The TGIF block encouraged viewers to tune in for the entire evening of programming, rather than just their favorite show. From Family Matters to lesser-known favorites like Hangin' with Mr.
Cooper , TGIF shows still hold a special place in the hearts of many '90s kids and television addicts alike. What are the best TGIF shows of the s? Premiered: September 24, Premiered: September 22, Premiered: September 20, Premiered: April 26, Premiered: April 1, Premiered: March 8, Premiered: September 18, Premiered: March 15, Premiered: September 25, Premiered: September 26, Every now and then, the producers of each show would conspire or take direction from ABC brass to write around a particular theme or concept, making for a two-hour television event.
Well, not Boy Meets World , which went rogue and welcomed three of the Beatles-like Monkees as guest stars. And in , all four TGIF comedies had wacky, sci-fi plots involving time travel.
Crossovers also served to make it official TGIF canon that its series shared the same fictional universe. They're remote lab partners, and they meet in person when a jetpack-wearing Urkel crash-lands in the Lamberts' backyard. Of course, he whines out his catchphrase — "Did I do that? The network had top 20 comedy hits spread throughout the week, including Roseanne , Coach , Home Improvement , Who's the Boss? Executives figured if the TGIF branding worked so well to promote and bolster its Friday programming, a similar branded block approach could give other nights their own unique sensibility, too.
Plus, it disappeared after a few months. It lasted just weeks, with the shows struggling to compete against NBC's top-rated lineup of adult-oriented comedies like The Golden Girls and Empty Nest. Apart from the occasional "very special episode" about underage drinking or another social issue for which consequences were swiftly and efficiently delivered , TGIF maintained a strict baseline of cleanliness and moral fortitude.
After all, they were attracting millions of young viewers each week and assuring parents and big-spending advertisers that they'd get what was promised, so ABC was very hands-on with the content of TGIF programs. He specifically didn't want the show's beloved character Baby Sinclair to die. I didn't do it. If you're going to cancel the show, I'm going to cancel the dinosaurs," Dinosaurs executive producer Michael Jacobs told Entertainment Weekly. Herbert also grew incensed when Boy Meets World producers planned to marry the show's central couple, year-olds Cory and Topanga.
Jacobs suggested running a poll on ABC's website asking fans if they thought the pair should get hitched. The pro-marriage response was so overwhelming that Harbert ordered Boy Meets World writers to schedule the wedding episode in the highly watched "Sweeps" period. ABC's clean and careful packaging of clean and careful sitcoms was met with huge ratings, making TGIF the envy of the other broadcast networks.
CBS' gambit was a disaster. Meego was cancelled after six episodes , and The Gregory Hines Show barely lasted a full season. Family Matters and Step by Step were already running on fumes when CBS got them, beginning their ninth and seventh season, respectively, and they got canceled at the end of the TV season.
The Block Party concept didn't return for a second year. They use a device called a Turnerizer named after Ted Turner to switch between color and black-and-white within their home. Mike Duff, the teenage son of the family next door, is the only real-world person who knows their secret. The series lasted only six episodes on ABC — episodes which would air on Nick at Nite the subsequent Sunday, as the series was produced by Nickelodeon — before being canceled.
The seven episodes after that which made up the second season only aired on Nick at Nite. Only seven episodes aired before cancellation—with the seventh episode being the "Sabrina" crossover, and "Sabrina" reruns filling its spot in the lineup—but the rest of the episode season aired six months later, burned off on TGIF once "Teen Angel" was also canceled.
Seriously, even as late as , anything could be a TV show. Even a show that seemingly exists in a world that suggests the NFL cares enough about bad behavior from a player — the kicker, of all players — to forcibly make him live with a responsible adult.
And then came the retooling in episode 13 and from then on, even younger characters continued to be added to the cast. Taylor left the series at this point, and the show-within-a-show was canceled in favor of the brothers working for a talk show. The decision to focus more on younger characters seemingly worked for a time, with the ratings increasing. But when the series was on hiatus, and it seemed like it would be moved to the more family-friendly 8 p.
And with the oldest sibling dressing in drag to become the other kids' guardian and keep them out of foster care? Oddly enough, both series premiered within a day of each other, with the "Party of Five" series premiere occurring that Thursday. After the 13 episodes aired, the series was canceled and "Making the Band" took over its time slot. The only reason "Making the Band" is on the bottom instead of this, the TGIF killer, is because at least this was a sitcom.
And unlike "New Attitude," at least one person remembers it. Starring Doug E. Doug — and based on his own childhood — this Michael Jacobs co-created series, followed Doug as Douglas St. Martin, a teenager living in Harlem with his parents and younger sister. The rare TGIF failure on this list that was at least critically acclaimed, "Where I Live" got two seasons 13 episodes in the first, and eight in the second…in which only three aired , but only the first was part of TGIF.
Hot take: "Clueless" the TV series was actually really good and surprisingly smart and funny. These are just facts. Funnily enough, pretty much immediately after cancellation, the series actually succeeded in ratings during reruns on TGIF.
Apparently, the only series at the time with higher ratings in the lineup was "Sabrina the Teenage Witch. But it was already too late to undo what had been done. It was just another show that died unnecessarily and went to UPN.
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