Why ABC’s ‘TGIF’ Viewers Were Wrong All Along


ABC’s “TGIF” programming bloc with ABC with Full houseand The boy meets the world And more than that in a great shock.
“[TGIF] No, “Praise be to God, it is Friday” The boy meets the world star Daniel Fishil She confirmed in her latest episode “Pod meets the world” Podcast on Monday, February 17.
The ambiguity about what was going on the first letters in “TGIF” for decades, with the lovers of classic comic play such as Family mattersand Sorina, charming teenager and Step -by -step It is understood that the abbreviation means “Praise be to God, that it is Friday.”
Vishil and “Cohosts” Cohosts Ryder strong and Will Fredel Finally, wipe the mystery once and for all this week when they made it clear with the “TGIF” creator and the executive product Jim Janich The abbreviation actually stood on “Praise be to God, it is funny.”
We were [first] Janissik spoke about things like “Friday”. “There is a full list [of brand names] Somewhere I could have been possibly drilling, but I remember it. You know, “It is Friday night.” A lot of short short. “
Jancyck went: “I don’t remember exactly where [‘TGIF’] He came from. That was in our list! “
Janicek remembered that ABC is not certain when “TGIF” was placed because I could have ignited a legal conflict with the TGI chain restaurant on Friday.

“We were moving the open. And then, [ABC executives] STU Brower and Bob Iger called and said: “We fell on TGIF. He said,” We want to call it tgif. “This is where we got the name, and we started moving these messages in the open and we went from there.”
The television executive continued: “I think Bob reached,” Praise be to God, it is funny, “to avoid any conflict with any restaurant.”
ABC appeared for the first time “TGIF” on September 22, 1989, with a two -hour bloc of the comic focus on youth starting at 8 pm with Full houseFollow it Family mattersand Ideal strangers and Only ten of us In subsequent weeks. As the brand grows more popular in the nineties, successful offers are like Step -by -stepand Dinosaurs and Hangin ‘with Mr. Cooper Added to “TGIF” during Full house Others were in the air on the nights of another week.
Janicek “Podions World” told “TGIF” that he was specifically served for families and youth on a night when they usually went out.
“You should be a family, a family, a family. “I have made a comment in [a meeting with ABC] … they were talking about broadcasting and all the different dimensions of that, but I said … “Why don’t we think of a little distress towards a very specific audience? Like many alleged cable networks, I started doing it.”

Jancyck noticed that as soon as “TGIF” proved that it was a classification, ABC was largely “my hands” to allow him to operate the brand as he saw appropriate.
“TGIF” retirement after the 1999-2000 television season, where The boy meets the worldand Higlizand Sorina, charming teenager and Squad The final squad is formed. ABC tried to renew the brand at different points, including indicating Short Drama Gray Anatomyand scandal and How did you get away with killing As “Tgit (Praise be to God on Thursday)” from 2014 to 2018.
ABC recently tried to revive “TGIF” during the 2017-2018 TV season, where the brand was used for family comic series Fresh off the boat and Unable Lead to Farid Savage and Ricky GervisShow short -term game Carrying the child. The network has since returned to the use of “ABC FRIDY NIGHT” sign shark and 20/20 To lead the weekend schedule.
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2025-02-19 18:59:00