How we watch television has changed dramatically over the years.

TGIF doesn’t mean what you think it does though.

“So why the change?

Steve Urkel for ABC’s Family Matters shocked looking at the camera in front of TGIF

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We wanna call it TGIF.'…

He was the most popular character until he messed it all up.

You couldn’t just tune in and watch one of the shows and dip out.

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TGIF encompassed everything that night.

That was part of the TGIF appeal.

These series were all independent, but they knew each other too.

Christine Lakin and Jaleel White at prom in Step by Step

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Still, all good things must come to an end.

In 2000, TGIF came to a close, but it was brought back for two revivals.

Thank goodness it existed.

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