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According to TVLine.com, the sequel show starts about a decade after where the previous show left off, and it is centered around Cory and Topanga's 13-year-old daughter, Riley Matthews. According to CBSNews.com, Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel have signed contracts stating that they will definitely be returning to the new show. But EW.com revealed sad news that Rider Strong will not be joining Savage and Fishel in the spinoff show.
Prolonging the series seems over done, and the fact that Disney Channel is developing the series gives me the idea that the new show will not live up to the original. Most Disney Channel shows are juvenile with their mediocre humor and overly optimistic outlooks on life—not to mention the annoying laugh tracks that try to force us to find humorless comedy funny. Disney Channel shows are best left in our childhood, and as much as I loved "Boy Meets World" I'm sad to say that the sequel will most likely follow in this infantile Disney Channel trend.
Also, if you look at any saga of movies and compare the first to the last, I guarantee that you will find the former much better than the latter. So the fact that most sequels tend to be inferior to their originals leads me to believe that "Girl Meets World" will be the same.
Sadly, if you are looking to extend your "Boy Meets World" frenzy from the past, you may be disappointed with the sequel. Based on the Disney Channel trend and the general pattern involving sequels, I predict the new show will be mediocre. For now all we can do is wait to find out if the spinoff will follow in the footsteps of its ancestor or prove to be yet another dumb, puerile sitcom.
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