Jodie Sweetin Understood Why The Olsen Twins Did Not Return For Fuller House, And Her Reasoning Makes A Lot Of Sense
2024/05/16

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ran eight seasons, producing 192 episodes from 1987 to 1995. The ABC Family program starred Bob Saget, John Stamos, Candace Cameron Bure, Lori Loughlin, Dave Coulir, Andrea Barber, Jodie Sweetin, and Mary-Kate and Ashely Olsen.

The show was a big hit, and for the series finale, they had more than 23 million viewers turning in to say goodbye to the TV family.

When the show went off the air in 1995, it seemed like fans of the show, new and old, would only have reruns and DVDs for rewatches.

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But, in 2016, , pulling fans back into the world of

follows D.J. Tanner (Bure's character), her sister Stephanie (Sweetin's character), and D.J.'s best friend Kimmy (Barber's character) as they navigate adult life while living together in the Tanner's childhood home in San Francisco.

Almost the entire original cast of returned for . But the Olsen twins were noticeably absent from the show.

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Why Weren't The Olsen Twins on

When Netflix announced the reboot of the '90s sitcom, fans were excited. Getting to see how the children of the show grew up and what they're doing makes for an endless amount of storylines.

But, when it was announced that the youngest Tanner—Michelle—played by the Olsen twins-wouldn't return, many were sad and instantly started speculating on why.

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