BOY MEETS WORLD DOESN’T KNOW WHY IT WAS MOVED FROM ITS PRIMO TIME SLOT - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 01-14-2023, 05:46 AM

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In Boy Meets World‘s Season 4 episode, “Shallow Boy” (which, of course, has another notable plotline that I’ll probably write about in the future), Topanga is babysitting a little kid and Cory comes over to spend time with Topanga. However, things go awry when Cory undermines Topanga’s authority in front of little Billy, who wants to watch his favorite Friday night sitcom.

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BILLY: [to Topanga] At least let me watch my favorite show. It’s on right now!
TOPANGA: But it’s nine thirty; I know you don’t stay up past nine.
BILLY: It used to be on at eight thirty, but this year they moved it to nine thirty – those idiots!

This disturbs Cory, who begins to talk excitedly with Billy:

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CORY: They moved the show to nine thirty – why??
BILLY: No one knows!
CORY: Well was it doing badly at eight thirty?
BILLY: No!
CORY: Well why didn’t they leave it alone?!
BILLY: They’re trying to kill it! They’re trying to kill it!
CORY: [shakes his head in disappointment] Those are bad, bad people.

Of course, Boy Meets World had just been moved from its Seasons 1-3 time slot of 8:30 (following Family Matters) to 9:30, following a brand-new series, Clueless, with another brand-new series, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, getting Boy Meets World‘s plum 8:30 spot. As it turned out, Sabrina did so well that it was given the 9pm slot itself before the season ended, moving Clueless to 9:30, and Boy Meets World got its 8:30 spot back soon after this episode aired.

Amusingly, after Topanga tells Cory to go home after undermining her, Billy runs out excitedly to shout:

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BILLY: [runs into the living room] Hey, Cory! You’re missing a real funny one! The curly-headed kid keeps digging himself deeper and deeper!
CORY: [is dragged away by Billy] LOVE that kid, he’s SUCH a doof!

Very cute stuff.