When did you stop watching TGIF?
Posted by MaxPowerrr85@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 128 comments

I remember watching the Boy Meets World finale so in my mind I thought I continued watching the whole tv block on and off thoughout the 90s, but out of curiousity, I looked up the lineup history and was surprised by how off my memory was. The late 80s/early 90s lineups all check out: Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, Step by Step, Dinosaurs, etc.
Starting in the mid 90s though, the list of shows threw me for a loop: what the heck was On Our Own??Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Muppets Tonight, Sister Sister, and Clueless were on TGIF?? It's obvious looking at the actual shows that it stopped being a staple of my Friday nights around 94-95. Was it just me, or did you all keep up?
FilteredAccount123@reddit
I stopped watching at 10pm when 20/20 came on. Hugh Downs and Barbra Walters gave me nightmares.
HalfwayAwkwardNerd@reddit
Saturday...
ApatheistHeretic@reddit
Technically correct! The best kind of correct.
GalaxyRedRanger@reddit
But it’s not technically correct. TGIF stopped at 10pm.
HalfwayAwkwardNerd@reddit
singleguy79@reddit
Probably whenever Boy Meets World and Sabrina ended.
GalaxyRedRanger@reddit
Exact opposite - stopped when Boy and Sabrina started.
nathanielsnurpis@reddit
The episode of Perfect Strangers where they are on a hot air balloon.
exqvisitely@reddit
When I went off to college in '95. I started spending my Friday nights at a computer lab. I was already addicted to the Internet and didn't have a computer of my own.
dishwasher_mayhem@reddit
Around the time I graduated which was 94. I went into the Army after that and since then I don't watch too much TV.
Bikesareforoctopuses@reddit
Probably sometime in 1996 when I got a job and worked every Friday and Saturday evening.
Brilliant-Jaguar-784@reddit
I just looked at the lineup. I started watching it back when Dinosaurs aired, although I didn't watch every week. I remember Boy Meets World, and Sabrina fondly, and I lost interest halfway into Who Wants to be a Millionaire's first season. By this time, I had a part time job, so most Friday evenings I was at work and couldn't watch anyway.
zoey8068@reddit
7/8th grade so 94 or 95
TheVelcroStrap@reddit
I watched it off and on here and there until they stopped, I always hopped around the dial, but I can say when Fox began airing The Adventures of Brisco County Jr and X-Files opposite it and later cycled a bunch of shorter lived sci-fi in the timeslot like VR5, Strange Luck, MANTIS, and Dark Angel, as well as CBS airing American Gothic, I found myself tuning out of TGIF a lot. The last things I recall liking on TGIF were Sabrina and Boy Meets World. I was never much into Full House but watched it, Step by Step was okay, Perfect Strangers was a favourite, so was Just the Ten of Us. Family Matters had me for a while, but lost me in the CBS move and I had really tired of it. I enjoyed Teen Angel, Camp Wilder, Free Spirit. I despised Going Places for the loss of Just the Ten of Us. I really liked the sort of host set up they had for the night. I think I recall Dinosaurs airing there some times, loved that, Mr. Belvedere too. They soletimes moved some shows into that slot and then out. Am I right in thinking America’s Funniest Home Videos and Funniest People sometimes aired there? I believe it was a Sunday show mostly, however. I really hated AFV, I found it so boring to watch peoples home videos. That had me changing the channel.
TheVelcroStrap@reddit
Generally, when 20/20 began.
badteach248@reddit
Around the time the older brother in boy meets world gets rejected from college.
anarchetype@reddit
For me, it might have been when he started doing impressions of Cartman from South Park. I guess it was on brand for him, but damn, that was annoying.
SweetCosmicPope@reddit
Man, I remember Sister, Sister being on UPN and Clueless being on maybe the WB? I sure don't remember them being on TGIF.
I saw the Full House finale...I don't know if I saw the Family Matters finale, but I must have. I definitely made it to the Stefan story arc, which is pretty deep into the series. I saw the Home Improvement finale. I watched Step by Step but it was always an "also-ran" in our house, so I couldn't tell you a single story arc in that, except that the kid from Kickboxer lived in a van in the driveway...I watched Dinosaurs but I don't actually remember watching the finale when it aired. Sabrina I remember being on, and my sister and grandma really liked it. I saw the Boy Meets World finale. I feel like somewhere around that had to have been when I completely checked out of that.
Secret_Bees@reddit
I remember watching the Home Improvement finale. I was just thinking the other day about how nobody knowing what Wilson looked like would bamboozle kids today
SpecialAd4085@reddit
I DIDN'T! AHAHAHAHAAAA
HeyYouTurd@reddit
When Urkel turned into Stefan
gyrlonfilm6@reddit
Same!!!! I just finished writing this.
notworkingghost@reddit
How do you think they found another actor that looked so much like Urkel?
Procrasturbating@reddit
Amazing how Jaleel White looks so similar.
notworkingghost@reddit
CGI.
StaceyPfan@reddit
When Urkel
Efficient-Rent-5644@reddit
Jump the shark moment
three-sense@reddit
Basically going from family perils to The Urkel Show. The robot Steve was the beginning of the end.
LardLad00@reddit
This is it. This was the end of the magic.
sloppypickles@reddit
Yep this is it for me too. I was slowly winding down anyway but I def remember this is when I realized I didn't enjoy those kinds of shows anymore.
FinishingMyCoffee1@reddit
It's what I was ready to write
gyrlonfilm6@reddit
I lost interest when Urkel became "Stefan".
Budgiejen@reddit
About the last season of Sabrina?
DarkHawk347@reddit
Saturday
DoctorMario1000@reddit
94
careater@reddit
About the time the 10:00 news came on
Upnatom617@reddit
Probably fall 1996. Really only stuck around for Sabrina and that's because of the aunts and Salem. My favorite of all the shows that aired was prefect strangers.
misterlakatos@reddit
It must been around 1997 when "Family Matters" and "Step by Step" moved to CBS while both were on their last legs. I was in middle school and had become interested in other shows or hanging out with friends on Friday nights.
I think for me the prime run was 1991 to 1995. My mom watched a lot of "20/20" so ABC was always on our television on Friday nights.
geekgirlwww@reddit
I was a Boy Meets World girl to the end. I think I clicked around the other shows and didn’t follow any to CBS or WB
rangeghost@reddit
Looking at the line up, somewhere in the 1998/99 season or the 99/2000 range.
I remember that show with Mary Kate and Ashely Olson, but I don't remember The Hughley's being part of TGIF, And yet, I also think I watched Boy Meets World until its end.
Traditional_Weird_84@reddit
I can't remember exactly but I do remember that I didn't watch in earnest when Sabrina was in college or post-Stefan.
Dear-Discussion2841@reddit
I'm guessing once I was in high school and had stuff going on Friday nights, that was probably that.
But I miss TGIF!
Chemical-Cream1291@reddit
I probably stopped watching around 95 when I got to high school. School spirit! Go Wildcats
drwebb@reddit
Hanging with Mr. Cooper was one of my favs, but the Coop hung on for too long
beatlegirlstl@reddit
Probably around 1997 except for Sabrina the Teenage Witch. I definitely watched Sabrina up to when she went to college.
literanch@reddit
Probably around the time I got a car
citrusandrosemary@reddit
Probably around the same time that the guy who played Cody Lambert on Step by Step was fired for domestic violence and child endangerment.
IWantAStorm@reddit
When Steve started becoming Stephan.
strexpet-b@reddit
I grew up in a small town in Texas so Friday nights were for football games lol. But I was devoted to SNICK in the 90's
Austaras@reddit
I'll forever have the Perfect Strangers theme in my head.
cboogie@reddit
STANDING TALL!!! On the wings of my dream!
spaaackle@reddit
Get out of the city
SlimyPurpleMeteor@reddit
Still one of the best themes ever imo
FSUjonnyD@reddit
Don’t be ridiculous!
reillan@reddit
Now we are so happy, we do the dance of joy
Burglekutt_3000@reddit
I was a kid. I was watching Friday the 13th and Cujo and all the scary movies because the video lady in my town did not give a crap. She let us rent Porkey’s. We walked in there at 8 years old and rented Hellraiser and ScrewBalls
DeadliftDingo@reddit
When I started smoking cigarettes. 1994.
ShortBrownAndUgly@reddit
Hard to say. Certainly the golden age was early 90s but I watched boy meets world until the finale. By that point though I don’t think i liked all the shows and we had stopped watching as a family
Cisru711@reddit
Probably around the time I had my first girlfriend in the fall of '93.
davwad2@reddit
When I started watching The X-Files I stopped watching it. Even after it moved to Sundays, I never went back. That because video game all night time.
Top_Chard5757@reddit
When I started masturbating
RobotMod@reddit
On Saturday.
PercentageRoutine310@reddit
Maybe around 1993. Before Boy Meets World started but I did catch some episodes from it. My peak for watching TGIF was from 1989-1992. I definitely started watching it when Just the Ten of Us was still airing and that stopped airing by summer of 1990.
Gawd, I miss that show. Only had 48 episodes but I love the four Lubbock Babes. Wendy was my favorite because she was the most horny and naughty. But I can’t complain anyone for thirsting for Jamie Luner or prime Heather Langenkamp. The one who ended up aging the best was JoAnn Willette. The one who played Connie. She’s supposed to be like 14 but Jo is actually older than the other three.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGIF_(TV_programming_block)
I think once Dinosaurs stopped airing and Perfect Strangers ended by 1993, I lost interest in TGIF. Surprisingly, Full House stopped airing on TGIF ending at the summer of 1991?
By 1994, Dinosaurs and Perfect Strangers were replaced by Boy Meets World and either Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper or Sister, Sister. Then Family Matters started getting lame after the first few seasons. Full House would end by 1995 but I stopped caring about it by then once they yanked it out of TGIF lineup in 1991. I did watch Step by Step but I lost interest in it by the mid 90s similarly to how I felt about Family Matters.
I caught an episode of Growing Pains and it still holds up pretty well. Better than Full House at least. Just let me stream Just the Ten of Us and I will be so happy! Both shows gives me such positive vibes. The casts from both shows are extremely likable. Growing Pains was the reason why many ABC sitcoms raised me. Don’t forget shows like The Wonder Years and Doogie Howser MD which ended the same year as Saved by the Bell in 1993. And I did watch Coach and Roseanne on ABC from time to time.
My love for ABC sitcoms started with Growing Pains, then Just the Ten of Us, and then into Full House/Family Matters/Step by Step/Perfect Strangers/Dinosaurs. Once Dinosaurs was gone, so did my interest for TGIF. Man, that period from 1989-1993 were some special times. The Saved by the Bell years. I miss being the ages of 8-12. By 1994, I started to develop bad acne. Anything before 1994 still felt magical for me.
Perfect Strangers and Growing Pains have the two greatest intro songs for a sitcom ever but I can still recite the words to Just the Ten of Us. I miss my Lubbock Babes!
ringobob@reddit
Probably sometime around late middle or early high school, right in the middle of the 90s. I'd started enjoying the Thursday lineup more with Seinfeld/Friends/etc, and that's probably around the time I started hanging out with friends more on Friday night.
RiverHarris@reddit
Around 13 or 14 I think? Full House was no longer cute, I know that much. I wasn’t really into Boy Meets World.
Traditional_Entry183@reddit
Definitely before I graduated high school in 95. I don't think I watched much on ABC again until shows like Sports Night and Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.
The_BSharps@reddit
Every Saturday.
Country_Gravy420@reddit
Saturday
FelixMcGill@reddit
It was pretty awesome now that i think about it.
GearJunkie82@reddit
When I turned 16 and got a part-time job on Friday nights.
DreamsAndSchemes@reddit
sudobangmusic@reddit
I'm pretty sure November 14th 1997 would have been the last F I fully TGI'd... But I still checked in for the occassional episode of Boy Meets World for however long it remained on the lineup afterwards.
dz1n3@reddit
On Saturday...... badum tiss
jsusbidud@reddit
In the UK our show was TFI Friday 😅
https://youtu.be/vBJRaC9vxmY?si=cWOoJRtimnlWaabc
Much-Diet1423@reddit
Good show!
gooch_norris_@reddit
When 2020 came on
GangstaRIB@reddit
WUT! Barbara Walter’s and Hugh downs was the shit. Plus it meant I was breaking the rules (past my bedtime)
Klinky1984@reddit
Up past your bedtime? Now we know where your name comes from.
thejunkmanadv@reddit
Baba Wawa
ironic-hat@reddit
For a second I was astonished that TGIF was still a thing in 2020.
Exact_Friendship_502@reddit
They really need that “/“
bgva@reddit
Around 96. I was a band geek so my Friday nights in the fall were spent at football games. By the time winter rolled around I think I’d simply lost interest in the shows.
tugonhiswinkie@reddit
Good point, I was busy at Friday night games too. But that was just the fall. I probably really fell off when I went to college, which was ‘96 for me.
jeng52@reddit
This is my exact answer
ses267@reddit
Once I got to highschool so 1994 and Friday nights were dedicated to football and hanging out. I'd occasionally catch it but it wasn't a priority.
Acceptable_Class_576@reddit
When all the the kids started going to college.
GangstaRIB@reddit
It’s Friday night… and the moon is bright. Gonna have some fun showya how it’s done … TGIF.
My guess is early middle school can’t quite remember.
stupidassfoot@reddit
Mid 90s.
LemurCat04@reddit
I never watched it because it was all fucking terribly mind-numbing dreck.
znavy264@reddit
About 11 years old. Back in 1995.
XFrankXGrimesX@reddit
If it started in '89, I casually watched a few of these but "Just The Ten of Us" is that old? Did I not know who Heather Langenkamp was at the time? I swore I did. My brain hurts a little bit right now.
My little brothers were more the TGIF fans, particularly "Boy Meets World" I would wait until they had to go to bed so I could get started on "Tales From The Crypt" / "USA Up All Night" / "The Kids in the Hall"
Emergency_Rush_4168@reddit
2000 when all the shows I grew up with left
crlcan81@reddit
I never watched the entire thing. I had more important things like surviving school.
DUDEBREAUX@reddit
T G I NEVER!
aerodeck@reddit
I’m watching it right now
FatReverend@reddit
I guess when Family Matters ended.
Lastofthehaters@reddit
Never really did, Friday night was Pops night to shine. He would take us to the movie rental place (West Coast Videos), then go home and order two pizzas then watch movies all night. That was the only night of the week I was allowed to sleep on the couch.
bell83@reddit
I feel like I'm the only one of my generation who never watched it.
kayla622@reddit
You're not. I rarely watched TGIF. I've seen a lot of the TGIF shows, but on other channels in syndication. I watched Nick at Nite instead.
bell83@reddit
Nick at Nite, absolutely, when I had the opportunity. But I never even watched the TGIF shows. None of them ever appealed to me.
kayla622@reddit
Me neither. Don’t get me wrong, I have seen a lot of the shows, some were better than others; but a lot of them were so lame.
omelatk@reddit
When the Step by Step kids were all in high school.
Remote-Letterhead844@reddit
I still remember Hanson hosting TGIF.......
exitlevelposition@reddit
96/97, when I started mallratting on Fridays
Sad_Increase216@reddit
When high school football season started and my younger (1986) sister was old enough for my mom to comfortably take her out around the public. My dad was a high school football coach.
therobotscott@reddit
It was probably around '94 or '95. Family matters was the only TGIF show I actually liked, and I got my fill of it after a while. I was playing video games or renting more movies by that time. Or at least watching cable.
craigsler@reddit
I remember Perfect Strangers, Full House, and Family Matters. I don't recall watching them on Friday evenings, since I was usually out doing stuff with friends.
The other shows from TGIF I've never seen, or some I've never even heard of.
Scary-Ad9646@reddit
Saturday, usually.
zerombr@reddit
After perfect strangers moved to a new house
WinterLanternFly@reddit
When we got cable
Disarray215@reddit
I was torn in the mid 90’s when sliders was on fridays on fox.
don51181@reddit
Probably mid to late 1990's. I enjoyed most of those shows in the 1990's since there was not much to do in my small town.
Sometimes I go back to watch the final episodes because I don't remember them. Most likely I lost interest as the shows got into their final season.
Hot-Back5725@reddit
Kinda embarrassing, but I watched it throughout college.
PuppyJakeKhakiCollar@reddit
I honestly can't remember. But I do remember watching Sister Sister and On Our Own (starring all the Smollet siblings), except I could have sworn both those shows didn't air on Fridays, more like Tuesdays or something.
Dependent_Bill8632@reddit
Saturdays
VioletVenable@reddit
Probably 7th grade. I think I still checked in on Boy Meets World now and then for a year or so after if I had nothing else going that evening — but TGIF was pretty strictly a pre-teen thing for me.
MartialBob@reddit
Probably by the late 90's. I fell pretty hard into Hercules and Xena which was on at the same time.
LeftOn4ya@reddit
I never got into Boy Meets World so I think I watched
ryhoyarbie@reddit
Mid 90s for me. Probably around 94 when I was going into middle school.
ilikefinalfantasy@reddit
When I was old enough to leave home Friday nights.
crumblednewman@reddit
I was at the mercy of my parents. As soon as dad got home from work the TV was theirs, kids had no say. I guess they liked the early line-up though, because I don't remember watching those mid-90's shows.
ReservedPickup12@reddit
I seem to remember watching some of the first season of Boy Meets World but that was definitely getting near the end for me.
Nonsenseinabag@reddit
Sometime after Dinosaurs premiered but before Boy Meets World started.
VisibleSea4533@reddit
Probably right around the same time. Would have put me early high school (94-95 was freshmen year).
emilliolongwood@reddit
When I started getting pubes
Solid-Hedgehog9623@reddit
Gross, but probably true for me too. Definitely wasn’t watching in junior high, so probably in the 92-93 range.
Global-Jury8810@reddit
After Teen Angel got canceled.
sweetbirthdaybaby333@reddit
I never watched it by choice. Was trapped by it at many sleepovers, though.