Recently-widowed Miss Carrie Bliss (Hayley Mills) teaches at a middle school in Indianapolis, where she helps her students tackle life lessons.

The first edition of the Saved by the Bell (1989) shows takes place at an Indiana middle school with a younger Zachary "Zack" Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Samuel "Screech" Powers (Dustin Diamond), and Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies), along with Mr. Richard Belding (Dennis Haskins). Running around with the gang are two other kids, Nikki Coleman (Heather Harper) and Mikey (Max Battimo). Miss Carrie Bliss (Hayley Mills) and Ms. Tina Paladrino (Joan Ryan) are the kids' teachers.

This show takes place at J.F.K. Middle School in Indianapolis, Indiana, where the focus is on history teacher Miss Carrie Bliss (Hayley Mills), and her problems with Ms. Tina Paladrino (Joan Ryan), Mr. Richard Belding (Dennis Haskins), and Mylo Williams (T.K. Carter). The only students that go on to Saved by the Bell (1989) with Principal Richard Belding are Zachary "Zack" Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar), Lisa Turtle (Lark Voorhies), and Samuel "Screech" Powers (Dustin Diamond). The season ran for thirteen episodes on Disney Channel, then moved to NBC with the new name Saved by the Bell (1989).—saved by the bell <[email protected]>