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=====''The Hump'' (1991)=====
Janicek's first attempt to replicate the success of ''TGIF'' came in August 1991, when ABC launched a three-hour comedy block on Wednesday nights for the 1991–92 season. Loosely known as ''The Hump'', via the tagline "Over the hump!" used in advertisements ("Three hours of non-stop laughs are guaranteed to get you over the hump!", "That'll get you over the hump!") and the use of a 1970s funk-flavored background jingle which chanted, "I've got to get over the hump", the format came complete with promos that used a special graphics scheme, differing from ''TGIF'' and ABC's nights of regular, non-concept based lineups. The concept title was another play on a popular catchphrase, in which Wednesday is typically referred to as "[[hump day]]" (being the middle of the work week, thus making it "over the hump" toward the weekend).

From August to September 1991, the formation of ''The Hump'' consisted of ''The Wonder Years'', ''Growing Pains'' (in the month leading to its move to Saturday nights), ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'', ''[[Davis Rules]]'' (which had been cancelled in May 1991), ''[[Anything but Love]]'' and ''[[Married People]]'' (both of which were cancelled in March 1991), which were all in summer reruns. For the new fall season, the lineup changed to feature ''[[Dinosaurs (TV series)|Dinosaurs]]'' at 8:00&nbsp;p.m. ET (in ''The Wonder Years''{{'}} former slot), ''The Wonder Years'' at 8:30 (replacing ''Growing Pains''), new sitcom ''[[Sibs]]'' at 9:30, and the new sitcom ''[[Good & Evil (TV series)|Good & Evil]]'' at 10:30. The sitcoms that aired between 9:30 and 11:00 (''Sibs'', ''Anything but Love'' and ''Good & Evil'') were separately marketed from the first three ''Hump'' shows as "comedies made specifically for adults". The "adult" promos for ''The Hump'' exclusively featured the funk-styled song, whereas promos for the 8:00–9:30&nbsp;p.m. shows, and the entire lineup in general, used the instrumental version of the 1991 jingle for ABC's "America's Watching" campaign. Unlike ''TGIF'' and its future one-off concept ''I Love Saturday Night'', ''The Hump'' did not use hosted interstitials or customized bumpers for the last commercial break of each show.

With the cancellation of ''Good & Evil'' in late October, which the network claimed was entirely due to its low ratings in its 10:30&nbsp;p.m. slot (although many advocacy groups claimed it was due to the controversy surrounding the defamatory portrayal of a blind character), along with the lackluster first-month ratings for ''Sibs'', ABC was convinced that the three-hour comedy block was a failure. The network opted to give the 10:00&nbsp;p.m. slot on Wednesdays back to an hour-long drama, the upcoming legal series ''[[Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars]]'', during November sweeps. ''The Hump'' concept aired for the last time on October 30, 1991, and ABC resumed promoting the Wednesday lineup in standard fashion. ''Sibs'' went on hiatus, and ''Anything but Love'' was moved back into its former 9:30&nbsp;p.m. Eastern slot on Wednesdays. For the weeks of November 6 and 13, 1991, specials aired in the 10:00&nbsp;p.m. slot, prior the premiere of ''Civil Wars'' on November 20.