TGIF

TGIF is the name of an American family-friendly prime time television programming block on the ABC network. The name comes from the initials of the popular phrase "Thank God It's Friday". However, the stars of the lineup touted the acronym as meaning "Thank Goodness It's Funny." In its first two runs, it was often compared with its Thursday night counterpart Must See TV on NBC.nFamily-friendly comedies, which featured families with children as major characters, were a staple of ABC programming going back to the network's earlier sitcoms from the 1950s onward, such as The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (premiered 1952), Leave It to Beaver (moved to ABC in 1958 after its first season on CBS), The Donna Reed Show (premiered 1958), The Flintstones (premiered 1960, but was largely an adult-oriented comedy until the birth of Pebbles in 1963), The Brady Bunch (premiered 1969), and The Partridge Family (premiered 1970; this and The Brady Bunch became part of the Friday night lineup at that...