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As a result of the continued success of ''Saved by the Bell'', NBC restructured its Saturday morning lineup in September 1992, removing the animated series (ending the entirety of conventional children's programming – animated or otherwise – airing on NBC itself for the next eleven years) in favor of additional live-action – mostly scripted – series aimed at teenagers as part of a new three-hour block under the brand [[TNBC]] (the network also launched an hour-long Saturday edition of ''[[Weekend Today|Today]]'' that debuted simultaneously with the TNBC lineup).

Most of the programs on the TNBC lineup were sitcoms produced by ''Saved by the Bell'' executive producer [[Peter Engel]] such as ''[[City Guys]]'', ''[[Hang Time (TV series)|Hang Time]]'', ''[[California Dreams]]'', ''[[One World (TV series)|One World]]'' and the ''Saved by the Bell'' spinoff, ''[[Saved by the Bell: The New Class]]''.<ref name="DiscoveryKids">{{cite news|title=Discovery set to kid around with Peacock|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117856766.html?categoryid=1201&cs=1&query=|first=Paula|last=Bernstein|periodical=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Reed Business Information]]|date=December 4, 2001|access-date=August 13, 2009}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> From the start, the lineup was designed to meet the earliest form of the [[Federal Communications Commission]]FCC's [[E/I|educational programming]] guidelines underas theenacted [[Children'sin TelevisionOctober Act]]1990, with many of the scripted series incorporating social issues such as [[underage drinking]], [[Substance abuse|drug use]] and [[sexual harassment]]. By 2001, the block had begun suffering from declining viewership; in addition, although the block was aimed at adolescents, TNBC's programs ironically registered a median viewer age of 41.<ref name=variety-adultsdiscover>{{cite web|title=Adults 'Discover' kiddie programs|url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/news/adults-discover-kiddie-programs-1117880923/|periodical=Variety|publisher=Reed Business Information|date=2003|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>

''[[NBA Inside Stuff]]'', an analysis and interview program aimed at teens that was hosted for most of its run by [[Ahmad Rashad]] (who also served as a commentator and pre-game host for the network's [[NBA on NBC|NBA coverage]] during much of ''Inside Stuff''{{'}}s NBC run), also aired alongside the TNBC lineup during the NBA season until [[2001–02 NBA season|2002]], with the program moving to ABC the following season as a result of that network taking the [[NBA on ABC|NBA rights]] from NBC.