Girl Meets World Cancelled? The Show Has 'Ended,' Says Rider Strong

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I would rather watch a video of myself being skinned alive. Those two kids are flat out awful.

Wow, you must be a mind reader. That's exactly what I was thinking, LOL!

I sorta agree about the characters. They really dumbed-down Cory to an immature preteen in an adult body. This worked in Boy Meets World (1993) because he actually was a tween/teenager at the time.

He should have been another Mr. Feeny. Cory always wanted to be modeled after him. I can understand him being a little awkward from time to time because of his personality, but Disney and the writers went really overboard. He matured by the series finale of Boy Meets World if you remember the departing speech between him and Feeny.

I'd never believe in a million years that Riley is their daughter. I can't say much about Auggie since he's only a child. Maya is, what you have stated above, another Shawn Hunter. I believe that was their intention, though, they focus on her way too much. It's like Disney and Michael Jacobs forgot the main plot of their own show.

Lucas is supposed to be a love interest for Riley. Honestly? Once their relationship became official, it's like they dropped the ball on that one. They hardly look like a couple. They don't even express an interest in each other like normal teenagers in love.

Ava was insufferable for the first two seasons, but they actually managed to fix her character. Even she matured herself.

Dewey (DOY) is like nails on a chalkboard. I absolutely must skip his scenes. The joke has been played out. There's nothing remotely funny about a kid that can't pronounce his own name. He must have the crappiest parents in the world. Get this kid to a damn speech therapist stat!

Farkle was another unlikable character, but once he ditched those turtleneck shirts and stopped saying that "HAAAAA!!!" crap every single episode, then he started to become likeable.

Zay is just kinda...there. He's like the fifth wheel of the group. Sometimes he'll disappear with no explanation. Though, this was a theme in Boy Meets World when Minkus vanished.

Topanga is fine. She has always been a little on the nutty side. She's probably the most tolerable character in his piss-poor excuse of a sequel.

A lot of the characters in this series are pretty much forgettable, wherein Boy Meets World actually made you care and remember. The real-world events that took place reminded you of how life was like in actuality.

I can't say the same about Girl Meets World. True, some of the events that they encounter do happen on the outside, but they also go overboard on some of the issues.

And, finally, the intro? Good God. You can tell that they really really want the original fan base to tune in. I want to gag every single time I see it. I do like the actual theme song, though.

Maybe it has something to do with the Boy Meets World audience being adults now and watching a show that's mainly aimed at a younger generation on a kid's network. I don't know anybody that acts like a Cory, unless they're certifiably insane.

I suppose Rowan Blanchard can be partially blamed as well since she's trying to incorporate some of her political grandstanding that doesn't belong in a show such as this.

What a shame. This idea should have been pitched to a streaming service like Netflix, unless there were copyright and distribution issues. There's no flexibility in the writing, and there's severe limitations on what can be said and done on a station such as Disney.

Maybe they can pull a Community (2009). NBC sold the rights to Yahoo! and produced a sixth season. Sure, the quality was diminished, but it actually turned out better than the dreaded fourth season on a regular network station.

Edit: Though, the more I think about it, they'll lose Sabrina Carpenter since she has an obligation to Disney. She probably wouldn't follow. If that's the case, then they'd probably have to retool the show, call it "Man Meets World", and focus on Cory's character again. I don't see that happening.

Of course, there's a buttload of other problems, such as airing episodes out of order, taking long, unnecessary breaks, and having more than your standard 22 episodes per season. They really hurt themselves if you want to look at it that way.

If they fixed the above, then this show could have potentially ran as long as the original. Unfortunately, that's not the case. They really screwed the pooch on what could have been a hit series.

Now, it'll be looked upon as one of those "WTF were they thinking?" type of shows. I'm honestly glad they never sold any DVDs or Blu-rays. To me, a lot of the episodes do not hold any desire to be re-watched. I don't even keep it on my DVR anymore.

I apologize for the long rant. I just needed to say a few things that were on my mind about Girl Meets World.