Are you freakin kidding me?? As if this week couldn’t get any weirder, but now we have an announcement that the irreverant late night TV block Adult Swim has brought back from the dead the classic 80’s high school sitcom Saved By The Bell! You heard me right, they have ordered 30 brand new episodes of the show, and the entire original cast will be returning with the exception of Elizabeth Berkley (because you know, she’s way too big for Saved By The Bell now). The new series will take place after Saved By the Bell: The New Class, with Screech finding himself as the new principal of Bayside, and Mr. Belding now retired and running The Max (the diner that they always hung out at). I guess the whole thing started when they ran 2 weeks of Saved By The Bell re-runs on Adult Swim this month and apparently received great ratings. (I still don’t quite understand what a live action show is doing on the Cartoon Network.) I have to admit, I’m having a hard time taking this seriously, but Adult Swim has the official announcement over at their website now (linked below). I suppose it’s possible that this is part of some elaborate hoax… but man, that would be one cruel joke indeed.

Update: Okay, just as I posted this I found another article. Yes it is a hoax. Boo.