His family confirmed the news to Deadline but did not provide a cause of death.
Its final episode aired in primetime.
Saved by the Bellbegan life asGood Morning, Miss Bliss,for which Engel recruited Sam Bobrick to co-create.
Peter Engel and the ‘Saved by the Bell’ castCourtesy; Everett Collection
But then-NBC chief Brandon Tartikoff saw something in the show.
He rescued the canceled series, moved it to Saturday mornings and rechristened itSaved by the Bell.
Engel also EPd that series, which lasted for two seasons on the then-nascent NBCUniversal streamer Peacock.
Wanda Sykes also was among the EPs on the show.
