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Saved by the Bell:The Ordered Episode List:Episode list composed with help from Daniel Andersson's "Short Guides".Last updated: July 2, 2004. As stated on the previous page, NBC took great liberties with the airing order of Saved by the Bell. While the proper chronological order most probably corresponds to the order of the production codes (which is usually the order Saved by the Bell episodes are aired in rerun syndication), NBC totally ignored that order. In fact, NBC aired some episodes completely in the wrong seasons. Before we get to that, though, here is (what I have heard is) the airing order of "Good Morning, Miss Bliss" (the 8th Grade incarnation of SbtB) on the Disney Channel. (NOTE: The GMMB pilot aired on NBC, originally in the timeslot of "The Facts of Life".) Needless to say, all dates are tentative:
Num Prod No Episode Title Air Date ---- --------- ------------------------ ---------- 8.0 Pilot 07/11/87 8.1 Summer Love 11/30/88 8.2 Love Letters 12/07/88 8.3 Wall Street 12/14/88 8.4 Leaping to Conclusions 12/21/88 8.5 Parents and Teachers 12/28/88 8.6 The Showdown 01/04/89 8.7 Save the Last Dance for Me 02/04/89 8.8 The Boy Who Cried Rat 02/11/89 8.9 Let's Get Together 02/18/89 8.10 Practical Jokes 02/25/89 8.11 Stevie 03/04/89 8.12 Clubs and Cliques 03/11/89 8.13 The Mentor 03/18/89 According to Daniel Andersson, who has access to the syndication production information, NBC lists seasons by the production list this way (NOTE: What I call "Season IVa" (the "Tori" half-season), NBC called "Season V"):
Season I 6311-6330 Season II 6331-6343 Season III 6344-6362 Season IV 6363-6385 Season IVa 6451-6461 So using this as a (very loose) guide, this is what I believe the proper chronological order of the episodes and seasons should be, based on the production codes (and seasons according to NBC where you see "--" separators); the couple of exceptions to the production code order is the "Graduation" Special which chronologically belongs after the Valentine's Day retrospective episode, and the Christmas 2-parter (as well as the Palm Springs 2-parter?...) which likely should air before Malibu Sands (in terms of obvious seasonal/yearly chronology):
Num Prod No Episode Title Air Date
---- --------- ------------------------ ----------
Season I:
9.1 (6311) King of the Hill 12/09/89
9.5 (6312) Fatal Distraction 09/09/89
9.6 (6313) Screech's Woman 09/16/89
9.4 (6314) The Gift 09/08/89
9.3 (6315) The Lisa Card 08/28/89
9.14 (6316) The Election 11/18/89
9.7 (6317) Aloha Slater 09/23/89
9.2 (6318) Dancing to the Max 08/20/89
9.8 (6319) The Substitute 09/30/89
9.9 (6320) Cream for a Day 10/07/89
9.13 (6321) The Mamas & The Papas 11/11/89
9.18 (6322) The Babysitters 12/01/90*
9.10 (6323) Pinned to the Mat 10/14/89
9.11 (6324) Beauty and the Screech 10/21/89
9.15 (6325) The Zack Tapes 12/02/89
9.12 (6326) The Friendship Business 11/04/89
9.17 (6327) Close Encounters of
the Nerd Kind 11/23/90*
9.20 (6328) Slater's Friend 11/28/92*
9.16 (6329) Save That Tiger 12/16/89
9.19 (6330) Screech's Birthday 11/14/92*
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* Aired in entirely the wrong season/year.
Season II:
10.6 (6331) Blind Dates 10/13/90
10.1 (6332) The Prom 09/08/90
10.3a (6333) From Nurse to Worse 12/15/90
10.3 (6334) Save the Max 09/22/90
10.11 (6335) 1-900-CRUSHED 11/17/90
10.4 (6336) Driver's Education 09/29/90
10.7 (6337) Rent-A-Pop 10/20/90
10.8 (6338) Miss Bayside 10/27/90
10.2 (6339) Zack's War 09/15/90
10.10 (6340) Model Students 11/10/90
10.12 (6341) Running Zack 11/24/90
10.5 (6342) House Party 10/06/90
10.9 (6343) Jessie's Song 11/03/90
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10.13 (6344) The Fabulous Belding Boys 12/09/90
10.16 (6345) The Glee Club 12/23/90
10.15 (6346) Breaking Up Is Hard to Undo 12/16/90
10.17 (6347) The Video Yearbook 11/07/92*
10.18 (6348) Snow White and the Seven Dorks 11/14/92*
* Aired in entirely the wrong season/year.
Season III:
11.1 (6349) The Last Dance 09/14/91
11.2 (6350) The Aftermath 09/21/91
11.7 (6351) The Wicked Stepbrother (1) 11/02/91
11.8 (6352) The Wicked Stepbrother (2) 11/02/91
11.5 (6353) Fake I.D.'s 10/19/91
11.9 (6354) Date Auction 11/09/91
11.14 (6355) Hold Me Tight 11/22/91
11.11 (6356) S.A.T.'s 11/16/91
12.6 (6357) Love Machine 10/17/92
11.3 (6358) Operation Zack 09/28/91
11.17 (6359) Cut Day 12/07/91
11.4 (6360) Check Your Mate 10/05/91
11.6 (6361) Pipe Dreams 10/26/91
11.15 (6362) No Hope With Dope 11/30/91
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11.20 (6363) Mystery Weekend 12/28/91
11.16 (6364) Rockumentary 11/30/91
11.10 (6365) All in the Mall 11/09/91
M.1 (6366) Zack's Birthday Party 09/14/91
M.2 (6367) The Game 09/21/91
M.3 (6368) Fourth of July 09/28/91
M.5 (6369) Boss Lady 10/19/91
M.4 (6370) My Boyfriend's Back 10/05/91
M.6 (6371) The Last Weekend 10/26/91
11.12 (6372) Palm Springs Weekend (1) 11/16/91
11.13 (6373) Palm Springs Weekend (2) 11/23/91
*11.18 (6374) Home For Christmas (1) 12/07/91
*11.19 (6375) Home For Christmas (2) 12/14/91
* Based just on chronology, it doesn't make much sense
for these to be here; they probably make more sense
being aired c. #6360-6365...
Season IV:
12.1 (6376) The Fight 09/12/92
12.4 (6377) The Bayside Triangle 09/26/92
12.5 (6378) Wrestling With The Future 10/10/92
12.2 (6379) Student-Teacher Week 09/12/92
12.8 (6380) The Teacher's Strike 10/31/92
12.9 (6381) The Senior Prom 11/07/92
12.3 (6382) Screech's Spaghetti Sauce 09/19/92
12.7 (6384) Isn't It Romantic? 10/24/92
*12.11 (6383) Graduation 05/22/92
12.10 (6385) The Time Capsule 12/05/92
* Filmed in non-consecutive order.
Season IVa:
*12.t10(6460) Best Summer of My Life 11/21/92
12.t1 (6451) The New Girl 09/19/92
12.t2 (6452) Teen-Line 09/26/92
12.t3 (6453) Masquerade Ball 10/03/92
12.t5 (6454) Drinking and Driving 10/10/92
12.t9 (6455) Earthquake 11/21/92
12.t8 (6456) Slater's Sister 10/31/92
12.t7 (6457) The Will 10/24/92
12.t6 (6458) Class Rings 10/17/92
12.t11(6459) School Song 11/28/92
†12.t4 (6461) Day of Detention 10/03/92
* A retrospective of "Malibu Sands", so this probably makes the
most sense as the "first" Tory episode, though it was filmed near
the end of the "Tori" episodes.
† I'm guessing this episode may be a set-up for the
Hawaii TV Movie, though that introduces yet another
continuity issue...
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