The Reasons Why ABC Got Rid of TGIF

[TMC]

-The theory that family based sitcoms that rose to prominence in the 1980s was gradually losing steam came into the picture. In the process of this, more adult oriented shows centered on the work place and groups of friends got a higher amount of notice.

-ABC opted to put a stronger emphasis on being apart of a corporate entity like Disney, who owns ABC. In other words, they likely choose to rely on "The Wonderful World of Disney" as the main outlet for a family viewing audience.

-Much fresher shows soon grew a tendency of not being able to build an audience for whatever the reasons and were canceled soon after. In the process of this, the already established shows were really aging and even moving to other networks on certain occasions.

-ABC was continuously being defeated in the ratings by NBC by a fairly major and effective margin. At the same time, ABC's shows actually tended to hang around the 80s range on a fairly frequent basis.

[Cokies]

I just say that the reason ABC let go of TGIF is because there just was'nt well made programs to fit the bill anymore.

[TMC]

During the early years of TGIF, it was pretty apparent that there was a stronger emphasis on actual family centric sitcoms. In other words, much of the focus was actually on a group of people rather than featuring various characters who were in the backdrop of things for people around their teens. For example, there was Full House, Just the Ten of Us, Dinosaurs, Step By Step, Family Matters, and Camp Wilder.

[factsoflife]

well, for the lase few years tgif was nothing more than back-to-back episodes of Sabrina the teenage witch!!! usually with a few crappy sitcoms in between like the horrible olsen twins show ... not full house.. the other one.. when they are teens.. with that nanny chick!