Who misses the wonderful TGIF ABC Lineup from 1986-1999?

[Sal]

Originally posted by mstewart
I don't. The true TGIF ABC lineup was in the early 70s that consist of:

• The Brady Bunch
• The Partridge Family
• Nanny and the Professor
• Room 222
• Love American Style

That was a TGIF lineup that was off the hook and something to look forward to after a long week. I was in fourth and fifth grade at the time these shows were on its original run on Fridays. I still today have a very clear memory of these shows.

I agree with this 100%. This was a lineup that I truly loved and adored as a child, which also included "That Girl" and "The Odd Couple" at various stages. In other words, something for everybody. In my opinion, ABC has yet to top it, and it looks like now they've given up trying!

[factsoflife]

Originally posted by BLT
I always thought ABC didn't start calling their friday lineup TGIF until 1989 when Mr. Belvedere moved to Saturdays. I really liked Mr. Belvedere, Perfect Strangers & the early Family Matters--but that's about all.

You are right it wasn't until 1989. What she/he was trying to say is that they perfer the 70's shows over the 80's/90's shows.

[mstewart]

Originally posted by factsoflife



You are right it wasn't until 1989. What she/he was trying to say is that they perfer the 70's shows over the 80's/90's shows.

What we were trying to say is the original TGIF in the 70s was programs that was something for everyone and all of them were truly family shows. The content in some of the later show were somewhat questionable. Personally I preferred programming like it was in the 70s. Good entertaining comedy.

[Adamantium]

Originally posted by Sal
I don't miss it one bit. Those shows all sucked badly!

Except Sabrina.

They weren't the funniest shows ever made. But there was a quality to each of the shows that made you tune in each week. Friday nights, my family always had ABC on.

[vze3t9q9]

I do remember the 70's lineup. They were good shows Not quite as kid oriented. I am a little old for the 80's line ups. Maybe it I had kids I would have seen the friday 80's to 90's shows. I didn't take to whiny Erkel.

[vze3t9q9]

Another Night I like was I believe Mondays. Doris Day show, Mayberry RFd I think I like that night better. Then there was Odd couple night I do think they had better shows then. Maybe I feel that way for only 3 stations. As I look at what other have posters have written, I guess Fridays had alway been a bit kid oriented. THat was the only night parents let their kids watch tv and stay up a little later.

[ClassicTV4Ever]

Originally posted by factsoflife
Here are all of the TGIF line-up's from 1988-1999... I'm not sure if this is the correct starting/ending points but i believe it is.


1988-1989
800- Perfect Strangers
830- Full House
900- Mr. Belvedear
930- Just The Ten Of Us

I think Perfect Strangers and Full House were reversed. For the longest time Full House was always the first show up until it was taken off and moved to Tuesdays.

I miss TGIF dearly. It was a Friday night ritual for me. My mom always worked late on Fridays so she'd bring home pizza and pop, and I'd sit and watch TGIF while eating

I think TGIF started to go downhill when they took Full House and moved it to Tuesdays. That really bummed me out. I never really liked any of the newer shows and my Friday nights were never really the same when I stopped watching it completely.

[Impressions]

Originally posted by ClassicTV4Ever


I think Perfect Strangers and Full House were reversed. For the longest time Full House was always the first show up until it was taken off and moved to Tuesdays.

Yes, Perfect Strangers was first on the line-up, then Full House, this is how is should look:

1988

8:00PM Perfect Strangers
8:30PM Full House
9:00PM Mr. Belvedere
9:30PM Just the Ten of Us

[*PinkLady*]

I never started watching it until, like, 1998, so about all I remember is Boy Meets World, Sabrina and Teen Angel.

[Sal]

For those of you who are old enough to remember when ABC had GOOD shows on Friday nights, here is what the lineup looked like in the early 1970s:

1970-71

7:30 Brady Bunch
8:00 Nanny and the Professor
8:30 Partridge Family
9:00 That Girl
9:30 Love American Style


1971-72 and 1972-73

8:00 Brady Bunch
8:30 Partridge Family
9:00 Room 222
9:30 Odd Couple
10:00 Love American Style

For 1973-74, ABC made what I believe was the most idiotic programming decision in the network's 50 year history when they moved "The Partridge Family" to Saturday nights, where it would get trashed in the ratings every week by "All In The Family". It was replaced on Fridays by a show called "Adam's Rib", which I don't remember watching at all, possibly because it didn't last very long. Without the solid one-two punch generated by the Bradys and the Partridges, the rest of the Friday lineup would survive for only one more season before each show was swiftly cancelled.

1973-74

8:00 Brady Bunch
8:30 Odd Couple
9:00 Room 222
9:30 Adam's Rib
10:00 Love American Style

Still not a bad lineup, and a lot better than what you'll find in 2003 on any night.

[Chad22]

I Miss TGIF Every Friday Night. Man it was great.

[LucyFan]

TGIF was like family night for me. All of us would gather around the television and watch shows like Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, Baby Talk and Step By Step together. It was such a terrific night and I always did looked forward in seeing those shows on Friday. Once they added new shows such as Boy Meets World, Teen Angel that was when I lost interested in it. They should have kept the old classic TGIF line-up flowing.

[TMC]

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FRIDAY

TGIF debuted this year with soaring results blazed by increasingly popular Full House (12th) and freshman Family Matters (17th). Its parent spinoff, Perfect Strangers, held its ground in 25th Place, with 9:30 follow-up Just the Ten of Us retaining an impressive 95% in 26th Place. The Growing Pains spinoff outrated CBS' ailing soap Dallas by 3 million viewers, yet received an unwarranted pink slip by the season's end. The network's reasoning? The 8-9:30 hours were produced by Miller-Boyett productions, who demanded a monopoly over the 8-10pm hour. Subsequently, the 9:30pm timeslot struggled in succeeding years to find a suitable replacement, cancelling nearly all 1990-2000 players in this slot by season's ends. CBS made a minor play for laughs in the springtime in the 8-9pm hour with Baghdad Cafe and Sugar and Spice. The results? Baghdad Cafe faltered mid-season the next year, and Sugar and Spice soured to staleness by May 1990.

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Fridays were red-hot, thanks to Full House cracking into 15th Place, followed by 22nd place Family Matters. Perfect Strangers held up respectively, but the 9:30 timeslot would never recover as it continually rotated players for the remainder of TGIF history. Over at NBC, their Saturday comedy block eroded as Amen was sidelined, and 227 ended the last season. Several unsuccessful fares populated the 8-9pm hours, and NBC found their stable of sitcoms needing creative energizing. Night Court, a regular top-20 player, slid down to 50th Place as it landed in pioneering Wednesday territory. Mondays, however, experienced a makeover as the network traded orange for black as Will Smith's Fresh Prince of Bel Air replaced ALF. After stumbling through the fall, NBC hit paydirt as Mayim Bialik's Blossom became a compatible fit.

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Wednesdays delivered weaker results as Doogie Howser and Wonder Years aged. TGIF sensation Dinosaurs rated soft, and the remaining timeslot housed by poorly scheduled Anything But Love led to its cancellation as it only amassed 56 episodes in 4 seasons. Friday fortunes remained mixed, as Family Matters now led the TGIF block. It's follow-up was the successful Step by Step, featuring Dallas' Patrick Duffy and Three's Company's Suzanne Somers as newlyweds blending two hostile families together. Perfect Strangers began to age, so ABC mixed its scheduling between Fridays and Saturdays, damaging its Nielsen performance. And Baby Talk, a poorly-reviewed sitcom based on Look Who's Talking, met its end in spite of several hyped cast changes.

During this season, ABC devised a TGIF knockoff called "I Luv Saturday Nights." This evening, however, provided a dumping ground for aging shows such as Who's the Boss, Growing Pains and Perfect Strangers. The first two met their ends at the conclusion of the season, falling out of the top 25 for the first time ever. Only Perfect Strangers received a summer sendoff in 1993.

[tlc38tlc38]

I certainly miss it. For some reason "BMW" used to be my favorite that I could never miss, now I can't bring myself to watch it. "Family Matters" is now my favorite from TGIF but they were all fun.

[icecream]

Originally Posted by LucyFan

TGIF was like family night for me. All of us would gather around the television and watch shows like Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, Baby Talk and Step By Step together. It was such a terrific night and I always did looked forward in seeing those shows on Friday. Once they added new shows such as Boy Meets World, Teen Angel that was when I lost interested in it. They should have kept the old classic TGIF line-up flowing.

Boy Meets World was a TGIF staple, aired all 7 years on Friday starting in 1993. TGIF was finished when it ended and Sabrina moved to the WB. Teen Angel is hardly on the same level, it was a one season flop from 1997. And Baby Talk didn't even last 2 full seasons, Boy Meets World was a lot more successful than it.