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Will NBC, having done away with its Saturday morning cartoons, be providing innovative, quality programming for kids? Not exactly. The scaled-back lineup, replaced in part by the network's expanded "Today" show for adults, is live-action and teen-oriented. With one exception, cartoons would be a step up.
The animationless children's lineup kicks off today at 9 a.m. (Channels 4, 36 and 39) with the return of the popular "Saved by the Bell," a high school sitcom where teen regulars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, et al. are now seniors. The well-dressed, uniformly attractive cast spend the first episode ridiculing teachers, tormenting freshmen...