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I only remembered one of the worst in the TGIF Lineup.

I remember all those shows and ALL of them are better than most the junk on today.

My favorites on their worst list are:
Aliens in the Family
Teen Angel
You Wish

TGIF went downhill fast in late 1996 and 1997.

Is it me or did everything go to **** after 1996?

PS-I'd like to see Doug "Nostalgia Critic" Walker make a review of TGIF...he already mentioned "Full House".

Once Family Matters and Step by Step left it died.

TGIF went downhill fast in late 1996 and 1997.

Is it me or did everything go to **** after 1996?

PS-I'd like to see Doug "Nostalgia Critic" Walker make a review of TGIF...he already mentioned "Full House".


Yes because that's around the time all the kids were older and the shows were pretty much done

Step by Step
Family Matters

Yes because that's around the time all the kids were older and the shows were pretty much done

Step by Step
Family Matters

So then I am right about my life as a Gen Y-Er...1996 was the peak and from then on...NO year was the same again, as in 1939 when the movie was at its peak with films like "Of Mice and Men", "Stagecoach", "The Wizard of OZ", "Goodbye Mr. Chips". "Mr. Smith", "Niniochtcka", "Wuthering Heights", "Dark Victory", "Love Affair", and of course the Oscar that goes for the picture of the year...

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And for that, TGIF and my childhood by 1997 was basically...Gone With the Wind! (No pun intended).

I checked out of TGIF once I entered my 20's

I enjoyed the best and not the worst. I didn't see Full House and I didn't like Going Places.

I remember almost all of these. One of my favorites on the worst list is "Hi, Honey I'm Home"... I also really liked "Teen Angel" which also co-starred Maureen McCormick as the mother.


on the "Best" list, I loved Sabrina, Full House, Step By Step and to a lesser extent Boy Meets world and Perfect Strangers.

Top 10 TGIF Shows of the 90′s (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.tv.sabrina/oCI5xw4Lebg)

Ranking the Best and Worst of ABC's TGIF Lineup (http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/full-house/ranking-the-best-and-worst-of-abcs-tgif-lineup-22348.aspx)

TGIF went downhill fast in late 1996 and 1997.

Is it me or did everything go to **** after 1996?

PS-I'd like to see Doug "Nostalgia Critic" Walker make a review of TGIF...he already mentioned "Full House".

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Because of its very long tenure (late 1980s until late 1990s), it was inevitable that the ABC network's two-hour (8:00-10:00 p.m. (http://jgtwo.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/the-curse-of-the-930-tgif-time-slot/)) "TGIF" (short for "Thank Goodness It's Friday") sitcom lineup would hit a few speed bumps (http://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/6-really-weird-tgif-shows-from-the-90s-you-totally-forgot-ex). The real decline started in the early '90s, when Full House and Perfect Strangers, the mainstays of the lineup since the beginning, went off the air, leaving Family Matters as the block's flagship program. Numerous new shows were test-run, a few of which (Step by Step and Boy Meets World most notably) became huge favorites but most of which were gone within a year or so. Even Family Matters (http://www.wewantinsanity.com/am2/publish/Peter_Dawson/When_Good_Shows_Go_Bad_Family_Matters.shtml) itself began to suffer, as Steve Urkel went from being the sitcom's Breakout Character to being practically the sole reason for the show's existence, with plots tailored around his various "wacky" inventions. And then Toilet Humor started creeping in, and then ethnic humor... and it was all downhill from there. By the mid-'90s (http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2007/04/speaking-of-late-90s.html), TGIF was little more than a random generator of broad farces, often with ridiculous fantasy themes (Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Teen Angel (http://www.wewantinsanity.com/am2/publish/Peter_Dawson/One_Season_Wonders_Teen_Angel.shtml)...), that would have been more appropriate for the '60s than the '90s. A "crossover" arc (http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1997-11-07/features/1997311139_1_teenage-witch-sabrina-tgif-lineup) late in the lineup's run (http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/14/entertainment/ca-19340) only served to demonstrate how blandly interchangeable the shows had become.

Wasn't Mr. Belvedere part of the TGIF lineup at one time?

only reason I watched the older sereis off step by step cause I had crush on al she got pretty looking when she got older

Wasn't Mr. Belvedere part of the TGIF lineup at one time?
It aired on Friday nights pre-TGIF from '85-'87 then it aired on TGIF for the first year in '88.

It's still hard to believe that networks used to air good shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Now, everything is jammed into 2 or 3 nights a week and the rest of the week is basically crap.

It aired on Friday nights pre-TGIF from '85-'87 then it aired on TGIF for the first year in '88.

It's still hard to believe that networks used to air good shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Now, everything is jammed into 2 or 3 nights a week and the rest of the week is basically crap.

As I said before, by 1997 all the networks cared about was ratings. They basically said "No one watches TV on work nights (Sunday-Thursday) so **** Friday and Saturday...let's put in the ****tiest shows on that slot or the shows that no one cares about on those nights)!

Where did they go wrong?

It aired on Friday nights pre-TGIF from '85-'87 then it aired on TGIF for the first year in '88.

It's still hard to believe that networks used to air good shows on Friday and Saturday nights. Now, everything is jammed into 2 or 3 nights a week and the rest of the week is basically crap.
I so agree with you.

Friday nights still have one really good show: Blue Bloods (my favorite current show on CBS after Under the Dome).

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♫ It’s Friday night, and the mood is right. ♫

http://www.buzzfeed.com/christianzamora/facts-you-never-knew-about-your-favorite-tgif-sitcoms
14. In Seasons 1-6, the opening credits spell actress Staci Keanan's name with an i at the end of her name. In Season 7, they changed the spelling of her name to end with a y instead. The reasoning behind this change, or even mistake, has never been explained.
This is strange. I never noticed this.

I didn't see them mention "Free Spirit". Of the 3 episodes I watched online, it was pretty bad...but that's what it makes it cheesy awesome. I love the catchy theme song.

I didn't see them mention "Free Spirit". Of the 3 episodes I watched online, it was pretty bad...but that's what it makes it cheesy awesome. I love the catchy theme song.
Free Spirit aired on a Sunday. It only aired on TGIF one time as a special preview.

I remember I honey im home I remember watching the reruns on nick at nite. I remember when sister ,sister aired that was the day my grand mama passed away I was 7 or 8 years old when she passed away . I always liked teen angel I thought that was funny show I like family matters and step by step. does any one remember show called brotherly love? it was kind of remind me of my two dads.

best :
boy meets world
step by step
family matters
perfect strangers
hanging with Mr. cooper

worst :
Sabrina the Teenage Witch it was good in the being then it got stupid toward the ending of the show
you wish I don't remember it much I knew it didn't last long

For me, the best Friday night shows were from the early 70s when the lineup included some of my favourites like "The Partridge Family", "The Brady Bunch", "The Odd Couple" and also included other nice shows such as "Room 222", "Love American Style", and "That Girl" --- all in one night! Even though the Partridges and Bradys were meant for kids and the others were obviously for older viewers, anyone of any age group could enjoy any of these series without feeling embarrassed or ashamed about what they may be seeing or hearing. They could be laugh out loud funny or gentle and heartwarming. The TGIF group of the 80s, which I plainly hate with a passion, may be more fondly remembered by today's TV fans and even their kids who might be catching them in reruns or on DVD, but for me, those 70s shows will never be surpassed.

Once Family Matters and Step by Step left it died.
Yep you nailed it right there, once they left we got stuck with Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Sister, Sister and me almost graduating high school was not interested in those shows.

Yep you nailed it right there, once they left we got stuck with Sabrina The Teenage Witch and Sister, Sister and me almost graduating high school was not interested in those shows.


I gave up on TGIF after the spring of 1996

I remember George Clooney being interviewed at the time E.R. was a surprise success at how unlucky he felt before landing his role in E.R. because he had already been in many failed pilots and shows.

I gave up on TGIF after the spring of 1996

I'm pretty sure that Sister, Sister was on the WB at that point (I think that it was only on ABC during the first or first two seasons). I think what really did TGIF in was when Sabrina... became a hit in its first season, ABC felt that every show (save for Boy Meets World, which I think was moved to a later time slot for the time being) had to have a supernatural premise. It just showed by that point, how virtually interchangeable TGIF's shows had gotten.

I'm pretty sure that Sister, Sister was on the WB at that point (I think that it was only on ABC during the first or first two seasons). I think what really did TGIF in was when Sabrina... became a hit in its first season, ABC felt that every show (save for Boy Meets World, which I think was moved to a later time slot for the time being) had to have a supernatural premise. It just showed by that point, how virtually interchangeable TGIF's shows had gotten.


A big problem they had with Sabrina, is that they had intended that show for the teen audience, but it ultimately became most popular with kids under the age of 12. So ABC didn't really know what to do with it, hence cancelling it after four seasons.

I watched Sabrina for the first year or two and then I lost interest.

The first 4 seasons of Sabrina are the best. After the "supernatural boom", TGIF started going downhill quick. Then, after Boy Meets World left, it fell off the map.