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"Girl Meets World" Cancellation: My Thoughts

Yes, I still watch Disney Channel.

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"Girl Meets World" Cancellation: My Thoughts
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I will be one of the first to admit that I occasionally still watch Disney Channel. I’m not an avid watcher, but there are still a few shows that I watch. One of these shows was "Girl Meets World." Back in the day, I was a huge fan of "Boy Meets World," so to see my favorite TV couple’s future together was something I was looking forward to watching.

In the beginning, my feelings were mixed. It was amazing to see Cory and Topanga again, but the show seemed a bit repetitive from the original series. "Girl Meets World" follows the friendship of Riley and Maya, Riley being the “Cory” figure of the show and Maya being the “Shawn” figure. The show survived its first season by surprise cameos and the nostalgia factor, which can only last so long when you’re dealing with a Disney Chanel show.

The fact that the characters were so young sort of turned me away from it. I never caught on until all of the drama from the second season, (I can’t be the only one who watched this show). If you did keep up with the show, then you would have seen the love triangle between Riley, Maya, and their best guy friend Lucas. For some reason, I was attracted to the drama, even though these were actors portraying middle schoolers. Looking back, I saw how young the cast was for "Boy Meets World" and I concluded, that no matter what the age, everyone loves a good story.

I think that this show had the potential to have the same hard-hitting scenarios that "Boy Meets World" covered, but were held back due to the show being on Disney Channel. "Boy Meets World" was broadcasted on ABC which allowed for more serious issues to be presented, such as the death of a family member, going through college, deal with the pressures of sex. This is what made "Boy Meets World" such a memorable show. "Girl Meets World" just didn’t have those same deep episodes as the original. However, this does not mean that the show couldn’t have reached that level.

Many fans are looking to Netflix and Freeform to take over the series so that I may not only continue, but can hit the hard situations that life brings us. This would be a great thing for young adolescents to witness. Many Disney shows are safeguarded and geared towards a young audience, so they can’t show the real-life situations of children and young adults. In "Girl Meets World’s" situation, this hindered them because fans were so used to seeing these intense episodes, and felt as though they weren’t getting the usual content that they were used to.

Personally, I think Netflix or another network should consider taking over this show. Not only to explore new ideas for episodes, but for this up and coming generation to see what "Boy Meets World" was all about, and to get a glimpse of what it really means to “meet” the world around us.

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