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ABC's 'TGIF' Did Not Stand for 'Thank God It's Friday' in the '90s, Creator Says. So, What Did It Mean?

Jim Janicek revealed the actual acronym during a chat on the 'Pod Meets World' podcast Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She started at PEOPLE in 2008, leaving in ...
Entertainment Weekly

ABC's TGIF creator reminds fans it doesn't stand for 'Thank God It's Friday'

Thank god this got sorted. The marketing guru behind ABC's long-running TGIF programming block, Jim Janicek, dropped by the latest episode of the Pod Meets World podcast to reminisce on where the idea ...
Us Weekly

ABC’s ‘TGIF’ Creator Reveals 1990s Viewers Were Wrong About the Name All Along

Fans of ABC’s 1990s “TGIF” programming block with Full House, Boy Meets World and more are in for a huge shock. “We were [first] talking about things like the ‘Friday Fun Club,’” Janicek revealed on ...
New York Post

ABC’s ‘TGIF’ didn’t stand for ‘Thank God it’s Friday’ — creator reveals real meaning

Everyone’s been getting it wrong all along. Producer Jim Janicek, who created the popular 1990s TV programming block “TGIF” on ABC, recently revealed that — contrary to popular belief — the acronym ...

ABC's TGIF Creator Clarifies Acronym Didn't Stand For "Thank God It's Friday"

ABC’s TGIF programming block had viewers hoping for Friday nights to watch their favorite sitcom. Over the years, many people ...