You Wish (TV series)

You Wish
Genre	Fantasy sitcom
Created by	Michael Jacobs
Written by	Richard Childs Michael Craven Michael Jacobs Susan Estelle Jansen Heather MacGillivray Linda Mathious Andrew Nicholls Daniel Paige Sue Paige Steve Pepoon Jeffrey C. Sherman David Silverman Stephen Sustarsic Darrell Vickers
Directed by	Jeff McCracken David Trainer
Starring	John Ales Harley Jane Kozak Jerry Van Dyke Alex McKenna Nathan Lawrence
Composer(s)	Ray Colcord
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Michael Jacobs
Producer(s)	Mitchell Bank Jeffrey C. Sherman
Editor(s)	Marco Zappia
Camera setup	Multi-camera setup
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Michael Jacobs Productions Touchstone Television
Distributor	Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 26, 1997 (1997-09-26) – June 23, 1998 (1998-06-23)

You Wish is an American fantasy sitcom that ran from September 26, 1997 to June 23, 1998. It started as part of ABC's TGIF programming on Friday nights for the fall of 1997, along with Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Boy Meets World, and Teen Angel.

Synopsis

Just as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch was considered a 1990s version of Bewitched, You Wish was a 1990s version of I Dream of Jeannie. In this situation, a genie lives with a family, instead of a single man.

In the show's pilot episode (in which the proposed series was still known under a working title of Genie^[1]), Gillian Apple (Harley Jane Kozak) and her two children, Mickey Apple (Alex McKenna) and Travis Apple (Nathan Lawrence) visit a rug shop where they meet the owner, Madman Mustafa (John Rhys-Davies). There they buy a rug, where they unexpectedly release a genie (John Ales), who has been imprisoned for 2,000 years. The genie's name is simply "Genie", although in the first episode Gillian refers to him as "Steve from Canoga Park", an alias he later uses. Jerry Van Dyke was introduced to the show in the third episode as Genie's Grandpa Max (thus, Van Dyke was simultaneously appearing on two TGIF series, You Wish and Teen Angel at the same time as different characters).

Crossovers

Although the series made a total of 12 episodes, it was taken off after the seventh episode, "Genie Without a Cause." This episode, which aired on November 7, 1997, was part of a night-long TGIF retro crossover, which started with Sabrina. Sabrina made a time ball, which Salem swallowed and caused the time period to be the 1960s. Salem then crossed over to Boy Meets World, turning it into the 1940s, then this series to the 1950s and then to Teen Angel to the 1970s.

Cancellation

You Wish was a ratings failure and was cancelled after seven episodes. Reruns from the first season of Sabrina the Teenage Witch were added to the TGIF lineup to fill the empty slot for the remainder of the season. The remaining five unaired episodes of the series were burned off in May and June 1998, filling the slot of its fellow new TGIF series, Teen Angel, after that show was canceled.

Episodes

No.	title	Original air date
1-1	"Pilot"	September 26, 1997
1-2	"Jillions of Gillians"	October 3, 1997
1-3	"The Big Ride"	October 10, 1997
1-4	"Mind Games"	October 17, 1997
1-5	"A Real Don Juan"	October 24, 1997
1-6	"Halloween"	October 31, 1997
1-7	"Genie Without a Cause"	November 7, 1997
1-8	"Future Shock"	May 22, 1998
1-9	"All in the Family Room"	May 29, 1998
1-10	"Welcome to the Dollhouse"	June 5, 1998
1-11	"The Bad Influence"	June 12, 1998
1-12	"Bride and Prejudice"	June 23, 1998

Reception

TV Guide called the series 'Hammy, artificial, and altogether excruciating'.

References

↑ Hal Boedeker (July 18, 1997). "He's A Goober But CBS Has A Lot Riding On Urkel TV". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 18, 2012.

External links

You Wish at the Internet Movie Database
You Wish at TV.com
You Wish at epguides.com

TGIF

8 Simple Rules (2004–2005) Aliens in the Family (1996) Baby Talk (1991–1992) The Big House (2004) Billy (1992) Boy Meets World (1993–2000) Brother's Keeper (1998–1999) Camp Wilder (1992–1993) Complete Savages (2004–2005) Clueless (1996–1997) Dinosaurs (1991–1993) Family Matters (1989–1997) Full House (1988–1991) George Lopez (2003–2004) Getting By (1993) Going Places (1990–1991) Hangin' with Mr. Cooper (1993–1996) Hi Honey, I'm Home! (1991) Home Free (1993) Hope & Faith (2003–2005) The Hughleys (1999–2000) Just the Ten of Us (1988–1990) Less than Perfect (2004–2005) Life with Bonnie (2003–2004) Married to the Kellys (2003–2004) Muppets Tonight (1996) New Attitude (1990) Odd Man Out (1999–2000) On Our Own (1994–1995) Perfect Strangers (1988–1993) Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996–2000) Sister, Sister (1994–1995) Step By Step (1991–1997) Teen Angel (1997–1998) Two of a Kind (1998–1999) Where I Live (1993) You Wish (1997–1998)		T G I f

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