# Girl Meets World (2014)

> Riley Matthews and her bold best friend Maya navigate middle school in Manhattan, where Riley's dad Cory teaches history.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/41737

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 71
- Episode runtime: 23 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: comedy, family
- Created by: Michael Jacobs
- Network: Disney Channel
- Cast: Rowan Blanchard, Sabrina Carpenter, Peyton Meyer, Corey Fogelmanis, August Maturo, Ben Savage, Danielle Fishel, Ceci Balagot
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543796/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: none
- Tone: cozy, wholesome, breezy, comforting

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series as mixed to positive, valuing its warm family humor and friendship storylines while finding the later seasons less distinctive.

## Synopsis

Girl Meets World (2014-2017) is an American family sitcom created by Michael Jacobs for Disney Channel, a spin off of Boy Meets World. Tween Riley Matthews (Rowan Blanchard) wants to navigate the twists of growing up at John Quincy Adams Middle School in Manhattan, where her dad Cory Matthews (Ben Savage) teaches history and her mom Topanga (Danielle Fishel) keeps watch from home. Her bold best friend Maya Hart (Sabrina Carpenter) pushes her into scrapes, while classmates Lucas Friar (Peyton Meyer) and Farkle Minkus (Corey Fogelmanis) add romantic tension and goofy schemes. Each episode is a self-contained school-day comedy built from crushes, class projects, sibling squabbles with little brother Auggie (August Maturo), and small crises that resolve with a lesson. The multi-camera format keeps the pace brisk and the mood light, warm and affectionate, with a nostalgic wink to the parents' generation. Across three seasons and seventy-one episodes it stays a wholesome, family-friendly sitcom in the vein of Boy Meets World, Wizards of Waverly Place and Liv and Maddie, with a gentle, cozy register that suits younger viewers and parents watching together.

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