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Lee Daniels rebooting The Wonder Years with a black family

July 12, 2020 by Gary Collinson

ABC has announced that it is in development on a reboot of the classic 80s comedy of age comedy-drama series The Wonder Years, with Empire co-creator Lee Daniels set to serve as executive producer on an updated version which will focus on a black family during the same time period as the original series.

The official description for the reboot reads:

“How a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960’s, the same era as the original series, made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.”

ABC has granted a pilot commitment for the new version, which has Saladin K. Patterson (The Big Bang Theory) attached as showrunner, original series co-creator Neal Marlens as consultant, and Daniels and original star Fred Savage as executive producers.

Airing for six seasons between 1988 and 1993, The Wonder Years was a huge ratings success for ABC, and was the recipient of four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody Award. Along with Savage, the series starred Dan Lauria, Alley Mills, Jason Hervy, Olivia a’Abo, Josh Saviano and Danica McKellar.

 

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Lee Daniels, the wonder years

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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