Girl Meets World Boss: ‘There Are Talks Underway’ to Continue the Series
It’s the question on every Girl Meets World fan’s mind as we approach Friday’s penultimate episode (Disney Channel, 6/5c): Is there any hope of another network — or streaming service — reversing the show’s cancellation?
“There are talks underway, but we’re at the very very beginning stages,” series creator Michael Jacobs tells TVLine. “And I can tell you it’s because of the audience’s reaction to the cancellation that there is interest in other places. For anyone in show business, if you ask them why they’re doing something and they say they’re doing it for themselves, they won’t sustain long. Those that answer ‘We’re doing it for the audience’ and mean it, they sustain.”
Jacobs attributes outside “interest” to the fans’ paper airplane campaign, something he’s proud to say “they came up with by themselves.” He adds, “Networks want to do something to gather an audience. The fact that there is an audience who’s been so loyal says a lot.”
Though Girl Meets World‘s cancellation wasn’t made official until earlier this month, the writing has been on the wall for some time — hence the Jan. 20 episode, which was filmed back in July 2016, being titled “Girl Meets Goodbye.” The episode features the largest assemblage of Boy Meets World cast members in GMW history, including both actresses who played Riley’s aunt Morgan (Lily Nicksay and Lindsay Ridgeway) on the original ABC sitcom.
Are you hoping that Girl Meets World finds life on another platform, or have you already accepted that it will soon be over for good? Drop a comment with your thoughts below.
Freeform should pick it up if Netflix doesn’t… That way they could do more age appropriate storylines now the kids are getting older like Boy Meets World became known to as the boys got older. Freeform needs a show that brings a audience to it. Netflix has the ability to do Fuller House. So I hope they are able to find some way to continue it…I love to see how Riley and Maya grow up and how Cory and Topanga continue to deal with it.
Freeform and Disney are owned by the same people. Probably won’t go there
do you see the stuff that airs on abcfamily/freeform?? disney channel is more kids while the latter is young teens/adult oriented
I don’t know, Freeform currently airs a show, Shadowhunters, where one of the main plotlines is possible incest. Is it really all that different from The Disney Channel?
I think all these movies on Freeform are inappropriate as well as gorey
It wasnt incest for the shadow hunters..they were going by the books and in the books they found out they weren’t related..it sucks to see the show go, I just hope someone picks it back up because the original cast worked so hard to make it happen
the shadow hunters show is based of the immortal instruments and the main characters in that get together then find out that they are brother and sister
I don’t understand why every time a good show comes on they take it off the air….But they can keep stupid shows on like bizzaardvark, gravity falls,Phineas and Ferb..Just to name a few…Someone please keep girl meets world..Some one else please air it.
You hit it right on!!!
Don’t cancel GIRL MEETS WORLD
Don’t cancel GIRL MEETS WORLD biggest mistake ever!!!!!!!
That is exactly right. I would love to see this show to stay on Disney.
Please don’t cancel girl meets world. The show was the best show on Disney channel. Very educational and fun.
Totally Agree!
I’m not happy about Girl Meets World being cancelled, but please don’t drag down little gems like Gravity Falls and Phineas and Ferb.
Also, remember that Phineas and Ferb got cancelled too and Gravity Falls was over in two short seasons.
Right!! Girl meets world taught kids lessons in every episode. Lessons that were actually important to people now and days. This show was the best EVER!! For them to take it of the air is just ridicilous. Some other plantform needs to keep this show going. It was such a great inspration to the world. It need to continue!!
i say the same thing there gravity falls in one of the stupidest shows i ever seen they want put stuff on tv like that i think it make kid kinda stupid where girls meets world help kids with friend ship and family
they really need to make more
I like gravity falls
Tonya canipe: I know right they always make good shows then just end them it’s so dumb to let down all the fans.liv and Maddie is ending.Jessie ended.Austin and Ally.Also so many more and now there gunna try taking wlaway GMW I can’t believe it I love that show.
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Exactly
Don’t cancel PLEASE. It’s such a good show!
Agreed what do our children learn how to goof off?
Completely agree with you. Why do they cancel decent shows that teach proper, valuable lessons and keep mindless, violent garbage instead? No wonder our youth and family units are so messed up.
Ok one I agree about the keeping the girl meets world but all the other shows are not stupid they are meant for smaller kids and there is only so much comedy that can be used in those shows due to the age range of the watchers so of course they seem stupid its Disney Channel.
#savegirlmeetsworld!!!!!
I dont want girl meets world to get cancelled, Netflix pick it up girl meets world is my favorite show! DONT CANCELE IT DISNEY CHANNEL!!
IM TIRED OF YOU GUYS DOING THIS!!!!
Agree!!!! Great tv show!!!
Agree
Totally!!!!!!
AGREED
I So Agree! #savegirlmeetsworld
well that sucks!! :/
except, the networks do deal with different age range shows so, I agree that it could thrive there if they went a little more the style of the original BMW high school and college years.
Exactly This is honestly one of the few shows i like on disney now and when i say few i mean few. As in i can count on one hand. I feel as though the show may have out grown disney but freeform or netflix really should pick it up i love this show its as such good lessons to teach children and adults. I never really had an urge to cry for a show like i did when i watched the 1 hour special World Meets Girl
You are so right Stacey I couldn’t have said it better myself you are absolutely right it would be amazing to see how things are when they are older.
I watched boy meets world when i was a growing up even when they all when to college n i was always hope that they would have a new seires of some sort with the ppl from boy meets world. When the made the new show girl meets,world i watch the show on Netflix since i dont have cable tv witch is better since u can watch all the new shows and stuff on her i dont want u to cancelle the show please it gives me something new to watch with the stars from boy meets world and everything its good that the show is about Cory Matthews daughter n the new ahow Girl meets world like this new show alot its fun and its funny and u can learn from it please dont canelle the show
Oh yes!!! I strongly agree! I was in tears with my daughter while watching the last show. #PleasesaveGirlMeetsWorkd
I love boy meets world and also girl meets world because it’s changed my life for the better. It helps me understand my own problems that I have. I hope they reconsider canceling or another program accepts them to make more seasons because I enjoy it. I still have hope for girl meets world to continue.
I WAS LIKE “IF THEY DONT CONTINUE GMW THE PRODUCER ISNT GONNA WAKE UP WITH ANY HAIR TOMMOROW!”
I agree we need girl meets world
I agree
GMW needs to have another season because not only were the girls excited about all the seasons the boys in my grade(9th) were also exited about GMW and any show that can have both genders sitting around for another season is a show worth showing!!!!!!!!!
I love this show…I watched Boy Meets World first time around…..I think Disney missed the mark in cancelling this show and I hope someone else is smart enough to jump on the GMW bandwagon and picks it back up!!
I agree. I really hope it finds life somewhere else as I have seen every episode and loved each one. I’m 45 years old.
I am 45 as well and I watch every episode with my 12 year old son.
I’m 78 and I agree, it’s great!
I watched BMW with my nieces. I watch GMW with my daughter. It’s sad they cancel shows that apparently have a great fan base. Hope Netflix hears us and will pick it up! Oh and btw I’m 50. Love this show it makes me remember growing up and my best friend.
It’s sad that Disney canceled Girl Meets World, they seem to forget that not just the fans of the show but the fans of Disney in general come from all ages and backgrounds! So yes Disney gears there shows for a younger audience, however they seem to forget about their older views, who pay the bills, and subscribe to the Disney Channel so their children can watch those shows. I enjoy watching shows that all members of the family can watch together, so they do away with GMW, I will support the show by doing away with the Disney Channel, and no more trips to Disney World. Disney needs to start thinking about fans of all ages, and if Disney isn’t that smart, hopefully another station will be!!!
I’m definitely hoping it finds life on another network! Especially one that will allow the writers to develop the story more than Disney did.
Like I said I’m 58 and I love this show. Hopefully free-form will take it, not everyone has netflix or Hulu. Just please bring the show back.
I completely agree
Put it back on ABC where it belongs (pair it with Last Man Standing) or on Freeform (Pair it with Baby Daddy and/Or Young and Hungrey)
disney owns freeform and ABC, that’s bot gonna happen. netflix/hulu best hopes.
Correct but they are NOT related to each other in terms of programming things. They are all indepandent of eah other. In the past, ABC would air ABC Family shows . It’s rare but corporate synergy works ala Star Trek: Discovery CBS/CBS All Access
For a show that has ended and is in syndication or is still airing is NOT the same thing. ABC, Freeform, Disney Channel will NEVER pick up a show cancelled by one of the other 3 for new episodes.
I hope it comes back and they really don’t cancel it like I watched boy meets world and now I watch girl mwets world and I record every show and watch it all the time I live girl meets world even if Disney don’t it hopefully free-form picks it up.
I love Girl Meets World and it’s an important show to have on the air right now. I really hope another network, or streaming site, picks it up for a fourth season. The audience isn’t ready to say goodbye.
Please please please please please please don’t cancel This show! It’s the best!
bring it. another iteration would be fine by me.
just, please replace the son.
To tough to take him out now, would destroy the canon, but yeah grow him up a bit. He was there, being SO annoying, it seemed solely to target Disney’s real audience of actual children.
They switched up Cory’s sister – which I never understood – in the original show, they could do it here too.
PLEASE SAVE GMW
It would be very good if they find another platform because I would still be able to learn things about friendship
SQQQQUUUUUUUUEEEE!! I am a 36 and 11/12 year old partner at PWC and I still love the show. Hopefully it will go to netflix; then maybe they can do a cross-over with Fuller House.
I just wanna know what happened behind the scenes that made Disney Channel cancel GMW?? It certainly wasn’t because of ratings. Netflix would make a perfect home for the show considering it already has streaming rights I believe.
Not in Canada :(
They’re claiming ratings but a lot of people say it’s because they would’ve had to pay the cast more for a 4th season and they weren’t willing to do that. They cared more about their bottom line than keeping a fan favourite (and non-superficial) show on the air.
also heard that with them getting older and dealing with young teen/adult topics, it doesn’t fit the disney channel image
I read somewhere that they don’t have to pay the cast more if they make it a new show like a spin off
E.g. liv and maddie calistyle
Or suite life on of Zack and Cody/ deck
So why couldn’t they make a spin off of gmw or make girl meets high school the spin off then have another for college/ uni
Soray that was a lot, hope it makes sense
It wouldn’t surprise me if Free-Form picks up Boy Meets Girl because back when it ABC Family it used to air Boy Meets World reruns.So there’s a connection there already.However i don’t think Girl Meets World belongs on a major network like ABC but on a cable network where it could air just 13 episodes a season or where they could split a 20 some episode season in half
I love this show and the characters and actors/actresses so much! Hope it continues on another network.
Yes please….this show means a lot to a great deal of people and it needs to continue for many more seasons!
YAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! We’re too excited!!
I hope that it gets a new network to be aired on!
Absolutely hoping another network/service picks it up. I loved the original and I’m totally invested now in the entire high school/maybe even college life of their kids!
Girl meets world is a continuation of boy meets world, the show is not only for best friends but also the whole family. The life lessons in this show are unforgettable. Not only does the cast spend time together off screen but they are all actually best friends, which makes the show even more real to the audience. This show has helped so many kids about expressing the real them. I think girl meets world should be picked up for another season. The cast has worked so hard for this show to become all that it is.
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Amen to that.
I agree, Jacobs has done an outstanding job with bringing QUALITY family shows to our home with actors and actresses that my kids can look to as role models – unlike so much of the other yuck that so many are calling entertainment. I say find someone who has the resources to fund Jacobs his own network and let his clean creative mind make 10-12 shows!
I love Girl Meets World it teach me a lot about life what i didn’t know. Until show didn’t start I didn’t know so much about life but Riley,Maya,Lucas,Farkle,Ray, Smarkle teach me something but not everything and that’s the reason why you have to continue this show because they didn’t end the chapter they can still teach many kids,teens and Topanga and Cory can teach adults about life,love…
KEEP GIRL MEETS WORLD PLEASE!!! This show has taught me so many life lessons! It’s also taught me how to be a better friend !!
Its time the fans won one, especially since they just announced a movie for there show cought in the middle, how could a low rated show like that get a movie, and we get cancelled
I really hope Girl Meets World gets picked up by another network. I think Disney made a mistake with cancelling the show because there are so many loyal fans that watch the show and there are so many unlearned lessons that Maya, Riley, and the audience need to learn.
Please keep on with Girl meets World it’s the best show ever. I love to watch it everyday when it comes on.