Exclusive: Mario Lopez talks Saved By The Bell Season 2 and paying tribute to Dustin Diamond's Screech
Now airing on Peacock is the second season of Saved By The Bell, starring Elizabeth Berkley Lauren (Jessie Spano), Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater), John Michael Higgins (Principal Toddman), Haskiri Velazquez (Daisy), Mitchell Hoog (Mac Morris), Josie Totah (Lexi), Alycia Pascual-Peña (Aisha), Belmont Cameli (Jamie Spano) and Dexter Darden (DeVante).
Also returning are Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris), Tiffani Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski) and Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle).
In Season 2 of Peacock’s hit comedy SAVED BY THE BELL, Bayside High gears up to compete in the Southern California School Spirit Competition. Daisy is determined not to get sidetracked by “Bayside nonsense,” but when a cute new student is elected student council VP, she finds herself in way over her head. Mac sees the competition as a way to finally step out from his father’s shadow. Jamie leans on Lexi in the wake of his parents’ divorce while Lexi struggles to be a more understanding girlfriend; Aisha seeks a new outlet after football is canceled; DeVante finds love with a rich Bayside girl, and Slater and a newly single Jessie grow closer despite their tumultuous romantic past.
For Lopez, who has played the role of AC Slater for most of his career in Saved by the Bell, Saved by the Bell: The College Years, and this sequel series, coming back was a no brainer. While he continues to host Access Hollywood, Lopez also wanted to come back and bring something new to the series as well as honor his friend Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on the series. Diamond passed away in 2021.
Blackfilmandtv.com’s Wilson Morales recently spoke with Lopez as he talks about the second season and what to expect.