work as good for them as the original did and still does for TBS

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