Boy/Girl Meets World

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I would hope that doesn't happen, since Boy Meets World was not like that, but if it involves the original people (or at least key figures) then I still hold hope.

Personal wish- Franky is a teacher. 

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Actually, thinking about it, this is something that would probably fit better on ABC Family than it would on the Disney Channel. Since, you know, they're actually producing fare pretty close to traditional sitcoms (with Melissa & Joey and Baby Daddy) and something like this would fit right in there.

They're also airing BMW reruns every day, so the channel is well aware of it, too.

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True, but Disney would get much more of an audience than ABC Family. And at the end of the day, it is the place that the show became the most identified with. The show did okay on ABC, but it didn't really become as big of a favorite as it is now until Disney started airing repeats of it.

I'd still prefer it to air on either ABCs, but I can see why DC is getting it instead.

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Good point, I just hope it's allowed to breathe and doesn't get sucked into the fame and fortune trap of about every other Disney Channel live action (aside from Good Luck Charlie)... I mean, one of the episodes of the original show was about how it was okay to not be a star and be a normal person.

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It doesn't sound like that's the case, and unless Disney has more of say about it, hopefully it won't be.

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Apparently this is getting fast tracked. I hope that's a sign of confidence, but I'm also not hoping it to be too rushed.

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That seems to happen with all Disney shows. They mention that a new show will come out supposedly a year or so in advance, and when they get the greenlight, they speed up production to make the show premiere ASAP.

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First of all, let me say that you, the fans of Boy Meets World, have been awesome. That word is often used incorrectly by people, including myself, on a daily basis but you have truly been awe inspiring. You, yes, even YOU, are the reason that Girl Meets World WILL BE MADE. J

I do not know how many BMW cast members will be returning for GMW, or how often they may appear if and/or when they do appear. I am going to do my best to not speak for others with this open post. But because I have known Michael Jacobs, Ben Savage, Rider Strong, Will Friedle, and Bill Daniels for 19 years, I know we share many of the same feelings regarding the 7 wonderful years we spent making BMW. Those years were among the most warm, hilarious, insightful, educational years of my life and I wouldn?t trade them for the world. Another thing I wouldn?t trade for anything is the integrity and the heart with which BMW was made. I promise with the entirety of my heart that we will make GMW with the same honesty, innocence, and intelligence that you learned to expect from BMW.

I say this because making the decision to do the show involved more conversations than you can possible imagine. These conversations were with the same people I mentioned above because they were all instrumental in creating and maintaining the heart of BMW. The first comment out of every person?s mouth was, ?Let?s only do it if we think we can create something as special as we did with BMW.? When the news leaked that GMW was in the making, literally days after I first heard about the project myself, Michael Jacobs and I had a conversation and we talked about how we were both so blown away by the reactions from all of you. We felt honored. We felt nostalgic. We felt touched by the excitement in your comments, tweets, Tumblr, and Facebook posts. But most of all, we felt inspired. We felt inspired to bring these characters back to life and to tell you more of their stories. Michael said to me, ?Danielle, when I read what people say BMW meant to them it makes me so very proud of all of us. I think it is important for us, for as long as we are fortunate enough to have this opportunity to do GMW, that we all look each other in the eyes every so often and make sure we know we have something of value to offer the audience.? I think we have that with GMW.

I say that so that I can say this: GMW is a new show. It isn?t BMW brought back to life but in current day. It will have familiar faces, familiar themes, and familiar messages. It will also have new faces, new themes, and new messages. BMW never spoke down to the audience and we are going to do our best to never do that with GMW. But please keep in mind that this there will be episode 1, of season 1, of a brand new show. We started at the same place with BMW but we evolved and we evolved quickly. For those of you who knew and loved BMW, please allow this show to evolve as well. Stick with us. Give us a chance.

In the meantime, a sincere thank you to every one of you for all of your tweets (I read them all, every day. It killed me not to be able to talk about it!), even those of you who asked us not to do it. There were only a few of you but I know why you don?t want GMW to happen and I appreciate that BMW meant enough to you that you don?t want to see its legacy tarnished. I can assure you, we don?t want that either. Your love, dedication, and appreciation means more to us than you could ever know and it will be the driving force behind our passion to make the best show we can possibly make. Thank you for giving us the chance to do it again.

Love,

Danielle

From Danielle Fishel's tumblr. She and Ben Savage have officially been announced to return to the show. And it sounds quite promising now, IMO.

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The way she talks about it, she seems to get it. I'm really looking forward to how this turns out, but I really hope people don't just slam it to the ground after one episode or anything. If anything, this group deserves our trust.

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Rider Strong is not involved in the new show... yet.

Which is understandable since it's mainly about Cory's kid, but I do hope the chance for Shawn and Eric to show up are still in the cards, if anyone.

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I think right now they just want to focus on making the show and character their own, and keep BMW appearances to just Cory and Topanga for now. Like how Frasier only had Lilith appear in the first season, and saved guest spots for the rest of the Cheers cast for later.

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Well, here's Cory and Topanga's kid!

I can't say I've heard of her. But the fact that she's about the same age Ben was when the show started up already makes me a little nostalgic.

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Wow, she looks a lot like Danielle and Ben. I can't wait to see how this turns out.

I see Ensatsu-Ken hasn't once commented on this new show. That sort of surprises me.

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Michael Jacobs interview

What?s the appeal of doing a project like this right now, 13 years after "Boy Meets World" went off the air?

The appeal to me was exactly the same appeal that I had in doing the original, which is that I look around at the landscape and I look at my children and what is on television for them, and there are very few shows that are like this, what we aspire this show to be.

I think of "Boy Meets World" and I think of "The Wonder Years" and I think of "Happy Days", which I grew up with. The thing that delineates this show is that I don?t want this to be anything except the natural experience of actually growing up in this current world. I?m reading a lot about, ?Is this girl going to be a singer? Is this girl going to aspire to be an actress??

This is a girl who is going to aspire to put one foot in front of the other and to try and understand the confusion that is her life. That?s what I think becomes real about this show. The stories we intend on doing are stories about a real girl who is coming of age.

The beauty of this show is the girl will have two parents whom the world has already watched come of age and their natural confusion in the next step of Cory and Topanga?s own evolution: being parents.

I?m looking at what the condition of the world is right now for kids who are growing up and if we can offer the same sort of guidance and entertainment that "Boy Meets World" offered, then the show is a good thing to do right now.

The reaction this show garners should be interesting.

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Woah.