Actor Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who played Zack Morris on "Saved by the Bell" between 1988 to 1994, admitted that the hit teen series was "not a great show". The 38-year-old said to Yahoo: "The writing is kind of hokey... it's very much a piece of that time." Although the series is what kick-started his acting career, Gosselaar said he learned a lot from doing the show. "It taught me to have a strong work ethic, and to take it very seriously.