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Peter Engel, ‘Saved by the Bell’ Executive Producer, Dies at 88
Peter Engel, producer known for executive producing the teen sitcom "Saved by the Bell," died Tuesday. He was 88.
Throughout his career, Engel executive produced more than 1,000 episodes of television, including shows like “California Dreams,” “City Guys,” “USA High” and “Hang Time” that came along after the birth of the TNBC Block. After that show was canceled, Tartikoff rebooted the series to focus on the teens, and Engel moved the setting from Indiana to the fictional neighborhood of The Palisades in Los Angeles. Most recently, he published his memoir “I Was Saved By The Bell: Stories of Life, Love, and Dreams that Do Come True” in 2016, detailing his career and his role in creating the popular teen sitcom.
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