13. At the height of its popularity, Lizzie McGuire generated an estimated $100 million in merchandise sales, including clothing, a book series, soundtracks, and more. It was the Disney Channel’s highest-rated and most successful series at that time, averaging 2 million viewers per episode and airing seven days a week (with ABC also broadcasting it on Saturday mornings).

14. After years of speculation, Disney+ officially announced the revival of Lizzie McGuire in August 2019, with Duff reprising her iconic role and the show’s creator overseeing the streaming series, which would center on a 30-year-old Lizzie navigating life in New York City.

15. While casting details were initially kept confidential, a photo from the first table read revealed that the original McGuire family would return, with Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, and Jake Thomas all reprising their roles as Lizzie’s parents and mischievous little brother Matt.

16. However, bad news for Lizzie and Gordo fans: they will not be dating… at least not at the start of the revival, as Lizzie is engaged to someone else; however, Lamberg was set to reprise his role. “I feel like them not being together is what was so good… it’s that one person that you’re like, ‘Was he the one? Is it ever going to be?'” Duff told Vulture. “You’re always kind of wondering. We wanted it to hurt everyone a little bit, and it’ll continue to hurt.”