Peter Engel, a producer recognized for his work on exhibits like “Saved by the Bell” and “Last Comic Standing,” died Tuesday in his Santa Monica house. He was 88.
Engel’s loss of life was confirmed to Selection by his household. All through his profession, Engel govt produced greater than 1,000 episodes of tv, together with exhibits like “California Desires,” “Metropolis Guys,” “USA Excessive” and “Dangle Time” that got here alongside after the beginning of the TNBC Block. Most of his exhibits have been for NBC as a part of a long-term partnership.
“Saved by the Bell” ran from 1989-1992 and adopted a bunch of buddies at a California highschool as they navigated the stress of college, relationships and closing exams. Engel was introduced in by NBC head Brandon Tartikoff to develop the sitcom, which started as a distinct sequence, “Good Morning Miss Bliss” with Hayley Mills. After that present was canceled, Tartikoff rebooted the sequence to give attention to the teenagers, and Engel moved the setting from Indiana to the fictional neighborhood of The Palisades in Los Angeles.
One other one in all Engel’s hottest exhibits, “Final Comedian Standing,” was a actuality competitors present that ran from 2003-2010 and once more from 2014-2015, incomes Engel a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2004.
Engel was born in Manhattan in 1936, obtained his bachelor’s diploma from New York College and commenced his decades-spanning profession as an NBC Web page at 30 Rock. He moved to Los Angeles in 1967 and in addition taught at Regent College for a 12 months in 2003.
Most just lately, he revealed his memoir “I Was Saved By The Bell: Tales of Life, Love, and Desires that Do Come True” in 2016, detailing his profession and his function in creating the favored teen sitcom.
Engel is survived by his three youngsters, Lauren, Joshua and Stephen, and grandchild Ezra Alhadeff.
