Mrs. Doubtfire was the most-aired movie on basic cable last year, so that explains that

As such, it’s entirely probable that studio executives interpreted Mrs. Doubtfire’s ubiquity as popularity, believing any movie that was well-tolerated enough to act as spackle between syndicated reruns, or as innocuous background noise to hospital patients solemnly going over their living wills, obviously must be ripe for a follow-up. It’s also possible inspiration struck while simply flipping through the channels, as so many a brainstorming session seems to go these days.

Unfortunately, the research firm behind the report, IHS Technology, requires a subscription to read what other movies were popular on basic cable last year. (Even though we’ll just go ahead and guess that they were Zoolander, Speed, The Matrix: Reloaded, and Pulp Fiction: Butchered To The Point Of Being Unwatchable Version, based on our own personal research.) But rather than pay to find out, you can probably just wait until the next sequel is announced.