Tiffani Thiessen admits that her work life has been "pretty surreal" these days.
That's because the actress _ who first made a splash as cheerleader Kelly Kapowski on the beloved '90s teen sitcom "Saved By the Bell" _ is now playing the mother of a teenager in the Netflix sitcom "Alexa & Katie," working on the very same soundstage where she shot "Bell" for four seasons some 30 years ago.
In some ways, the two series are similar _ both old-school multi-camera sitcoms shot in front of a live audience. But the stakes run a little higher in "A&K," which follows two high school besties, rebellious Alexa (Paris Berelc) and rule-following Katie (Isabel May), as they run the standard gauntlet of teen angst, but with one extra hitch _ Alexa has cancer. Thiessen plays Alexa's clingy but well-meaning mom, Lori. Season 3 premiered Dec. 30.
