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So, yesterday the spinoff show to the quite popular ABC show "Boy Meets World" got its first trailer. The new show "Girl Meets World" will focus on the life and antics of Riley, the daughter of the original show's protagonist Corey and his love interest turned wife Topanga.





Personally, as a kid I was obsessed with this show, I thought it was very real in its portayal of the characters, spoke to us kids more as young adults rather than "kidifiying" the issues, and overall was a show that I clung to growing up. (Also, the reruns are the only reason MTV is ever on in my house anymore).


My primary hope for the spinoff is that it stays true to the spirit of the original and treats the audience as young adults and addresses real world issues that can be relate-able to the younger audience (similar to how we had Corey's nuclear family juxtaposed with Shaun's less than ideal situation, and how those issues shaped the character).
 

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I had no idea this show still had the brand recognition to launch a spin-off. I mean seriously, when the hell did Boy Meets World end? It must have been like 1998, which would mean that show is 16 years old at this point. The demographic that this new spin-off caters to probably have no idea that Boy Meets World even existed. This whole thing is baffling to me.
 

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Dirty Hipsters said:
I had no idea this show still had the brand recognition to launch a spin-off. I mean seriously, when the hell did Boy Meets World end?
According to Wikipedia it was May 5th 2000, if you'd have asked me outright I would have said 2001.
 

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MorganL4 said:
Dirty Hipsters said:
I had no idea this show still had the brand recognition to launch a spin-off. I mean seriously, when the hell did Boy Meets World end?
According to Wikipedia it was May 5th 2000, if you'd have asked me outright I would have said 2001.
Ok, so it's 14 years old. Still has the same problem of everyone who this spin-off show is aimed at not having been born during the first run of the original show.
 

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I think it'll be a fun show, but I'm so removed from the demographic it's aimed at I really have no plans to watch it.
 

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I used to watch the original, but I couldn't get past the suspension of disbelief in season 2.
It was revealed Sean Hunter lived in a trailer park. The show takes place in Philadelphia.

THERE. ARE. NO. TRAILER. PARKS. IN. PHILADELPHIA.