Boy Meets Worldactor Will Friedle was almost the star of his own television show.

Friedle, who played Cory's (Ben Savage) ditzy older brother Eric Matthews, revealed that his character nearly left the show to star in a new series spearheaded by showrunner Michael Jacobs that saw Eric trade in his Philadelphia roots for life in Los Angeles in a "young Friends"-style sitcom with his pal Jack Hunter (Matthew Lawrence).