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On Nov 2, 6:21 pm, David <dimla...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/boy-meets-world-disney-cha...
>
> 'Boy Meets World' Follow-Up Series in Early Stages at Disney Channel
> by Philiana Ng
>
> Boy Meets World may be headed back to television.
>
> Disney Channel is in early stages of development on a new original
> television series centered on the daughter of golden couple Cory and
> Topanga, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
>
> Boy Meets World, the half-hour comedy that ran as part of ABC's "TGIF"
> block for seven seasons from 1993-2000, centered on the lessons
> learned by Cory Matthews as he goes through life starting as a young
> boy. By the time the series ended, Cory and Topanga married and began
> living together.
>
> Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel and Rider Strong were among the main cast
> members on the show, which aired 158 total episodes during its run.
>
> Casting is under way on the project from Boy Meets World executive
> producer Michael Jacobs. There is no official word on whether Savage
> or Fishel, who portrayed Cory and Topanga, respectively, would return
> to reprise their roles should the follow-up make it to the pilot or
> series stage.
>
> TVLine first reported the news.
>
> In addition to Boy Meets World, Jacobs has produced TV shows My Two
> Dads and Charles in Charge.
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« Reply #21 Today at 5:11am »
Today at 12:50am, mizerable wrote:
Eh, it really came at a time in my life where I was beginning to get
away from sitcoms. I mean I used to watch TGIF from 1989 to about
early 1995, but after that...I kind of grew bored with everything. I
enjoyed the first couple of seasons, but Corey just stopped being
interesting in any way and Eric got even weirder. I thought for sure
that the series was going to end with Shawn becoming a druggie and
dying of a drug overdose or something with how serious it was
becoming. I'm not saying it was bad, but it was just there. I guess
you might be right when you say it was your Wonder Years, because I
love the Wonder Years but not this show...yet they have some eerie
similarities.
As somebody who likes the show, I completely agree with you. The tone
from the first couple of seasons is completely different than the next
few. I also agree with you (in a way) about the characters. I
generally don't watch the final couple of seasons, where Eric was
essentially lobotomized at that point, and Cory acted like a
stereotyped old Jewish man.
That, and I was always confused how they went from 6th grade to
finishing their 2nd (or 3rd) year of college in 7 years. But all in
all, I still like the show, though mainly when Cory/Topanga/Shawn are
still in middle school/high school.
« Reply #22 Today at 6:29am »
Yesterday at 11:59pm, sigmax wrote:
Yesterday at 11:42pm, mizerable wrote:
The strange thing about Boy Meets World is that after like 2 seasons,
it seemed like a drastically different show. I know a lot of that had
to do with the fact that the characters were growing up, but the
overall feel of everything was different. I did find it amusing how
they kept trying to work Feeny back into the show after he was no
longer their teacher. It was an okay show...but never that good.
thats exactly WHY it was so good the central cast never broke up and
so we got to watch these characters/actual people grow up as the show
progressed and so the show evolved as they grew up, thus why it felt
different because as the characters changed so did the show they did
not rely on keeping the characters exactly the same they treated them
as real people and thus why IMO the show was so damn relatable.
It was basically our wonder years.
Honestly I thought Wonder Years was much better but that was probably
because it was less goofy.
I liked Boy Meets World but I never thought they actually evolved the
characters. They really just randomly started writing the characters
differently. Cory may have had a bit of evolution with that one
episode where he finds out he isn't as cool as Sean and doesn't get
invited to a party but Cory just all of a sudden not being a slacker
anymore didn't make a lot of sense.
Also Eric's transition into the dummy on the show came out of no
where.
I didn't mind them changing the characters but I thought Cory was
funnier as a slacker.
« Reply #23 Today at 7:07am »
Yeah something drastically changed after season 3 on that show. Not
sure if they had a writing change or just went bonkers trying to keep
up with the late-90's craziness (much like the WWF in 1995 looked
nothing like the WWF in 1998, to put things in perspective). At least
with the WWF the character evolution made some sense. With Boy Meets
World, good grief. There was no continuity in practically any
storyline, and the character development was ridiculous.
I loved seasons 1-3 on BMW. Everything after that I tend to ignore.
I've watched the episodes, but wouldn't rewatch them if they came on
right now, for example.
« Reply #25 Today at 8:00am »
Today at 7:46am, The Unknown Poster wrote:
Boy Meets World ranged anywhere from "i'll watch it because it's on"
to "I want to kill every character on this show" Something happened in
the 90s where shows with interesting, sometimes goofy, braindead
characters needed to evolve into something deeper. It happened here
with Sean, Urkel, Cody, Waldo, Mark on Roseanne, and Im certain I'm
missing a hundred others. The show was harmless enough it's fist
couple of years but then... just... ugh, it was as bad as the final
two seasons of Family Matters when for some reason they stopped making
the show about the exploits of a family and their PITA neighbor and
turned it into dialogue about the harsh reality of a black family
growing up in the inner city, now with a PITA neighbor who could go
into space, fly back in time and transform into a stud.
Yeah Boy Meets World got that bad.
Looking back on it, a show like Full House ending in 1995 was a
blessing for that show. Imagine if they tried to stretch it out into
the late-90's? Yikes.
But I agree, the 90's changed family sitcoms to the point where now
they now longer exist (Disney shows don't count). Shame.
« Reply #26 Today at 8:10am »
Eh. I liked Boy Meets World, but most the early episodes of them in
high school. Like others said, the later episodes were a bit too
serious.
« Reply #27 Today at 11:06am »
It's teenage M*A*S*H starts as a goofy comedy, turns into a comedy
drama turns into a drama with some funny bits.
« Reply #28 Today at 11:59am »
If there gonna do a sequel series I want it to be about Corey and
Topanga's adventures after they moved to NYC in the series finale. In
this series Corey and Topanga move to a very hasidic neighborhood in
Brooklyn. The show will be called "Goy Meets World".
How would you write Feeny to regress to be the daughter's teacher? I
mean the guy was a 6th grade teacher, John Adams High School's
principal/ history teacher, retires from said school system and
becomes a history professor at Pennbrook. So how does he end up as
Miss Matthew's teacher? Also, I want to see Jonathan Turner return,
but he now appears to still be dealing with the trauma from his
motorcycle accident.
« Reply #31 Today at 7:09pm »
Those later episodes I tended to skip.
Shawn went from "Cool friend" to "Massive f***up with a tons of
problems". I was sitting there thinking "Are we really doing a 'Shawn
joins a cult' episode?"
Boy Meets World >> TWoP Forums
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=8465683ac6b293206eb791c9dfedc8a1&showtopic=1692442&st=915
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105958/board/flat/206513210?p=1
by osaji922 18 hours ago (Fri Nov 2 2012 23:06:47)
They really should put it on ABC. I don't want the kiddie version of
BMW. Disney channel doesn't even allow shows to go past 4 seasons. BMW
went 7 seasons. How can you chronicle a person growing up and their
experiences if it's only 4 seasons long? That's the problem with
Disney; they don't take any of their shows seriously and they don't
take their audience seriously. That's why it was better back in the
day when the networks NBC and ABC catered to a younger audience. They
took them seriously back then. Fresh Prince, ALF, Blossom, A Different
World, BMW, Family Matters, Full House, Step by Step, Hangin With Mr.
Cooper etc.
by codyv 11 hours ago (Sat Nov 3 2012 05:58:40)
I agree that their daughter should not want to be a singer/actor/
artist/writer. I'm so sick of every live action kids show taking that
route, let's see a show where a kid is just being a normal kid!
I'll be fine if there's not too much drama in the new series, in fact
I hope the tone of the show is like Season 1 of Boy Meets World; where
it's just a fun comedy about a kid growing up. But I just hope they
keep the humor grounded. Disney channel shows seem to take their
comedy over the top and make the situations bigger than they'd ever be
in real life. Up until the last season of BMW the humor and antics
were all things that could really happen. And when it did become over
the top it was just Eric doing more cartoony things.
I also hope they don't go the route of every other Disney Channel show
and have it super colorful. Where the house is full of all these
bright bold colors that most normal houses wouldn't have. If they're
going to do this Disney needs to realize that the people who are going
to be most interested in this are people who grew up watching the
original series. I realize they're going to want to bring in a new
audience of younger viewers as well but it'll be the older audience
who'll be waiting in anticipation for it. If they make the series too
much like how Disney Channel shows are now with a character who wants
to be famous, sings all the time, has an attitude towards adults, uses
over the top humor with cartoony antics and pastel colored sets then
they're going to lose a lot of the older audience I think.
But that's just my opinion on it.
by osaji922 11 minutes ago (Sat Nov 3 2012 17:17:12)
Ben Savage and Danielle Fischel should only to agree to do this if
it's aired on ABC. Disney doesn't give any freedom to their shows.
Disney only allows shows to go up to season 4 and I hate the time when
they air their seasons. Just air it on good ole ABC Friday night TGIF
at 8:30 where Boy Meets World was born and flourished.
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/boy-meets-world-disney-cha...
>
> 'Boy Meets World' Follow-Up Series in Early Stages at Disney Channel
> by Philiana Ng
>
> Boy Meets World may be headed back to television.
>
> Disney Channel is in early stages of development on a new original
> television series centered on the daughter of golden couple Cory and
> Topanga, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
>
> Boy Meets World, the half-hour comedy that ran as part of ABC's "TGIF"
> block for seven seasons from 1993-2000, centered on the lessons
> learned by Cory Matthews as he goes through life starting as a young
> boy. By the time the series ended, Cory and Topanga married and began
> living together.
>
> Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel and Rider Strong were among the main cast
> members on the show, which aired 158 total episodes during its run.
>
> Casting is under way on the project from Boy Meets World executive
> producer Michael Jacobs. There is no official word on whether Savage
> or Fishel, who portrayed Cory and Topanga, respectively, would return
> to reprise their roles should the follow-up make it to the pilot or
> series stage.
>
> TVLine first reported the news.
>
> In addition to Boy Meets World, Jacobs has produced TV shows My Two
> Dads and Charles in Charge.
http://officialfan.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display&thread=455416&page=2
« Reply #21 Today at 5:11am »
Today at 12:50am, mizerable wrote:
Eh, it really came at a time in my life where I was beginning to get
away from sitcoms. I mean I used to watch TGIF from 1989 to about
early 1995, but after that...I kind of grew bored with everything. I
enjoyed the first couple of seasons, but Corey just stopped being
interesting in any way and Eric got even weirder. I thought for sure
that the series was going to end with Shawn becoming a druggie and
dying of a drug overdose or something with how serious it was
becoming. I'm not saying it was bad, but it was just there. I guess
you might be right when you say it was your Wonder Years, because I
love the Wonder Years but not this show...yet they have some eerie
similarities.
As somebody who likes the show, I completely agree with you. The tone
from the first couple of seasons is completely different than the next
few. I also agree with you (in a way) about the characters. I
generally don't watch the final couple of seasons, where Eric was
essentially lobotomized at that point, and Cory acted like a
stereotyped old Jewish man.
That, and I was always confused how they went from 6th grade to
finishing their 2nd (or 3rd) year of college in 7 years. But all in
all, I still like the show, though mainly when Cory/Topanga/Shawn are
still in middle school/high school.
« Reply #22 Today at 6:29am »
Yesterday at 11:59pm, sigmax wrote:
Yesterday at 11:42pm, mizerable wrote:
The strange thing about Boy Meets World is that after like 2 seasons,
it seemed like a drastically different show. I know a lot of that had
to do with the fact that the characters were growing up, but the
overall feel of everything was different. I did find it amusing how
they kept trying to work Feeny back into the show after he was no
longer their teacher. It was an okay show...but never that good.
thats exactly WHY it was so good the central cast never broke up and
so we got to watch these characters/actual people grow up as the show
progressed and so the show evolved as they grew up, thus why it felt
different because as the characters changed so did the show they did
not rely on keeping the characters exactly the same they treated them
as real people and thus why IMO the show was so damn relatable.
It was basically our wonder years.
Honestly I thought Wonder Years was much better but that was probably
because it was less goofy.
I liked Boy Meets World but I never thought they actually evolved the
characters. They really just randomly started writing the characters
differently. Cory may have had a bit of evolution with that one
episode where he finds out he isn't as cool as Sean and doesn't get
invited to a party but Cory just all of a sudden not being a slacker
anymore didn't make a lot of sense.
Also Eric's transition into the dummy on the show came out of no
where.
I didn't mind them changing the characters but I thought Cory was
funnier as a slacker.
« Reply #23 Today at 7:07am »
Yeah something drastically changed after season 3 on that show. Not
sure if they had a writing change or just went bonkers trying to keep
up with the late-90's craziness (much like the WWF in 1995 looked
nothing like the WWF in 1998, to put things in perspective). At least
with the WWF the character evolution made some sense. With Boy Meets
World, good grief. There was no continuity in practically any
storyline, and the character development was ridiculous.
I loved seasons 1-3 on BMW. Everything after that I tend to ignore.
I've watched the episodes, but wouldn't rewatch them if they came on
right now, for example.
« Reply #25 Today at 8:00am »
Today at 7:46am, The Unknown Poster wrote:
Boy Meets World ranged anywhere from "i'll watch it because it's on"
to "I want to kill every character on this show" Something happened in
the 90s where shows with interesting, sometimes goofy, braindead
characters needed to evolve into something deeper. It happened here
with Sean, Urkel, Cody, Waldo, Mark on Roseanne, and Im certain I'm
missing a hundred others. The show was harmless enough it's fist
couple of years but then... just... ugh, it was as bad as the final
two seasons of Family Matters when for some reason they stopped making
the show about the exploits of a family and their PITA neighbor and
turned it into dialogue about the harsh reality of a black family
growing up in the inner city, now with a PITA neighbor who could go
into space, fly back in time and transform into a stud.
Yeah Boy Meets World got that bad.
Looking back on it, a show like Full House ending in 1995 was a
blessing for that show. Imagine if they tried to stretch it out into
the late-90's? Yikes.
But I agree, the 90's changed family sitcoms to the point where now
they now longer exist (Disney shows don't count). Shame.
« Reply #26 Today at 8:10am »
Eh. I liked Boy Meets World, but most the early episodes of them in
high school. Like others said, the later episodes were a bit too
serious.
« Reply #27 Today at 11:06am »
It's teenage M*A*S*H starts as a goofy comedy, turns into a comedy
drama turns into a drama with some funny bits.
« Reply #28 Today at 11:59am »
If there gonna do a sequel series I want it to be about Corey and
Topanga's adventures after they moved to NYC in the series finale. In
this series Corey and Topanga move to a very hasidic neighborhood in
Brooklyn. The show will be called "Goy Meets World".
How would you write Feeny to regress to be the daughter's teacher? I
mean the guy was a 6th grade teacher, John Adams High School's
principal/ history teacher, retires from said school system and
becomes a history professor at Pennbrook. So how does he end up as
Miss Matthew's teacher? Also, I want to see Jonathan Turner return,
but he now appears to still be dealing with the trauma from his
motorcycle accident.
« Reply #31 Today at 7:09pm »
Those later episodes I tended to skip.
Shawn went from "Cool friend" to "Massive f***up with a tons of
problems". I was sitting there thinking "Are we really doing a 'Shawn
joins a cult' episode?"
Boy Meets World >> TWoP Forums
http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=8465683ac6b293206eb791c9dfedc8a1&showtopic=1692442&st=915
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105958/board/flat/206513210?p=1
by osaji922 18 hours ago (Fri Nov 2 2012 23:06:47)
They really should put it on ABC. I don't want the kiddie version of
BMW. Disney channel doesn't even allow shows to go past 4 seasons. BMW
went 7 seasons. How can you chronicle a person growing up and their
experiences if it's only 4 seasons long? That's the problem with
Disney; they don't take any of their shows seriously and they don't
take their audience seriously. That's why it was better back in the
day when the networks NBC and ABC catered to a younger audience. They
took them seriously back then. Fresh Prince, ALF, Blossom, A Different
World, BMW, Family Matters, Full House, Step by Step, Hangin With Mr.
Cooper etc.
by codyv 11 hours ago (Sat Nov 3 2012 05:58:40)
I agree that their daughter should not want to be a singer/actor/
artist/writer. I'm so sick of every live action kids show taking that
route, let's see a show where a kid is just being a normal kid!
I'll be fine if there's not too much drama in the new series, in fact
I hope the tone of the show is like Season 1 of Boy Meets World; where
it's just a fun comedy about a kid growing up. But I just hope they
keep the humor grounded. Disney channel shows seem to take their
comedy over the top and make the situations bigger than they'd ever be
in real life. Up until the last season of BMW the humor and antics
were all things that could really happen. And when it did become over
the top it was just Eric doing more cartoony things.
I also hope they don't go the route of every other Disney Channel show
and have it super colorful. Where the house is full of all these
bright bold colors that most normal houses wouldn't have. If they're
going to do this Disney needs to realize that the people who are going
to be most interested in this are people who grew up watching the
original series. I realize they're going to want to bring in a new
audience of younger viewers as well but it'll be the older audience
who'll be waiting in anticipation for it. If they make the series too
much like how Disney Channel shows are now with a character who wants
to be famous, sings all the time, has an attitude towards adults, uses
over the top humor with cartoony antics and pastel colored sets then
they're going to lose a lot of the older audience I think.
But that's just my opinion on it.
by osaji922 11 minutes ago (Sat Nov 3 2012 17:17:12)
Ben Savage and Danielle Fischel should only to agree to do this if
it's aired on ABC. Disney doesn't give any freedom to their shows.
Disney only allows shows to go up to season 4 and I hate the time when
they air their seasons. Just air it on good ole ABC Friday night TGIF
at 8:30 where Boy Meets World was born and flourished.
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