Mayim Bialik Teases a Blossom Family Reunion You Don't Want to Miss

Hold on to your hats: Twenty-six years after the cast of Blossom took their final bow, Mayim Bialik, Joey Lawrence, Jenna von Oy and Michael Stoyanov are reuniting on air.

By ElizaBeth Taylor Nov 16, 2021 4:36 PMTags
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Mayim Bialik will reunite with her Blossom costars—and soon. "Whoa. This is some big fun news," she captioned a Instagram Nov. 15 pic, which showed her titular character all grown up….Are you as excited as I am?!"

So when is she bringing our ‘90s dreams back to life? Well, in a second Instagram, the Big Bang alum—who starred on the NBC show from 1990 to 1995—shared her reunion with former co-stars Joey Lawrence, Jenna von Oy and Michael Stoyanov take place during the season two premiere of Fox's Call Me Kat on Jan. 9.

On Blossom, the trio played her brothers and best friend, respectively. And now, on Call Me Kat, they'll play versions of themselves, making a stop at Kat's Cat Café, owned by—you guessed it—Mayim's lead. 

Expect plenty of call backs to the original show, too. In the teaser, Mayim's Kat introduces delivery man Oscar () to their guest stars. "Oscar come meet the stars of my favorite TV show when I was growing up," she says, forgetting Michael's name. "This is Joey and Jenna, and…"

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Plus, of course, she plays homage to Blossom's iconic style, wearing a hat accessorized with a giant yellow flower.

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The reunion marks the TV return of the 90s tween girl icon, who was at the time considered to be a remarkable lead character on a sitcom.

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"The funny thing is, we see so many females on TV now, and young women are a much bigger part of our culture, but at the time we really had to fight hard to even produce a show about a girl," the Jeopardy guest host commented in a TODAY.com interview.  I think it's important for people to realize that while we weren't curing cancer and we weren't doing Shakespeare, that was very groundbreaking at the time to have a show that was about a girl, simply because we were told, "People won't watch a show about a girl."

Check out Mayim back in Blossom approved fashion above before the Call Me Kat season premiere. While we wait for the on-screen reunion, you can binge all five seasons of Blossom on Tubi.

 

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