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Think you know your TV trivia? While The Cosby Show’s Huxtables owned Thursday nights and Perfect Strangers was taking over ABC's TGIF, these five series piggy‑backed on their success—launching whole new storylines and creating TV history with a big bang!

Family Matters started on Perfect Strangers – and that’s just the beginning…

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Family Matters (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/familymatters.htm) (Perfect Strangers (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125348/http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/perfectstrangers.htm))
03:12 - Happy Days (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125301/http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/happydays.htm) (Love, American Style (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125326/http://www.jumptheshark.com/l/loveamericanstyle.htm))
05:48 - Trapper John, M.D. (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125202/http://www.jumptheshark.com/t/trapperjohnmd.htm) (M*A*S*H (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125239/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/mash.htm))
08:08 - Just the 10 of Us (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125210/http://www.jumptheshark.com/j/justthetenofus.htm) (Growing Pains (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125158/http://www.jumptheshark.com/g/growingpains.htm))
11:15 - A Different World (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/differentworld.htm) (The Cosby Show (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125247/http://www.jumptheshark.com/c/cosbyshow.htm))


Which of these hidden origin stories shocked you the most?