A
long running block of
Friday night family programming on
ABC. It ran from I beleive 1987-2000. The original lineup was
Full House,
Family Matters,
Just the 10 of Us and
Perfect Strangers. Other succesfull additions included the
Patrick Duffy/
Suzanne Sommers Brady Bunch rip-off Step By Step, the
Archie spin-off Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and the enduring
America's Funniest Home Videos.
TGIF made Fridays a very successful night for ABC. However, as family programming became more and more generic the ratings waned. Eventually CBS bought Family Matters and the WB bought Sabrina, officially putting the last nail in the TGIF coffin.