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Fans of the ABC’s ‘TGIF’ programming block in the 1990s with Home” Boy meets the world And more face a huge shock.
‘[TGIF] Is not ‘thank goodness, it is Friday’, ” Boy meets the world star Danielle Fishel confirmed about the last episode of her “Pod Meets World” Podcast on Monday, February 17.
Confusion about what the initials were in “TGIF” for decades, with fans of classical sitcoms such as such as such as Family cases” Sabrina the teen witch And Step by step Understandably assuming that the acronym meant: “Thank good is Friday.”
Fishel and her Cohosts “Pod Meets World” Rider Sterk And Will Friedle Finally the mystery was clarified once and for all this week when they were clarified with “TGIF” maker and executive producer Jim Janicek That the acronym actually stood for “thank goodness, it’s funny.”
“We were [first] Talking about things like the ‘Friday Fun Club’ ‘, Janicek revealed on the podcast. ‘There is a whole list [of brand names] I could probably dig up somewhere, but I remember that. You know, “It’s Friday night.” Many small shorts. “
Janicek continued: “I can’t remember exactly where [‘TGIF’] came from. That was on our list! “
Janicek remembered that ABC was uncertain when “Tgif” was thrown because it could have caused a legal dispute with chain restaurant TGI Friday.
“We were animated. And then, [ABC executives] Stu Brower and Bob Iger called and said: ‘We landed on Tgif. We want to call it TGIF, “he said. “So there we got the name, and we started to animate those letters in the open air and went from there.”
The TV director continued: “Bob, I believe, came up with” thank goodness it’s funny “to prevent a conflict with every restaurant.”
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ABC debuted on September 22, 1989 “TGIF”, with a two -hour block with youth -oriented sitcoms from 8 p.m. Homefollowed by Family cases” Perfect strangers And Only the ten of us In the following weeks. As the brand became more popular in the nineties, shows such as Step by step” Dinosaurs And Hangin ‘with Mr. Shard were added to “tgif” while Home And others were broadcast on other weekdays.
Janicek told “Pod Meets World” that “Tgif” was successful because it specifically took care of families and young people on a night where they usually go out.
“It should be family, family, family. We could really grab this, “the executive power reminded that the ABC told. ‘I made the comment [a meeting with ABC] … they were talking about broadcast and all the different dimensions, but I said … “Why don’t we consider making a little narrow for a very specific audience? Like many of these so -called cable networks. ” ‘
Janicek noted that as soon as “TGIF” turned out to be a hit of the assessment, ABC was largely “hands off” to let him run the surf as he considered it necessary.
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“Tgif” was retired after the TV season 1999-2000, where Boy meets the world” The Hughleys” Sabrina the teen witch And Make the tire Made up the last line -up. ABC has tried to renew the brand on various points, including referring to Shonda Rhimes dramas Gray’s Anatomy” Scandal And How you can get away with murder As “tgit (thank goodness it’s Thursday)” “from 2014 to 2018.
ABC recently tried to breathe new life into “TGIF” during the 2017-2018 TV season where it used the branding for family nitcoms Fresh And Speechless leading Fred Savage And Ricky Gervais‘Short -term game show Child benefit. The network has since returned to the use of “ABC Friday Night” Branding for Shark tank And 20/20 To lead his weekend schedule.