By A.S. Kinsman

It is a dream come true for children of the 90’s. Boy Meets World, an extremely popular sitcom that aired on ABC’s TGIF lineup between 1993 and 2000, is getting a sequel.Boy Meets World was a rare success in the way that it did not have a cancellation like other shows, such as Full House. Rather, it enjoyed long-term success, good ratings, and a conclusion written by the creator instead of a forced cancellation ending. Boy Meets World has been syndicated since 1997. The show was believed to be dead and gone, and most fans resigned themselves to watching reruns on channels that offered it. A groundbreaking announcement was made last March: A spinoff was in the works.

The new show will feature Cory and Topanga’s 13-year-old daughter, Riley Matthews, as the protagonist. Like her father before her, she will be the main focus of the show as she navigates adolescence and the growing pains of becoming an adult. Unlike Boy Meets World, the setting will not take place in Philadelphia, but instead in New York City, where Cory and Topanga moved when she was offered a dream internship at the end of the original series.

Riley Matthews will have a best friend of the same gender like her father did. Maya Hart “will be the new Shawn Hunter”, according to creator Michael Jacobs. Cory and Topanga have another child, named Auggie, who is younger than Riley. Cory is a middle school teacher, much like Mr. Feeney, his former teacher, who was in the main cast in the original series. Topanga is a lawyer at her own firm.

The same creators, crew, cast, and writers have returned for the spinoff. Michael Jacobs invited all of the actors to reprise their roles, and many have accepted the offer. Ben Savage (Cory), Danielle Fishel (Topanga), Daniel Jacobs (Joshua), Lee Noris (Stuart Minkus) and others will reprise their roles. Cory’s parents, Amy and Allen, will be re-introduced once the audience is used to the new cast members. Rider Strong (Shawn Hunter) has already been filmed in an episode as a guest appearance. Will Friedle (Eric Matthews), Trina McGee (Angela Moore), Maitland Ward (Rachel Maguire), and William Daniels (George Feeney) are all speculated to have guest appearances as well, but are keeping hush-hush in order to not spoil the show. It is currently unknown if any of the actors mentioned in the latter will ever make a cameo in Girl Meets World.

The new show was picked up by Disney, who ordered a pilot episode in November 2012. On June 17, 2013, Disney Channel announced that it had ordered a first season episodic order for Girl Meets World; the show is scheduled to premiere in summer 2014 on the Disney Channel. A trailer for the show was released last week and is available to view on YouTube.