There’s some things you can always count on: the sun rising in the east, the Cubs choking, and 2 hours of Saved by the Bell on TBS every morning. In case you weren’t aware, TBS used to show a 2 hour block of Saved by the Bell episodes every weekday morning (in Central time it was from 6-8 am). Almost every morning you could find me getting ready while enjoying some ’90s nostalgia. Yes, Zack, Kelly, and the gang were a huge part of my childhood (and even teenage years). I’ve seen every episode at least 20 times. In high school I even had a teacher that would put SBTB trivia questions on his tests and quizzes. It’s safe to say I’m a huge SBTB geek, as are many others.
Recently, TBS took off the first hour of SBTB and replaced it with Home Improvement. This angered Bell fans. How much did it anger them? Enough to rise up over Twitter and Facebook to demand TBS put the second hour back on.
Their official statement reads:
Dear BELL Fans, You might have noticed that TBS Very Funny is airing #SBTB only for 1 hour now, beginning at 8-9am, rather than their traditional 2 hour, 7-9am slot. We want to bring it back to the regular 4 hour block. Please, please help by contacting TBS on their Facebook page, Twitter (@tbsveryfunny), or send them them an email (support@tbs.com), letting them know we want BELL back beginning at 7am for 4 back-to- back episodes for future generations! Thank you! -Erika @ SBTB:NOW!
So there you have it. SBTB fans aren’t to be messed with. A friend of mine emailed TBS a while back to complain that they aired the same few episodes over and over while classic ones rarely got aired. Shoot TBS an email, tweet, or wall post if you miss your Bell time.
After all, how could you not miss this?
3 Responses to “Save the Bell Campaign Gains Traction on the Internet”
May 5, 2011
Marketing 101 and Green Lantern[...] The one staple that you could always rely on that time was Saved by the Bell — until now. TBS has yanked one of the two hours of its daily Bell blockto replace it with the whitest, most vanilla “put a comedian in a sitcom show,” Home [...]
May 27, 2011
A Lingering Bell Rings in ‘Saved by the Bell’ (Channel Surfing) - cFox.net[...] to anything less than two hours of the show. The most recent case being petitions posted on Facebook and Twitter pages soon after reruns of Home Improvement cut into the first hour of SBTBreruns. To take the side of [...]
March 22, 2012
Debra ValadezBring back saved by the bell back to tbs every day of the week in the mornings. PLEASE. I MISS IT. N I bet it would bring up it ratings. Lol