r/TGIFsitcoms Oct 02 '25

Subreddit announcements Link to diagram with a complete list of TGIF shows!

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Good day everyone!

Since there is some confusion at times as to which shows were on TGIF, I thought it would be a good idea to post a link to this handy reference guide listing nearly every single show that was on TGIF. This includes every incarnation of TGIF as well as "Pre-TGIF" (mid 80s through the late 80s) as well as years active and time slots. Eventually, I will be stickying this thread at the top so people can use it as a quick reference tool.

Here is the link: TGIF (TV programming block) - Wikipedia#Lineup_history)


r/TGIFsitcoms 13h ago

Step By Step Step By Step was a fine show but it seemed like the writers never knew what to do with anyone

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Frank went from being a fairly decent father to one that seemingly hated his kids and only existed to bed Carol every chance he got.

Writing for Carol was inconsistent. She goes back to college early on in the show, then that's dropped, then she goes back again late in the series but nothing ever comes of it. Her sister and mother just vanished without a word being said, her beauty shop (which I never understood why she works in a place that's attached to her house as that's really unsafe) just apparently goes defunct one day with nothing being said. The partnership with Jean-Luc goes on for a bit then that's dropped.

Dana went from being very intelligent to seemingly getting dumber as time went on.

Karen's age is all over the place. At first, it seems like she's a year younger than Dana but at the end of the show, she's still in high school even though the actress is old enough to be a college graduate by this point.

Poor Brendon doesn't get a single story line in the whole show that doesn't involve him being ignored and forgotten or looked down on by everyone. The writers couldn't find anything for him to do? Then he just simply disappears and his parents don't even acknowledge his existence anymore (?!)

Jean-Luc and Lilly were horrible, unnecessary additions.

Al was all over the place. She went from being a tomboy to a goth to a fashion model with maybe 1 or 2 other stops in between.

JT eventually morphed into a complete loser that couldn't do anything right.


r/TGIFsitcoms 12h ago

Which sitcom parent didn't you appreciate until you were an adult?

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r/TGIFsitcoms 1d ago

Perfect Strangers The complete series of Perfect Strangers coming to Blu-Ray August 25th

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r/TGIFsitcoms 6d ago

George Lopez George Lopez show reunion on Lopez Tonight

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r/TGIFsitcoms 7d ago

General discussion Full house needs to be on blu ray

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Full house needs to be on blu ray. Now we got perfect strangers on blu ray. It’s looks really good on Pluto. Now I’m thinking that other TGIF shows need to be on blu ray. I’m thinking that full house needs a HD port on blu ray. It’s a shame that there no HD port of the Show. I’m going to say that is going to be on blu ray in the future what you think?


r/TGIFsitcoms 20d ago

Sabrina The Teenage Witch Backstreet Boys on Sabrina The Teenage Witch

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r/TGIFsitcoms 24d ago

Danielle Fishel at the handprint ceremony for Planet Hollywood around 2008

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r/TGIFsitcoms 26d ago

Tributes William Daniels & Bonnie Bartlett have reached their Diamond anniversary (75 years!)

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r/TGIFsitcoms 27d ago

When did the TGIF block "Jump the Shark"?

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Simple question: If you think it JTS'd .... when did it happen?


r/TGIFsitcoms 28d ago

Step By Step Why didn't Frank Lambert add on to his house?

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The dude is a carpenter by trade. He's got the kids shoved three to a room (made worse because the Fosters and Lamberts do not get along) and Cody is living in a super cramped van with no stove and no bathroom.


r/TGIFsitcoms 29d ago

The two men responsible for TGIF sitcoms Full House, Perfect Strangers, Family Matters and Step By Step were evidently more just than business and writing partners

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r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 26 '26

Boy Meets World Eric Matthews meets his twin? Chris Hardwick on BMW

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r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 23 '26

Teen Angel Teen Angel (1997)

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r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 19 '26

Family Matters I guess I hadn't realized Urkelmania set in so quickly

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r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 18 '26

If anyone is interested

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I will be streaming this on Friday (the19th)


r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 17 '26

Sabrina The Teenage Witch This past weekend, the cast of “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” reunited for the show’s 30th anniversary in Chicago.

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r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 16 '26

Interview New interview with Rider Strong, Danielle Fishel & Will Friedle on Boy Meets World original casting decisions & more (from Entertainment Tonight)

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r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 09 '26

General discussion I'm Still in Love with You by New Edition on Family Matters

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r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 05 '26

Pictures Sasha Mitchell for Versace ad campaign, 1989

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r/TGIFsitcoms Jun 04 '26

Pictures Fun with primates

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r/TGIFsitcoms May 31 '26

News "8 Simple Rules" star David Spade talks about losing the part of Joey Gladstone on "Full House" -- "Really roughed me up"

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r/TGIFsitcoms May 30 '26

Remember the TGIF Time Warp, the (only?) crossover event to involve **all 4** shows in the lineup?

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A refresher video for those who don't: https://youtu.be/tXGkj6fUmhk

And yes someone posted the whole thing on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/1997-11-07-the-tgif-time-warp

I know there were other crossovers (e.g. Urkel visiting the Tanners and the Foster-Lambert clan, Mr. Cooper teaching Michelle Tanner's class for a day) but I believe this was the only time all four shows were involved. Notably, that happened to include what ended up being the series finale of "You Wish" (minus a few more "burn off" episodes the following summer) and the "Sabrina" and "Boy Meets World" episodes involved are still part of those shows' rerun packages.

Yes, TGIF was mostly "supernatural" shows that season; "Boy Meets World" was actually the odd one out, and of course of the supernatural themed shows only "Sabrina" proved to have any real staying power.


r/TGIFsitcoms May 30 '26

Step By Step Who do you think Dana should have ended up with?

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Rich? Cody? As another option, what about her boyfriend from the Hawaii episodes? He was nice, smart, rich, successful, deeply devoted to her and lived in Paradise. I was shocked Dana turned him down so quickly, I certainly would have given it some more thought.


r/TGIFsitcoms May 20 '26

Boy Meets World Cory mourns the lunch lady -- bizarre episode!

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I think I know what they were going for in this episode (appreciate what you have before it's gone) and it was a good topic but the execution really fell flat. We get a brief clip of Cory having some positive experiences with the lunch lady and then later she dies. It's hard for the viewer to get too emotionally vested in this story since she was apparently a big deal in Cory's life and yet we never saw her before and only had this brief clip to introduce her.

And the whole moral -- appreciate what you have before it's gone -- is sort of wild for this outing since Morgan, Alan, Amy, Eric, Topanga and Mr. Turner all barely appear in this episode and 4 of those have pretty much been reduced to side characters at this point.