History Franchise / TGiF

But [=TGiF=] wasn't truly dead yet! The block made a brief return run from 2003-2005, and again in 2012 and ''yet again'' in 2018. In 2003, [=ABC=] tried again with a number of comedy/"dramedy" programming spanning two hours with such shows as ''Series/TheGeorgeLopezShow'' and ''Series/EightSimpleRules''. The revival stalled for many of the same reasons that killed the block in the first place, and Friday returned to being [=ABC=]'s reality show dumping ground. The third revival occurred at the end of 2012 when the Tuesday night comedy ''Series/LastManStanding'' was moved to Friday and paired with newcomer ''Malibu Country'', a Reba [=McEntyre=]-based vehicle. ''Last Man Standing'' survived the move, but ''Malibu Country'' failed to survive to the end of the calendar year and all [=TGiF=] branding died with it, this time apparently once and for all. ''Last Man Standing'' would be paired with another freshman series, ''Cristella'', which again would fail in its initial run leaving ''Last Man Standing'' [[IncrediblyLamePun Last Show Standing]] until paired with 2015 fall season breakout hit ''Series/DrKen''. However, [=ABC=] elected not to revive the [=TGiF=] branding, instead simply referring to the night as "[=ABC=]'s Comedy Night" ("ABC Funny" in 2016, a name shared with all of ABC's nightly comedy blocks). Meanwhile, Wednesday had become ABC's dominant family sitcom night, with ''Series/TheMiddle'', ''Series/TheGoldbergs'', ''Series/ModernFamily'' and ''{{Series/Blackish}}''. For the 2018 Fall season, ABC would again move Tuesday breakout hits, this time ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' and ''{{Series/Speechless}}'', into the Friday night slot - and this time they ''yet again'' would revive the [=TGiF=] branding with the move, although the rebranding has been even more subtle than the 2012 rebranding, effectively mentioned only in passing (its most prominent mention/celebration, in fact, being within the Fall '18 season premiere episodes of the shows themselves, with ''Fresh Off the Boat'' alluding to/spoofing original [=TGiF=] hit ''Full House'' and ''Speechless'' doing a generic 80s/90s comedy riff).

"[=TGiF=]" was a comedy [[UsefulNotes/BlockProgramming programming block]] that ran on {{Creator/ABC}} on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Friday nights]] throughout the 90s, and then again in the early 2000s and 2010s, with its most recent resurrection being in the late 2010s. It was most notable in that it managed to defy the FridayNightDeathSlot until changes in demographics and viewing habits spelled an end to the block shortly after the turn of the Millennium. Some of [=ABC=]'s most iconic sitcoms--''Series/FamilyMatters'', ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'', and ''Series/FullHouse''--ran as part of this block.

* ''Hi Honey, I'm Home!''

* ''Baby Talk'', a ''Film/LookWhosTalking'' SpiritualSuccessor

* ''[[Film/LookWhosTalking Baby Talk]]''

* ''The Hughleys''

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"[=TGiF=]" was a comedy [[UsefulNotes/BlockProgramming programming block]] that ran on {{Creator/ABC}} on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Friday nights]] throughout the 90s, and then again in the early 2000s and 2010s, with its most recent resurrection being in the late 2010s. It was mostly notable in that it managed to defy the FridayNightDeathSlot until changes in demographics and viewing habits spelled an end to the block shortly after the turn of the Millennium. Some of [=ABC=]'s most iconic sitcoms - ''Series/FamilyMatters'', ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'' and ''Series/FullHouse'' ran as part of this block.

%%* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* HollywoodNerd: An Urkel-like ExtravertedNerd became the norm after ''Family Matters'' capitalized on him.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* RunningGag: All over the place.
* StudioAudience

-->'''Thank Goodness it's Friday!'''

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A lot of stuff.

* ''Aliens in the Family''