Well, at least Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison" is percolating in the background. Saved by the Bell: The 11 craziest storylines ever featured on the show Trending Stories Boy, we've come a long way.Lauren Moraski is managing editor of entertainment at CBSNews.com.Be in the know. Affiliate links used when available.Watch Screech’s First Day From The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story Movie,‘Saved By the Bell’ Trailer: Peacock Reboots the ’90s Comedy With Self-Aware Jokes,‘Punky Brewster’ and ‘Saved by the Bell’ Trailers Tease the Series Revivals Coming to Peacock,VOTD: Stephen Colbert Reveals He Auditioned for Screech on ‘Saved By the Bell’,TV Bits: Robert Rodriguez Brings Two Projects to Tubi, ‘The Equalizer’ Reboot Gets a Pilot Order, Toni Collette Leads a New Netflix Series, and More,‘Ghost Stories’ Features a Recent Entry for the Short List of “Scariest Scenes of All Time”,‘Empire Records’ is a Love Letter to Small Business Culture and a Reminder to Damn the Man and Support Local,‘Ammonite’ Review: Kate Winslet and Saorise Ronan Lead a Chilly LGBTQ Drama [TIFF 2020],‘Night of the Kings’ Review: Neon’s Latest Acquisition Title is a Thrilling Ode to Storytelling’s Power [TIFF 2020],20 Years Ago, ‘Best in Show’ Provided the Kind of Comedy We Need Right Now,‘Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom’ is Just the Latest Disney TV Special to Highlight the Theme Parks – Watch the Best and Weirdest Here. Lifetime’s The Unauthorized Story Of Saved By The Bell dives into the behind-the-scenes drama as the cast struggles to maintain their squeaky-clean image amid growing stardom. This is not going to be a slam of Mr. Dustin Diamond, simply a review of what Lifetime put on the screen last night.This unauthorized version is told from Dustin Diamond's recollection of events. On Monday, September 1, Lifetime ushered in a new generation of unauthorized biopics with its behind the scenes look at what really happened on the 1990s hit Saved by the Bell… Don't understand why its rating is so low, can only assume it's because people have a problem with it being from Screech's perspective or maybe didn't like that the actors were not exactly like their characters or didn't concentrate more on what people expected to see... Whatever the reason, I think it's unjust as this is actually a fairly good film. The casting is the only thing they didn't screw up because it was okay (most will disagree with me) but the story they tell is ridiculous. surpasses 200,000 coronavirus deaths,Watch live: Trump makes campaign swing through Pennsylvania,Louisville mayor declares emergency before Breonna Taylor decision,U.S. In this teaser for Lifetime's "The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story," Screech punches people! I know it did not depict every single thing accurately and omitted a fair bit, but I really enjoyed it anyway and was not bored at any point, it left me wanting more.My love for Saved By The Bell almost made this tolerable...but its a mess,The Best Movies of Two Thousand and Fourteen. I am an adult who grew up absolutely LOVING Saved By The Bell. I can't believe it didn't get a theatrical release. It is corny, it is sugary and it does miss some of the seedier parts of Dustin Diamond's book.Best movie ever. I was so wrong. Screech Throws Down: The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story Trailer I grew up watching Saved By The Bell so was very interested to watch this. I don't even know why they bothered making it. Per THR, the TV movie “promises to expose the challenges of … To start this off this review, I wish I could give this movie a zero. The movie was a homage to the cast and it made me smile, especially since I grew up watching the series as a kid.

I admit I was actually excited about this. It's definitely the next best thing. Our favorite part?

Get the latest breaking news delivered straight to your inbox.Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved.Schumer invokes "two-hour rule" to block Senate committee hearings,U.S. Great movie, well cast, nice pacing, and it respected the cast instead of trying to tarnish their public images like we were led to believe.I don't even know where to begin with this film. ".Watch the first teaser below. The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story airs Sept. 1 at 9 p.m. on Lifetime. The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014) ** 1/2 (out of 4) This "unauthorized" telling of the events from the hit television show Saved By the Bell is based on the book that was written by Dustin Diamond (Screech) and centers on his unhappy time filming the show.

ADVERTISEMENT The opening shows the Save By The Bell cast’s nervous limo ride to one of their first appearances. The acting was terrible. Lifetime is the home of bad, bad TV movies but this one takes the cake of stuff I've seen lately.

Because it is Unauthorized they make up sets that look nothing like the actual ones, stories and scripts that never happened and events that were very unlikely. I'd really rate it a 7, but am giving it an 8 here to help bump it up a bit to a more realistic rating: 4.6 is totally unjustified. I understand there were some very dramatic things that happened behind the scenes so this could have been very interesting. The first trailer for the upcoming "Saved by the Bell" Lifetime film is out, and it certainly has us reminiscing about Screech, Zack, Slater and the rest of the gang at Bayside High.On Sept. 1, the network will premiere "The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story," which will explore the lives of the actors who starred in the hit TV series, which ran from 1989-1993 on NBC and lives on in reruns.From the clothes and the hair styles, the new actors definitely share somewhat of a resemblance to the ones we know and love from the teen comedy.According to Lifetime, the film "delves into the experiences of six unknown young actors placed into the Hollywood spotlight, exposing the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny while trying to maintain the squeaky clean image of their popular characters both on and off-screen.