
Tracy Brown Catch upĮverything you need to know about the film or TV series everyone’s talking about It’s definitely a series worth checking out if you’re looking for more kind and optimistic shows where people value being nice to one another. And while there are conflicts, it’s clear everyone earnestly cares for one another. The show follows in the tradition of fellow Fox animated sitcom “Bob’s Burgers,” with which it shares some creative DNA (“Bob’s” alums Wendy Molyneux and Lizzie Molyneux-Logelin are creators and executive producers, along with Minty Lewis) much of the comedy stems from each family member’s ultra-specific eccentricities and their fictional Alaskan life. At the center is 16-year-old Judy, an awkward, artsy teen who is besties with her “Alaskan twin” brother Ham, but all of the Tobins shine - including single-dad and patriarch Beef, newlyweds Wolf and Honeybee, and wise-beyond-his-10-years-but-still-definintely-a-kid Moon.

Set in a fictional small town in Alaska, “The Great North”(Fox, Hulu) is a quirky, comforting animated family sitcom following the close-knit Tobin clan. Peacock’s “Saved by the Bell” may take beats from its predecessor - Jesse Spano (a perpetually tan Elizabeth Berkley) is still on a crusade to rid the world of toxic masculinity - but it’s these new kids and their “Popular”-like swag that help make this remix sing.

In turn, Bayside becomes a battleground, with Daisy (Haskiri Velazquez) fighting to make her mark among the rich kids while Morris’ son, Mac (Mitchell Hoog), has a scheme for every occasion. Morris’ funding cuts close schools in poorer districts and send their students to others.

But the reason you came hasn’t changed: Slater (played lovingly by Mario Lopez) is the sensitive dumbbell we always knew he’d grow up to be, and Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, in a performance he wears like one of his old polo shirts) is still an opportunist: At the series’ outset, Gov. And it’s definitely a new class - of sitcom - with the bright colors of sweet Bayside tarted up with fast-moving comedy and timely references that were absent from the Saturday morning iteration.

The revamped theme song is the first indication that this isn’t your Auntie’s “Saved by the Bell” (Peacock).
