TheMisterManGuy
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Girl Meets World, the sequel to the ABC sitcom classic, Boy Meets World was met with surprising critical acclaim when it debuted on Disney Channel in 2014. Despite this, The show only lasted a mere 3 seasons, and being on the Disney Channel, couldn't tackle any of the more sophisticated subject matter its predecessor could. Honestly, I think Girl Meets World was a victim of wrong place at the wrong time.
For starters, the Disney Channel of 2014, was not the Disney Channel of 2000, when BMW reruns were common on the network. The network's target demographic had gotten much younger and its programing more restricted, safer, and commercialized by that point. Disney Channel of the early 2000s wouldn't have hesitated to bring up topics such as drugs, mild sexual content, and other more serious subject matter, modern DC is content to skirt around those issues in favor of wacky hijinks for young children.
A large part of this is because Disney already had another channel for middle/high schoolers by this point. ABC Family, now Freeform, which could tackle much more serious subject matter than what Disney could muster. In all honesty, GMW really should've been an ABC Family series from day one. Disney Channel had abandoned its edgier content by that point, and ABC Family would've given the creators much more freedom.
For starters, the Disney Channel of 2014, was not the Disney Channel of 2000, when BMW reruns were common on the network. The network's target demographic had gotten much younger and its programing more restricted, safer, and commercialized by that point. Disney Channel of the early 2000s wouldn't have hesitated to bring up topics such as drugs, mild sexual content, and other more serious subject matter, modern DC is content to skirt around those issues in favor of wacky hijinks for young children.
A large part of this is because Disney already had another channel for middle/high schoolers by this point. ABC Family, now Freeform, which could tackle much more serious subject matter than what Disney could muster. In all honesty, GMW really should've been an ABC Family series from day one. Disney Channel had abandoned its edgier content by that point, and ABC Family would've given the creators much more freedom.