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Hulu ain’t messing around. The streaming service’s aggressive acquisition of classic sitcoms continued today with the announcement that Home Improvement, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World are now available to stream on Hulu. That’s in addition to the other five classic ABC sitcoms that debuted on Hulu today: Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters, Step By Step, and Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper.
This is a major deal for every single person that grew up in the ’90s. ABC’s lineup of family sitcoms dominated the ratings and pop culture in the first half of the decade, with breakouts like Urkel, the Olsen twins, and Dinosaurs‘ Baby Sinclair spawning merchandising empires. Despite their popularity, none of those shows were available to stream. I know, because I spent this past summer doing way too much research on ’90s sitcoms. All that changes as of today!
Home Improvement ran for 8 seasons on ABC, adapting the stand-up comedy of Tim Allen into a family sitcom co-starring Patricia Richardson as one of the best sitcom moms of the decade. Dinosaurs ran for 65 episodes, dropping the classic family sitcom into a prehistoric setting via state-of-the-art puppetry techniques from Jim Henson Productions. Boy Meets World ran for seven seasons, following Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) from sixth grade through college.
As part of a deal with Disney-ABC Television Group, Hulu is now the exclusive home to nearly every one of ABC’s hit ’90s comedies. Home Improvement is now streaming for the first time anywhere, ever, by the way. That’s how much of a game changer this is for sitcom devotees. In fact, you can now recreate the TGIF lineups from 1993-1997 just with your Hulu subscription. Looks like you’ve got plans for this Friday night (and every Friday night after that).
