New versions of Saved by the Bell, Battlestar Galactica, and Punky Brewster are in the works for Peacock, the latest streaming service NBCUniversal would like you to add to your growing monthly bills.
We already heard about this Punky 2ster months ago; it’s only its destination that’s news. But the Battlestar and Saved by the Bell reboots are a little more intriguing than their tired concepts initially suggest—since, you know, they’ve already respectively had a successful reboot and a not so successful “New Class.”
While little is known of the Battlestar Galactica re-launch’s premise, the project is being headed up by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail, so that’s at least something.
Saved by the Bell, meanwhile, is confirmed to be a sequel series even more labored than The College Years. Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley are already on board to produce and appear (in some capacity or another) in a follow-up that sees Zack Morris as the governor of California. Morris’s education plan involves closing some low income schools and sending their students to such “preppy” places as Bayside High, turning this new iteration into more of a culture clash comedy. As tired as it may sound, it too comes from a strong pedigree: Emmy-winning 30 Rock writer and Great News creator Tracy Wigfield is guiding this one, giving a chance that, for the first time ever, a Saved by the Bell may actually be funny. Even as 30 Rock edges further from satire and into reality…
